Employment

Communications Manager

Are you passionate about supporting small family farmers and increasing access to local, healthy food? Are you seeking an environment that allows work life balance? Are you interested in joining a team of regenerative farming and local food enthusiasts? If you share our passion for bringing people together around local food and a farmers market – let us know – we’re eager to meet you, this might be the perfect job for you.

Application instructions and full job description in the posting below. This position is open until filled.

2022 Communications Manager Posting

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Our Team

Team photo from our 2021 Harvest Social Benefit dinner

The Mill City Farmers Market and Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund are run by a team of 3 full-time and 10+ part-time, staff members who manage everything from vendor applications to setting up tents to cooking demonstrations and more!

Administrative Team

• Martha Archer, Executive Director
• Amy Britt, Development Manager
• Jenny Heck, Communications Manager
• Sarah Holle, Program Manager
• Kristen Truchinski, Bookkeeper

Market Board of Directors

• Joe Dicker, Board Chair, Attorney
• Dy Drake, Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Medica
• Steven Horner, market vendor and owner of Horner’s Corner
• Faye Jones, farmer, former Executive Director of MOSES, nonprofit consultant
• Kathy Klink, Board Secretary, Faculty in Department of Geography, Environment and Society at  UofM
• Brenda Langton, Founder of MCFM, former restaurateur Cafe Brenda and Spoonriver, and food educator
• Kelly McManus, Owner and Creative Director at McManus Creative
• Josh Resnik, CEO at The Wedge, Linden Hills and Co-op Partners Warehouse
• Anna Sawyer,  Board Treasurer, VP of Finance at noops, Inc
• David Stevens, Site Manager at Mill City Museum
• Lakisha Witter, market vendor and owner of Live Organically Farm

Charitable Fund Board of Directors

• Emily Paul, Board Chair, Consultant at Food Works Group
• Stayci Bell, Nutrition Assistant at Great River School
• Joe Dicker, Attorney
• Christina Lee Ironside, Strategy & Business Development Manager at 3M
• Natalie Jacobson, Board Secretary, Campus Kitchen Coordinator at Augsburg University
• Mike Romanowski, President of CoBank Farm Credit Leasing
• Ken Story, Development Manager at Project Success
• Dale Woodbeck, Board Treasurer, General Manager at Lakewinds Food Co-op

Advisory Committees

Staff and our Board of Directors are aided by several committees. If you are interested in serving on one of our volunteer committees, please contact martha@millcityfarmersmarket.org.

• Development Committee and Harvest Social planning committee support our fundraising efforts and the work of the Charitable Fund.
• Application Review Committee and Art Market Review Committee are composed of local food and art professionals, vendors and community members who review vendor applications each season.
• Vendor Advisory Committee is made up of vendors from each category of vendors (farmers, food makers, artists and prepared food) to gain equitable and diverse feedback and support decision making around market policy and other important issues.

Contact Us

For questions and more information about the market, please email us at info@millcityfarmersmarket.org or give us a call at (612) 341-7580.