<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sandra Repp <<a href="mailto:sjr37@cornell.edu">sjr37@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 10, 2010 4:03:59 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:tc-HSC-L@cornell.edu">tc-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:nwaeg-l@cornell.edu">nwaeg-l@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org">fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:kqj@quinn-jacobs.org">kqj@quinn-jacobs.org</a>, <a href="mailto:afromme@harvestation.com">afromme@harvestation.com</a>, <a href="mailto:greenleaf@greenstar.coop">greenleaf@greenstar.coop</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Harvestation online farmers' market</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sandra Repp <<a href="mailto:sjr37@cornell.edu">sjr37@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div> <font color="#800080"><i>Please address any questions to the contact persons listed on the following web sites:<br><br> </i></font><b>Harvestation</b> (<a href="http://www.harvestation.com/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.harvestation.com/</a>) is a new online farmers' market for Tompkins County (NY). It was developed by the folks at <b>IthaCan </b>(<a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/" eudora="autourl"> http://ithacan.ning.com/</a>) to facilitate bulk buying for food preservation purposes, I believe with funding from a Northeast SARE Sustainable Community Grant. IthaCan is a web-based social network where home food preservers in Tompkins County (NY) organize food preserving events and share information.<br><br> Through the new <b>Harvestation </b>website, buyers are able to: <ul> <li>shop from the comfort of their homes </li><li>enjoy bulk discounts </li><li>post their own wish-lists for farmers to browse </li><li>place orders in advance of harvest </li><li>get to know their farmers </li></ul>Farmers are able to: <ul> <li>sell directly from the farm </li><li>set their own prices, minimum quantities, and pickup times </li><li>accept payment via PayPal </li><li>advertise their products online </li><li>review wish-lists & plan according to buyers' desires </li><li>get to know their customers </li></ul>For information about <b>Harvestation</b>, please contact Alison Fromme, Harvestation Outreach Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:afromme@harvestation.com">afromme@harvestation.com<br> </a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>