The Farmers Market Coalition recently published a piece by Teri Wheeler (Shoreline Farmers Market). This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about why farmers markets are so important and why folks choose it as their life passion.
I get chills when I think about how cool it is to work somewhere that provides opportunity for the entrepreneurial spirit to thrive. A place where a mom can make “bath bombs” in her kitchen for financial independence. Where an immigrant farmer can make a living and a build a community. Where a budding musician can build nerves of steel and pour their soul into a song. Where a volunteer can smile with abandon even though he cannot speak or move without his aide, as they pass out shopping bags to grateful market goers. Where a young cook can become a chef and make the dream of starting a restaurant one step closer.
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Teri Wheeler is the current manager of Shoreline Farmers Market in Washington State. Dedicated to farmers markets since 1979, she has worked in several capacities including as a baker, a busker, a crafter and serving as Market Master and Food and Farm Program Manager at Pike Place Market. She was also a board member of the Washington State Farmers Market Association and volunteers on her son’s urban farm Seattle.