The Fresh Produce Safety Centre has prepared a Toolkit to assist growers of leafy vegetables, berries and melons with food safety guidelines. The content covers specific details for growers of these three horticulture categories. The FREE Toolkits (general and produce specific) are available here For further information please contact the FPSC.
Heads up if you operate an authentic farmers market in WA or are planning to start one! The State Government has just announced a forthcoming grants scheme to support the farmers’ market sector and to encourage new start markets. Details here:https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook%20Labor%20Government/New-funding-to-support-WA-farmers%27-markets-20250111
The merry month of October isn’t far away, a time to celebrate 25 Years of Farmers’ Markets in Australia. AFMA is delighted to advise that MERRY PEOPLE have joined the celebrations, gifting vouchers for pairs of Merry Boots – for the chosen winners of the Market Day 25-Year Celebrations. Please tag Merry People in any […]
SILVER LINING FOR 25 YEARS OF FARMERS’ MARKETS IN AUSTRALIA Some milestones are marked with fanfare – others with piles of freshly picked colourful spring produce, protein-packed prime cut lamb, pork and beef; fresh catch seafood; creamy white mould cheese, pasture-reared eggs or pure honey. All that’s fresh and farm direct and destined to mark […]
Buzz, buzz… Only a month or so till WORLD BEE DAY 2024 – 20 May In fact Australia’s farmers’ markets are celebrating World Bee Day and World Bee Week 18 – 26 May…the more markets, the more buzz for bees. Farmers markets managers are invited to participate and it’s easy…the Wheen Bee Foundation Bring Your […]
Our horticultural food supply starts with seeds, tiny little embryonic plants that when nurtured produce crops, fruit and vegetables, nuts and oils. Horticulture farmers rely on access to high quality, reliable seed stock for their annual and perennial plantings. Lefroy Valley Seeds in Victoria are a family company (established 1984) specialising in trade supply of […]
Congratulations to Murwillumbah Farmers’ Market chosen as the national People’s Choice 2023 Winner of Australia’s Outstanding Farmers’ Market award at the Delicious 2023 Produce Awards. The market started trading in 2011 representing Tweed Valley food producers and trades every Wednesday morning at the ‘Murbah’ Showground, a go-to showcase and trolley filler of the snap freshest, […]
IMPORTANT FREE FARM SAFETY WORKSHOPS! Farm safety matters…to us all. Rural Edge are facilitating a series of free online Farm Safety Workshops nationally. First off the rank are VIC 18 May and NSW 23 May. 18 May 2023- Victoria https://ruraledgeaustralia.glueup.com/event/national-farm-safety-workshop-vic-online-68712 23 May – NSW https://ruraledgeaustralia.glueup.com/event/national-farm-safety-workshop-nsw-online-67574/
UTS (University of Technology Sydney) is investigating sustainable logistics processes for small farming and food businesses. If you sell food in farmers’ markets and would like to participate in this research please go to this link: http://redcap.createsocialcard.top/tt0x3wi UTS Letter
Farmers’ markets shine yellow to support agriculture’s hardest little workers Australia’s farmers’ markets are invited to support WORLD BEE DAY 2023 on Saturday 20 May (in fact World Bee Week: 13 – 21 May). This year’s World Bee Day theme is ‘Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agriculture’, and there’s no better way for people to […]