Minot Farmer's Market Member
Marketing Resources & Updates
Bookmark this page to help you make the most of the Minot Farmers Market Season.
Here you'll find updates and general notices about what the Marketing Team is up to and how you can best take advantage of the events, talking points, and activities.
If you need help with logo packages, brand details, signage, printables, etc etc - Stephanie can get you a quote. Reach her at [email protected] if you'd like her help.
News & Updates
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Applications Due (Returning Vendors) - Feb 15th, 2026
- New Vendor Applications Open - Feb 16th, 2026
- New Vendor Meeting - April 20, 2026
- Start Date - June 9th, 2026
NOTES: Trailers are required to pay for 2 spots ($300), but can unhook to take 1 spot ($150). Large trucks will be placed on the outside towards the back due to their size.
FARMERS MARKET MEETING MINUTES: Available for viewing here
NDSU has a Food Preservation 101 self-paced course for free. Here is the link to sign up: https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/food-preservation-101
Set up and Open-for-Business
Tips & Tricks
Catch up with the Farmers Market Pros to get their best tips and tricks for fast set up and tear down as well as must-haves to make Market Days better for the customers and easier on you!
Branding Your Business at Market with Ann
Displays, Buckets, Crates with Elizabeth
2026 EVENT OVERVIEW
Events at the Market are a great way to meet new customers. They are also a way that we can talk about the Market in New Ways with the Media. Please invite your customers to participate!
Your involvement is not required, but it's more fun when everyone gets involved. Here are the Committee Chairs to reach out to for more information on how you can participate or help with planning and the day's events.
Market Movers Walk/Run Club - We have connected with two amazing health advocates - and coaches - from the Minot area to move more traffic into our Thursday markets. They are going to use Oak Park as their starting place for a community of walkers and runners in Minot. The group will meet at Market and the coaches stats will be recorded for the season. At the end of each week, Market Movers who logged a walk or run are eligible for a weekly drawing for vouchers and other prizes.
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Live Music- Do you have a musical talent that you can share?
Lil Vendors June Market - Jennifer Hardisky, Bearpaw's Treats
Registration will be online, likely opening in Mid-July. We will need your help in getting set up early this day so we can best welcome our Lil Vendors and their families!
State Fair Parade - Elizabeth Ledoux, Kopps Garden & Adaire Pollard
Decorating the float for the theme “Celebrating 250 Years of Heroes”, Friday July 17
Walk in the Parade, Early Morning Saturday, July 18.
National Farmers Market Week - Stephanie Sandstrom
August 3-9
Help celebrate the #1 Market in North Dakota as determined by Farmers Market Coalition! We earned this title in 2022 and were runners up in 2023, then earned the top spot again in 2024 & 2025. If we win or region, we get $$, if we win the nation, we get $10,000! We'll host mini-activations within the market each day of this important week! Be ready to showcase your business and celebrate!
“Homesteading Fest” - Stephanie Sandstrom
Tuesday, August 11
Fermentation demonstration, herbs overview, canning tips, composting session, recipe swap, sourdough details, and anything else you might want to add!
Lil Vendors Kid's Market - OPEN
Saturday, September 12
Registration will be online, likely opening in Mid-July. We will need your help in getting set up early this day so we can best welcome our Lil Vendors and their families!
Picklicious - OPEN
Tuesday, September 15
Registration will be online and we are looking for your connection and recommendations to celebrity judges! You are encouraged to enter. This day is a contest and a party for pickle lovers with Pickle Flights throughout the Market.
Harvest Festival - Nancy Sandstrom &
Saturday, Sept 26
This day features a ton of fall activities plus the annual Kids Pedal Tractor Pull. Crafts, decorating, photo booths, and more **Save your cornstalks (early!) and plant extra mini-pumpkins! Last year we had 50+ kids (big and little) paint pumpkins and take them with home. We will need volunteers to help coordinate the craft projects.
Salsa Showdown - Sandy Nelson, Sandy's Salsas & Pickled Veggie &
Tuesday, October 6
Registration will be online. You are encouraged to enter! We will also have Salsa Flights, complete with Chips for purchase as Minot Restaurant's compete to be named Minot's Best Salsa. This event is sponsored in part by Hometown Radio Group.
Squash Spectacular - Leslie Middaugh, Maddog 3D Design
We're giving the meaning of spectacular a new look. Plant and prepare for pumpkins, gourds, squash and more in this day complete with a pumpkin pageant and homecooked squash-based recipes.
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MARKETING
RESOURCES HERE
SHAREABLE GRAPHICS
Use these graphics to post on your personal or business social media channels to promote that you'll be at the MFM.
Click on the image you want to use and download it directly to your device.
SOCIAL MEDIA POST STARTERS
Use these prompts to help you schedule posts for your social media pages!
With more than 100 post prompts, there is no longer any excuses for not posting. Remember to tag @MinotFarmers on Instagram or @Minot Farmers Market on Facebook so we can share or story your post to our audience.
EVENT INFORMATION
We have alot of additional community-based events scheduled in conjunction with Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during the season. The purpose is to give Minot and the surrounding community a new reason or an additional reason to come to the Minot Farmer's Market.
We hope you'll share this news, and participate where you can!
Contests, Giveaways, Certificates
How to Use/Redeem Them
CONTESTS:
We will be hosting contests on the Minot Farmer's Market social media channels and on our website to meet marketing goals. If there is a giveaway that promotes a food truck, the food truck owner has provided that value.
Minot Farmer's Market Certificates Giveaways are "sponsored" by the Minot Farmer's Market budget. There are limited numbers of these available. If our winner chooses your booth to spend the certificate at, they will present you with the certificate.
The certificate amount and details are printed on the certificate (see image below) and it is your responsibility to accept it as cash, mark the total of the purchase amount on the back of the certificate and turn it into Karin or Stephanie to redeem for cash. The Certificate DOES NOT require any amount of change. You should not give change. If they do not use the entire amount at your booth, the remaining amount cannot be used at any other time or vending spot.
Photography
Tentatively scheduled for Early September
BE AT MARKET!
This is the time to get a great shot of your booth and products. We use these in promotions, content, and make them available to the member to use how they would like.
Wear MFM branded shirts and make sure your booth is in tip-top shape!
More Info for 2026
Vendor for the Day
The Minot Farmer's Market board made spaces available for specific and approved farmers, bakers, and makers to join the market during the season.
The Vendor for the Day program allows us to give potential members and community members to try out the Market and see if it's the right place for them. It's also our goal to build our list of marketable items for the success of the Minot Farmers Market.
These vendors pay a premium to join us and should follow all rules of the Minot Farmer's Market. If you see something that may be out of line, please make the market manager aware so that it can be corrected.
Please make the vendor for the day feel welcome! A simple hello is a great start. This is likely the first time they have been a vendor or attended an event where they are selling.
Additional Events in Oak Park
Outside sponsored events in Oak Park are another great way to reach new customers and make sales. Parking is the greatest issue on these days. Parking for our customers is the most important priority! Please plan to park across the street in the Oak Park Theatre Parking lot.
Here are the known dates as of April 20:
July - Independence Day festival, no market.
August - National Night Out, no market.
September TBD - LoggerFest & Alzheimer's Walk
Oct 5- BurliMot runs through Oak Park