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Let’s Stay Together Community Commitment and Farmers Markets

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Let’s Stay Together

Community Commitment and

Farmers Markets

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How do we keep markets RELEVANT and VIBRANT as things change in the food scene?

CHANGE IS

GOOD.

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CHANGE IS

HERE.

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More competition

Fewer farmers

Patron desire for entertainment

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PARTNERS ARE

GREAT.

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Educational

opportunities

Access to volunteers

Financial/in-kind

support

Expertise

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MARKET COMMUNITY

• Vendors/growers

• Staff/management

FOOD COMMUNITY

• Organizations, agencies, businesses

• “Food nerds”

WHOLE COMMUNITY

• Residents, shoppers, visitors

• Local businesses

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COMMITMENT

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- Consistent attendance

- Participation in

activities

- Being “neighborly”

- Communication

COMMITTED

PARTICIPATION:

VENDORS

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- Governance & long-

range planning

- Vendor

education/support

- Marketing &

programming

COMMITTED

PARTICIPATION:

MANAGEMENT

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- “Frenemies”

- Food-related orgs

- Anti-hunger orgs

- Government orgs

- Health-related orgs

- Educational

institutions

COMMITTED

PARTICIPATION:

FOOD COMMUNITY

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- Not just $ for goods –

how is the market

different?

- Grower/patron

connection

- Education

- Public

input/engagement

COMMITTED

PARTICIPATION:

WHOLE COMMUNITY

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Organizations

Community Market

SWEET

SPOT!

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THANK YOU