Tent Talk Farmers Market Pros

It's the 25th anniversary of National Farmers Market Week. Get ready to get ready with the Farmers Market Coalition Toolkit, it's available now. Get ahead of the game with early press releases and outreach to your local policy makers. Order your temporary I Love Farmers Market tattoos. Plan a celebration and don't forget to slip in a little education. This is our week to shine. Join us as we chat with Nino Budabin McQuown of FMC about all the best ways to use the week to raise your farmers markets' profile, including:
 
Customize your celebration for your community Request a proclamation or visit from local officials now  Suggest farmers and market vendors use NFMW to promote their businesses Whether you plan ahead or scramble, make it fun FMC Toolkit: https://farmersmarketcoalition.org/national-farmers-market-week/

Juneteenth is coming up, are you ready? With the mid-week holiday coming up, we're seeing observances and events scheduled this coming weekend also the following Saturday and Sunday, June 22nd and 23rd, in addition to June 19th itself. Sagdrina Brown Jalal joined us last year to discuss how to honor that day at our markets. This year we'll be amplifying the collective Juneteenth awareness campaign that Sagdrina is leading for the Farmers Market Coalition. Listen in to our brief conversation about this year's plans, and to this spotlight episode originally broadcast in June of 2023, about:
 
Simple ways to make your farmers market more inclusive Supporting local organizations already doing the work How markets are putting the Anti-Racist Toolkit to work Keeping the momentum going as Black Business Month and National Farmers Market Week intersect

We love a good vendor story almost as much as we love Not Your Nonna's nut-free pesto, full of locally grown basil. Adrianna Zizzo operates her pasta sauce business in six farmers markets a week. Her fledgling business weathered pandemic protocols shortly after she launched. This summer her business is celebrating its five year anniversary. Devoted to using locally grown ingredients and no preservatives, Adrianna has built a devoted customer base and an extended market family. Listen in as we talk about:
Ways entrepreneurial parents set us up for success Limiting staff turnover with realistic job descriptions Educating shoppers about eating seasonally Using customer requests to grow your product line Her last word on the sauce versus gravy debate Learn more about our online courses, annual gatherings and farmers market resources at https://www.farmersmarketpros.com. Copyright @ The Farmers Market Pros, 2024.

It's a celebration, it's a contest, it's two exciting things at once and it kicks off this coming weekend. American Farmland Trust has operated America's Farmers Market Celebration for 16 years now. It offers a great chance to make your market more visible and engage your shoppers. The cash prizes are an added bonus. This year's contest is shorter and maybe a little sweeter than last year's, with some new rules in place. Listen in on our conversation with AFT's David Thayer about all the ways the Celebration is designed to advance our shared mission of protecting farmers while promoting farmers markets. Learn about all this and more:  
 
Why the Celebration has a new, shorter timeline Getting your market registered before June 1st Creative ways market contestants get out the vote Remembering that we're all on the same side Celebrating farmers markets all year   
Today’s episode of Tent Talk, the Farmers Market Podcast, is supported by American Farmland Trust.

We’re baaaaack! Did you miss us? After our short recording hiatus, listen in to find out where we’ve been and where we’re growing next.🌱 It’s been a busy spring, and we’ve got a lot cookin’ over here. Follow along as we answer burning questions, including: 
 
How Catt and Brijet keep it real (hint: still schlepping barricades)  The location for 2025's InTents Farmers Market Conference Will the Tent Talk Podcast ever be on video? 👀  How to find grant assistance and other consulting services  Where in the world is Catt Fields White, and how many books is she writing?  
We'd love to hear what you’ve been up to. Drop a comment and let us know!
 
Today’s episode of Tent Talk, the Farmers Market Podcast, is supported by Farmers Market University.

The work you do farming, or bringing small farmers and shoppers together, is vitally important. Brent Preston spoke at InTents: The Farmers Market Conference 2019 about his time as an organic farmer, the effects of farming on the environment and how farmers and consumers can change those. His book The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution, shined a light on the complexity of our food systems. Brent continues to do the good work, on his farm in Southern Ontario, Canada, and as current president of Farmers for Climate Solutions.  
 
This episode was recorded and originally broadcast in March 2019 and we think it's still relevant and important, for long time listeners to review and newer followers to discover. It’s a pleasure to share it with you again now.  
 
Today’s episode of Tent Talk, the Farmers Market Podcast, is supported by the national Farmers Market Coalition.