Operating A Farmers Market

OMFA offers free resources to help market managers run their farmers markets. Click through the categories below to find toolkits, webinars, handouts, and more.

  • Music and kids programming

  • Food demos and sampling

  • Community tables

  • Print marketing

  • Branding 101

  • Social media tips

  • Sustainability at your market

  • Considerations for wildfires and other extreme weather events

  • Fundraising

  • Preparing a budget

Are we missing an important resource? Email us at info@oregonfarmersmarkets.org.

  • SNAP/EBT

  • Farm Direct Nutrition Program

  • Double Up Food Bucks

  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion at farmers markets

  • Incorporating antiracism into your work

  • Document templates: bylaws, vendor handbooks, job descriptions, and
    more

  • Organizing a Board of Directors

  • Finding vendors

  • Permitting and licensing

  • Rules and handbooks

  • Consignment booths

  • How to collect data

  • Farmers market census reports

  • Rapid Market Assessment

  • Farmers Market Learning Network

  • Farm-direct sales

  • Cottage food laws

  • Prepared and ready-to-eat foods

  • Hemp and alcohol

  • Food sampling

  • Reusable shopping bags

  • Free speech at the market

Join OFMA!

OFMA exists to help your market thrive! We welcome you to join the OFMA community. New markets will find community, promotion, guidance, and resources in an OFMA membership. Anyone can subscribe to our quarterly newsletter, which includes upcoming and past OFMA workshops and resources, and to the Oregon farmers market listserv, which includes any individual statewide who is interested in farmers markets. For the latest updates, make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.