Taking Urban Agriculture to Market: A market garden training workshop

Date/Time: 
April 7, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location

Detroit Shoreway Community Development Org.
6516 Detroit Avenue *In the basement meeting room
Cleveland, OH 44102

Morgan Taggart of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Food Policy Coalition and Kristen Trolio of Tremont West Development Corporation will cover topics pertinent to taking Cleveland urban agriculture to market, including:
• City urban agricultural zoning
• The general framework for starting a farm stand and/or getting involved in a farmers market
• When to open a farmers market, join an existing one or sell on-site as a single producer/seller
• A comparison of farm stands v. farmers markets
• Local public permitting and state registration- Permits and licenses for farmers markets and on-site sales
• A briefing on accepting food stamp/assistance programs (WIC, Ohio Direction Card) at your selling site
Who: This workshop will be free and open to the public. Re-imagining Cleveland program participants strongly encouraged to attend.
When: Thursday, April 7th from 6:00 pm to 8:00pm
Where: Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, in the downstairs meeting room
*Parking along Detroit Road and in the lot behind The Capital Theater off of W. 65th St

RSVP REQUIRED seating is limited: contact Erika Meschkat at 216-830-2770 X243 or email eem@neighborhoodprogress.org

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