In Iowa
, many market managers are volunteer and many have been a market vendor. This Toolkit has been developed with the generous involvement of market managers from across the state. We want to thank the following managers, as well as extension, non-profit, and government agency staff, who participated in interviews and shared information to develop this toolkit. This toolkit is comprised of three distinct pieces:
The Vendor Handouts are a series of 1-page handouts intended to make being a manager a little easier. By providing a summary of information focused around a topic geared towards farmers market vendors.
The Iowa Farmers Market Manager Handbook combines broad best practices with ideas and encouragement from real Iowa farmers market managers. This place-based approach offers potential market managers and existing market managers in Iowa an opportunity to connect with colleagues from similarly sized towns, provide their boards or committees with justification and inspiration, and fuel grant applications and private sponsorships.
The Lettuce Grow Training Series is a series of videos recorded from past trainings that took place from 2017-2019 around the State of Iowa. Now the series is available online. Each training features an experienced market manager and vendor providing insight on farmers markets.