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2017 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

The Success and Challenges of Implementing a Co-op Booth at a Farmers Market

Student(s):

Megan Snowden

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Lindsay Nessel

Partner(s):

  • Sno-Valley Tilth

Faculty advisor(s):

Eli Wheat, Program on the Environment

Many farmers face difficulties attending their local farmers markets due to time and money constraints. My project was to implement a co-op booth to see whether it could overcome these obstacles. A co-op booth is a single stall at a market consisting of multiple local farmers products run by a volunteer. I set up and operated this stall then surveyed the market patrons to identify whether they felt they received an adequate experience with a third-party seller and interviewed the participating vendors on their time spent helping to pilot this co-op booth.