Here are the Results from the Survey  Eileen Nichols and Cody Vaughn took from the Webb City Farmers' Market as well as the Fair Grove Farmers' Market.

Webb City 7/31/10 – Saturday – Conducted by Cody Vaughn

How far did you travel to reach the market today?

Less than 5 miles – 84                                                 39.99%

5 – 9 miles – 54                                                           25.71%

10 – 20 miles – 41                                                       19.52%

More than 20 miles – 31                                             14.76%

Total`                           210

How often do you usually come to the market?

Once a week – 52                                                       24.88%

2 or 3 times a month – 69                                           33.01%

Once a month – 26                                                      12.44%

Less than once a month – 23                                      11%

This is my first visit to the market – 39                      18.66%

Total                            209

How did you learn of the market?

Word of mouth –  105                        50.23%

Newspaper –  30                     14.35%

TV – 8                                     3.82%

Brochure –  0                          0

Other (internet) – 66               31.57%

Total                            209

How much do you plan to spend at the market today?

Less than $5 – 15                    7.14%

$5 – 10 – 79                            37.62%

$11 – 20 – 76                          36.19%

More than $20 – 40                 25.94%

Total                210

Webb City – Friday, August 6, 2010 - Conducted by Cody Vaughn

How often do you usually come to the market?

Once a week – 71                                           30.7%

2 or 3 times a month – 70                               30.2%

Once a month – 31                                          13.4%

Less than once a month – 37                          15.9%

This is my first visit to the market – 23          9.9%

Total – 232

How did you learn of th4e market or what reminded you to come today?

Word of mouth – 139                         59.9%

Newspaper – 31                                  13.4%

TV – 5                                                 2.2%

Sign – 19                                             8.2%

Face Book – 6                                     2.6%

Blog – 1                                              .4%

Web site – 4                                        1.7%

Other – 27                                           11.6%

(mother, brochure, grocery store recommended)

Total - 232

How far did you travel to come to the market?

Less than 5 miles – 93                         40.4%

5 to 9 miles – 64                                  27.8%

10 to 20 miles – 35                              15.2%

More than 20 miles – 38                     16.5%

(Moscow, Russia, Zimbabwe, Congo, Texas, Kansas, Florida, Minnesota)

Total - 230

How much do you plan to spend at the market today?

Less than $5 – 22                    9.7%

$5 to $9 – 73                           32.3%

$11 to $20 – 83                       36.7%

More than $20 – 48                 21.2%

Total – 226

Fair Grove – Wednesday, August 4, 2010 – conducted by Eileen Nichols

How far did you travel to reach the market today?

Less than 5 miles – 47             44.8%

5 to 9 miles – 18                      17%

10 to 20 miles – 24                  22.8%

More than 20 miles – 16         15.2%

Total - 105

How often do you usually come to the market?

Once a week – 39                                           37%

2 or 3 times a month – 40                               38%

Once a month – 10                                          9.5%

Less than once a month – 5                            4.6%

This is my first visit to the market – 11          10.5%

Total - 105

 How much do you plan to spend at the market?

Less than $5 – 8                      7.7%

$5 - $9 – 42                             41.2%

$11 - $20 – 36                         35.3%

More than $20 - 18                 17.6%

Total - 104

How did you learn of the market or what reminded you to come today?

Word of mouth – 44               41.4%

Newspaper – 4                                    3.8%

Sign – 25                                 23.5%

Blog – 1                                  9.8%

Web Site – 1                           9.8%

Other – 31                               29.1%

Total - 106

Eillen counted 320 customers that day at The Fair Grove Farmers' Market.