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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Farmers Market question
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:32:29 -0500

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Lynn Wigglesworth
Sent: Mon 6/25/2007 11:06 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Farmers Market question



What kind of community/local government support do other Farmers Markets
get?

>>>>Not a whole lot, except for our share of advertising dollars available
>>>>from the state dept of ag for all farmers' markets.

Who finds the location for the market?

>>>>We (the farmers) do.

Who finds vendors?

>>>>We do, with a little help from a couple of individual ag agents, not
>>>>extension as a whole.

Who pays for signs, insurance, advertising?

>>>>We do - with some grant support from the county (competitive) and the
>>>>state - most at a 50% match and we do all of the ad campaign planning.

Who organizes all of this?

>>>We did and still do - in our fourth season this year. And, to be frank,
>>>if you want a farmers' market that is for farmers, it is probably
>>>necessary. Most government entities have no earthly idea how a FARMERS'
>>>market should function. Our by-laws mandate a majority of farmers on the
>>>board.

What role does the local government, cooperative extension, farm agencies,
etc.
play?

>>>>Virtually none - for the above cited reasons - they don't know enough
>>>>about it - think resellers are great, want to be year-round (in zone 7),
>>>>all week (when do you plant and harvest), want to promote the market as
>>>>a place to buy "cheap produce", etc. Oh, and the city "unofficially"
>>>>exempted us from city taxes.

I'm curious about how it SHOULD work in areas that have good
community support.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

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