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Category: Market Start-up and Development
Internet Buying Clubs Combine Emerging Technologies and Community Values
This article discusses ways that farmers can reach consumers directly through internet buying clubs and how farmers markets can be extended into the off-season through this method.
Recruiting Producers
This two page tip sheet from FMC covers the steps you can take to recruit vendors and expand the product selection at a farmers market
marketshare
Market Umbrella’s marketshare is a program that works to build and share tools and resources with public markets worldwide, including the best of “lessons learned” from market practitioners.
New City Market Business Feasibility Study
This resource offers the Canadian New City Market’s detailed financial model for establishing costs and benefits for individual business units. The report offers research and community engagement suggestions for future services and infrastructure. This source is a helpful model for analyzing and planning the economic future of any farmers market.
Farmers Market By-laws Template
A by-laws template from the University of Florida Extension for an incorporated farmers market.
Organizational Details: Mission Statement
This two-page marketshare describes the purpose and importance of a mission statement for a farmers market, offering tips for writing one and listing sample mission statements.
By-laws of the Loudoun Valley Homgrown Markets Association
An example of by-laws from the nonprofit Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Association.
Farmers Market Tax Status Handout
This chart, developed by the Farmers Market Coalition, shows the differences in various tax exempt designations and example qualifying market activities for each.
Obtaining Nonprofit Status for your Farmers Market
This four page document from the Minnesota Farmers Market Association (MFMA) provides an overview of all the steps required to achieving nonprofit status. Note: Agency contact information is specific to Minnesota.
Opening a Farmers Market on Federal Property
This guide for market operators and building managers, this resource discusses how market operators and building managers can establish and operate farmer markets on Federal properties. Because most Federal buildings are prominently positioned in central business districts, they’re great places to open a farmers market, and sites may be available for use at minimal or no cost. Developed by AMS and GSA, the agency that operates most Federal properties.
