2012 Program Overview and Sign-Up

Download the 2012 Savor the Season Program Guidelines

Click here for the 2012 Savor the Season Program Online Application

Is your market looking for a recipe to turn up the burner on sales of your vendors' fruits and vegetables?

KRC may have the secret ingredient!

Savor the Season is a specialty crop promotion project that seeks to increase the consumption of ten fruits and vegetables through attractive and informative produce cards and additional supporting materials.

We're highlighting ten fruits and vegetables this market season through full-color cards, FYI tips sheets and market events. We even have a Facebook Page; click over and become a fan.

Is your market interested?

KRC has funding for as many as 20 farmers markets to participate in the 2012 Savor the Season program.

Program Description
KRC’s Our Local Food program will develop:

• 10-4” by 6” color photo crop cards cards with selection, storage and preparation tips as well as a recipe. (printed)
• 10 FYI Tip Sheets providing additional crop info such as preservation, nutrition and seasonal availability. (PDF format)
• reprint 16 previous Savor the Season cards.
• 4 press release templates highlighting the program and featuring information on the selected crops by season.
• program banner, 18” by 36”, for display at market
• 40 additional recipe entries on the ksfm web site featuring selected crops

Program Schedule
KRC will solicit recipes from chefs, extension, markets and shoppers through March 1.
Markets have until March 15 to sign-up to participate.
KRC will mail cards (number based on market attendance) to participating markets by April 18.
Additional materials, including FYI Tip Sheets and press releases, will be distributed via email:

• May 1: spring crops
• July 1: summer crops
• September 1: autumn crops

KRC will attempt to connect markets with interested volunteers to support Savor the Season crop promotion activities such as samplings and cooking demonstrations.

Additional Program Opportunities
KRC is accepting both mini-grant and cost-share proposals from markets. The application deadline for both programs is March 15. Before submitting proposals, markets will need to have completed the online 2012 Savor the Season Program Application.

Mini-Grants: Markets can submit applications requesting up to $250 in funds to support specialty crop promotions. This program is targeted to smaller or new markets interested in testing a special event program. Total available funding is $2,000. Application information can be found here.

Cost-Shares: Markets can submit applications requesting up to $400 in matching funds to support specialty crop promotions. This program is targeted to markets with existing special event programs. Total available funding is $2,100. Application information can be found here.

Download the 2012 Savor the Season Program Guidelines

Click here for the 2012 Savor the Season Program Online Application

Savor the Season is a program of the Kansas Rural Center made possible by a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant from the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Project partners include KDA, K-State Research and Extension, Kansas Vegetable Growers Association, Kansas Farmers Union and the Kansas Center for Sustainable and Alternative Crops.