SUN PRAIRIE, Wis., — Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America, the Farm Credit cooperative’s giving program, has awarded Farmers Market Grants, totaling $88,429. This is the fourth year Compeer Financial has offered these grants.
The grants are supporting 80 farmers market organizations, with funding up to $1,000 for marketing, technology or educational efforts. 22 of those farmers markets are located in the metropolitan areas of Cook County, Ill., Hennepin County, Minn., Milwaukee County, Wis. , and Ramsey County, Minn.
“Farmers markets bring fresh, healthy foods directly to communities in an accessible way,” said Karen Schieler, senior corporate giving specialist at Compeer Financial. “Many markets have had to make changes and navigate the challenges presented during the pandemic. Through these grants, we hope to recognize the huge asset that farmers markets are to our communities – rural, suburban and urban alike.”
Grants to farmers markets will directly impact 3,122 people and impact 4.2 million shoppers who use the markets. 24 farmer vendors also received up to $500.The application period for 2023 funding will be in February of 2023.
The 80 farmers markets in Compeer Financial’s territory receiving farmers market grants include:
Illinois
- Andersonville Farmers market (Chicago)
- Beecher Farmers Market
- Canton Main Street Farmer’s Market
- Carthage Farmer’s Market
- Edgebrook Farmers Market (Rockford)
- Garfield Park Neighborhood Market (Chicago)
- Geneva French Market
- Glenwood Sunday Market (Chicago)
- Green City Market (Chicago)
- La Grange Farmers Market
- Logan Square Farmers Market (Chicago)
- Mount Carroll Farmers Market
- North End City Market (Rockford)
- Northcenter Farmers Market (Chicago)
- Portage Park Farmers Market (Chicago)
- QC Farmers Market (Rock Island)
- Quincy Town Center Farmer’s Market
- Riverside Farmers Market
- Rockford City Market
- Rockford Midtown Market
- Stephenson County Farmers Market (Freeport)
- Sugar Grove Farmers Market
- The Hyde Park Farmer’s Market (Chicago)
- Twin City Farmers Market (Sterling)
- Wicker Park Farmers Market (Chicago)
- Woodstock Farmers Market NFP
Minnesota
- Big Lake Farmers Market
- Cannon Valley Farmers’ Market (Faribault)
- Cook Area Farmers’ Market
- Crystal Farmers Market
- Duluth Farmers Market
- East Isles Farmers Market (Minneapolis)
- Franconia Art & Farmers Market (Shafer)
- Goodview Farmers Market
- Grand Rapids Farmers’ Market
- Hibbing Farmers Market
- Hopkins Farmers Market
- Little Canada Farmers Market
- Little Falls Farmers Market, Inc.
- Maple Grove Farmers Market
- Mill City Farmers Market (Minneapolis)
- Minneapolis Farmers Market
- Neighborhood Roots (Minneapolis)
- North Mankato Farmers Market
- Riverside Farmers Market (Jackson)
- Rochester Farmers Market
- Saint Cloud Area Farmers Market
- Saint Paul Farmers’ Market
- St. Peter Farmer’s Market
- The Little Market That Could (Prior Lake)
- Two Harbors Farmers Market
- Winona Farmers Market
Wisconsin
- Amery Farmers Markets
- Beloit Farmers’ Market
- Burlington Farmers Market Inc.
- Dane County Farmers’ Market (Madison)
- DeForest Farmers Market
- Eau Claire County Government Center Farmers’ Market
- Ellsworth Farmers Market
- Greenfield Farmers Market
- Horicon Farmers Market
- Hudson Farmers Market @ Plaza 94
- Hwy 11 Outdoor Market (Sturtevant)
- Jackson County Farmers Market (Black River Falls)
- Kenosha HarobrMarket
- Market At The Park (Pigeon Falls)
- Menomonie Farmer’s Market
- Meyer Oak Grove Market (Sauk City)
- Mount Horeb Farmers Market
- North Side Pop-up Farmers Market (Milwaukee)
- Northside Farmers Market (Madison)
- Ridgeway Farmers Market
- River Falls Farmers Market
- Saturdays on the Square (Elkhorn)
- Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization
- Somerset Farmers Market
- Spooner Farmers Market
- Sun Prairie Farmers Market
- The Market at Town Square (Green Lake)
- Westfields Hospital & Clinic (New Richmond)
About the Fund for Rural America
The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America is the corporate giving program of Compeer Financial, structured to support Compeer Financial’s mission to enrich agriculture and rural America. Compeer Financial’s Board of Directors has dedicated one percent of annual net earnings to support the Fund’s focus areas of agricultural advocacy and development, agriculture education, cooperative initiatives, rural development and community enrichment; and youth engagement. The Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees, made up of team members from Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin and members of the Compeer Financial Board of Directors. More information about opportunities available through the Fund can be found at Compeer.com/giving-back.
About Compeer Financial
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural communities. The $25.4 billion organization provides loans, leases, risk management and other financial services throughout 144 counties in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Based in the Upper Midwest, Compeer Financial exists to champion the hopes and dreams of rural America, while providing personalized service and expertise to clients and the agriculture industry.
Compeer Financial is the third largest cooperative of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of lending institutions supporting agriculture and rural communities with reliable, consistent credit and financial services. Learn more about Compeer Financial’s scholarship program.
— Compeer Financial