InTents: The Farmers Market Conference 2025
Mon Mar 10, 2025 8:00 AM - Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:00 PM
Catamaran Resort, 92109
Description
Join us in San Diego, California March 10th - 12th, 2025 for the 9th annual InTents: the multinational Farmers Market Conference!
Take advantage of Early Pre-Order pricing on all ticket levels through November 8th, 2024 (or until sold out)
inTents: the only multinational Farmers Market Conference brings together farmers market managers and participants from throughout the US, Canada and beyond to make their operations stronger, less stressful and more profitable.
Join us for three days of presentations, panels, roundtables and networking. Learn and connect, compare notes on what’s happening in the farmers market industry and your community of practice. Gain knowledge and discover resources, and enjoy time with your village of market managers, farmers and makers.
Network, learn and compare notes
Gain new perspectives, trade ideas and suggestions, and share encouragement with fellow market managers, small farmers, business owners, regional leaders and policymakers. Enjoy lively speaker sessions, roundtables, and conversations over meals, in the resource lounge, and at market meetups and evening receptions.
Hear from experts in your field
Discover the best ways to recruit and retain farmers and vendors; develop budgets, fundraise, and pay yourself; mitigate weather challenges; resolve conflicts and prepare for emergencies; create cost effective marketing and outreach plans and implement them; build a better email list; attract, train and manage new leaders, staff and volunteers; welcome new populations to markets and increase equity; develop and fund nutrition incentive programs; advocate for your market and our community, and more.
Explore the Resource Lounge
Find new market management systems, tents, signage, graphic and web design, labels, operating equipment, SNAP processors, online ordering systems, marketing platforms and other resources .
Ways to attend
IN PERSON, for 3 days of sessions in San Diego, March 10th, 11th and 12th, 2025. Many attendees arrive a day or two early to tour local markets and attend optional workshops by affiliates. Use the Learn & Grow Ticket to attend in person, and save when you bring your team with a Three's Company package.
FOR FARMERS AND VENDORS ONLY, use the Learn & Sell ticket to attend a special one-day conference track designed just for you, happening on Monday, March 10th, 2025. You're welcome to purchase the full 3-day conference ticket, or to take advanatge of this special ticket level if you can only get away for one day.
VIRTUALLY, for 3 days of sessions online from your own location, live streamed from the conference on March 10th, 11th and 12th, 2025 and recorded. Use the Listen & Learn Ticket to tune in online. Want to create local networking and discussion around conference topics? Use the Big Tent Ticket for online access for up to 10 member of your market or organization and gather in person, or online, to watch together and network. A guide will be provided for Big Tent groups meeting to watch.
ALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES are provided with access to conference recordings shortly after the conference wraps up.
New this year
TAKING IT TO THE BEACH both meeting rooms and accommodations in 2025 will be located under one roof at the beautiful Catamaran Resort, in the heart of Pacific Beach. Step out the back door onto the sand of Mission Beach. Cross the street and you're yards from the Pacific Ocean. Restaurant and grocery options are on the block. Use this link to book your rooms at the Attendee rate. We recommend booking early, as they may sell out.
CLOSING PARTY Join us on Wednesday evening, March 12th, to compare new skills, hang out with new friends and contacts, and celebrate another year together.
FARMERS AND VENDORS ONLY level up with a one-day Learn & Sell track on Monday, March 10th, specifically designed to help you build your market business. We won't be teaching you to farm or to bake; these sessions are designed to help you sell at markets and events. Expect sessions on value added products; costing and labeling; bookkeeping; making time for marketing, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
For more details about our annual events and answers to frequently asked questions, visit our website here. If you have additional questions regarding conference registration, programming, or travel accommodations, please reach out via email at connect@farmersmarketpros.com.
We can't wait to see you!
Location
Catamaran Resort, 92109