Tent Talk

It's back to school time so we thought we'd review the 4 P's! This is just a little of what we teach in our Farmers Market Vendor-101 course each month and we're sharing them today with all our Tent Talk listeners. Because whether you're just getting started with your farmers market farm or food vendor business, or you've recently started managing a market, or you've been doing this farmers' market job for a while, it's always a good time to brush up!

On this week's episode, Brijet & Catt discuss how you can celebrate National Farmers Market Week (Aug 4 - 10) at YOUR market! They also have fun market-ing tips and tricks for you, and discuss ways to leverage special events at farmers markets!

On this week's episode, Brijet & Catt discuss the busy summer market season, listener feedback, "what's in a name, anyway?", and announce some big news about OUR name change! Plus, early bird ticket information for the 2020 InTents: The Farmers Market Conference and how to get them!

This week we are revisit Alli Ball's episode on branding, sales techniques at markets and expanding into wholesale. We have some branding news of our own coming up, so don't miss next week's new episode of Tent Talk for some special announcements!

On this week's episode is all about the importance of booth behavior and appearance. Hosts Brijet and Catt provide tips to increase sales by making simple improvements to your display, creating a welcoming vibe in and outside your booth, and engaging with your customer.

On this week's episode, hosts Brijet and Catt answer a listener question about bad weather on farmers market days. Listen along for tips on how to handle weather issues at your market before, during, and after they happen.

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.