Volunteer to Serve on MN Farmers' Market Association Board

 Minnesota Farmers' Market Association is in an exciting stable growth mode and we're looking for the next set of members to raise your hands to lead the association forward! The Board of Directors for MFMA serves as an Advisory Board to MFMA’s staff.

Strategically located throughout all of MN, Board Directors are the eyes and ears of MFMA to identify where successes are happening, or support is needed. MFMA is looking for 11 directors to serve two or three year terms, one director per region except for the Metro region, where we need three due to the large amount of markets located in that region.

Over the last 13 years, we've developed the myriad of resources requested by markets and vendors to support you in your growth. MFMA's Farmers' Market Academy and Cottage Foods Academy are current and accurate deep libraries of resources. While maintaining our vital membership and insurance programs, MFMA is also in the midst of big projects that are producing real measurable outcomes:

• Grow Your Green Farm Profitability
• Grow Your Green Access to Markets
• Open access database of prices of 100s of farmers' products at 70+ farmers' markets across MN 
• Developing culturally relevant cottage foods recipes
• The Wifery Livestock Skills Consortium 

As an added incentive to serve on the Board, MFMA's Board and staff will engage in a Strategic Planning process in early 2026, to ensure the association is ready to meet the needs of today's and tomorrow's markets and vendors.

MFMA's election of Board Directors and Annual Meeting is virtual to make it easier for anyone to join, no matter you live within the state and Tribal Nations. 

APPLY FOR THE MFMA BOARD

If after reviewing MFMA's policies and expectations, and MFMA’s Bylaws, you would like to be considered to serve on MFMA's Board of Directors:

• Please fill out the google form linked here by 5pm on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
• Board candidates will be introduced during MFMA’s Annual Meeting, on Saturday, November 15, 2025 via zoom from 1-3pm. 
• MFMA members can then vote for new Board Directors via an online poll through 5pm on Friday, November 21, 2025 when the poll will close. 
• At MFMA’s Annual Conference on December 3, 2025 the new Board of Directors will be announced. 
• The new Board of Directors will then meet via zoom later in December to plan meeting dates for 2026 and kickoff the new year's Strategic Planning process.

Questions can be directed to MFMA Board President Bonnie Muellerleile at BHannapowers@richfieldmn.gov or MFMA Executive Director Kathy Zeman at kzeman@mfma.org or (507) 664-9446.