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Growing Greener: Celebrating Earth Day with Sustainable Fertilizer Practices

Adrian Cruz-Perez With Earth Day coming up, we must take a closer look at farming practices and their impact on the environment. While agriculture is crucial to our ability to feed the world, it’s important to apply sustainable farming practices to mitigate risks to the environment. Here at Farm2Facts, we recognize the importance of research […]

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How The Ecosystem Services Tool Helps Farmers Protect Pollinators

Lucas LoBreglio             The importance of pollination cannot be overstated– over ¾ of flowering plants and ⅓ of the food we eat rely on this single ecosystem service valued at hundreds of billions of dollars per year. The true worth of pollinating species becomes unquantifiable when we consider their contributions to pest control, ecosystem health, […]

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Agricultural Community Events USDA Grant Supports Producers and Consumers Alike

Farm 2 Facts is assisting Agricultural Community Events (ACE), in partnership with Petaluma Bounty and the University of California- Agriculture and Natural Resources, in a 3 year USDA grant that they received for $750,000 to increase their online and in-person accessibility. ACE is a family of 10 farmers markets in Northern California, all of which […]

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A Novel “Market” Model in the Pandemic: EatStreet’s Forkful Market

By Anna Feldman The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we do almost everything, from going to work to taking a plane. One of the main adjustments is that many functions that used to be done in-person have gone online. For some farmers markets, standard practices like customers picking up produce to inspect it […]

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Meet F2F’s Newest Staff Member: Introducing Nadia Alber

Farm 2 Facts is thrilled to introduce our newest addition to the team! Ms. Nadia Alber will be joining Farm 2 Facts in the Kaufman Lab as the Project Manager. Alber holds an M.S. in Environment & Resources from the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. From December 2011 until present, Alber has […]

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Addressing food insecurity with the circular economy: How one Canadian province is using its farmers’ market nutrition coupon program to decrease food insecurity and promote social inclusion

By Justin Cantafio, Executive Director, Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a small maritime province of under a million people on the Atlantic coast of Canada. It only has one city of over 100,000 people, Halifax, whose regional municipality is home to almost half of the province’s entire population. Most Nova Scotians outside […]

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New F2F Feature: Anonymous Vendor Sales Slips

Farm 2 Facts now has an anonymous vendor sales slips feature! This new feature will make it easier for your vendors to submit sales. Step 1: Go into your Farm 2 Facts market profile. Step 2: Go to collect data and select vendor sales slips. Step 3: Under the online vendor sales slip form, select the […]

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Hope and Main Community Garden: Inclusive Garden Activities

Hope and Main, located in Warren, Rhode Island, is a culinary incubator providing space and instruction for individuals starting their businesses. Hope and Main strives to create a community of entrepreneurs by empowering local food businesses to be sustainable, resilient, and beneficial to the local economy. In addition to supporting local entrepreneurs, Hope and Main […]

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