Join us for the 2026 Market Managers Workshop!
Are you interested in the chance to enhance your skills and network with fellow farmers market managers?
This is a great chance to connect with others in the Central Wisconsin Farmers Market Collaborative at Wisconsin's only Market Manager Workshop this year.
The workshop will be hosted at the Food + Farm Exploration Center. You will gain useful insight into best practices for market management and join discussions with others in the farmers market sphere. We look forward to seeing you there!
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8:00 am - 8:30 am: Arrival & Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:45 am: Introductions- Meliss Haack
8:45 am - 9:30 am: Farmers Market Vendors: Applications, Acceptance, Rules and Enforcement - Kristin Krokowski, UW-Madison Extension
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Licensing at WI Markets - Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am - 11:30 am: Farmers Market Manager hot topic break out discussions
11:30 am - 12:00 pm: Wisconsin Nutrition Incentive Partner Network - Kelly Hammond, UW-Madison Extension
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm: Lunch provided by Food + Farm Exploration Center
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm: Get Your Legal Questions Answered - Jeff Glazer, UW Law and Entrepreneurship Center
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm: Farmers Market Manager round table discussions
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Communicating Effectively with Plain Language, Market Managers Edition - Mia Ljung, Community Development Educator, UW-Madison Division of Extension
3:30 pm: Adjourn
*This free workshop includes lunch and is open to both members and non-members of the Central Wisconsin Farmers Market Collaborative. Please note that registration is required and will remain open until February 26, 2026.
This event is made possible through the efforts of the Central Wisconsin Farmers Market Collaborative and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension.
Meet Your Host
This workshop will be hosted by Meliss Haack, the Regional Farmers Market Coordinator. Meliss is dedicated to promoting and supporting farmers market initiatives across Central Wisconsin.
For questions, contact Meliss at Meliss.Haack@woodcountywi.gov or 715-751-1099.
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Funding for this Market Manager Workshop was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.