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The Maple Grove Farmers Market is proud to be affiliated with various organizations that support and promote Farmers Markets and Minnesota grown produce and products.
Minnesota Farmers' Market Association: The MFMA was created by a group of Minnesota farmers' markets to present a unified voice in the growth and regulation of local farmers' markets. Pooling their resources, knowledge, and contacts allows for greater impact on local, state, and federal ordinances and regulations. The MFMA also works for the common good in terms of marketing, promotion, product labeling, self-regulations and standards, market liability insurance, public education as well as educational seminars for market vendors and management, and much more.
The Market Coordinators for the Maple Grove Farmers Market served for three years on the Board of Directors for this organization and continue to be involved in various conferences and projects benefiting farmers’ markets throughout the state.

Minnesota Grown: This program is a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the growers and processors who provide quality Minnesota Grown products. It was established in the 1980’s to promote fruits and vegetables and has since become synonymous with fresh food and ornamental products of great quality and variety. It includes nearly 1,000 farmers who grow or raise a wide variety of products in addition to farmers' markets, Christmas tree farms, apple orchards, u-pick farms, crop mazes, and pumpkin patches.
Northwest Metro Farmers Markets: The Maple Grove Farmers Market has partnered with other markets in neighboring communities -- Brooklyn Park, Champlin, New Hope, Plymouth and Osseo to work together and encourage consumers to visit their local farmers markets and find a bounty of good eating and good fun close to home.
Farmers Market Online - visit this site for additional farmers markets, not only in Minnesota, but throughout the U.S.
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