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Climate-Smart Farmers Market Participation Application

Climate-Smart Commodity Marketing Program

Thank you for your interest in becoming a participating market in the Climate-Smart Commodity Marketing Program. We are currently in search of Farmer’s Markets in the Southern Piedmont to participate in the program.

Program requirements include:
  • Location serving the southern Piedmont region
  • Willing to assist marketing team with streamlining participating farmer data collection, consumer surveys, and outreach at market
  • Willing to allow project team scheduled access to the farmer’s market for consumer surveys, data collection, and outreach

Please complete and submit the form below to let us know you are interested in your market participating in this historic project. You will also be signed up for newsletters and educational outreach events related to the Climate-Smart program.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR233A750004G019.

Please note: form submission does not guarantee participation. We may contact you for further information about your application. We will select participants based on the project’s research needs, and will contact you on a rolling basis if you are selected.
1.First Name(Required.)
2.Last Name(Required.)
3.Farmer’s Market Name(Required.)
4.Market Address(Required.)
5.Cell Phone(Required.)
6.Work Phone (if different than cell)
7.Email(Required.)
8.Number of vendors?(Required.)
9.Types of commodities sold? (list)(Required.)
10.Does your market serve underserved communities?(Required.)
11.Please indicate what number of your vendors are underserved, or serve underserved communities, as defined in the list below:

African American or Black 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
Asian or Asian American 
Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish Origin 
Middle Eastern or North African 
Native Hawiian or Pacific Islander 
Biracial/Multiracial(Required.)
12.Please indicate what number of your vendors are best described by the categories below:(Required.)
13.Number of years in operation?(Required.)
14.Are you willing to assist the marketing team with streamlining participating farmer data collection, consumer surveys, and outreach at market?(Required.)
15.Are you willing to allow the project team scheduled access to the farmer’s market for consumer surveys, data collection, and outreach?(Required.)
16.Are you willing to advertise research communication pieces and project outreach events in the market’s newsletter and social media?(Required.)
17.Please provide questions, comments, or suggestions below.