Documents

This manual holds all the pieces of information needed by market managers participating in this project:

Farmers’ Market Hub Manual 4.0

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Quick Reference Guide: Fact Sheets in Alphabetical Order

• Buyer Survey


• Container Cleaning Policy


• Food Safety On-Farm Plan


• Handwashing Station


• Hub Funding Mix Calculator


• Inspection Report Example


• Invoice Example for Farmers


• Legal Food Products for Hubs


• License Types & Fees


• Licensing Tips


• Margin and Markup


• Marketing Tips


• Market Share Box Tips


• Meat Pricing


• Organizing Products Online


• Personnel Hygiene Policy


• Pricing Example – Big River Farms (2022)


• Pricing Example – Minneapolis Public Schools (2017)


• Pricing Example – The Good Acre (2024)


• Pricing Example – Wabasha Farmers’ Market (2017)


• Produce Handling Guide


• Product Standards – Minneapolis Public Schools


• Product Standards – The Good Acre


• Revenue and Expenses


• Sales Tax for the Farmers’ Market Hub


• Sales Tax How-To


• Sales Techniques for Wholesale


• Scales


• Sponsorships
  
  • Sponsor Recruitment Example
  • Sponsor Thank-You Example


• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) – Red Wing


• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) – Rochester


• Supplies, Sources


• Surface Sanitizing


• Tax Reporting – Federal


• Traceability Protocol


• Transport Vehicle Policy


• Veggie Rx Funding Request Example – Red Wing


• Vendor Agreement


• Volunteer Recruitment


• Water Testing

Brought to you by:

• Renewing the Countryside
• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture>
• Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association

Current Funding Sources:

• Minnesota NRCS Multiple Activities Grant: Stretching the Specialty Crop Sales Season and Local Markets through Farmers Market Hubs

Ongoing Project Support:

• Statewide Health Improvement Partnership: County-level or regional SHIP coordinators provide on-the-ground support and community connections

Past Project Support:

• MDA Specialty Crop Block Grant 2017-2018
• MDA Specialty Crop Block Grant 2018-2019
• MDA Specialty Crop Block Grant 2019-2020
• USDA Farm-to-School Grant, 2018-2020
• Extension Risk Management Education Grant, 2019-2021
• USDA Local Food Promotion Program grant, 2022-2024
• MDA Emerging Farmer Technical Assistance, 2023-2024