Culinary Demonstrations

The WVU Healthcare Culinary Program provides for:

• Market customers to sample local, seasonal food with examples of how to use products at home.
• Showcasing local chefs and strengthening their bond to market farmers and food.
• Displaying chef’s talents, promoting local restaurants, and feature cookbooks and their authors.

Notes About the Program: The goal is to utilize local and seasonal products, which are to be the focus of your recipe. While we appreciate all you do back in your personal/professional kitchens, this is a time to focus on simple recipes using market ingredients that a market customer/home cook can replicate easily.

Healthy Lifestyle Activities

People love to visit the Morgantown Farmers Market, not only to shop, but also to have fun, be social, and active! We welcome local fitness instructors/gurus to come and teach a class, do demonstrations, or even a flash mob* at our Market! All will be scheduled on a first come first served basis. We provide the space for free, you bring the rest. You are more than welcome to accept donations and give out information about staying active.
*All flash mobs must be scheduled!

Nonprofits

As part of our ongoing commitment to the community, we allow different nonprofit organizations and community groups to set up, who are interested in holding educational activities, preferably related to sustainable & local agriculture, farming, food, and the environment.

We provide one space each week for free, you bring the rest. Please note: our non-profits do not have a space under the pavilion, so be sure to bring a canopy.

We are still looking for non-profits to come to either the Saturday or Tuesday markets!

Musicians

We love having live music at our Market! All will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis. We provide the space for free, you bring the rest. Musicians are more than welcome to accept tips.

We are looking for acoustic musicians that will add to our positive atmosphere!

Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Morgantown Farmers' Market volunteer! Volunteers are essential to every aspect of our mission – from our hard-working Board of Directors to those who help give shoppers directions at our information booth. Without volunteers we simply wouldn't be able to meet our goals of supporting local farmers and educating the public on the importance of buying locally.

Where can I buy eggs? Are all these vendors organic? Where is the bathroom? How can I become a vendor at the Market? These are just a few of the questions the volunteers at the Information Booth answer each Saturday. If you want to learn the inner working of the market, hang out in a beautiful place, and meet a lot of people, this is the job for you.

Excellent customer skills, positive can-do attitude, a great smile, the talent of being courteous to difficult people and the ability to remember lots of facts. Written material, maps and weekly updates are provided.

Four hours at the Saturday Market.

Are you a people watcher? Do you love data collection? The Morgantown Farmers Market is growing and we like to keep track of this growth, so every Saturday we count the customers entering each side of the market.

Ability to stand for 10 minutes at a time while avoiding distractions.

10 minutes on the half hour for as many hours as you like, this job allows for lots of shopping time between counts.

The Morgantown Farmers Market hosts a variety of special events. Event days add children’s activities, contests, cooking demos and other special happenings to the regular atmosphere. You may be called on to decorate the Information Booth, help kids paint pumpkins, or pass out seasonal samples. We are searching for people who can make things look great on our very small budget, those who enjoy interacting with shoppers and others who have a basic knowledge of food, cooking and nutrition.

Creative and fun-loving attitude. Love of food & cooking, interest in local agriculture, good public relations/teaching skill and ease at talking to the public.

Four hours at the Saturday Market.

Become A Sponsor

Friends of the Market - For only $20 a year, you will be supporting our programs, outreach, and special activities. Membership fees are non-refundable. Friends of the Market have no voting privileges.

Associate Members - For only $50 a year, community members that are passionate about local food can become voting members and take part in the meetings of the Morgantown Farmers' Market Grower's Association. Membership fees are non-refundable. Associate Members have voting privileges.

Contributions can also be made towards the progression of our home: the Morgantown Market Place.