Detailed resources to support markets in implementing and using data collection methods including customer surveys, visitor counts, and gross sales tracking
Data Use | Best Practices | Measurement | Shoppers/Visitors | Survey/Surveying
This page includes tips on the types of data to collect at farmers markets as well as strategies, followed by a form that New Mexico Farmers Markets are asked to…
Best Practices | Data Collection/Methodology | Survey/Surveying
This tool offers an expansive list of metrics that U.S. food system practitioners and food movement organizations can use to hold ourselves accountable for progress towards a more equitable food…
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion/Accessibility | Demographic Data | Data Collection/Methodology
FM360 is a collaborative metrics service for farmers markets that was developed through a partnership between market advocates, market managers, and researchers from the University of Minnesota. This page includes…
Farmers/Vendors | Sales | Data Visualization | Data Use | Quantitative | Shoppers/Visitors
This survey of farmers market vendors was administered in 2011 by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, along with a manager survey, to assess the growth and characteristics of markets. The…
Using the SEED tool created by Market Umbrella, the Crescent City Farmers Market reports that the Crescent City Farmers Mkt-Mid City has an annual combined economic impact of $1,921,269.17 on…
Data Visualization | Data Use | Data Collection/Methodology | Economic Impact
Mystery shops are common practice in large retail companies; some corporations have a mystery shop done each month at each location. It is a very useful tool to learn what…
This research paper compiles the results for a series of questionnaires given to farmers’ market customers in Corvallis and Albany, Oregon. The results indicate that, among other findings, customers come…
Quantitative | Market Research | Cooperative Extension | Survey/Surveying