ARTICLES PERTAINING TO FARMERS' MARKETS IN MAINE AND ELSEWHERE
·"When Things Don't Work: an Insight into Why Some Farmers' Market Close"
by Garry Stevenson, Larry Lev and Linda Brewer, Oregon State U. Extension Service, 2006. [28 page pdf file.] This paper was excerpted
in an article in the March/April 2008 issue of Farmers' Markets Today magazine, page 30.
·An Insurance Question. A basic question from a market member worried that requiring
members to have insurance would limit market membership.
·Limiting Market Membership. Are there good reasons that a faremrs' market should limit the
number or types of members?
·Dependent vs. Independent Markets. Is your market self-organized and self-managed, or does it
have a "sponsor" who takes care of all that?
·Cultivating Community (pdf) by Jo Barrett of King Hill Farm in Penobscot. Witeen as a
presentation to a civic group, it described the many civic values that small farms generate.
·A Market In Your Town?. Covers reasons a town should be enthusiastic about having a
farmers' market.
·Farmers' Markets in 2012. If we expect more people beggining to farm, we need to find ways to
create more farmers' markets.
·The No Show Rule. What to do about people who join a farmers' market but never show up?
·Treasurer's Template. A basic template that can be followed by market treasurers when
presenting the annual treasurer's report to the members.
What do farmers do in the winter? Here's an article by Belfast Market members Joe & Dennis Fisher we found on the Belfast Famers'
Market website about The Dormant Farmer. Other articles by Dennis Fisher about the Belfast Farmers'
Market can be found at http://www.belfastfarmersmarket.org/fisher/.