Sponsoring the Tacoma Farmers Markets is a fun and effective way to support your community. Our sponsors dollars go toward a local food movement that returns health and vitality to Tacoma. Here are some of the great works we accomplished with your help in 2009:   TotalDollars Circulated Among WA Farmers Markets:$55 Million TotalDollars Circulated among TFM Markets (21 weeks): $750,000 Total FarmProducts Sold (6th Ave & Bway): $408,000 Total WICVouchers Redeemed: $60,700 Total EBTfood stamp sales enabled: $5600                     Number ofFarms Sustained: 65                                     Total # Customers @ Broadway: 77,000 Total #Customers 6th Ave: 25,000 FoodbankDonations All Markets: 8,244 Lbs. Number of New Businesses Incubated to storefronts: 2 TFM is a registered Nonprofit Organization.

Engaging Items of Interest

• Cooking Demonstrations – Conducted food identification, storage and cooking demonstrations at both markets.
• Diverted over 17,000 pounds of green waste away from Pierce County waste stream & into recycling.
• Click! Network Video on Demand Programming, featuring 18 popular documentaries (e.g. Good Food, Media That Matters) about local and sustainable food systems and agricultural practices.
• Neighboring businesses reported a record increase in customers during market hours.
• Circulated 30 newsletters educating citizens about healthy eating, food storage and money saving tips.
• Received over 26,000 visitors on our TFM website with 90,970 page views.
• Markets hosted dozens of local nonprofit groups to outreach and educate our shoppers.
• TFM hosted several community presentations educating Tacoman’s about local food and community health.
• Market hosted first Best-Fall-Soup fundraiser to assist a farmer in need (raised $1500).