Tent Talk, the farmers market podcast
Whether you’re a farmers market manager, a farmer or food maker selling at farmers markets, a policy maker or market supplier, Tent Talk is the podcast for you!
How to listen to Tent Talk
Stream our most recent episodes below or find Tent Talk wherever you regularly get your podcasts. With a new episode every Monday, Tent Talk brings you new farmers market knowledge on a weekly basis. There is so much that goes into farmers markets, and so many interesting people involved, we will never run out of material!
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Ep 356: Survive and Thrive | Opening New Doors
Uncertainty often breeds innovation and periods of economic instability are no exception. Job insecurity can be the tipping point to that pushes makers to think outside the box and embrace the adventure of farmers market entrepreneurship. Suddenly there’s space to turn that recipe into a money making reality.
Ep 355: Farmers Market Strategies | On Pricing, Scaling & When to Walk Away
Farmers Markets offer food founders the chance to capture high margin sales, but it only matters if you know how to make them profitable. In this episode, Sarah Delevan sits down with Catt Fields-White, nationally recognized farmers market expert and founder of the InTents National Farmers Market Conference, to answer real questions from Good Food CFO listeners about maximizing farmers market revenue.
Ep 354: Survive and Thrive | Doing The Math
In this episode of our Survive & Thrive series, we’re going back to the basics when it comes to maintaining a financially stable market. While grant funding feels unstable and uncontrollable, when your passion meets profit, you’re prepared to weather even the most unpredictable of storms. A strong P&L around the core function of supporting farmers and incubating small businesses is almost like tent weights for your market operation.
Ep 353: Survive and Thrive | Stronger Together
When your job is weird, it’s easy to feel isolated. Who do you ask for help when all of your friends work desk jobs? How do you advocate for the importance of markets in your community when you’re a team of one? Where do you go to brainstorm city specific issues? Well the solution just might be in your own backyard.
Ep 352: Survive and Thrive | Support Your Local Farmer
In this episode of our Survive & Thrive series, we’re speaking with Dana DiPrima. She's built the For Farmers Movement on consumer education and thousands and thousands of small donations. Her organization's simple grant application creates solutions for one challenge at a time and ensures small farms can keep farming.
Ep 351: Survive and Thrive | The Next Fresh Thing
Tent Talk has returned with a new series, Survive & Thrive! Before we dive deep into our scheduled content, we’re sharing a quick preview of this season and a few reminders.
Ep 350: Survive and Thrive | Once Again, P is for Pivot
The leaves aren’t the only thing changing this fall! We’re shaking things up with an adjusted schedule, a fresh new Tent Talk season, and an updated interactive platform. In our upcoming series, Survive & Thrive, we’re focusing on how to operate a successful market business during unprecedented times.
Ep 349: Summer Update | Diversifying Our Offerings
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Ep 348: Sagdrina Brown Jalal | Building A Bigger Tent: Rooted in Resilience
Sagdrina Brown Jalal is back with us for this episode, just in time for Juneteenth. We're talking this month about Building a Bigger Tent at our farmers markets. Let's remember that the more people and communities we welcome to markets, the deeper our variety of produce, products and personalities. Exclusion, whether purposeful or just thoughtless, means we miss out on all the richness that comes with diversity.
Ep 347: Everybody Eats | Build A Bigger Tent: Better Together
This month we’re going to be talking about Building a Bigger Tent and keeping our commitment to making farmers markets a welcoming and opportunity filled place for everyone. We're also getting ready to launch some new ways to share information to make your farmers market more profitable and less stressful for farmers, producers and managers. Don't miss those upcoming announcements. Meanwhile, expect some shorter episodes this summer leading up to our next full season, and the occasional longer one. Dip into the archives anytime: there are currently almost 350 episodes there.