This guide to developing a communications strategy is designed for food policy councils, but many of the questions it asks and suggestions it makes might be applied to other kinds…

Senior Centers often organize farmers’ market tours to help seniors utilize their FMNP checks. If you can facilitate this, it’s a great way to ensure that seniors use their checks…

Senior Centers distribute FMNP checks to their members every summer and many seniors are EBT recipients as well. Doing a cooking demonstration or simply giving a short presentation is a…

Visiting a WIC Center and doing a cooking demonstration is a wonderful way to encourage WIC recipients to use their FMNP and WIC Vegetable & Fruit checks at farmers markets,…

Tips on preparing a market outreach plan for nutrition incentive programs. how_to_outreach_plan (2)

“Backpacking” refers to when a school sends each child home with a certain handout to give to their parents. Although many schools won’t allow outside organizations to backpack their flyers,…

Flyering is an effective way to promote your market within a neighborhood. This resource from GrowNYC offers a quick how (and why)-to for creating and distributing flyers. how_to_flyer

Fill out this form for a free content calendar template created just for local food businesses by Taste the Local Difference. Use it to keep yourself organized, strategic and efficient.…

The Marketing chapter of the Washington State Farmers Market Toolkit includes many resources around shopper motivations and attributes, print media, website, social media, graphics, and more.

Hour long presentation from Durham County Dept of Pub Health, for Durham's Double Bucks. Advertising and marketing is one of the most important aspects of attracting SNAP clients to farmers…