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okay so first i'm going to be explaining
why i think it's important for home
bakers to set up at farmer's market and
the biggest thing is just exposure
because how are people going to find out
about you if you don't participate in
things and do things so for me that's
really how i got started i don't go to a
ton of farmers markets nowadays but in
the beginning three years ago when i
first started my business i went to
farmer's markets pretty much every
single week so if i didn't do all those
farmers markets in the beginning i
definitely would not have the amount of
customers that i have and the amount of
orders that i get now that's just the
best thing is exposure whether or not
you sell out you are still getting that
exposure and so yeah that's why i
recommend farmers markets a lot of
people will say that farmers markets
aren't the best for home bakers and it's
really a personal situation like it's
different for everybody also i got the
opportunity to enter a baking contest
because of a farmer's market somebody
like met me at the farmers market and
she was in charge of a cake contest or
like a baking contest and i was able to
enter that competition and i won so i
was in the newspaper i'm the winner you
never know what will come across from
setting up at farmer's markets i'm not
trying to brag or anything i'm just
trying to explain to you why i think
farmers markets are amazing and i think
that home bakers should be taking
advantage of them a little bit more
often once you get started with your
business and once you get more orders i
don't know if i would recommend them
like i don't do them anymore i do
holiday markets though because they're a
little bit more busy and also it's
normally cooler because christmas time
and i did one for easter but for
starting off farmers markets are amazing
and even once you get busier and you
have lots of orders you can still make
time for farmers markets if you really
enjoy them okay so now i'm going to be
talking about what you need all the
supplies or items that you need to set
up at a farmer's market so sometimes the
farmers market that you go to will
provide a tent and a table but not every
single farmer's market will do that for
you i recommend if you plan on going to
a lot of markets then just go ahead and
get your own table and your own tent i
know it's a little bit expensive to get
a 10 but if you sell baked goods you
definitely want to have your stand under
10 because cupcakes plus the sunlight is
a no-go they will get ruined very very
quickly i would recommend getting a
tablecloth that makes you look a little
bit more professional and a little bit
more fancy and stuff so i have this one
tablecloth that like fits around my
table um it was from amazon i'll try to
find it and link it in the description
box and this is really good for windy
days because it can't blow away it's
like it tucks under the legs so the wind
cannot blow it away although this time i
did use another tablecloth on top of it
because i have food coloring stains on
that particular tablecloth because i had
it in my cookie room and i got food
coloring on it so i put this other
tablecloth on top of it to make it look
nicer and it was super windy that day of
course of old days to be windy and it
blew all over the place so i recommend
getting one of those tablecloths they're
super helpful and they also look super
nice because they don't get all
wrinkledy and stuff and mine is in pink
of course okay so make sure you also
have business cards now this isn't just
for farmers markets like if you have a
business you should get business cards
anyways but make sure to bring plenty of
business cards to your farmer's market
and give them away to everybody near
mine i just recently redid them and i
think it's adorable
so it's something else that i would
recommend you bring is some sort of
baskets or containers or something to
put your food in like once it's packaged
in their own packaging um like if you
want to put it in a basket or if you
just want to organize it on the table
super pretty or if you are selling cake
pops if you want to put them on a stand
or you can also get a display case this
is like optional this is all optional
stuff you could just lay everything flat
on the table this is just stuff to make
it look a little bit better i have a
display case that my aunt and uncle got
me for my birthday a couple i don't even
know when but it's really nice and i
love it it makes it look so much more
professional and like a little mini
bakery at the farmer's market and i love
it but here it is um super nice and
pretty and i can open it from the back
as three layers and i love it it's also
great because little kids love to grab
the cookies and toss them around and
like mommy can i have this and then
they'll break and that's like completely
fine and all but um it's nice to have
people not touch everything and they
can't in the display case also be sure
to bring lots and lots of change um i
have definitely run into problems with
this um we keep our change in an
envelope or an envelope or however you
say it and i've definitely run into
situations where i've had to wait a long
time for my parents to go get changed
because i forgot or i've had to ask
other people at other stands at the
farmers market for change it's very
inconvenient for people trying to just
grab a cookie or cake pop and go and
you're like wasting 20 minutes of their
time looking for change and begging all
the other vendors for change so yeah
definitely bring change basically
also if you want to do like a card then
you can get like a square or something i
didn't do that until my sister got it
for her business it's a square it like
connects to your phone and they can
slide their card if you want to do that
but like i don't think that's super
necessary but some people like don't
carry cash around with them so and of
course you can bring any type of
decorations or table fillers because my
mom always says that a full table are
more attracted to a full table rather
than a sparse empty little table so if
your food doesn't fill it up completely
then you can bring decorations and all
that stuff also i would bring some sort
of signs to put the prices to put the
flares to put your business name of
course you can buy expensive signs and
banners but you don't really need all
that fancy stuff just regular old
chalkboards work and plus it's more
farmers markety you know also i would
bring your license just in case anybody
questions you and you can just whip out
your license like
yeah so that's just a safety precaution
here whether it be you know a physical
license or a digital thing whatever just
you want to have that proof
just in case oh i would also bring
chairs because depending on how long it
is you're going to want to sit down
although when a customer comes up to you
stand up you don't want to be rude
sitting back on the chair on your phone
you know you want to stand up be
friendly smile ask them how their day
was so they're probably more likely to
buy something if you're standing up
friendly showing them everything showing
them all the flavors something else
which i'm sure you've heard this tip
before but at the end of a farmers
market when you have lots of leftovers
don't give them away to everybody
because people are going to realize
every week when you have extras you give
them away and they're not going to buy
anything they're just going to wait till
the end when you give away your product
and you don't want to be a pushover so
yeah that's just a little tip just in
case you haven't heard it don't give it
away at the farmers market maybe give it
away to your friends or your family or
even offer it up or post it on your
business page like hey i have extra you
know an extra dozen cupcakes they cost
so and so don't give them away though to
them to your other customers if you have
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