
Business Expert Session: Ask a Farmers Market Manager
December 31, 2025

It’s farmers market application season! Here is your chance to hear directly from a market manager about the decision-making process for admitting new vendors, and what it takes to put together a compelling and successful application. We’ll be joined by Ben Chandler from the Seattle Farmers Market Association, who will talk through the application process and then answer questions.
About the Presenter:
Ben Chandler has been managing markets with SFMA (Seattle Farmers Markets Association) since 2009. During this time he has worked to connect farmers, artisans, and many other creative enterprises with equally creative customers and communities in Madrona, Wallingford, and Ballard.
This session was recorded on 2/3/2023