Tent Talk

Tent Talk is a podcast for farmers' market managers, farmers, food makers, and anyone who counts on farmers’ markets as a source of income. Please join us as we interview farmers’ market experts, talk about ways to improve local food communities, and provide you with tips on building a successful farmers’ market business.

Tent Talk is produced by Farmers Market Pros.

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 38 minutes
Episodes: 352
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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Ep 309: Giving Away The Farm: Market Discounts And Donations

Market participants are a generous bunch, so how do you make sure your farmers and vendors don't give away the farm, so to speak? Freebies and discounts that are shared with market managers, staff an…

00:41:29 | Mon 02 Sep 2024

Ep 308: Ashley Colpaart: Prepping Partnership: Farmers Markets and Shared Kitchens

When The Food Corridor offered a Shared Kitchen-101 workshop at the 2023 InTents Conference, it was a sell out. It's no wonder. In a survey of food businesses operating out of shared kitchens, farmer…

00:41:57 | Mon 26 Aug 2024

Ep 307: Jimmy DeBiasi: Harvesting Maine's Bumper Crop

Selling farmers market gift certificates are a great way to help dedicated customers introduce friends, relatives and associates to the world of fresher food and local community. Now kick that idea u…

00:59:15 | Mon 19 Aug 2024

Ep 306: Free Speech at Farmers Markets with Wendy Chen and Lihlani Nelson

With election season upon us, managing free speech issues at farmers markets is top of mind. This week we're chatting with Wendy Chen, of the Center for Agricultural and Food Systems at Vermont Law S…

00:54:32 | Mon 12 Aug 2024

Ep 305: Farmers Market Week Update

We know you're busy this week. Us too! Catt's on the road speaking at conferences and visiting Midwest markets. Brijet's rocking National Farmers Market Week in San Diego. You're doing the same, righ…

00:31:36 | Mon 05 Aug 2024

Ep 304: Ask the Pros!

We have a mixed bag of topics in this month's Ask the Pros episode. With hot weather advisories, fires and floods becoming more common, we've been getting a lot of questions about when closing a mark…

00:44:23 | Mon 29 Jul 2024

Ep 303: Report From Rome: World Farmers Market Coalition

Join us for a report from Catt's trip to the World Farmers Market Coalition's second General Assembly, in Rome, Italy this month. Delegates from some 70 countries and organizations gathered, represen…

00:42:53 | Mon 22 Jul 2024

Ep 302: InTents Conference Request For Proposals Announcement

We're about to share so much news about 2025's InTents: the National Farmers Market Conference. Today, we're starting with the announcement that the Request for Proposals opens in just a few days. We…

00:51:54 | Mon 15 Jul 2024

Ep 301: Wendy Chen: Volunteering to Keep it Legal

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many farmers markets and we know that even market managers are sometimes labeled as volunteers. That labor of love is admirable. Is it legal? That depends, and it's co…

00:41:59 | Mon 08 Jul 2024

Ep 300: Celebrating 300 Episodes of Tent Talk

It's hard to believe that we've produced 300 episodes of Tent Talk, the farmers market podcast, since we started almost five years ago. You'd think we might run out of things to talk about, but nope!…

00:37:27 | Mon 01 Jul 2024

Ep 299: Market Interns: Eat, Work, Learn!

Call it internship, apprenticeship or learning by doing, it's all about training the next generation of farmers, foodmakers and market managers on the job. On this week's episode we talk about how in…

00:31:35 | Mon 24 Jun 2024

Ep 298: Nino Budabin McQuown: National Farmers Market Week Prep

It's the 25th anniversary of National Farmers Market Week. Get ready to get ready with the Farmers Market Coalition Toolkit, it's available now. Get ahead of the game with early press releases and ou…

00:27:49 | Mon 17 Jun 2024

Ep 297: Sagdrina Brown Jalal: Juneteenth is Just a Beginning

Juneteenth is coming up, are you ready? With the mid-week holiday coming up, we're seeing observances and events scheduled this coming weekend also the following Saturday and Sunday, June 22nd and 23…

00:41:22 | Mon 10 Jun 2024

Ep 296: Vendor Story: Not Your Nonna's Sauce Co.

We love a good vendor story almost as much as we love Not Your Nonna's nut-free pesto, full of locally grown basil. Adrianna Zizzo operates her pasta sauce business in six farmers markets a week. Her…

00:51:21 | Mon 03 Jun 2024

Ep 295: David Thayer: America's Farmers Market Celebration 2024

It's a celebration, it's a contest, it's two exciting things at once and it kicks off this coming weekend. American Farmland Trust has operated America's Farmers Market Celebration for 16 years now. …

00:40:17 | Mon 27 May 2024

Ep 294: Welcome Back to Tent Talk

We’re baaaaack! Did you miss us? After our short recording hiatus, listen in to find out where we’ve been and where we’re growing next.🌱 It’s been a busy spring, and we’ve got a lot cookin’ over here…

00:41:40 | Mon 20 May 2024

Ep 293: Brent Preston: Farming for Good

The work you do farming, or bringing small farmers and shoppers together, is vitally important. Brent Preston spoke at InTents: The Farmers Market Conference 2019 about his time as an organic farmer,…

00:38:46 | Mon 13 May 2024

Ep 292: Encore Episode: Promotional Vendors at Your Service

Would you get a chiropractic adjustment or purchase a time share at the grocery store? If you answered no, then why would you expect to find those services at the farmers market? This week on Tent Ta…

00:25:12 | Mon 06 May 2024

Ep 291: Encore Episode: Pirate Vendors

Pirate vendors, aargh! No, we’re not talking about buccaneers that sail the seven seas, we’re talking about sellers and solicitors that set up in or around a farmers market as unofficial vendors. Tho…

00:32:56 | Mon 29 Apr 2024

Ep 290: Encore Episode: Make Your Farmers Market Opening Grand

Opening a new farmers market or starting a new season at an existing one is exciting. A lot goes into getting ready to launch, and building up to a truly grand opening. Building awareness and anticip…

00:37:39 | Mon 22 Apr 2024

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