The Monroe Street Farmers Market (MSFM) was started in 2015 as a vibrant weekly gathering within walking and biking distance of Madison's near westside neighborhoods where community members would have access to a variety of local produce, handmade products, and items unique to southern Wisconsin. The MSFM strives to be a welcoming space for community engagement, interaction, and entertainment for all visitors.
MSFM is managed and operated by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of community members and vendor representatives, and one paid Market Manager on staff. Interested in joining the Board and helping make the market happen? Contact us!
Monroe Street Farmers Market Staff and Board of Directors
Amber middleton - MARKET MANAGER
Amber has been the Market Manager since 2023. She is a lover of local food, nature, and animals!
Amber has experience in many facets of the local food system, animals, and working with elementary-age children.
Contact her at manager@monroestreetfarmersmarket.org
Luke Lippert -
Co-Chair
Luke has a longtime interest in community building and sustainable agriculture, which led him to help found the Monroe Street Farmers’ Market in 2015. He served as market manager until 2021 and has been helping the market behind the scenes ever since.
Heather O’Neil - Secretary
James Haygood - Treasurer
JANICE POEHLMAN - community board member
Janice is a near-west Madison resident and has enjoyed markets and local produce since first joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the early 1990's. She's been hooked on local markets and supporting farmers ever since then. Janice can be found in the neighborhood on her bike heading to the market, gardening in her yard or volunteering for invasive buckthorn removal along the SW bike path. She is currently Geospatial Director for RWE Renewables, developing grid-scale renewable energy projects in the Midwest.
larry dooley - community board member
Larry lives in the Nakoma Neighborhood with his wife and two kids. He is a backyard chicken wrangler and home gardener who has been a farmers market enthusiast since moving to Madison in 2002. A stay-at-home dad for most of the past 15 years, Larry has coached youth sports, served on volunteer boards - including the Regent Market Co-op and the Cherokee Heights Middle School PTO- and co-founded the 'Ask as Master Gardener Volunteer' booth at the Monroe Street Farmers Market during the 2017 season.
Sarah Wells - Vendor board member
Of Wells Farms and the Manager of the Sun Prairie Farmers Market
Sara Redford - Vendor Board Member
Creator of Jonie & Libs Reusables
andy fountaine - vendor board member
Thank you to our past Board Members, Staff, and Volunteers for their service!