Marin Community Farmers Markets

HISTORY & BACKGROUND

 FOUNDED IN 1998 WHEN WE WERE SELECTED TO CONTINUE THE CORTE MADERA FARMERS MARKET, THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE TWO CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKETS IN MILL VALLEY. OUR DIRECTOR, LYNN BAGLEY, IS THE FOUNDER AND LONGTIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARIN COUNTY FARMERS MARKET WHICH UNDER HER LEADERSHIP WAS ACCLAIMED TO BE ONE OF THE 10 BEST FARMERS MARKETS IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, BON APPETIT AND SUNSET MAGAZINE SHE HAS DEVELOPED AND/OR MANAGED 20 CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKETS IN HER 40 YEARS DEVELOPING MARKETPLACES. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE HAS  NAMED HER MS. FARMERS MARKET OF THE BAY AREA.

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MISSION STATEMENT

TO PROVIDE FARMERS MARKETS WITH DEVEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY VIBRANT  COMMUNITY MARKETPLACES WHICH REFLECT THE CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO EDUCATE PATRONS ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE , LOCAL FOOD AND NUTRITION.



​FARMERS MARKET EXPERIENCE

​A LIVELY SYNERGY TAKES PLACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND OUR REGION’S FOOD PRODUCERS WHO DISPLAY THEIR COLORFUL AGRICULTURAL BOUNTY AND CULINARY CREATIONS AT OUR FARMERS’MARKETS. A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING IS CREATED.