Direct Market Food Sales in Virginia Information Sheet

A new resource from Virginia Cooperative Extension: Direct Market Food Sales in Virginia.

This reference sheet answers these questions:

What are potential markets for my product?
Who regulates direct market food sales such as farmers’ markets?
Do foods sold at these direct markets need to be inspected?
Which foods can be processed without a state inspection?
How do I get started in direct market sales?
How can Extension help?

Prepared by the Virginia Tech Department of Food Science and Technology.

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