Market Manager Cost Share Overview
The market manager is one of the farmers market’s most important assets. Investment in the market manager is a direct investment in the market’s capacity for growth and sustainability. MIFMA has developed a Market Manager Cost Share program that intends to offer funds and support to markets as they work to increase market manager compensation and decrease turnover.
Learn more about the Market Manager Cost Share program here!
Compensation Analysis
MIFMA endeavors to professionalize the farmers market sector and advocate for increased investment in the market manager position through education, training, and compensation advocacy and support. This compensation analysis aims to provide context for the appropriate compensation package for a farmers market manager position in Michigan, in order to inform efforts to increase compensation and decrease turnover in these positions. Farmers markets, and the local food system as a whole, will achieve greater impacts and sustainability with greater investment in market managers.