Agricultural Marketing - Community Farmers' Markets

Community Farmers' Markets

CSA Across the Nation Findings from the CSA Survey (PDF, 26 pages)
Delivering More - Scaling Up Farm to School Programs (PDF - 47 pages)
Emerging Trends Study of U.S. Farmers Markets (PDF, 48 pages, this may take a few minutes to download)
Farmers' Markets: Consumer Trends, Preferences and Characteristics (PDF, 38 pages)
Farmers Market Coloring Book (PDF, 18 pages)
Farmers' Market Development Manual, Alabama (PDF - 37 pages)
Farmers' Market Development Manual, Iowa (PDF, 32 pages)
Farmers' Market Marketing & Business Guide (PDF, 4 pages)
Farmers' Markets Rules, Regulations and Opportunities (PDF, 49 pages)
Farmers' Market Sample By-Laws (MS Word)
Forming A Farm Market
- Farmer-Vendor Application Form (PDF, 2 pages)
- Vendor Application Sample
  and in PDF - 2 pages
Getting Started with Farmers' Markets (PDF, 28 pages)
Going Local - Paths to Success For Farm to School Programs (PDF - 28 pages)
Guide for Developing Workplace Community Supported Agriculture Distributions (PDF - 59 pages)
Harvest Calendar (also in all text version)
Local Food Systems - Concepts, Impacts, and Issues (PDF, 87 pages)
Local Harvest - A Multifarm CSA Hanbook (PDF, 138 pages)
National Farmers Market Manager Survey 2006 USDA (PDF - 112 pages)
Producer-Only Farmers' Markets in the Mid-Atlantic Region - Market Manager Survey (PDF, 40 pages)
Recruiting Vendors for a Farmers' Market (PDF - 24 pages)
Starting a Farmers’ Market (PDF, 4 pages)
Starting, Operating, and Selling in Farmers Markets Guide (PDF, 10 pages)
Starting and Strengthening a Farmers Markets in Pennsylvania (PDF, 36 pages)
Ten Principles of a Successful Farmers’ Market (PDF, 3 pages)
Tools for Rapid Market Assessments (Oregon State University Extension Service)
U.S. Farmers Markets–2000, A Study of Emerging Trends (PDF, 48 pages)
Why a Farmers' Market . . .

photo of brochure titled Why Sell at a Farmers' Market. Text reads: Direct marketing your crops means more cash for you, sell direct, why let the middleman take part of your profits, improve the cash flow of your farm, take your farm to the consumer and make higher margins, make money on less land - crop choices make a huge difference

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