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Article (peer reviewed)
Collaborative, Participatory,and Empowerment Evaluation: Building a StrongConceptual Foundation for Stakeholder Involvement Approaches to Evaluation(A Response to Cousins,Whitmore, and Shulha, 2013)
This article responds to criticisms of stakeholder-led evaluation methods by sharing a conceptual framework to empower stakeholders for meaningful evaluation practices.
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Guide/Toolkit
Community Food Project Evaluation Toolkit
The Community Food Project Evaluation Toolkit (Toolkit) is a hands-on workbook designed to help community food project (CFP) staff conduct evaluations of their programs to develop the kind of information…
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Data Collection Tool
SNAP Product Checklist Template
Tool for collecting data from vendors on SNAP-eligible products sold at markets.
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How-To
Bean Poll (Weatherproof Dot Survey design)
Bean Polls allow for a simple “mood of the day” question to be asked of both vendors and shoppers. Based on the Oregon Extension Service’s Rapid Market Assessment tools,.the Bean…
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How-To
Counting Visitors at Markets
This short essay from the Farmers Market Coalition lays out why and how to perform shopper counts at your farmers market as part of a Rapid Market Assessment. Includes descriptions…
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Blog
Counting Farmers Market Visitors and Customers in 2022
Blog post revisiting visitor count tools and methodologies with consideration for the 4Ms (mission, management, messaging, and measurement)
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Article (peer reviewed)
Designing an effective, scalable data collection tool to measure farmers market impacts
Provides a timeline of the steps and partnerships that led to the creation of the Farmers Market Metrics program, including the exploration of existing data collection systems suitable for grassroots…
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Whitepaper
The Market Profile: a history
History of collecting static structural characteristics of market organizations
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Template
Vendor Evaluation Form
A sample form used by the Farmers’ Market Federation of New York to evaluate their vendors on market day in terms of topics such as image, display, product, pricing, and…
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