BUSINESS
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WEBINAR: Purpose Defined: Developing a Market Mission Statement
This webinar from the Farmers Market Coalition helps market managers create a mission statement and discusses why a mission statement is vital. 2012.
Reviewing Your Market's Vision and Mission
This guide from the Community Farm Alliance walks market managers through the step-by-step process of creating mission and vision statements for their market.
How to Write an Effective Mission Statement in 3 Steps
This brief article from MasterClass helps organizations craft their mission statement in three steps, making sure to answer four key questions about the organization so stakeholders, volunteers, and customers understand the goals of the group. 2021.
How to Write a Mission Statement (With 35 Examples)
This article provides examples of mission statements from successful businesses and then gives tips for new organizations to create their own. 2024.
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Strategic Planning for Farmers Markets
This guide from the Washington State Farmers Market Association helps market managers create a plan to maximize success through internal organization. 2016.
This webpage from the Farmers Market Legal Toolkit helps market managers decide what business structure, whether nonprofit or LLC, is right for their market. Click on each type of business structure to go in-depth about its organization, leadership, and liabilities. 2024.
West Virginia Farmers Market Association Farmers Market Planning Toolkit
This toolkit walks users through the basics of creating a farmers market, including information on legal structures, governance, building a board of directors, and finding funding. 2023.
Governance as a Risk Management Tool
This webpage from the Farmers Market Legal Toolkit shows how choosing the right governance structure can help market managers mitigate risks down the road. 2024.
The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems recommends that farmers market managers compile a binder or folder of historical and current information for easy reference. The binder should include governance and other important documents, market rules and policies, and daily-use documents with information like passwords, marketing materials, and the like. 2018.
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BoardSource Resources for Nonprofit Boards
This webpage has links to a ton of information about creating a strong, reliable board, including articles and guides about the board-staff partnership, responsibilities, structure, composition, and evaluation. 2023.
A Guide to Creating a Board of Directors
This resource from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a quick overview of considerations to keep in mind when creating a board of directors for your market. 2019.