What Would Happen In A World Without Farmers?

Can you imagine our world without farmers? Our society does very well at creating great comfort and in moving one breakthrough to another in terms of technological gadgets and high tech processes. Yet, one thing that is sometimes not given attention to, or minimal care for, are agricultural advancement. Not many countries are trying to put this in their list of high priority developments. The focus is more on industrialization. What will happen if everyone would jump into highly technological research and disregard applying knowledge to agriculture?

Even if we could imagine a world thriving on pills and not physical food, we cannot imagine total independence from carbon based things because most of our daily needs are carbon based. Needless to say, farmers are indispensable part of our society. There is no doubt about this but there is also no doubt that farmers are not given the proper regard for their noble task.

How to Start a Farmers Market

If you would of told me that I would be managing a farmers market a year ago I would of thought you were crazy. The opportunity arose quite suddenly to be the manager of our local farmers market. I am no expert on how to run a farmers market, but the following are important concepts to consider when you are thinking of starting a farmers market for your community or taking over one as a manager.

Before you even begin to formulate your location, vendors, layout, marketing strategies you need to have a board of directors. This board will be the governing entity of your market. You will need people who are experienced in urban planning, business, the agricultural scene, and active with your community. It is also a good idea to talk to other farmers markets; how did they start their market? What advice do they have? Would they be willing to help you? Once you have your board members selected, you need to come up with a mission for your market. What do you stand for? What do you want your community to gain by your presence?