Starting a farmers’ market is a form of community organizing. It happens on two levels, organizing the market members and organizing the shoppers. Working with these two audiences takes very different forms, and I will concentrate here primarily on how the market members are organized. Community organizing can take many forms depending on where the […]
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Product Liability Insurance Q & A
April 20, 2004 CategoriesHi Tom, I got your name off the internet at the MFFM website. I am a farmer and I currently sell at a local market. The question on “product liability insurance” has come up and it looks grim for the small farmer (once again!). The market master has come to the conclusion that we will […]
Limiting market membership?
February 9, 2004 CategoriesWe submit that there are two questions in the issue of limiting market membership. These two questions are: “Does the market have the right to limit membership?” “Is it a good idea for the market to limit membership?” Does the market have the right? When it comes to the ability of market members to limit […]
Dependent markets versus independent markets
February 9, 2004 CategoriesConsider for a moment the way farmers’ markets are organized. Not whether or how they are incorporated, not how many or what kind of members they have, but rather how and whether the membership is involved in the management of the business of being a farmers’ market. There seems to be two general categories: those […]
Market slogans and longer pieces
January 22, 2002 CategoriesWhat does your market say in its advertising? Several of the markets doing brochures or print advertising have used slogans or phrases to better communicate with their audience. Many other organizations also attempt to influence the public consciousness toward paying more attention to localness and community in making purchases. This page is presented in an […]