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How to Organize and Run a Farmers’ Market, MDAR
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources provides a detailed orientation that covers starting and running a farmers’ market. It begins with the questions to consider and people to reach out to when planning a market. It continues with detailed advice for running an existing market, including tips about having a board of directors, receiving permits, and advertising the market.
USDA Resources: Start a Farmers’ Market
The “Farmers’ Market Manager Training Manual” provides many helpful forms for budgeting, hiring vendors, and keeping records. Parts of this handbook are specific to New York State, but much of the writing is very detailed about topics important to farmers’ markets everywhere.
Example of a Market’s Set of Rules
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources provides a document that is possible to use as a basis or example for writing market regulations.
A Study of Farmers’ Market Regulations
The National Agricultural Law Center at the Arkansas School of Law has compiled a study based on regulations created for various farmers’ markets throughout the US to determine most common provisions and identify important legal and operational issues.
Sample Vendor Registration, from MDAR
Here is a sample form that vendors can use to state what they plan to sell and to agree to market rules.
MDAR Fundraising to Support Your Market
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources provides a list of ideas for fundraisers and ways of finding sponsors. | |
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