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Farmers' Markets as a Community Collaboration Conference

Description: "Farmers' Markets as a Community Collaboration" conference,
together with the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Farmers' Market
Association, will take place February 6-7 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The Kerr Center's Doug Walton will speak in a session titled,
"Maintaining and Growing a Small Market: Importance of community
support, building collaboration," during this two-day event.

Other session topics include sales taxes, market and board liability,
market management, market evaluation, market promotion and customer
outreach, vendor recruitment and retention, and electronic tools for
farmers' markets.

Registration costs $20 through January 16 and $30 thereafter. A
special conference rate of $89 per night is also available at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel for reservations made by January 16.

For more information, contact Heather Friedrich at 479.575.2798 or
heatherf@uark.edu.

To register, contact Shelly Walters at 479.521.5776 or
swalters@experiencefayetteville.com.

More information and a registration form are also available at
http://kerrcenter.com/pdf/Farmers-Market-conf-2009-brochure.pdf.
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009
Priority: 5-Medium
Access: Public
Created by: Default Administrator
Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:01am PST


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