Farmers Market Aggregation: Vendor Post-Season 2018 Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will help improve the Farmers’ Market Aggregation Project to better serve farmers like you and producers in your community. To refresh your memory on specialty crops ("fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops including floriculture"), please visit this page.Your answers will be confidential. Thank you! OK Question Title * 1. Contact InformationYour answers will be confidential. Name * Farm/Business Name * Address * Address 2 City/Town * State/Province * ZIP/Postal Code * Email Address * Phone Number * OK Question Title * 2. Which Farmers Market are you associated with? Aitkin Cannon Falls Chisago City Cook Elk River Grand Rapids Lake City Lake Pepin Richfield Rochester Wabasha OK Question Title * 3. Did you sell any specialty crops wholesale prior to 2018? (ex: Schools, hospitals, restaurants, child cares etc.) More info on specialty crops here. No. Skip to Q4. If yes, how many wholesale accounts did you sell to prior to 2018? If yes, about how much $ in annual sales did you have to wholesale accounts prior to 2018? OK Question Title * 4. Did you have any wholesale accounts for specialty crops separate from the farmers’ market in 2018? No. Skip to Q5. If yes, how many wholesale accounts? If yes, about how much $ in sales did you have to wholesale accounts outside of the farmers’ market in 2018? OK Question Title * 5. Did you sell more locally grown specialty crops through wholesale sales in 2018, than in previous years? If yes, was that increase due to this aggregation project? If no, explain: OK Question Title * 6. Did you use the Local Orbit sales platform? If no, please skip forward to Q8. If yes, please answer Q7 and skip Q8. OK Question Title * 7. For those who used the Local Orbit Sales platform... Did you receive a fresh sheet weekly? 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 * 8. Why didn't you use Local Orbit? OK Question Title * 9. Have you attended any of the following trainings? Yes No a GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) training? a GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) training? Yes a GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) training? No a FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) training? a FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) training? Yes a FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) training? No Did you attend one because of this project? Did you attend one because of this project? Yes Did you attend one because of this project? No Would you be interested in attending more trainings? Would you be interested in attending more trainings? Yes Would you be interested in attending more trainings? No If you have additional comments on the topic of training, please write them here. OK Question Title * 10. Tell us about your on-farm food safety plan. Yes No Did you have an on farm food safety plan before participating in this project? Did you have an on farm food safety plan before participating in this project? Yes Did you have an on farm food safety plan before participating in this project? No Do you have one now? Do you have one now? Yes Do you have one now? No Do you need help in putting together an on farm food safety plan? Do you need help in putting together an on farm food safety plan? Yes Do you need help in putting together an on farm food safety plan? No If you have additional comments about safety plans, please write them here. OK Question Title * 11. Tell us about your farm’s water testing. Yes No NA Did you test your well water annually prior to 2018? Did you test your well water annually prior to 2018? Yes Did you test your well water annually prior to 2018? No Did you test your well water annually prior to 2018? NA Did you test your well water in 2018? Did you test your well water in 2018? Yes Did you test your well water in 2018? No Did you test your well water in 2018? NA Do you use surface water (pond, river, stream, rain barrel)? Do you use surface water (pond, river, stream, rain barrel)? Yes Do you use surface water (pond, river, stream, rain barrel)? No Do you use surface water (pond, river, stream, rain barrel)? NA If you use surface water, have you tested your surface water? If you use surface water, have you tested your surface water? Yes If you use surface water, have you tested your surface water? No If you use surface water, have you tested your surface water? NA Feel free to include additional comments/questions about water use and safety on your farm. OK Question Title * 12. Do you have plans to increase the variety or the quantities of items you grow in 2019 due to this project? Yes or No? Why or why not? What products look like the best opportunities for you in 2019? OK Question Title * 13. What did you like most about the farmers’ market aggregation project? What were the benefits? OK Question Title * 14. What did you find challenging when participating in the farmers’ market aggregation project? OK Question Title * 15. What barriers or challenges did this project help you overcome? OK Question Title * 16. 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 * 17. 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