This week we bring you a Best of Tent Talk episode! In our conversation with devoted farmers market shoppers, Tiffany and Terence Cooke, we chat about the perks of making friends with your local farmers market vendors, the keys to a successful weekly meal planning process, and how they capture their delicious homemade creations in photos.

Farmers markets have operated all over the world for centuries, and today they are an important element in many farmers, food makers, and communities' economies. This week on Tent Talk, co-host Catt Fields White reports on her recent visit to London for the International Public Markets Conference, where she connected with other market managers and operators from around the globe.

Ever wonder how to keep momentum going at a year round farmers market when the weather changes drastically from one season to the next? This week on Tent Talk we chat with Sara Matlin of Phoenix Public Market about her solutions to extreme temperature variances, how to bring the community together with intention, working with volunteers and interns, and making it to the 15 year anniversary mark.

Many farmers market food makers stay in farmers markets for years and years, others use the markets as a launch pad to create a wholesale empire or open brick and mortar restaurants. On this week's episode of Tent Talk, we talk with Eric Dobbs of Seven Seas Roasting Company, a coffee vendor that recently launched their first retail outlet after years in local farmers' markets, about what it takes to keep all those balls in the air.

On this week's episode of Tent Talk, we talk with Sena Wheeler of Sena Sea, a successful fresh fish operation in the Seattle area and Eastern Washington farmers markets. We chat with Sena about how her plan to sell fish direct to consumers took a big turn when she discovered direct sales at farmers markets, and how markets made her family business a success.

How do surrounding businesses get along with their neighborhood farmers markets? Find out on this week's episode! We chat with the team at Waypoint Public, a local restaurant who shares their storefront with a busy weekly farmers' market. Listen along to learn how markets can synergize with the businesses around them.

This week we bring you a Best of Tent Talk episode! In our interview with Amber Holland, operations director for Portland Farmers Markets, we discuss efforts to reduce waste at farmers markets, challenges she's overcome as a market operator, and creating new programs to enhance her markets.

On this week's episode of Tent Talk we're joined by Trish Watlington of Two Forks Farmand Farm to Fork San Diego. We chat about the challenges restaurant owners face in buying direct from farmers, how to make the system work better, and how to leverage the power of farm to table commitment to increase business for both farmers and restauranteurs.

This week on Tent Talk, our guests are Melissa and Taylor of Quantum Microgreens. In this episode they share the story of how the made the leap into farming on a micro scale. We also chat about the importance of continual learning when it comes to farming and entrepreneurship, and how Melissa and Taylor share that knowledge with their customers at the farmers market.

On this week's episode of Tent Talk, we chat about the recent InTents: The Farmers Market Conference, held in San Diego, California in February 2019. We reminisce about our favorite parts of this year's event, what we'd like to add to future conferences, and why we think it's important to bring the market community together.