This presentation from Healthy! Capital Counties introduces an asset based approach to community health, and includes worksheets that farm direct sites could adapt to discover and document the assets and…

This USDA website offers a broad overview of how to attract SNAP Customers to your Farmers Market, and may be a good place to start when considering the range of…

USDA’s Local Food Directories update and registration site for local food retail and wholesale outlets including farmers markets, farm stands, CSAs, and food hubs is among the places to be…

These Vendor Name tags that say "I speak" with space to fill in the languages spoken come from the BC Farmers' Market.

This blog article from Wild Apricot walks through the basics of why word of mouth works as a marketing approach, and gives how-to's for many word of mouth strategies.

This article from the National Council on Nonprofits talks in plain language about how to approach partnerships to give them the greatest chance for success; it addresses being explicit about…

This two page checklist from the University of Southern Maine offers guidance for developing community partnerships with universities in ways that ensure mutual understanding, benefit, and respect.

Discussions on enhancing your outreach efforts to community groups, organizations, and your Chamber of Commerce, developing incentives to keep your market sustainable , and getting your community members engaged with…

The Corporation for National & Community Service offers several programs-- some administered at the state and the other at the national levels-- that, among other aims, work to alleviate poverty.