Farmers Market Aggregation: Buyer Post-Season 2018 Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will help us improve the Farmers’ Market Aggregation Project to better serve buyers like you and farmers in your community. Your answers will be confidential. Thank you! OK Question Title * 1. Contact InformationYour answers will be confidential. Name * Company * Address * Address 2 City/Town * State/Province * ZIP/Postal Code * Email Address * Phone Number * OK Question Title * 2. Type of Business:For example: school, hospital, restaurant, etc. OK Question Title * 3. Which Farmers Market are you associated with? Aitkin Cannon Falls Chisago City Cook Elk River Grand Rapids Lake City Lake Pepin Richfield Rochester Wabasha Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 4. Did you purchase locally grown food prior to 2018? No, type "no" here and skip to Q6. If yes, what was the number of farmers / vendors you worked with prior to 2018? If yes, what types of products did you buy from them (e.g. vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, etc.)? OK Question Title * 5. For those who did purchase locally grown food prior to 2018, what sources did you previously purchase from? at a farmers' market from a distributor farmer delivered Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 6. Do you believe you had more access to locally grown food (particularly specialty crops: fruits, vegetables, and nuts) because of this project? No (you can just type "no" here) Yes. If yes, can you provide some sort of measurement of the increase, e.g. dollars spent, lbs purchased, ... Other OK Question Title * 7. Did you use the Local Orbit sales platform? If no, please skip to Q9. If yes, please answer the next question. OK Question Title * 8. For those who used the Local Orbit Sales platform... Did you receive a fresh sheet weekly? Yes, no, or I don't know. How user-friendly was Local Orbit? What was your biggest challenge with Local Orbit? What did you like the best about Local Orbit? OK Question Title * 9. Do you plan to participate in this project in 2019? "Yes", "No", "I don't know", or "It depends". Why or why not? If yes, do you anticipate your purchases will be more, stay about the same, or be less in 2019 compared to 2018? OK Question Title * 10. What did you like most about the farmers’ market aggregation project? OK Question Title * 11. What did you find challenging when participating in the farmers’ market aggregation project? OK Question Title * 12. What barriers did this project help you overcome? OK Question Title * 13. Right now, what prevents you from purchasing more food from local farmers? OK Question Title * 14. Tell us a story about your participation in the project this year. What experience sticks in your mind or was particularly compelling? OK Question Title * 15. Do you have any comments, suggestions, questions or feedback? OK Thank you for you for participating this year, and for your time answering these questions! Check out our project website at https://farmersmarketaggregation.wordpress.com. OK DONE