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Measuring the Economic Contribution Farmers Markets Make to
Michigan CommunitiesAmanda Maria Edmonds, Growing Hope
(A Partner of the Michigan Farmers Market Association)
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Mission: MIFMA advances farmers markets to create a thriving marketplace for local food and farm products
Vision: MIFMA places farmers markets at the forefront of the local food movement and works to ensure all residents have access to healthy, locally grown food and that Michigan farmers markets receive policy support
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Michigan Farmers Markets
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Growth in Number of Farmers Markets
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Michigan Good Food Charter: A guiding framework for our work
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What do we know?What do we want to know? Why?• Market Context• Comparative/community data• What needles we’re moving
• Market trends• What it really takes• Operational decisions
• Market impacts• Health/Access• Community/Place• Economy/Entrepreneurs
GrowingHealthy People
Growing HealthyPlaces
Growing Healthy
Economies
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Data shows trends
Total Sales, 167,465.00
Total Food Assistance Sales,
41,151.00
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Total Sales vs. Total Food Assistance Sales for Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market
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Data articulates our reach & impact
Cash Sales62%
EBT Sales12%
CC Sales5%
DUFB9%
Rx for Health9%
WIC Project FRESH2%
Senior Market FRESH1%
Summer Sales by CurrencyTotal Food Assistance
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Data can tell economic impactDepot Town FM 2013 $ 851,838Depot Town FM 2014 $1,112,454
Downtown Ypsi FM 2013 $ 894,460Downtown Ypsi FM 2014 $1,371,795
Ypsilanti Farmers Marketsimpact on Ypsilanti in 2014
$2,484,249!!
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Measuring Economic Contribution
• Net economic impact of Michigan farmers markets is unknown
• Michigan communities are not using a standardized method to determine the impacts
• Interest in shared measurement at a statewide level to inform promotion and advocacy
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Partners
• Farmers Market Coalition• Growing Hope• MSU Center for Economic
Analysis• MSU Center for Regional Food
Systems• MSU Extension
• Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development• Fair Food Network• Farmers Markets • Boyne City, Marquette,
Menominee, Munising, Port Huron, and Traverse City
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Tools used in this project• Market Profile• Two giant, connected Excel workbooks• Master Data Entry Workbook• Vendor Sales Workbook
• Vendor Profile Survey• Vendor Weekly Sales Slip• Visitor/Customer Survey• Visitor Count Log
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Tools Used: Vendor Weekly Sales Slip
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Many ways to pay at our farmers markets in addition to cash!
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Tools Used: Visitor/Customer Survey
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Tools Used: Visitor Count Log
This document has been developed based on the Oregon State University Extension Service Tools for Rapid Market Assessments Special Report 1088-‐E published in May 2008. https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sr1088
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Tools Used: Master Data Entry
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www.mifma.org for more about this projectwww.growinghope.net for more about Growing Hope
Thank You