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The following projects were awarded grants in Fiscal Year 2008:
- Alabama: $75,000 to State of Alabama Farmers Market Authority, Montgomery, Ala., to develop a comprehensive project aimed at maximizing the full potential of the majority of farmers markets in Alabama through training of farmers market managers and implementation of a statewide promotional campaign.
- Arizona: $67,344 to Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., to support the development of a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable farmers markets association in the state; update existing marketing materials across the state; and develop a Web site for use by the public and farmers market organizers.
- Arkansas: $24,827 to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., to organize an educational conference for approximately 100 farmers market vendors and market managers to provide training and professional development, and promote an alliance between eight northwest Arkansas farmers markets, non-profit organizations, and local governments.
- Arkansas: $5,900 to the City of Gravette, Ark., to fund equipment, supplies, and promotional and outreach activities for a new farmers market in Old Town Park in Gravette, Ark.
- California: $48,584 to Plumas Rural Services, Quincy, Calif., to implement an EBT project that increases low-income consumers’ access at two farmers markets in Plumas and Lassen counties and to assist farmers/vendors using this equipment.
- California: $54,439 to the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, Calif., to provide technical assistance, education, and outreach to Sacramento Valley, Central Coast, and Humboldt small and medium size producers participating at farmers markets; and to assist them in gaining access and growing produce for local institutional food service markets.
- California: $56,221 to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., to enhance and promote a newly created Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operation in Sonoma County that will facilitate a direct-to-consumer supply chain for county-based livestock producers.
- California: $52,829 to Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission, Fresno, Calif., to expand six and start two new farmers markets in the Fresno area to benefit refugees, immigrants, and other nutritionally at-risk groups.
- California: $74,823 to International Rescue Committee, San Diego, Calif., to promote the City Heights Farmers’ Market to ethnic consumers, introduce new specialty crops to market vendors to diversify product mix, and encourage the redemption of EBT and WIC payments through a customer incentive program.
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