The 2025 Local Foods Conference is scheduled for Oct. 16-18 at the Chieftain Conference Center in Carrington.
The address is 60 4th Ave S, Carrington, ND 58421.
For room reservations at the Chieftain in Carrington, ND call (701) 652-3131 and indicate it is for the North Dakota Farmers Market Conference. Call soon as block of rooms will fill early!
Please register for the conference by October 8, 2025
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.