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 2023 – 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: https://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 celebrate […]
ATTENTION ALL CHEFS AND ARTISAN FOOD PRODUCERS! Are you ready to turn your delicious ideas into a successful business? Say hello to a new food science program, Concept to Consumer! This program could be your ticket to learning all about food safety and development to take your culinary creations to the next level. With Concept […]
NEW EDITION! FARMERS’ MARKET FOOD SAFETY GUIDE The Australian Farmers’ Markets Association (AFMA) has collaborated with FSANZ (Food Safety Australia New Zealand) to update the dedicated Farmers’ Markets Food Safety Guide intended for the use of market managers and stallholders in the vibrant farmers’ market sector. The guide is national in its orientation and practical […]
Now is your chance to Nominate your local Farmers’ Market as Australia’s OUTSTANDING FARMERS MARKET in the 2023 Delicious Produce Awards! Australia’s vibrant farmers’ market sector has proved immensely resilient and powerful over the past 12 months supporting farmers, food producers and local economies from Albany (WA) to Albury (NSW) and beyond. This is your […]
AFMA has prepared a new FACT SHEET – ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR GUIDELINES for market managers to assist with the management and principles of acceptable behavior within a farmers’ market and between its stakeholders. The Fact Sheet is intended to guide rather than prescribe, to facilitate pathways for acceptable behaviour within farmers’ market communities, between market management, […]
The Delicious Magazine annual Produce Awards celebrate Australia’s best food (and now beverage) producers. The cavalcade of categories this year includes a new award, the Readers’ Choice Outstanding Farmers Market won by Adelaide Farmers Market, one of the original farmers’ markets trading weekly on Sundays in central Adelaide. It is a fabulous showcase of regional […]
FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER ALERT! Australia’s farmers’ market managers are invited to assist in developing communications materials on food safety for small growers of berries and leafy vegetables… Initially all that is needed is to complete a short survey… AFMA is liaising with The Growth Drivers to help facilitate the research for the Fresh Produce […]
AFMA is again partnering with the Wheen Bee Foundation for WORLD BEE DAY 2022 The campaign BRING YOUR BUZZ has been developed specifically to roll out across Australia’s farmers’ markets in May. Numerous markets ran fabulous market activations last year and markets are again being invited to get involved in this very important campaign […]