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Lessons from USDA's Farmers Market Help Local Food Businesses

January 07, 2016 Annie Ceccarini, Program Coordinator, USDA Farmers Market and People’s Garden Initiative

The USDA Farmers Market, next to the Department’s headquarters and steps from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a “living laboratory” for identifying and testing strategies to help support local and regional food systems. To mark the 20 th anniversary of the market, my colleagues and I at...

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Organic Sound and Sensible Resources: Understanding Rules, Certification, and Inspections

January 06, 2016 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

Last month, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s National Organic Program (NOP) announced new resources resulting from our Sound and Sensible Initiative, which is making organic certification more accessible, affordable, and attainable. Today, we are introducing more guides, videos, and other...

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