Resources for Managers and Sponsors
Developing and Improving a Market
- Getting Started with Farmers’ Markets (PDF guide for farmers from the Wallace Center, 2007)
- Recruiting Vendors for a Farmers’ Market (PDF guide to market start-up from the Wallace Center, 2007)
- Step-by-Step Guide to Establishing a Farmers’ Market Association (PDF from the Farmers’ Market Federation of New York)
- Farmers’ Markets and CSAs on Hospital Grounds (PDF from the Going Green: A Resource Kit for Pollution Prevention in Health Care, 2007)
- Recipe for a Great Farmers Market (PDF article in Growing for Market by Nina Planck, December 2005)
- Alabama Farmers Market Development Manual (PDF from the Alabama Farmers Market Authority)
- Kaiser Permanente Farmers Market Resource Guide (PDF from Kaiser Permanente, August 2004)
- Farmers Market Development Manual (PDF from the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, 2003)
- Establishing & Operating a Community Farmers Market (PDF from the University of Kentucky, 2002)
- Farmers Markets (A guide for organizers and vendors from ATTRA, 2002)
- Prerequisites for Establishing a Farmers Market (DOC prepared by R. Alden Miller, 1992)
Rules and Regulations
- Farmers’ Markets Rules, Regulations and Opportunities (PDF from the National Agricultural Law Center, 2002)
- Understanding Farmers Market Rules (PDF from Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. 2006)
- Market Rules That Work (PDF from Farmers’ Market Federation of New York, by Trina Pilonero of Silver Heights Farm)
- Farmers Market Rules Template (DOC developed by FMC as a guideline for developing markets, 2008)
Electronic Benefits Transfer
- Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Primer (from MarketUmbrella.org)
- How to Set Up an Electronic Food Stamp Redemption Program at your Farmers Market Without Using Electricity or Telephone Lines (PDF from Seattle’s Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, 2007)
- Frequently Asked Questions: EBT & Serving Food Stamp Customers (PDF from USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Detroit Field Office)
- EBT Farmers’ Market Projects Status (USDA Food & Nutrition Service)
WIC and Senior FMNP
- WIC FMNP Fact Sheet (USDA Food & Nutrition Service Web site)
- Senior FMNP Overview (USDA Food & Nutrition Service Web site)
Funding for Farmers Markets
- Farmers Market Resource Guide (PDF from the Farmers Market Consortium, 2007)
- Farmers Market Promotion Program (FY 2008-2009)
Promotion
- Marketing the Market (PDF from the Kansas Rural Center)
- Chef Demonstrations (PDF from the Kansas Rural Center)
Market Evaluation
- Tools for Rapid Market Assessment (PDF from Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program, 2004)
- Sticky Economic Evaluation Device (SEED) (from MarketUmbrella.org)
- A Learning Approach to Strengthening Farmers Markets (PDF from Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program, 2002)
- When Things Don’t Work: Some Insights into Why Farmers’ Markets Close (PDF from Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program, 2006)
Food Safety at Farmers Markets
- Safe Handling of Food at Open Markets (PDF from Kansas State University)
- Food Safety for Farmers Markets (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)
- From the field to the table: Suggested food handling guidelines for Farmers Markets, fairs and festivals (PDF from MarketUmbrella.org, 2006)
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