Selling Products at Farmers Markets

The Webb City Farmers Market will be hosting a farmers market workshop on February 18 at the Central United Methodist Church in Webb City, Missouri. There will be two simultaneous tracks. Both will be presented in English but one will be fully translated into Hmong. There is no charge for the workshops, but reservations must be made by February 17th by calling 417 483-8139 or emailing eileennichols@sbcglobal.net. The schedule is listed below.

English Language Track
9 am - Food Safety from Farm to Market - Patrick Byers, UM Extension, & Russell Lilly, MO Department of Health
Noon - Lunch - Patrick Byers discusses 2011 challenges & solutions
1 pm - Customer Relations - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services
2 pm - Detecting Counterfeit Money - Shon Bishop, Lincoln U Extension
2:30 pm - Using the Internet & Social Media - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services

Hmong Language Track
9 am - Customer Relations - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services
10 am - Detecting Counterfeit Money - Shon Bishop, Lincoln U Extension
10:30 am - Using the Internet & Social Media - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services
Noon - Lunch - Patrick Byers discusses 2011 challenges & solutions
1 pm - Food Safety from Farm to Market - Patrick Byers, UM Extension, & Russell Lilly, MO Department of Health

The workshops aresponsored by the Webb City Farmers Market with support from the USDA Specialty Crops grant program and Lincoln University and University of Missouri Extension.