Agricultural Marketing - Community Farmers' Markets

Community Farmers' Markets

photo of Farmers Market Fruit Stand

photo of Farmstand selling corn

CSA Across the Nation Findings from the CSA Survey (PDF, 26 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 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
Harvest Calendar (also in all text version)
Producer-Only Farmers' Markets in the Mid-Atlantic Region - Market Manager Survey (PDF, 40 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 (PDF, 21 pages, this may take a few minutes to download)
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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