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Food Fight 2007

Our Food Fight education and outreach campaign addressed two specific audiences:
1) citizens encouraged to Vote with Your Fork! and 2) the countries thousands of farmers markets where consumers go for locally produced, healthy foods.

FARMERS MARKET OUTREACH

The expansion of farmers markets and the ability for small family farmers to continue to supply farmers markets are highly dependent upon the outcome of the 2007 Farm Bill.

Joing the Food Fight, One Card Table at a Time

HOW CAN THE FARM BILL AFFECT FARMERS MARKETS?

As you may know, Congress is in the midst of re-writing the farm bill, which is set to expire in September. Over the next few months, decisions will be made on how the hundreds of billions of dollars in the Farm Bill are distributed. These decisions shape how our food is grown and even affect farmers markets with programs and issues such as:

Farmers Market Promotion Program;
Women, Infants and Children and Senior Citizens Farmers Market Nutrition Programs;
Value-Added Producer Grants;
Support for Organic farmers and research;
Over-rides local bans on genetically modified crops (GMOs);
Country of Origin labeling and much more.

The country’s 4,000+ farmers markets are an outstanding place for us to educate citizens and eaters about this important legislation.

(Umbrella, too!) Consider setting up a table, information booth, or place where shoppers can learn about the importance of the 2007 Farm Bill.
(or two)
Download a peer-reviewed handout and customize it to include the names of your local representatives and other pertinent issues, and make double-sided copies for your customers.
These action-oriented cards are printed with everything a farmers market shopper needs to know.
(1 box, 30 books, $300, sell for $16.95 and make $210 for your Farmers Market fund.) Food Fight is an easy-to-read book by well-respected author Daniel Imhoff that makes the Farm Bill accessible to anyone.
Make it easy for customers to fill out a postcard while they are at the farmers market. You can use pre-printed cards, sample language, have stamps and blank cards available for purchase. Locate your respresentatives: house.gov/writerep or senate.gov
Make an immediate impact by leaving your senators' phone numbers available at the Food Fight table. Offer some talking points. Keep track of how many farmers market shoppers placed calls.
Sell Vote with your Fork T-shirts to popularize the campaign and earn some money. Available from watershedmedia.org.