Currently there is only one body offering an accrediting program in Australia.
The
Victoria Farmers' Market Association offers accreditation to
farmers' markets in the state of Victoria. VFMA accredited stallholders
are either
- ones that have gone through the VFMA accreditation process as farmers who grow or raise the produce they sell
- OR specialty makers who source their ingredients from regional Victoria or another stallholder direct.
To receive VFMA accreditation a market must be;
- A farmers' market in a metropolitan area with at least 90% of the stallholders accredited by VFMA
- A regional farmers� markets with at least 75% of the the stallholders accredited by the VFMA .
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