The USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant has been awarded to
the Ohio Farmers Market Network to create a farmers market collaborative in
Central Ohio!
The proposal was informed by a project team created by the Local Food Board
<https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/Local-Food-Plan/The-Local-Food-Board/>,
led by the Local Food Team
<https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/Local-Food-Plan/Implementing-the-Plan/>,
and made up of many of you from the Food Council. This project team has
been working to implement Action B-3 from the Local Food Action Plan with a
goal to "Establish a Formal Farmers’ Market Management Collaborative
Serving the City of Columbus and Franklin County." You can read more about
this work here
<https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/Local-Food-Plan/Project-Team-Updates/>
.
Check out/share the Columbus Business First article: Local farmers markets
land $265,000 federal grant for growth
<https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/10/08/local-farmers-markets-land-265-000-federal-grant.html>
And congratulations to all who were involved!
--
*Ariel Miller*, Chair
<http://www.fclocalfoodcouncil.org/>
www.fclocalfoodcouncil.org
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