Banner of the National Farmers Market Survey, including the Marketing Services logo and random clip art of vegetables

Link to the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Web Site
Link to Purposes of the Survey
Link to Print Versions of the Survey
Link to the Online 2006 Survey
Link to Confidentiality Information
Link to the Results of the Survey
Link to the Farmers Market Listings
Link to the 'Recreational Industries Research Center (RIRC)' information webpage
Link to Contact information

The 2006 USDA Farmers Market Survey is being conducted by the Marketing Services branch of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service. Participation by all farmers markets will enable the Marketing Service develop a current profile of the U.S. farmers market industry which will be shared widely with industry stakeholders.

The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. It is recommended that you first print and review a copy of the survey before beginning to complete it. The deadline for completing the survey is June 30, 2006.

You can access the survey by clicking on the button - Access 2006 Survey - to the left or the button below. If you received an e-mail or invitation letter, you must enter the identification number that you were provided and the zip code(s) of your farmers market(s) to login to the survey. If you did not receive either an e-mail or invitation letter, you will be asked to register first.

To access the survey Click Here

The survey should only take approximately 20 minutes to complete. It can be completed in either one or multiple Internet sessions. It is crucial that you press the submit button at the end of each section before closing your Internet session. Each time you re-enter the survey, you must provide your identification number and zip code.

Survey data will be collected, analyzed, and disseminated through a comprehensive written report that will be made available for free to all members of the public on this website and the AMS Marketing Services website http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/MSB/ Data collected from individual farmers markets will be kept confidential and will be aggregated to produce state, regional, and/or national statistical summaries. If you administer more than one farmers market, please complete a separate questionnaire for each of the markets that you manage.

If you have questions or concerns about the USDA Farmers Market Survey, e-mail us at fmsurveyquestion@usda.gov
or call Ed Ragland at 202-720-8317.

If you encounter any problems accessing, submitting or
re-entering the survey, please contact Dr. Ed Mahoney or Carla Barbieri (Department of CARRS, Michigan State University) at rirc@msu.edu.
 Clip Art of a Farmer on a Tractor