There's a lot of talk about farmers markets right now. We're on the front line of food safety. With big box grocery prices climbing we're now often the better bargain. National Farmers Market Week is upon us. Of course, more attention brings enthusiastic reviews and also clickbait and uninformed experts. So now, more than ever, we need to be speaking up, sharing tales from the tents, and educating our target audience: everyone who eats. In this new season of Tent Talk, Telling Our Stories, farmers, makers, farmers market managers and even some shoppers will recount their market journeys. We'll be suggesting some of the best ways that you can share your stories and respond to inaccurate reports. And we'll look at how we can all work together to be sure the important points get made, again and again. Tune in to this first episode of the new season as we discuss:

• When challenges are also opportunities, or how to discuss poop soup
• Keeping an eye on what's being said
• To respond or not to respond, that is the question
• Tuning in to what the public thinks, and sharing what we know