New Market Projects

At the beginning of the semester, I conducted surveys a couple of Saturdays at the Farmers Market in Bryan. The results of surveying showed that most people who attended the market had been coming for years. We did not have many new people. We also noticed that we did not have many young people. Another noteworthy thing is that most people found out about the market through word of mouth, so marketing could certainly be improved. We knew we needed to do something in order to get fresh foods to a larger clientele of people here in the Brazos Valley. Enter, two new project.

1) Project number one. A Thursday afternoon market outside Blackwater Draw which is a local brew pub and restaurant that brews their own beer and already uses Howdy Farm produce on their menu. This market would be close to campus and at a convenient time, thus appealing to a totally different group of people.

2) Project number two. Making the first Saturday of the month at the Bryan Farmer's Market more of event. This would be done by inviting in extra vendors, artist, music, food trucks, etc. 

I will be reporting later with updates about both of these project!