Conflict Resolution Guide for Farmers Markets

This Guide was developed after the completion of the 3-year project Reducing Tensions on Market Day: Training Farmers’ Market Organizers and Service Providers on Conflict Resolution and De-escalation Strategies, funded by Northeast SARE. The three-year Maine/Vermont series was held over a 3-month period during farmers markets “off-season” months winter /early spring). The state leaders for…

Fact Sheet for Market Partners/Social Media Ad Project

Farmers Market Social Media Ad Guide

Data Collection Resources for Farmers Markets 2023

FMC’s quick guide to the most used resources for evaluation for markets in 2023

Farmer to Farmer eCommerce Platforms Report

This guide to digital sales platforms for CSAs from the CSA Innovation Network lists and compares sales platforms by feature and offers a list of additional resources on ecommerce for CSAs.

IDEAL Engage Anti-Racism Complete Manager Toolkit

A Toolkit for managers of businesses, created by Stanford University, to help managers

Antiracist Farmers Markets – Making Progress Toward

This toolkit created for OFMA by Allinee “shiny” Flanary, (http://shinyshiny.org/ ), director of markets for the Come Thru Market in Portland Oregon, offers action-oriented tools and framing for managers who wish to center antiracist practice in their farm direct work.

Food Assistance Handbook

Growing Hope has managed multiple farmers markets in Michigan, and created this operations handbook as a tangible guide to roles, responsibilities, and steps needed to operate food assistance programs before, during, and after a market season. While specifics will vary with different markets, this can serve as an example of how to document the operationalizing…

Seven Social Media Tips for Farms and Markets

This quick, three-page overview from Georgia Fresh for Less/Wholesome Wave Georgia offers helpful tips for a successful social media presence for your farm direct site.

How to Grow Your Incentive Program: A Toolkit for Wholesome Wave’s National Nutrition Incentive Network

Aimed to help existing nutrition programs achieve greater success, this guide walks through goals, marketing, partnerships, fundraising, evaluation and innovation strategies. In addition to providing thorough information and many examples in a visually-appealing way, it suggests additional resources to dive even deeper.