Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America, the Farm Credit cooperative’s giving program, has awarded Farmers Market Grants, totaling $88,429. This is the fourth year Compeer Financial has offered these grants.
The grants are supporting 80 farmers market organizations, with funding up to $1,000 for marketing, technology or educational efforts. 22 of those farmers markets are located in the metropolitan areas of Cook County, Ill., Hennepin County, Minn., Milwaukee County, Wis. , and Ramsey County, Minn.
“Farmers markets bring fresh, healthy foods directly to communities in an accessible way,” said Karen Schieler, senior corporate giving specialist at Compeer Financial. “Many markets have had to make changes and navigate the challenges presented during the pandemic. Through these grants, we hope to recognize the huge asset that farmers markets are to our communities – rural, suburban and urban alike.”
Grants to farmers markets will directly impact 3,122 people and impact 4.2 million shoppers who use the markets. 24 farmer vendors also received up to $500.The application period for 2023 funding will be in February of 2023.
The 80 farmers markets in Compeer Financial’s territory receiving farmers market grants include:
Wisconsin
Amery Farmers Markets
Beloit Farmers’ Market
Burlington Farmers Market Inc.
Dane County Farmers’ Market (Madison)
DeForest Farmers Market
Eau Claire County Government Center Farmers’ Market
Ellsworth Farmers Market
Greenfield Farmers Market
Horicon Farmers Market
Hudson Farmers Market @ Plaza 94
Hwy 11 Outdoor Market (Sturtevant)
Jackson County Farmers Market (Black River Falls)
Kenosha Harbor Market
Market At The Park (Pigeon Falls)
Menomonie Farmer’s Market
Meyer Oak Grove Market (Sauk City)
Mount Horeb Farmers Market
North Side Pop-up Farmers Market (Milwaukee)
Northside Farmers Market (Madison)
Ridgeway Farmers Market
River Falls Farmers Market
Saturdays on the Square (Elkhorn)
Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization
Somerset Farmers Market
Spooner Farmers Market
Sun Prairie Farmers Market
The Market at Town Square (Green Lake)
Westfields Hospital & Clinic (New Richmond)
Illinois
Andersonville Farmers market (Chicago)
Beecher Farmers Market
Canton Main Street Farmer’s Market
Carthage Farmer’s Market
Edgebrook Farmers Market (Rockford)
Garfield Park Neighborhood Market (Chicago)
Geneva French Market
Glenwood Sunday Market (Chicago)
Green City Market (Chicago)
La Grange Farmers Market
Logan Square Farmers Market (Chicago)
Mount Carroll Farmers Market
North End City Market (Rockford)
Northcenter Farmers Market (Chicago)
Portage Park Farmers Market (Chicago)
QC Farmers Market (Rock Island)
Quincy Town Center Farmer’s Market
Riverside Farmers Market
Rockford City Market
Rockford Midtown Market
Stephenson County Farmers Market (Freeport)
Sugar Grove Farmers Market
The Hyde Park Farmer’s Market (Chicago)
Twin City Farmers Market (Sterling)
Wicker Park Farmers Market (Chicago)
Woodstock Farmers Market NFP
Minnesota
Big Lake Farmers Market
Cannon Valley Farmers’ Market (Faribault)
Cook Area Farmers’ Market
Crystal Farmers Market
Duluth Farmers Market
East Isles Farmers Market (Minneapolis)
Franconia Art & Farmers Market (Shafer)
Goodview Farmers Market
Grand Rapids Farmers’ Market
Hibbing Farmers Market
Hopkins Farmers Market
Little Canada Farmers Market
Little Falls Farmers Market, Inc.
Maple Grove Farmers Market
Mill City Farmers Market (Minneapolis)
Minneapolis Farmers Market
Neighborhood Roots (Minneapolis)
North Mankato Farmers Market
Riverside Farmers Market (Jackson)
Rochester Farmers Market
Saint Cloud Area Farmers Market
Saint Paul Farmers’ Market
St. Peter Farmer’s Market
The Little Market That Could (Prior Lake)
Two Harbors Farmers Market
Winona Farmers Market
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