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Podcast: Tent Talk
Episode: Jake Johannes on co-operating a farmer and vendor-run market
Description: Our guest this week is Jake Johannes, farmer at Sacred Sun Cooperative Farm and Board Chair at the Brookside Farmers Market in Kansas City, Missouri. As a year-round farmer and vendor-run organization, the Brookside Farmers Market has a unique perspective on what it takes to operate a farmers market that serves its community and its participants. In this episode Jake gives background on how the Brookside Farmers Market came to be and explains how the organization works with an active board made up of vendors and community members. We also chat about his market's extensive vendor application requirements and...