A visitor count is an essential part of collecting farmers market data. It is a piece of baseline data, meaning we use visitor counts as a way to calculate other…

The Washington State Farmers Market Association's Toolkit is a comprehensive, web-based guide to market management, filled with "timely information, tips, and templates", organized in ten chapters, including organizational blueprints, farmers…

New markets may not be formally incorporated organizations, or may be considering breaking off from an existing fiduciary to become a new organization. This chapter from the Washington State Farmers…

Chapter 4 of the Washington State Farmers Market Management Toolkit covers many aspects of the people at your market, including Market Manager job descriptions; contracts; training manual; payroll resources; tips…

This chapter from the Washington State Farmers Market Management Toolkit includes recruitment, farm verification, vendor relations, and cross-cultural communications that can be helpful for anyone staff who are interacting with…

Chapter 9 from the Washington State Farmers Market Management Toolkit covers many legal, regulatory, and policy areas for markets, including musician publishing rights, food safety, insurance options, safety & emergency…

This 20 page guide from the Georgia Department of Agriculture focuses mostly on the laws and regulations governing farmers markets, in particular around agriculture, licensing, and food safety. While focused…

Rapid Market Assessments, developed by Oregon State University Extension, are an easy to use technique to capture data from customers at a given moment in time, and are excellent for…

FM Tracks tutorial demonstrating how to use the transaction log to edit and delete past transactions.

This 15-page vendor guide from the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems includes, recruitment, fees, guidelines, policies, day of, health & safety, and how to apply.