How to Recruit Vendors for Your Farmers Market (and Keep Them Coming Back)
How to recruit vendors for a farmers market: find the gaps in your mix, know where farmers and home bakers look, pitch honestly and make applying painless.
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The Farmers Market Pear Guide: Which Variety to Buy for Eating, Baking, and Poaching
Which pear to buy for eating, baking and poaching, how to ripen pears at home after the market, and the one question…
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Can You Sell Homemade Candy and Fudge? Why Fudge Is the Tricky One
Want to sell homemade fudge, toffee or brittle? Most candy is a cottage food, but fudge is where states disagree. Here is…
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How to Price CSA Shares So the Farm Actually Gets Paid
How to price CSA shares from your real costs: a worked season budget with your own pay, packaging, card fees and a…
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Can You Sell Homemade Cookies? What Is Allowed, What Is Not, and Decorated Sugar Cookies
Can you sell homemade cookies? Almost everywhere, yes. Here is what makes frostings and fillings risky, how states treat royal icing, and…
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How to Start a Farmers Market in Your Town: Sponsor, Site, Vendors and Budget
Here is how to start a farmers market in your town: find a sponsor, pick a site, line up vendors and write…
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What’s at the Farmers Market in November? Your Late-Fall Shopping Guide
November farmers markets are smaller, colder, and sweeter than you expect. Here is what is in season, what frost improves, and what…
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How to Survive a Slow Market Day (And Get Something Out of It)
Four hours, eleven customers, a full table. What to do with a dead market instead of scrolling, and how to leave with…
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Cold-Weather Booth Setup: Wind, Light, and Days That End at Four
A booth built for August falls apart in November. What to change for wind, cold and a market that ends after dark…
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Selling from a Farm Stand: What It Takes and What It Makes
A stand at the end of the drive has no booth fee and no set hours. What to check before you build…
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Buying Ingredients in Bulk Without Wasting Money
The bulk bag is only a saving if you use it in time. How to work out your true break-even, which ingredients…
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How to Freeze Your Farmers Market Haul (Without a Freezer Full of Regret)
No canner, no jars, no boiling water bath. What to blanch first, what to freeze raw, what to skip entirely, and how…
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How to Accept SNAP and EBT at Your Farmers Market Booth
SNAP at a market usually runs through the market itself, not your card reader. What qualifies, how tokens work, how you get…
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