Albert Lea
Albert Lea Farmers’ Market
Fountain & Bridge St
9am – 12pm
Alexandria
Alexandria Farmers' Market
Broadway & 2nd Ave
9am – 12pm
Apple Valley
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
7100 147th St W
8am – 1pm
Bemidji
Bemidji's Natural Choice
Union Square
9am – 1pm
Blaine
Anoka County Growers’ Association
707 89th Ave NE
8am – 12pm, ends Oct 2
Bloomington
Bloomington Farmers' Market
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Burnsville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
200 Burnsville Pkwy W
8am – 1pm
Cannon Falls
Cannon Falls Farmers' Market
Main Street W, Downtown
8am – 12pm
Detroit Lakes
Lakes Area Farmers' Market
People's Park
10am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Duluth
Duluth Farmers' Market
1324 E 3rd St
8am – 12pm
Faribault
Faribault Farmers' Market
Central Park
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Oct 30
1:30pm – 5pm, July 3 – Sept 24
Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Farmers’ Market
1110 W Lincoln Ave
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 30
Hibbing
Hibbing Farmers' Market
1309 E 40th St
9am – 1pm
Hopkins
Hopkins Farmers' Market
16 9th Ave S
7:30am – 12pm
Lakeville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
20965 Holyoke Ave
9am – 1pm
Mankato
Mankato Area Growers' Association
Best Buy Parking Lot
8am – 12pm, ends Aug 30
Minneapolis
Central Minnesota Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Fulton Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
4901 Chowen Ave S
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Minneapolis
Midtown Farmers' Market
3032 Minnehaha Ave
8am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Mill City Farmers' Market
750 S 2nd St
8am – 1pm, June 19 – Sept
9am – 1pm, October
Minneapolis
Northeast Minneapolis Farmers' Market
629 NE 2nd St
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 16
Northfield
Northfield Farmers' Market
Riverside Park, 7th St
9am – 11am
Northfield
Riverwalk Market Fair
Bridge Square
9am – 2pm, ends Oct 23
Red Wing
Red Wing Farmers' Market
212 Levee St
8am – 1pm
Richfield
Richfield Farmers' Market
6335 Portland Ave
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Aug
8am – 12pm, Sept – Oct 16
Rochester
Rochester Farmers' Market
14th St SE & Fairgrounds Ave SE
7:30am – 12pm
St. Cloud
St. Cloud Area Farmers' Market
151 6th Ave S
8am – 12pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
7am – 1pm
St. Paul
West Side Farmers' Market
63 George St W
8:30am – 12:30pm, ends Oct 9
Albert Lea
Albert Lea Farmers’ Market
Fountain & Bridge St
9am – 12pm
Alexandria
Alexandria Farmers' Market
Broadway & 2nd Ave
9am – 12pm
Apple Valley
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
7100 147th St W
8am – 1pm
Bemidji
Bemidji's Natural Choice
Union Square
9am – 1pm
Blaine
Anoka County Growers’ Association
707 89th Ave NE
8am – 12pm, ends Oct 2
Bloomington
Bloomington Farmers' Market
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Burnsville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
200 Burnsville Pkwy W
8am – 1pm
Cannon Falls
Cannon Falls Farmers' Market
Main Street W, Downtown
8am – 12pm
Detroit Lakes
Lakes Area Farmers' Market
People's Park
10am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Duluth
Duluth Farmers' Market
1324 E 3rd St
8am – 12pm
Faribault
Faribault Farmers' Market
Central Park
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Oct 30
1:30pm – 5pm, July 3 – Sept 24
Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Farmers’ Market
1110 W Lincoln Ave
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 30
Hibbing
Hibbing Farmers' Market
1309 E 40th St
9am – 1pm
Hopkins
Hopkins Farmers' Market
16 9th Ave S
7:30am – 12pm
Lakeville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
20965 Holyoke Ave
9am – 1pm
Mankato
Mankato Area Growers' Association
Best Buy Parking Lot
8am – 12pm, ends Aug 30
Minneapolis
Central Minnesota Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Fulton Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
4901 Chowen Ave S
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Minneapolis
Midtown Farmers' Market
3032 Minnehaha Ave
8am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Mill City Farmers' Market
750 S 2nd St
8am – 1pm, June 19 – Sept
9am – 1pm, October
Minneapolis
Northeast Minneapolis Farmers' Market
629 NE 2nd St
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 16
Northfield
Northfield Farmers' Market
Riverside Park, 7th St
9am – 11am
Northfield
Riverwalk Market Fair
Bridge Square
9am – 2pm, ends Oct 23
Red Wing
Red Wing Farmers' Market
212 Levee St
8am – 1pm
Richfield
Richfield Farmers' Market
6335 Portland Ave
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Aug
8am – 12pm, Sept – Oct 16
Rochester
Rochester Farmers' Market
14th St SE & Fairgrounds Ave SE
7:30am – 12pm
St. Cloud
St. Cloud Area Farmers' Market
151 6th Ave S
8am – 12pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
7am – 1pm
St. Paul
West Side Farmers' Market
63 George St W
8:30am – 12:30pm, ends Oct 9
Albert Lea
Albert Lea Farmers’ Market
Fountain & Bridge St
9am – 12pm
Alexandria
Alexandria Farmers' Market
Broadway & 2nd Ave
9am – 12pm
Apple Valley
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
7100 147th St W
8am – 1pm
Bemidji
Bemidji's Natural Choice
Union Square
9am – 1pm
Blaine
Anoka County Growers’ Association
707 89th Ave NE
8am – 12pm, ends Oct 2
Bloomington
Bloomington Farmers' Market
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Burnsville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
200 Burnsville Pkwy W
8am – 1pm
Cannon Falls
Cannon Falls Farmers' Market
Main Street W, Downtown
8am – 12pm
Detroit Lakes
Lakes Area Farmers' Market
People's Park
10am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Duluth
Duluth Farmers' Market
1324 E 3rd St
8am – 12pm
Faribault
Faribault Farmers' Market
Central Park
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Oct 30
1:30pm – 5pm, July 3 – Sept 24
Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Farmers’ Market
1110 W Lincoln Ave
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 30
Hibbing
Hibbing Farmers' Market
1309 E 40th St
9am – 1pm
Hopkins
Hopkins Farmers' Market
16 9th Ave S
7:30am – 12pm
Lakeville
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
20965 Holyoke Ave
9am – 1pm
Mankato
Mankato Area Growers' Association
Best Buy Parking Lot
8am – 12pm, ends Aug 30
Minneapolis
Central Minnesota Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Fulton Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
4901 Chowen Ave S
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 23
Minneapolis
Midtown Farmers' Market
3032 Minnehaha Ave
8am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Mill City Farmers' Market
750 S 2nd St
8am – 1pm, June 19 – Sept
9am – 1pm, October
Minneapolis
Northeast Minneapolis Farmers' Market
629 NE 2nd St
9am – 1pm, ends Oct 16
Northfield
Northfield Farmers' Market
Riverside Park, 7th St
9am – 11am
Northfield
Riverwalk Market Fair
Bridge Square
9am – 2pm, ends Oct 23
Red Wing
Red Wing Farmers' Market
212 Levee St
8am – 1pm
Richfield
Richfield Farmers' Market
6335 Portland Ave
7am – 12pm, June 19 – Aug
8am – 12pm, Sept – Oct 16
Rochester
Rochester Farmers' Market
14th St SE & Fairgrounds Ave SE
7:30am – 12pm
St. Cloud
St. Cloud Area Farmers' Market
151 6th Ave S
8am – 12pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
7am – 1pm
St. Paul
West Side Farmers' Market
63 George St W
8:30am – 12:30pm, ends Oct 9
Inver Grove Heights
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8055 Barbara Ave
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 10
Minneapolis
Central MN Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Minneapolis
Kingsfield Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
39th St & Nicollet Ave
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Savage
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
4800 W 123rd St
8am – 1pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
8am – 1pm
Woodbury
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8595 Central Park Pl
8am – 1pm
Inver Grove Heights
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8055 Barbara Ave
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 10
Minneapolis
Central MN Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Minneapolis
Kingsfield Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
39th St & Nicollet Ave
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Savage
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
4800 W 123rd St
8am – 1pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
8am – 1pm
Woodbury
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8595 Central Park Pl
8am – 1pm
Inver Grove Heights
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8055 Barbara Ave
8am – 1pm, ends Oct 10
Minneapolis
Central MN Vegetable Growers' Association
312 E Lyndale Ave N
6am – 1pm
Minneapolis
Farmers' Market Annex
200 E Lyndale Ave N
7am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Minneapolis
Kingsfield Farmers’ Market, Neighborhood Roots
39th St & Nicollet Ave
8:30am – 1pm, ends Oct 24
Savage
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
4800 W 123rd St
8am – 1pm
St. Paul
Hmongtown Marketplace
217 Como Ave
9am – 6pm
St. Paul
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
290 5th St E
8am – 1pm
Woodbury
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
8595 Central Park Pl
8am – 1pm
As of May 28, we’ve received responses from 16 of the 44 food and beverage companies we surveyed to help you understand the types of companies who would be served through the EDMA process. Here is a brief overview of the interested companies, divided into three groups by annual revenue.
Annual Revenue: $1 – $50,000
- 6 respondents
- 0 – 2 employees per company
- 4 have shelf stable product, 2 refrigerated
- Headquarters: New Hope, Scandia, Chanhassen, St. Paul, Minneapolis, New Ulm
- Email newsletters: 3 have them, 3 do not (max. 100 distribution)
- Website: 0 – 1,000 hits per month
- Social: 5 of the 6 use Instagram and Facebook. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn were also mentioned.
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- website/contact us, Instagram, Facebook, Farmers Market direct feedback
- I have a facebook page and the community facebook page and city website
- Website blog and recipe ideas, Social media: Instagram & Facebook, In person at Farmers' Markets (committed to full season at MPLS Farmers' Market, Stone Arch Festival + others)
- Social Media; brochures; newsletters; events; farmer's markets; retail store demos.
- Social media.
- Social media (Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin) and weekly emails
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- My website has started to receive more visitors and sales, Feast! Local Food Market worked good as well, but Faire and Frank and Ernest Market doesn't work well
- just started and can't quite figure out how to do it
- Website launched late last year, needs more media spend (ie; funding) to drive awareness & conversion. Food certified fulfillment working GREAT with Indie Do Good in Chanhassen.
- Amazon is working but with no margins. Word of mouth and direct consumer log ins are the best source of e-commerce.
- Not yet profitable.
- Just started and can’t figure out the best way to ship/fulfillment/scaling etc... definitely need help with this.
Annual Revenue: $50,001 – $250,000
- 6 respondents
- 0 – 2 employees per company
- 5 have shelf stable product, 1 frozen
- Headquarters: Minneapolis (3), Lakeland, St. Paul, Brooklyn Park
- Email newsletters: 2 have them, 4 do not (max. 13,000 distribution)
- Website: 0 – 1,500 hits per month
- Social: 5 of 6 use Instagram and Facebook. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn were also mentioned.
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- We communicate with our customers like we communicate with our friends: warm, authentic, lighthearted. We respond to every single review and comment - good or bad
- We have a website but we have a lot of improvement to do with our social media and marketing.
- Not currently doing any communication with customers
- Social media, PR with local news outlets.
- FB, IG, LinkedIn, Twitter; Email newsletters; Story on our packaging; Personal, handwritten notes in online orders; Community and retailer events; Making it as personal and genuine as possible, is important to me!
- Social Media website
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- Amazon is our biggest sales channel. We also sell through our website and three other online platforms. We've sold via D2C since we launched 3 yrs ago. D2C is our single biggest priority over the next 6-12 months. We need to drive more traffic to our own site and convert customers - but we don't really know how to do that effectively yet
- Our e-commerce is profitable but we would like more customers and this is a real. Way we could grow.
- Non-existent
- Ever since we rebranded due to COVID sales have been pretty much non-existent. In April of 2020 we were doing 60 sales per week and now only get about 4 a month. It's been frustrating and discouraging and we just stopped trying because we couldn't figure out how to bring in sales through that channel. We sell a frozen product and starting shipping has almost impossible to figure out with how expensive it is. The demand is there (we had more than 50 requests to ship out of state), but had to turn them all down. If we could have the online store portion figured out and shipping figured out too it would definitely be possible.
- Direct sales off of our website are most profitable, it's just a small percentage of our overall business. Amazon sales are still very small, and margins are dismal...but the opportunity is obviously massive.
- Just started
Annual Revenue: $250,000 – $10 million
- 4 respondents
- 6 – 21 employees
- 2 have shelf stable product, 1 refrigerated, 1 frozen
- Headquarters: Minneapolis (2), Brooklyn Park, St. Paul
- Email newsletters: 2 have them, 2 do not (max. 15,000 distribution)
- Website: 2 have significant home page hits (up to 15,000 per month) and 2 do not.
- Social: Instagram (3), Facebook (3), Twitter (2), blog also mentioned
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- Hired a branding agent to guide us through
- Social
- For retail: Newspaper Ads, Radio ads, Grocery Coupons, etc. For foodservice: Trade shows (local and national), distributor trade shows, presentations to distributor marketing and sales personnel, through our broker network, etc.
- Social media, email subscribers, ads, packaging
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- Just started
- break even on website, Amazon cash flowing nicely
- no e-commerce
- Our e-commerce is (a little) profitable. We seem to be leveling out after a large surge from COVID. We cannot figure out how to bring in new customers, though we do a great job with our existing customers.
As of May 28, we’ve received responses from 16 of the 44 food and beverage companies we surveyed to help you understand the types of companies who would be served through the EDMA process. Here is a brief overview of the interested companies, divided into three groups by annual revenue.
Annual Revenue: $1 – $50,000
- 6 respondents
- 0 – 2 employees per company
- 4 have shelf stable product, 2 refrigerated
- Headquarters: New Hope, Scandia, Chanhassen, St. Paul, Minneapolis, New Ulm
- Email newsletters: 3 have them, 3 do not (max. 100 distribution)
- Website: 0 – 1,000 hits per month
- Social: 5 of the 6 use Instagram and Facebook. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn were also mentioned.
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- website/contact us, Instagram, Facebook, Farmers Market direct feedback
- I have a facebook page and the community facebook page and city website
- Website blog and recipe ideas, Social media: Instagram & Facebook, In person at Farmers' Markets (committed to full season at MPLS Farmers' Market, Stone Arch Festival + others)
- Social Media; brochures; newsletters; events; farmer's markets; retail store demos.
- Social media.
- Social media (Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin) and weekly emails
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- My website has started to receive more visitors and sales, Feast! Local Food Market worked good as well, but Faire and Frank and Ernest Market doesn't work well
- just started and can't quite figure out how to do it
- Website launched late last year, needs more media spend (ie; funding) to drive awareness & conversion. Food certified fulfillment working GREAT with Indie Do Good in Chanhassen.
- Amazon is working but with no margins. Word of mouth and direct consumer log ins are the best source of e-commerce.
- Not yet profitable.
- Just started and can’t figure out the best way to ship/fulfillment/scaling etc... definitely need help with this.
Annual Revenue: $50,001 – $250,000
- 6 respondents
- 0 – 2 employees per company
- 5 have shelf stable product, 1 frozen
- Headquarters: Minneapolis (3), Lakeland, St. Paul, Brooklyn Park
- Email newsletters: 2 have them, 4 do not (max. 13,000 distribution)
- Website: 0 – 1,500 hits per month
- Social: 5 of 6 use Instagram and Facebook. Twitter, blog, LinkedIn were also mentioned.
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- We communicate with our customers like we communicate with our friends: warm, authentic, lighthearted. We respond to every single review and comment - good or bad
- We have a website but we have a lot of improvement to do with our social media and marketing.
- Not currently doing any communication with customers
- Social media, PR with local news outlets.
- FB, IG, LinkedIn, Twitter; Email newsletters; Story on our packaging; Personal, handwritten notes in online orders; Community and retailer events; Making it as personal and genuine as possible, is important to me!
- Social Media website
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- Amazon is our biggest sales channel. We also sell through our website and three other online platforms. We've sold via D2C since we launched 3 yrs ago. D2C is our single biggest priority over the next 6-12 months. We need to drive more traffic to our own site and convert customers - but we don't really know how to do that effectively yet
- Our e-commerce is profitable but we would like more customers and this is a real. Way we could grow.
- Non-existent
- Ever since we rebranded due to COVID sales have been pretty much non-existent. In April of 2020 we were doing 60 sales per week and now only get about 4 a month. It's been frustrating and discouraging and we just stopped trying because we couldn't figure out how to bring in sales through that channel. We sell a frozen product and starting shipping has almost impossible to figure out with how expensive it is. The demand is there (we had more than 50 requests to ship out of state), but had to turn them all down. If we could have the online store portion figured out and shipping figured out too it would definitely be possible.
- Direct sales off of our website are most profitable, it's just a small percentage of our overall business. Amazon sales are still very small, and margins are dismal...but the opportunity is obviously massive.
- Just started
Annual Revenue: $250,000 – $10 million
- 4 respondents
- 6 – 21 employees
- 2 have shelf stable product, 1 refrigerated, 1 frozen
- Headquarters: Minneapolis (2), Brooklyn Park, St. Paul
- Email newsletters: 2 have them, 2 do not (max. 15,000 distribution)
- Website: 2 have significant home page hits (up to 15,000 per month) and 2 do not.
- Social: Instagram (3), Facebook (3), Twitter (2), blog also mentioned
- Individual responses to “How do you communicate with consumers?”
- Hired a branding agent to guide us through
- Social
- For retail: Newspaper Ads, Radio ads, Grocery Coupons, etc. For foodservice: Trade shows (local and national), distributor trade shows, presentations to distributor marketing and sales personnel, through our broker network, etc.
- Social media, email subscribers, ads, packaging
- Individual responses to “Describe the state of your e-commerce.”
- Just started
- break even on website, Amazon cash flowing nicely
- no e-commerce
- Our e-commerce is (a little) profitable. We seem to be leveling out after a large surge from COVID. We cannot figure out how to bring in new customers, though we do a great job with our existing customers.