Mark your calendars for the 2019 Direct Farm Manitoba Town hall. The town hall is a great chance to get together and discuss issues important to the direct farm marketing sector. Whether you are a long time member, or just starting out and wanting to know more about Direct Farm Manitoba, we hope to see…

Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia has just announced the launch of their pilot ‘food bucks’ program for farmers’ markets. Like the program Direct Farm Manitoba is developing to launch in the 2020 market season, the Nova Scotia coupon program is being modelled after the successful program in BC. Direct Farm Manitoba is meeting with staff…

Direct Farm Manitoba aims to support farm mentorship to build successful current & future farm businesses.  This summer, we’re facilitating informal on-farm gatherings where farmers (and wannabe farmers) can get together to share, learn, and laugh! The 1st gathering is at Tri-Pop Farms hosted by Judy Swain: On an 80-acre triangle (TRI-) of field and poplar (-POP), Judy raises grass-fed beef, eggs, chicken, turkey and goat. Date:…

Direct Farm Manitoba has an exciting new program brewing.  The market coupon program would see underserved members of our communities receiving coupons that they could spend on MB grown products at DFM member markets. This program is being successfully run on a large scale in BC . We are looking to roll the program out in…