Kokomo Downtown Farmers Market: A Market on a Mission.

Kokomo, Indiana is known as “the City of Firsts”. It was in Kokomo that the first American automobile was commercially produced, the first pneumatic rubber tire, first carburetor, first stainless steel, first push button car radio, the first commercially-produced can of tomato juice, and first mechanical corn picker. Kokomo residents are proud of their city’s…

FMC Seeks a New Crop of Leaders!

  Some of the FMC Board of Directors and staff at the 2016 retreat in Washington, DC. The Board of Directors of the Farmers Market Coalition is currently soliciting qualified nominations for upcoming positions on the Board of Directors. This is an excellent opportunity to take a leadership role in a growing nonprofit organization dedicated…

Disaster Resources for Markets and Farmers

Emergency Resources for Markets and Farmers When it comes to preparation, there is no way to truly prepare for the impact of natural disaster, but you can prepare your market, vendors, and shoppers for what comes next. Farmers markets across the country have navigated the recovery and rebuilding process and learned some key lessons. Please…

Moscow Farmers Market: Driving Local Economy

Home to the University of Idaho and less than 10 miles away from Washington University sits Moscow, Idaho. At its center, on Main Street in Friendship Square, the long established Moscow Farmers Market pops up every Saturday, May through October. This rural, northern Idaho city champions the market because it is at the heart of…

Durham Double Bucks Program Working to Change the City of Medicine into a Community of Health Two farmers’ markets – Durham Farmers’ Market and South Durham Farmers’ Market – collaborated to begin Double Bucks. This story features the larger and more established of the two markets, Durham Farmers’ Market. Before introducing Double Bucks, the markets…

2009 FMPP Grantee: Columbia Farmers Market

Innovative Marketing Helps Farmers Grow Healthy Communities FMPP grant connects community partners, grows customer bases Columbia, Missouri – In 2009, the Columbia Farmers Market recognized that its growing customer base was not reflective of Columbia’s great diversity, and very little of the $5 million spent on food in Boone County through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

Press Releases

Press Releases Increasing Food Access through Farmers Market Implementation and Education with Underserved Community Focus: 1890 University Partnership between the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and the Farmers Market Coalition December 22, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC) are excited to announce their cooperative…

Glenwood Sunday Market: The Ring Heard Around the Park

“We like to say that the entire world is encapsulated in our tiny geographic area of Chicago,” Sustainability Director & Market Director Sheree Moratto says of her Glenwood Sunday Market. In Chicago’s far northeast side, you’ll find Rogers Park, a lively neighborhood where common languages include Arabic, Bhutanese, French, Igbo, Nepali, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.…

Stephanie Fenty

Stephanie got her start in local food by working for The Land Connection (TLC), a nonprofit focused on training new farmers and preserving farmland in Central Illinois. In 2014, she helped to establish the Champaign Farmers Market in her role as office manager and assistant farmers market manager. Organizing efforts in fundraising, event planning, operations,…

Swati J. Shah, MD, MPH, FACOG

Shopping at farmers markets, gardening fruits, flowers, vegetables and herbs at home and volunteering her time in fundraising has been a part of Swati’s life for as long as she can remember. She enjoys serving others and believes that healthy markets make for healthy communities. With previous board experience at FMC and other nonprofits and…