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    Panhandle Produce Pointers

    • Produce Pointers Sheets
    • Harvest Calendar
    • Farmer's Markets
    • Marketing Checklists
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    • Variety Testing

    Panhandle Produce Pointers

    Panhandle Produce Pointers' information provides consumers and producers with a variety of resources for growing and selling produce.

    Produce Pointers Sheets

    Recipes, nutrition information, and fun facts about local produce. Click a vegetable or fruit and download the .pdf file for more information.

    Vegetables

    • Bell Pepper
    • Corn
    • Cucumber
    • Eggplant
    • Greens
    • Okra
    • Peas
    • Snap Beans
    • Squash
    • Tomatoes 

    Fruits

    • Blueberries
    • Melons
    • Strawberries

    Calendar of average harvest dates for local produce`

    Florida Community Farmers Market

    Use the marketing checklist as a starting point to identify the steps needed to have success in the farmer's market venue:

    Farmer's Market Checklist

    Requirements and recommendations for entering the Farm to School Market:

     

    Farm To School Checklist

    Requirements and recommendations for entering the Wholesale and/or Distributors Market:

    Wholesale Checklist

    Requirements and recommendations for participating in the WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program:

    WIC Checklist

    Requirements and recommendations for starting a roadside stand:

    Roadside Stands Checklist

    Requirements and recommendations for entering the restaurant venue: 

    Restaurant Checklist

    Crop Download
    Sweet Corn

    2013 Sweet Corn Variety Performance Trial - Jay, FL

    2014 Corn Variety Demonstration Report - Jay, FL

    Watermelon

    Watermelon Variety Trial 2012 - Jay, FL

    Watermelon Seedless Variety Trial - Jay 2015

    Tomato

    High Tunnel Heirloom Tomato - Jay 2015

    High Tunnel Hybrid Tomato - 2015

    Cucumber 2015 High Tunnel Beit Alpha Cucumber Variety Study
    Strawberry 2016 Strawberry High Tunnel and Field Production Systems
    Hops Northwest Florida Shade Tunnel Hops Variety Demo - Jay 2016

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