Farmers Market Evaluation

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How-To

Vendor Sales- Reported How-To Resource

How to prepare a vendor sales report that includes identifying information.
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Visitor Count How-To Resource

How to use the zone counting method to get a market day visitor count
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How-To

Visitor Survey How-To Resource

How to conduct a visitor survey at market
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Guide/Toolkit

ILFMA Training Manual

Illinois Farmers Market Association training manual with a section on market assessment.
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Article (peer reviewed)

A Learning Approach to Strengthening Farmers Markets

This research and extension effort has three objectives: * Provide markets with the essential information they need to improve their operations. * Develop research methods for conducting quantitative and qualitative…
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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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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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Data Collection Plan Worksheet

Worksheet for planning data collection across the market season
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