Why we chose to not do Farmers Markets this year.

[@paulwilliams9087]

Awesome Video

[@KansasGardenGuy]

Thank you for the new hat my friend!

[@davidorcutt9246]

Good on you!

[@KansasGardenGuy]

Thank You!

[@danielawilliams4399]

I appreciate you candidly sharing your journey. This is our second year at our local farmers market and the market manager is amazing! They really do make all the difference with the experience of the vendors and those that visit the market. We also started selling to a local farm to table restaurant. The stress of having what they need when they need it is a bit much. How do you handle that? Do you just make sure to over produce or assume they can buy elsewhere if you can't meet a need for a certain week?

[@KansasGardenGuy]

I’m so glad your Market experience has been good so far! I believe it’s all about the management on how your market sets it’s pace and or smoothness of its vendors. And yes it’s a bit stressful to sell to a vendor or restaurant setting because it’s a big if when and how much. Yes she has another food warehouse to pick up my slack at our place. She sends me a menu for 6 months and it helps to succession grow but still you may have more or less what they need. She also understands this is the first year for us growing and their farmer experience so we both work together to make it work. They just signed another 6 month contract to grow all winter for them so it seems to be working but make sure you keep them in the loop way ahead of time if you are not able to make the order so they can order from a whole seller or another place .

[@danielawilliams4399]

​@@KansasGardenGuyI hope to continue to grow our presence at the restaurant - so much easier and it's nice to have the guaranteed sale. Communication has been key to continuing the relationship. Now we just need to grow more consistently to meet the demand. Right now we're only producing enough for weekend specials and not a seasonal menu. I'm still proud of where we've come in just our second season. I've learned a lot from you over the past several years and am grateful for all of the knowledge you share. Thank you so much!

[@KansasGardenGuy]

@@danielawilliams4399 you are very welcome. Don’t thank me though I’m just trying to hand what little bit of knowledge I have to someone that may need a little different perspective on things.