Vendor Workshop Series: Customer Service in Diverse Farmers Markets

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Portland Farmers Market, in collaboration with Oregon Farmers Market Association, is hosting a series online workshops for market vendors. These engaging sessions aim to enhance the shopping experience for everyone at Oregon's vibrant farmers markets, and thereby increase vendor success.

We invite you to participate in our upcoming online workshop, "Working Together to Make Markets Welcoming for All: Your Role as a Vendor," scheduled for Thursday, August 27, at 3:30 PM.

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Presented by Sagdrina Brown Jalal of The SageD Collective, this interactive workshop centers vendors as culture carriers, storytellers, and relationship-builders at farmers markets. Participants will explore how sharing food traditions with care, avoiding cultural appropriation, and creating welcoming booth environments can deepen customer trust, strengthen community connections, and support long-term sales. The session emphasizes practical tools vendors can immediately use to support inclusive customer service—both personally and through their booth staff.

This free workshop will be held via Zoom, allowing you to join from wherever you are!

All farmers market vendors who attend the workshop live on August 27 will be entered for a chance to win a $40 Visa gift card.

Watch previously recorded workshops in this series:

    1. Boosting SNAP & Double Up Food Buck Sales by Enhancing Shopper Experience with Mallory Watson, Farmers Market Fund
    2. Build Trust, Grow Sales: Cross-Cultural Skills for Vendors with Sagdrina Jalil Brown, The SageD Collective