{"id":25795,"date":"2014-07-08T16:25:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T02:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=25795"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:56:10","slug":"new-farmers-market-and-agricultural-tourism-manual-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/08\/new-farmers-market-and-agricultural-tourism-manual-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New farmers market and agricultural tourism manual available"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>) and the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo’s College of Continuing Education and Community Service<\/a> recently collaborated with five current farmers market and agritourism managers to craft a Hawaiʻi<\/span>-specific best practices manual. The 36-page cookbook-style manual is an easy-to-read rapid reference for new and experienced vendors at farmers markets and agriculture tourism venues.<\/p>\n

“Hawaiʻi<\/span> Farmers Market and Agritourism: Best Food Business and Food Handling Practices for Farmers and Vendors<\/em><\/a> is based on solid experience from people who run some of Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s best farmers markets,” says CTAHR<\/abbr>’s Jim Hollyer<\/strong>, who funded the project with resources from the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Department of Agriculture<\/a>’s Agribusiness Development Corporation.<\/p>\n

Luisa F. Castro<\/strong>, the project coordinator for the manual from 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo, says, “We did extensive research on similar guides and tested out and refined the content with two panels of experienced farmers market vendors, so we know we have a useful educational tool.”<\/p>\n

The farmers market manual covers marketing and food safety in significant detail, illustrated with dozens of photo examples. Contributors represent all Hawaiʻi<\/span> counties, different organizations, and a variety of markets. “We looked for experience, market leadership, and a willingness to contribute all they know from our co-authors, and we are pleased with the collaboration,” says Castro.<\/p>\n

Co-authors include Nancy Ginter-Miller, Produce to Product, Inc.; Pamela Boyar, FarmLovers Famers’ Markets; Lani R. Weigert, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Agritourism Association<\/a>; Neil Coshever, Upcountry Farmers Market and Melissa McFerrin Warrack, Kauaʻi<\/span> County Farm Bureau<\/a>, in addition to Castro and Hollyer.<\/p>\n

Copies are being distributed to each island by the authors. Additional copies can be obtained by contacting Castro by email<\/a> or at (808) 974-7664. The manual can also be downloaded for free from the CTAHR<\/abbr> website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Mānoa and 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo produce a Hawaiʻi<\/span>-specific best practices manual for farmers market vendors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,212,14,9],"class_list":["post-25795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25795"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150843,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795\/revisions\/150843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}