Need help with your Guam business? Attend our free meetings!
Need assistance with the following? Starting a farm Writing a business plan Budgeting Record keeping Selling your produce Marketing Farming tips Becoming CORE certified (EPA requirement for properly handling pesticides) Becoming registered with the Department of Agriculture Creating Value-Added Products Monday, April 18, 2016 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Mangilao Senior Citizens Center Who is Farm...
Farm to Table Guam helps farmer get $17,196 grant to expand operation
Hertha Cruz Quintanilla Van Beurden of Paradise Natural Farm was awarded a Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE) Grant to expand her farm using a “rotating paddock method” of chicken feeding and grazing. Paradise Natural Farms is a family-run operation developed by Jason and Hertha Van Beurden. As part of this $17,196 grant, farmer...
Harry S. Truman Elementary School and Breaking the Cycle awarded $46,250 grant
On December 16, 2015, Senator Tina Rose Muna Barnes visited Harry S. Truman Elementary and was thanked for the support she has shown for Breaking the Cycle’s school garden project and Taotao Mo’na Farm project. With a grant provided through the Guam Visitors’ Bureau, BTC was able to buy gardening supplies for Harry S. Truman...
April Community Events – 2016
April 1, 2016 Yigo Night Market 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Located in the gym parking lot April 2, 2016 Dededo Flea Market 5:00 a.m. to about 10:00 a.m. (although some vendors stay until the afternoon) Across from GTA First Annual Valley of the Latte River Festival 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Talofofo River, Route 4 Tymeless...
Win a gift basket for Chamorro Month!
Celebrate Chamorro Month by eating at your favorite restaurants! In honor of Chamorro Month, visit Pika’s Cafe, 9th Street Rotary, Meskla and Mosa’s Joint, order the “Chamorro Month Special,” take a photo, upload to Instagram and use hashtag #FarmToTableGuam.
March Community Events – 2016
March 1, 2016 Agat Night Market 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Next to Mayor’s Office March 2, 2016 Chamorro Village Wednesday Night Market 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Local produce, island cuisine, arts and crafts, and souvenirs. March 3, 2016 Mangilao Night Market & Farm to Table Market 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m./9:00 p.m. Located between Santa...
February Community Awareness Meetings
Need assistance with the following? Starting a farm Writing a business plan Budgeting Record keeping Selling your produce Marketing Farming tips Becoming CORE certified (EPA requirement for properly handling pesticides) Becoming registered with the Department of Agriculture Attend our free community awareness meetings! Who is Farm to Table & How Can We Help? Tuesday, February 16,...
Farmers Market Nutrition Program Open Enrollment for 2016
The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) would like to announce the FY 2016 open enrollment of the Guam WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP). If you are a certified Guam Farmer with the Department of Agriculture and grow vegetables and fruits you are encouraged to pick up an application and information packet...
February Community Events: 2016
February 1, 2016 February 2, 2016 Agat Night Market 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Next to Mayor’s Office February 3, 2016 Chamorro Village Wednesday Night Market 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Local produce, island cuisine, arts and crafts, and souvenirs. February 4, 2016 Mangilao Night Market 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m./9:00 p.m. Located between Santa...