Michael's 4-H Update

YOUTH MARKET DAY:  AUGUST 28th, 2010  Montpelier Farmers’ Market.   For  application visit the Montpelier Farmers’ Market website.

Workshop: Youth Market Day Workshop with Michael Wilson.  Review your idea, planning, marketing, selling. Monday 5:30pm, August 23rd, 2010 at UVM Extension Office email/call 223-2389×205 

The following is an example of how youth talk their parents into things that the parents aren’t necessarily excited about.

Sally: Mom, we have all these tomatoes.  Why don’t we make your delicious salsa and sell it at the Montpelier Farmers’ market.

Mom:  Great idea.  But you can’t just show up at the market and start selling.  You have to go through a whole approval process.

Sally:  Not on Saturday,  August 28th.  This is Youth Market Day and all we have to do is fill out a brief application.    There are 15 spots available, first come first serve.

Mom:  So who is going to make the salsa? 

Sally: I thought you could make it and I would sell it.

Mom:  Me!  Now you have me involved?   I work hard all week and you want me to get up on Saturday morning and make salsa?   I’ll give you the recipe and you make it.

Sally:  Okay. I’ll make the salsa.  But you have to make sure I get it right.   

Mom:  I’ll give it the taste test……but will people buy salsa at the Farmer’s market?   It’s a lot easier to buy it at Food Co-op.  

Sally: They will buy your salsa on Market Day.

Mom: How do you know?

Sally:  It’s  tastier and fresher.  We’ll give samples and once they try it they will love it.

Mom:  So now I’m driving you to the market on Saturday morning.

Sally: It will be an adventure.  We get an ice chest, put the salsa in containers, label them with a price and sell them?  What is so hard about that?                                                                                                                                      

 Mom: I can help out with the salsa and get you to the market but you are going to have to do the selling.   If you need me, I’ll be a Capitol Grounds reading the morning paper.

Sally: Deal!

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