#GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday! Show your support for local food by donating to ILFMA. ILFMA works to provide resources and support to farmers markets and the people who make them possible.
Healthy food creates healthy communities.
ILFMA's workshops, webinars, and conferences aim to help market managers and vendors reach their best potential! ILFMA connects partners to the resources to help with grants, marketing, and SNAP/Link acceptance.  We want to provide all Illinois markets and vendors with the tools they need to succeed!

Please donate today at Public Good/Illinois Farmers Market Association NFP

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ILFMA 
2016 By the Numbers 

Thanks to the ongoing support ILFMA receives from our members, our supporters and our partners;

ILFMA supports and promotes farmers markets and vendors through professional development and training.

10 Illinois Farmers Market Managers became Certified Farmers Market Managers in partnership with the Michigan Farmers Market Association

163 attended our Statewide Meeting in Chicago 

Webinars
159 viewed webinars on how to add and manage the supplemental nutrition assistance program, SNAP or Link in Illinois, at farmers markets

104 viewed webinars on obtaining an Illinois Food Sampling Certificate

187 participated in the ILFMA Summer Webinar series highlighting gleaning at the Urbana Market at the Square, Free Speech at Farmers Markets, hosting Farm to Table Dinners and producing a Farmers Market Cookbook

44 viewed the Grant Writing Workshop

Thank you to our partners;
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Experimental Station
University of Illinois Extension
Natalie Kenney Marquez, Urbana Market at the Square
Dana Benigo
Brad Moldofsky, Morton Grove Farmers Market
Deborah Cavanaugh Grant, New Leaf Consulting