LHM Market Manager Jamie Jones Earns Farmers Market Manager Certification

 

[May 13, 2022] 

Jamie Jones, LMH Market coordinator, recently completed the 2022 Illinois Certified Farmers Market Manager Program.

The certification program is presented by the Illinois Farmers Market Association and sponsored by the Illinois Farm Bureau and the University of Illinois Extension Office.

Jones, of Mount Pulaski, joined 25 other managers of farmers markets in Illinois and Iowa in the nine-week course, which focused on leadership skills and professional development essential to successful farmers market management.

The LMH Market opened for its seventh season May 7 at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial Hospital sponsors the LMH Market, which promotes health and wellness through fresh food and health-focused programs, organizers said.

[Michael Leathers]