Growing the BEST little Farmers’ Market
Beautiful • Engaging • Shopping • Tourist attraction
Most markets post on Facebook and call it marketing.
We're different.
We run radio ads, hit the jumbotron, mail postcards to surrounding communities, send market day emails to 700+ local subscribers, and put balloons in busy businesses and hotels in town so everyone knows it's market day. When you show up, the customers already know you're there.
When you commit to coming, we commit to promoting.
“It’s Market Day” email to 700+ local subscribers
Visiting Vendor highlights and product promotion
Event build-up across social and email
"After missing a few markets, people were looking and waiting for my return." — Robin Petersen, Wild Rows Mobile Yarn Market
Recipient of AFMA Community Builder Award
Recognized for measurable community impact and professional market leadership
Market Snapshot
250–850 Thursday guests (peaking late July–mid August)
Saturdays averaging 1,800+ guests
Structured vendor mix to avoid oversaturation
95 unique vendors participated in 2025
Here’s how to secure your 2026 market season.
STEP 1
Submit your vendor application early, choosing Thursday, Saturday or Special market dates.
STEP 2
Applications are reviewed to ensure vendor success. Approval email and invoice will follow.
STEP 3
Show up ready to sell with tent, tables and weights. Set up and be ready to engage wth customers.
Market Rates
Structured rates. Professional promotion. Measured growth.
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Thursdays Season Rate $250
Build consistent weekly presence and repeat customers.
Apply before May 22 to secure every Thursday.
Limited seasonal spots available. -
All-Inclusive Season Rate $350
Maximize visibility across Thursday, Saturday, and Special Event markets.
Apply before May 22 to secure full-season access and priority event placement.
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Individual Market Rate $25
Launch, test, or expand into a new customer base.
Choose any Market date. Apply at least two weeks in advance to secure placement.
Youth Entrepreneur Rate – $20 (ages 15–18)
Every vendor wants the BEST market experience.
A B.eautiful, E.ngaging, S.hopping, T.ourist Attraction. That’s what we are Growing at the Brooks Farmers’ Market in Southern Alberta.
We want every Vendor to experience the BEST market .
“The Brooks Farmers Market is a friendly, relaxed market. The different vendors I was beside were easy to talk to and I felt a sense of community as the season went on. Our market organizer Roxanne was always easy to talk to and accommodating.”
Do you want the BEST market experience? Are you making mistakes that are costing you $$. It is tricky when you are so close to the work to see the mistakes. You deserve the BEST market experience! Download the 10 Mistakes Vendors Make that Cost them $$.
Alberta Food Safety Basics for Farmers’ Markets
Environmental Public Health developed this course to help vendors operate at an Alberta approved farmers’ market. The goal of the course is to educate food vendors and help stop the spread of foodborne illness.
Study the course booklet to complete the online quiz, and keep it handy for reference. The quiz has a total of 25 questions. The passing mark is 80%. Upon passing the exam, an Alberta Food Safety Basics for Farmers’ Markets Course Certificate will be immediately awarded, which you can print as a paper copy or as a pdf. The certificate is valid for three years.