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Marketing Food Safely: http://
www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/
deptdocs.nsf/all/explore13314
Food Safety: from farm to
fork postcards. Request from
explorelocal@gov.ab.ca
Hand washing information: http://
www.health.alberta.ca/health-info/
clean-your-hands.html
Hand washing poster: http://www.
health.alberta.ca/health-info/influenza.
html. Scroll down the page and in the
Influenza Posters box choose Hand
Washing Sign ― Do Bugs Need
Drugs.
Hand washing stations are for sale
from:
Rama Plastics, Orillia ON: http://www.
ramaplastics.ca/
Quadel Industries, Oregon USA:
http://www.quadel.net/index.html
All Safety Products, Lakewood CA:
http://www.allsafetyproducts.com/
site/323655/page/875173
Be sure to check with your public
health inspector prior to purchasing a
hand washing station for your farmers’
market stall to ensure you are meeting
Alberta Health Services requirements.
Nutrition and Health
Guidelines for preserving many
fruits and vegetables, West Virginia
University:
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/
pubs/nut_hlth.htm
Pickyourown.org is a website that
helps you to find pick-your-own farms
around North America including
Alberta. But the site also has very
detailed instructions with pictures on
how to preserve almost anything. If
you are interested in value added
products, this may be a useful site:
http://www.pickyourown.org/index.htm
Suppliers
Canopies
Impact Instant Canopy ― sells
canopies for farmers’ markets: http://
www.impactcanopy.com/index.asp
Bags
Alberta plastic bag suppliers:
http://www.alberta.servpro.ca/
listcompht/31110/Bags-Plastic.html
Classic Packaging ― cloth bag
supplier with an Alberta office:
http://www.classicpkg.com/
Dunwoody Booth Packaging
Mississauga, ON – bio-degradable
plastic: http://dunwoodybooth.com/
canada/outer.php?UserID=2a6dae2a3
461ef01231e0201704f1bcf&page=pro
duct&product_type_id=742
Freedom Plastic Bags, Grand Forks
ND: http://www.freedomplasticbags.
com/sizes_prices.htm
Cash Aprons
Fox Fabrique: http://www.foxfabrique.
com/aprons.html
Apron Store: http://apronstore.com/
waistaprons.htm
Display Cases
Crown Food Equipment, Lethbridge
and Calgary, carry new and used
refrigerated display cases: http://www.
crownfoodequipment.com/
Miscellaneous
Titan hand wrap, a clear saran wrap-
like material to wrap around rolling
carts or skids of products to secure
the items from shifting on the shelves
or skids. Most common thickness is
16.5 mm. Sold in cases of four 1500
foot rolls at $55 per case: http://www.
arcticpackaging.com/OldWeb/catalog/
stretchwrap/index.html
www.shipperssupply.com – An Alberta
supplier of boxes, shrink wrap, labels,
packing tape and more. All products
are listed in an on-line catalogue
Helpful
Organizations
Joining an organization will expose
you to new ideas that may be helpful
to your business.
Alberta Farmers’ Market Association:
http://www.albertamarkets.com/
Alberta Farm Fresh Producers
Association:
http://www.albertafarmfresh.com/
North American Farmers’ Direct
Marketing Association: http://www.
nafdma.com/
Now that you have the background
information, proceed to the on-line
calculator and fill it in to create your
own budget for attending a farmers’
market.
The mentioning of certain companies or websites in this publication does not constitute an endorsement or suggest that they are in any way superior to others.