Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of the Tacoma Farmers Market is to provide a sustainable market venue where local farms and small businesses can connect directly with consumers and the community. In doing so, our three markets support our vision of; preserving local farms and farmland, strengthening our local economy, building small businesses, providing access to healthy food for all residents, and creating vibrant spaces for community engagement.
Tacoma Farmers Market creates vibrant marketplaces where local farms, small businesses, and organizations connect directly with the community.
The Fresh Bucks EBT Matching Program offers an unlimited 1:1 match, per week, per market for eligible EBT/SNAP shoppers. If you are an eligible EBT/SNAP shopper, visit our market information booth, swipe your card, tell us how much you'd like in market tokens, and we'll match those tokens one for one to use on fresh fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and plant starts.
Direct market outlets for our local farms are of paramount importance to ensure we have thriving farms now, and into the future. Farmers Markets are a critical link in the direct marketing landscape by providing farms with a vibrant marketplace to sell their product at minimum cost to themselves, while receiving maximum profit for their products. Thriving direct markets, like farmers markets, also help attract new and veteran farmers to rent or purchase land in the fertile Puyallup Watershed, thus helping to preserve and protect our land, our soils, and our food supply. In 2018 we worked with 37 farms cultivating more than 800 acres of land.
All great businesses start with a great idea. Taking that idea and putting it into practice is another matter altogether. Understanding what is needed to start a small business or what permits are needed to sell food safely can be confusing at best, and at worst, can inhibit a great idea from getting off the ground. At TFM we help those dreams become a reality by providing hopeful business owners with the knowledge and expertise they need to navigate the permitting and licensing process, as well as marketing and social media training, and onsite support as their business grows.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Stacy Carkonen | Executive Director | 40 | $67,500 |
| Kayla Scriver | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Olson | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Surinder Singh | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Green | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Aura Mae | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Gauthier | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Micaela Cooley | Past President | 1 | $0 |
| April Henson | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Alia Delmage | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Craig O'Hanlon | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Leigh Ann Zehnder | President | 1 | $0 |
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