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Sanctioned Event !
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the third Bay Area Coral Farmers Market event a success ! We acheived a total attendance figure of 171. Unfortunately this event was scheduled to occur on Mothers Day, but even with that scheduling mistake we only experienced a slight drop in total attendance from last year (drop of 16). This helps to demonstrate that there is a core support group for a Coral Farmers Market event within the Bay Area. Our 2008 vendor participation was similar to the 2007 vendor participation. We will be scheduling the 4th Bay Area Coral Farmers Market to occur within the months of May or June in 2009. The exact date and place will be determined later this year. Most of the vendors this year did good. They found the attendees to be knowledgeable and easy to deal with. The selection of captive grown corals was spectacular once again (see images below). We had almost no operational problems during the event and were able to open the venue on time. As usual we are getting some great feedback from the attendees and vendors. We have added some images of the event below.
BA-CFM and CFM Staff
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2008
Bay Area Coral Farmers Market Images !
(All images copyright of the Coral Farmers Market)
Toucan Moon Corals drove all the way from St. George Utah and offered a diverse display
of captive grown stony corals for sale. System was installed by Coral Farmers Market.
Click on image for closeup coral view (use browser back arrow to return).
Vendor participation from the Californian Central Valley was strong.
This is the jam packed display from YourReef of Sacramento.
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Todd from AWExotics is a regular vendor at the Coral Farmers Market events.
He has not missed an event and is busy here loading up captive fragments.
A first time participating vendor, Wet Thumb Frags, put together a strong display
of captive grown fragments. System was installed by Coral Farmers Market.
Click on image for closeup coral view (use browser back arrow to return).
Reeffarmers from Southern California is the only other vendor that has participated in
every single Coral Farmers Market event. System was installed by Coral Farmers Market.
Click on image for closeup coral view (use browser back arrow to return).
Boston Aqua Farms donated two premium Fragment Kits to the BA-CFM Raffle !
Another first time participating vendor, Justin Lok (ViPeR_930), put together an eclectic
display of captive grown fragments. System was installed by Coral Farmers Market.
Click on image for closeup coral view (use browser back arrow to return).
Yet another first time participating vendor, Underwater Paradise, from
Marysville California helped to represent the Central Valley.
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The Coral Farmers Market Auction and Raffle booth !
We would like to thank the following companies or individuals who have donated either products or services to the 2008 Bay Area Coral Farmers Market event. These companies and individuals help to make this event a success !
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Art Petit |
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