Resources for Vendors
Are Farmers Markets Right for Me?
- Getting Started with Farmers’ Markets (PDF guide for farmers from the Wallace Center, 2007)
- Farmers Markets (A guide for organizers and vendors from ATTRA, 2002)
- When Things Don’t Work: Some Insights into Why Farmers’ Markets Close (PDF from Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program, 2006)
Improving Marketing Skills to Increase Sales
- How to Sell at Farmers Markets (PDF article by Nina Planck)
- Growing for Market, Special Farmers Market Issue (PDF, 2001)
Finding and Managing Labor
- Farm Internship Handbook (from ATTRA, 2007)
- Farm Internship Curriculum (from ATTRA, 2007)
Pricing Your Products
- Pricing Product (Word doc from the University of Florida Small Farms Program, 2008)
Food Safety at Farmers Markets
- Safe Handling of Food at Open Markets (PDF from Kansas State University)
- Food Safety for Farmers Markets Vendors (PDF from University of Nebraska, 2007)
- Food Safety Begins on the Farm: Reduce Microbial Contamination with Good Agricultural Practices (from the Good Agricultural Practices Network at Cornell University)
Stay tuned for more as we grow this section of our site! Please contact us to make us aware of any broken links, and use our on-line submission form to share resources for inclusion on this web site. Click here to visit the Resources for Managers and Market Sponsors page.