We need your financial contribution to bring this vibrant, semi-weekly event to the community. Staging forty-nine events every season is not free—even though there’s no roof over our outdoor market, the Midtown Farmers Market still has overhead expenses. While farmers are busy growing vegetables and fruits, the market staff is hard at work on the nuts and bolts of making the market run smoothly–recruiting and scheduling vendors, local performers, and community organizations, maintaining market tents, tables, and other equipment–all of these things require money and staff time.

In addition to fun and good feeling, the Midtown Farmers Market also provides an important way for local low income residents to connect with healthy, sustainable, and affordable food. The market continues to be a leader in designing and implementing food access initiatives like our SNAP-EBT program. First conceived and implemented by our market in 2006, our SNAP-EBT program is promoted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and is being adopted by other farmers markets across Minnesota.

During the 2011 season, the market will continue to offer Market Bucks, a SNAP benefits incentive program aimed at making the market’s fresh healthy foods a more affordable and attractive option for people using food assistance. Funding for this program was made possible by the Statewide Health Improvement Program and the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. We think initiatives like these are good for families, good for our community, and good for local agriculture and hope that you will support them by supporting us.

Remember, the market doesn’t sell anything, we just throw the party. We ask vendors to cover about half of the market’s operating expenses. We rely on our community stakeholders–neighbors, local businesses, and individuals like you–to provide the rest. Please contribute.

You can make a secure, tax-deductible donation online, come see us at the market, or mail a check to the market office.

The Midtown Farmers Market is a project of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

The Midtown Farmers Market is a key local food source in South Minneapolis that seeks to partner with other businesses and organizations in the community. Because of our vitality within the community, we can effectively promote local businesses, organizations, and corporations to our broad customer base.

We are happy to work with you to create a sponsorship package that meets your needs, and have a variety of sponsorship options to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes.