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access to the Jam board

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https://jamboard.google.com/d/1qeN9oI3zafFXu_-mgV5h3oRFyH0gf2nTKmSda8piATE/edit?usp=sharing

Another group to consider is the market oversight/board who often oversee the market but (in my case) may be less aware of/actively anti-racist

These are such great questions, but honestly I don't know that I can speak to my customers and vendors on their openness. I can make an assumption, but I truly wonder how they would answer the question on their own.

I was thinking the same thing Cory!

I would love some examples of survey questions you would use in vendor and customer surveys that directly pertains to inclusion! We also have survey monkey and love to do an occasion onsite dot survey.

I wonder if we should consider Qs like this in our FM360?

of course we should!

Kathy I was thinking about that too-I think we could/and perhaps should broaden this survey. Homegrown Mpls and our food action plan could definitely make the case for this!

I would also like survey question ideas. We do a chart onsite nearly every market with dot stickers to answer a question I ask. All question ideas welcome as well as inclusion questions! I run out of ideas doing them weekly during the summer and then having less produce options available during the winter gives me less to work with as far as question topics.

Is it possible to have access to these slides also?

I like that - coupon as thanks to spend at the mkt - win-win.

How do you address language challenges/barriers from vendors and/or customers participating?

Google Translate isn't always accurate. There are so many free apps for translation. I like partnering with our neighbors to provide a volunteer opp. too

Partnering with community groups working with volunteers of the target group.

You can also partner with different vendors, for example some of our Hmong vendors speak better English than others...

Thank you for sharing your progress and wisdom. I don't have access to the Jam board but I have two questions : 1. How/what outreach do you make to people of color to invite them to the market? 2. Our board is very diverse but board members are typically not paid. Do you think compensating board members of color for their time is necessary when it's not the common practice?

We do have 22 countries representing … so partnering is a great idea

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View only status for me in the jamboard also

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Would be interesting to see if there are grant resources to compensate vendors this way-I don’t think with our current budget we could do it. Maybe a sponsorship specifically for this could work.

One thing we did with a very young new vendor with limited resources a few years ago was allow her to pay the $100 membership fee gradually over the course of the season rather than in a lump sum up front.

I’ve definitely offered various ways to pay. And, have given discounts or opportunities to vendors to start with a few markets rather than committing to a whole season

Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit Speakers Bureau Request Form (google.com)

Stacey and Karla - Thank you for your inspiring and important work!

Thank you so much!! Super helpful!

I have access.

I'm in gmail and still view only.

Thank you Karla and Stacey. Really good! See you soon.!

Thank you to our speakers and hosts

Wild rice, hard boiled eggs, nutritional yeast and truffle hot sauce.

Congrats to Dawn!

Great lunches everyone!

Stroganoff on mashed potatoes, napa cabbage & side of beets

I would say thank you for your feedback. Hearing from you and others is important to us.

I'd probably start a conversation with talking about the wide variety of music the market hosts, and this is part of it.

Let her know that there are other people at the market who enjoy this music and that there will be a variety of musicians at other markets that hopefully she also will enjoy.

At our market, my response has been to share when the non-music hour(s) are, and share that we book a variety of musicians and genres at the market.

I would say we have different music on different market days.

The other thing is that it's R&B - is that why she doesn't care for it?

Too loud? Too sexy?

Bad acid trip memories

She's sensitive to loud noise.

There might be a specific bad experience she had re: disco/

Hearing issues?

I have heard from older customers that some music makes it hard to access the market because of hearing issues

I grew up dancing to disco as a little girl. We celebrate all genres of music! Maybe also keeping the sound to a low level so conversations could still happen and it doesn't drown out everything else.

People seem to love it!

They buy more and stay longer to listen

It makes the market more of a community experience and encourages people to stay longer.

It creates a good vibe.

I've seen a lot of young families enjoy the music with their children

Also, kids love music, no matter what it is. They respond and it makes everyone happy.

Dancing, parents showing kids how to respect/support live music by having them tip the musicians.

Music is a powerful way of uniting people.

Appeals to the senses, sight sound (good smells-fresh bread)

Music is a way of expressing me and being able to relate to other people.

What a shame to not even taste the food!!!

Absolutely delicious

my first question is if the foods they would serve are cottage food allowed or if they are a retail mobile food handler. if they hold proper licensing, why not?

Injera is the best. Stewed lentils are amazing too.

The inclusion of this vendor would offer culturally specific opportunities for people to "try" new and ethnic foods.

I think wed’d be grateful for any food ,and to learn more about the culture

A huge missed opportunity! Injera is tricky to make (I've tried several failed times), so it would be a huge benefit to have an expert.

This literally is my dream vendor.

That market could have offered an opportunity to feature a chef’s demo

Injera is made from teff - which is a grain the U of MN is trying to promote as a new crop - so it would be a great connection to alternative crop information

Trying to remember what I know - I remember yummy spiced foods, and eating things with the injera bread as an implement. Seems like a good opportunity for food sampling at the market.

I feel sorry for that market - huge missed opportunity.

What exactly is it?

Sourdough flatbreadInjera is a sour fermented pancake-like flatbread with a slightly spongy texture, traditionally made of teff flour.

A lovely, soft spongy flatbread that's used as a serving utensil and accompaniment to the food.

The foundation of most Ethiopian dishes is Injera

Oh cool! I didn't realize it was a fermented dough. No wonder it's so good.

Thank you !

Sidebar: we need help updating the cottage foods non-potentially hazardous foods list with more culturally-named foods.

Were they choosing a less "exotic" vendor over this person?

What a shame

We did have Indian Tacos at our market, id like to have them do more taco days.

Bread (injera) is cottage food and cottage food producers make up a lot of our market sales.

Sierra Napoli-Thein, she lives in hibbing

I think it's okay to let the visitor sit with the discomfort for a few moments. Once the market manager starts talking about the application process, that could re-direct the emotions. The staff person acted appropriately.

I agree with Gail

I also agree with Gail

We have had vendors apply that we didn't think would sell well. We have accepted them but warned them that it may take time to build clientele. Being anti-racist might mean having a "trial membership" option that allows participation for a few weeks to test out new products, before charging full market fees.

It is a one on one learning experience and hopefully this creates a new perspective … and eventually becomes much more of a norm

Maybe give a compliment to the market manager's work in this case, and direct the conversation back to them.

So disrespectful - could be time to fire the vendor.

At our market I think I would ask them to kindly leave.

White male racism with verbal aggression could be normalized. I think the Board and/or other vendors need to step up.

The vendor is behaving inappropriately. Hopefully there is a policy in place to deal with him.

I would take the person aside and have a 1:1 conversation with them before it gets too out of hand. If they continue to be disrespectful kindly ask them to leave.

I wonder how many of us will now review our market policies and make sure we have something in place?

Hopefully there are other staff or vendor allies could assist by standing with the market manager and back her up in the moment.

There's also the emotional toll on the manager that should be processed. We have had bullying instances at the market from one vendor, and that vendor is no longer at the market.

I have been yelled at by an older male customer wanting to drive their car into the market space during setup. I politely asked them to move their vehicle and even allowed early sales as long as vendors were okay with it, but he was very upset and continued to yell and throw up their hands before speeding off. I had a vendor nearby who was a female from South Africa and although she didn't say anything to the customer, she validated that I handled the situation well. It meant a lot to me for her to do that.

It’s so hard dealing with angry people.

This is where market board members could step in to remind the vendor of Rules & Guidelines and give them a last chance to stand down. At Grand Rapids we have a written Code of Conduct that vendors have to sign every year, exactly because of incidents like this in the past - which were definitely gendered incidents not necessarily racist.

That is so well put, make space for those who are willing to be inclusive.

Love that

I always struggle with the idea that we need to continue to work with those who are resistant to inclusiveness in various areas. It helps to put into perspective and perhaps a good way to justify ending a business relationship.

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No this is real life stuff

No, I appreciate all the information and you sharing your experiences. Thank you! Very thought provoking!

Heavy stuff as in difficult situations but I agree with Chris these are real life situations that have happened at the farmers' market.

Dismantling racism is an ongoing process, so it's helpful for me to think about it as a basic continual project in my life (and responsibility as a white person). It's an evolving skill set, too.

The whole idea of returning vendors having priority vs new is something that I struggle with. It feels exclusionary, but also maybe needed for the stability of the market because we then have vendors we can depend on. One way I

've tried to find balance is finding ways to expand the markt and include new people as well

We do have a Code of Conduct in place at our farmers' market and vendors are expected to be respectful and courteous to everyone at all times.

thank y'all

Thank you Karla and Stacey!

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Thank you!

This has been really thought-provoking, thank you both!

Thank you both so much

Thank you so much for presenting! This was very valuable and impactful!

Thank you very much!

This has been an amazing session. Thank you!

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