Get Involved

As a nonprofit organization with the mission to serve as a community gathering place where local producers and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products, the Memphis Farmers Market relies on your support to meet and grow our goals:

Memphis Farmers Market Goals:
1. Improve the community's nutrition options
2. Assist area farmers, producers, and artisans with sustainable business opportunities
3. Generate a sense of local pride while furthering the economic development of our community
4. Provide a vehicle to educate the community on nutrition and good health.

The following are ways you can help the Memphis Farmers Market meet our goals.

Become a Friend of the Memphis Farmers Market

Click here to learn more about how you can support the Memphis Farmers Market with yoru generous monetary and in-kind donations.

Become a volunteer

The busiest times are early in the morning and at the end of the day, setting up and taking down the Market infrastructure. There will be Board Members and the Market Manager onboard each Saturday working with you to direct your activities and answer questions.

We use radios to communicate quickly and clearly among ourselves in addressing various needs over a large site. Volunteers are given a Memphis Farmers Market T-shirt to wear during duty, as well as a Volunteer Lanyard.

Registered volunteers receive a monthly call for market volunteers. Once you sign up for the month's shifts that fit your schedule, you'll receive confirmation of your slots, as well as a "week-before" reminder that confirms where you're scheduled.

What our volunteers do

Here's a short list to help you get the big picture and determine which job description(s) you want more detailed information on:

VENDOR CHECK-IN GREETERS
(2 volunteers: 6am - 8am)
1. Front Street Check-In
2. Pavilion Vendor Placement

PAVILION PATROLS
(3 volunteers per shift: 6am-10am and 10am-2pm)
1. Site set-up or take-down
2. Vendor assistant
3. Parking lot monitor
4. Site overseer

MARKET INFORMATION TABLE
(2-3 volunteers per shift: 6am-10am and 10am-2pm)
1. Table set-up or take-down
2. Provide information to customers
3. Serve as "command central" for market activities
4. Handle retail sales
5. Support the other market components in a variety of ways

MARKET CAFE SERVERS
(2-3 volunteers per shift: 6am-10am and 10am-2pm)
1. Site set-up and take-down
2. Take orders, fill them, collect compensation
3. Keep area clean and stocked

SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANTS
(2 volunteers per shift, random Saturdays, 6am-10am or 10am-2pm)
1. Cooking demo set-up, support, take-down
2. Meet the Vendor Showcase set-up, support, take-down
3. Special Activities set-up, support, take-down

SURVEY TAKERS
(1 volunteer, random Saturdays, 8am-10am or 10am-noon)
Approach a diverse sampling of market customers and ask them to participate in a survey, where you will ask questions and record their answers.

We ask that if you're unable to fulfill your shift commitment, email Terre Gorham as soon as possible so we can schedule your replacement.

We value our volunteers and could not conduct a successful market without you. See you at the Market!

Email Terre Gorham, Memphis Farmers Market Volunteer Chair for more information.