The North Dakota Farmers Market and Growers Association is a marketing organization that exists to help you improve your marketing skills and to assist in supporting locally grown and processed North Dakota products.

North Dakota Farmers Market and Growers Association Conference

October 16-18, 2025

Chieftain Conference Center

Carrington, ND

Tickets will be available soon!

We are fortunate to have two keynote speakers this year!

On Friday our keynote speaker will be Dr. Brian Krolczyk

Brian’s expertise is the integration of personal resilience and leadership effectiveness, with more than 25 years of executive coaching experience. He will discuss how market members can improve their personal resilience and leadership skills.

On Saturday our keynote speaker will be Vance Corum

Vance has led seminars on market development, captured new customers with mini farmers’ markets at county fairs, developed farm tours for market managers, and done consumer research at farmers’ markets in the U.S. He is the co-author of The New Farmers’ Market.

More news coming soon on additional sessions!

2024 NDFMGA Local Foods Conference

March 21 – 23, 2024

Thank you for attending the 20th annual North Dakota Farmers Market & Growers Association and Local Foods Conference.  We hope you enjoyed our theme this year, “Fresh from North Dakota.”

The conference was a great way to learn more about a variety of topics pertaining to growing local foods, and an opportunity to learn and network with others!

Hope to see you at next year’s conference!

Our keynote speaker, Christy Rost, visiting with us about Nurturing Consumer Relationships.

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Great sessions all day long! Quinn Renfandt began the day with discussion on forming a cooperative.

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Our Featured Speakers: Andrea Alma and JuliAnna Arnett talked to conference participants about growing our farm to school presence in North Dakota.

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Long time member and grower, Dwight Duke presented ideas for growing the market, both inside and outside!

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