Interested in Volunteering at the Farmers Markets?
Below are details about tasks that volunteers do to support the markets.  Please call or email us to find out about our current needs.  The markets are fun, community-oriented events and our staff and volunteers work hard to keep things running smoothly for both shoppers and vendors.

Market Outreach
Every spring we distribute posters and flyers in local businesses, community centers, libraries and more.  If you can help with this effort, we'll provide you with tape, pins and a stack of posters – as many as you think you can get out!   Skills Required: Ability to get around a neighborhood (car not necessarily required). Ability to represent farmers markets well to various locations that will post our flyers. Minimum Time Commitment: variable, and extremely flexible.

Annual Fundraiser
Each year we organize a special fundraising event, with proceeds going to the Good Farmer Fund and to the NFMA.  Volunteers help with setting up, cleaning up, supervising activities at the event, advance prep work, etc.  The event involves over 25 chefs and farmers.   Skills required: Various, depending on the task.  Ability to lift 30-50 lbs for clean up, etc.  Minimum Time Commitment: 4 hours before, during or after the event. We also secure numerous donations of prizes for the games at the event. If you or someone you know would like to donate items such as cookbooks, restaurant gift certificates, weekend getaways, retail gift cards, etc, we'd love to hear from you.  We also welcome sponsorships for the event (big or small).

Cooking Demos and Produce Tasting Events
Cooking demos: Assist the demo coordinator with any needs at the market on a cooking demo day, such as buying supplies, help chef with food prep, help pass out samples.  Volunteer for this job needs to have good interaction skills with public.  Some food knowledge is also helpful.

Produce Tastings:  Help with set-up, gathering produce, cutting and preparing for shopper sampling.  Volunteer for this job needs to have good interaction skills with public.  Some food knowledge is also helpful.  Minimum time commitment: several hours on the day of the event.

Kids Events at the Markets
This includes events such as the Zucchini Races, Pumpkin Decorating and other special events for kids.  Great fun for anyone who likes kids and farmers markets!  Help kids make Zucchini cars, veggie sculptures, etc.  We even do some kid-centered cooking demos!  Minimum time commitment: several hours on the day of the event.  Most of these events take place in the height of summer season (July, August and September).  Also: if you or your organization would like to host a kids' activity at one of our markets, please contact us for details on how this works.

Sandwich Boards
In some neighborhoods we put out sandwich boards on street corners on market days.  Volunteers can “adopt” a sandwich board and be responsible for putting it out each week during the season (sometimes this means storing the board at your home during the week, or coordinating retrieval of the board from storage site each week).

Office Projects
These may include occasional projects such as stuffing envelopes, preparing mailings, data entry projects and other occasional projects that may come up.