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Farmers Market Promotion Program (Market-Ready Mason)

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Overview

Farmers Market Promotion Program (Market-Ready Mason)

Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Status: Award announced March 12, 2026

Geographic Scope: Mason County, WA (one of three organizations in Washington and 43 nationwide selected)

Focus Areas:

  • Support local farmers and producers

  • Strengthen producer capacity

  • Expand consumer access to local products

  • Training and technical assistance

  • Stakeholder coordination

  • Feasibility study for new marketplace models (e.g., night markets)

  • Connection of producers with institutional buyers

  • Outreach to elevate local markets

  • Food access and food insecurity reduction

    • Project Name: Market-Ready Mason

    Key Activities:

  • Feasibility study for new marketplace models (night markets, etc.)

  • Producer-institutional buyer connections

  • Expansion of outreach and local market elevation

  • Model for rural food system development

  • Farmer participation strengthening

  • Food access improvement

  • Building on Mason Matters partnerships

    • Eligibility: Economic development organizations (awarded to Economic Development Council of Mason County)

    Partners:

  • Mason Matters

  • Choice Regional Health Network

  • Mason Conservation District

  • WSU Extension

  • Kitsap-Mason chapter of the Washington Farm Bureau

  • Thurston Economic Development Council

  • Evergreen Coast Regional Partnership Economic Development District

    • Contact:

  • Name: Kevin Shutty, Executive Director

  • Phone: 360-426-2276

  • Organization: Economic Development Council of Mason County

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    agriculturefood-securitycommunity-developmenteconomic-services

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