Farmers' Market Workshop in Southwest Missouri - Feb 18

A Farmers' Market Workshop will be held Saturday, February 18th from 9 am to 4 pm at Central United Methodist Church,6 South Pennsylvania, Webb City, MO.

There will be two simultaneous tracks.  Both will be in English with one fully translated into Hmong.

English language track

9:00 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

1:00 pm - Customer Relations - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services

2:00 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

9:00 am - Customer Relations - Lane McConnell, Agri-Comm Services

10:00 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

1:00 pm - Food Safety from Farm to Market - Patrick Byers, UM Extension, & Russell Lilly, MO Department of Health

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 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.