2025/26 AFMA Award Nominations

Outstanding Market Manager of the Year Award
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Outstanding
New Vendor
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Outstanding Perennial Vendor Award 
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Wanda Klimke Memorial
Award 
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Outstanding Market Manager of the Year

This award recognizes market managers who have shown innovation in administration techniques, events, community involvement and promotions to improve their market. Candidates have strong communication skills including the ability to communicate with vendors, board members, customers, media, surrounding businesses, and potential partners.  They have proven ability to stay on top of social media and spread the word about the market but also to quickly and effectively deal with complaints before they become a problem.

Candidates strive for continuous improvement.  They are teachers, visionaries, and big picture thinkers. They are in tune with what customers want and with what vendors need.  They show creative thinking, creative problem solving, and integrity.

Outstanding Market Manager of the Year Award Nomination Form

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  • An Outstanding Market Manager award recognizes excellence, dedication, leadership, and professionalism. Here are key qualities and attributes such an award-winning Manager should possess. Please provide your feedback in each area:

Outstanding New Vendor

This award recognizes the diversity of the talents of AFMA’s new Make it, Bake it, Grow it vendors. This award is for vendors who have been selling three years or less. The products have to be local and unique. Characteristics of excellence and uniqueness include: packaging, labeling, marketing, popularity and customer impact for the market.

Outstanding New Vendor Award Nomination Form

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  • An award-winning Outstanding New Market Vendor should possess the following top qualities, please provide your feedback in each area:

Outstanding Perennial Vendor

This award recognizes the diversity of the talents of AFMA’s long term Make it, Bake it, Grow it vendors. Products have to be local and unique. Characteristics of excellence and uniqueness include: packaging, labeling, marketing, popularity and customer impact for the market. These vendors have products that have stood the test of time, have a loyal customer base, and attract customers to the market.

Outstanding Perennial Vendor Award Nomination Form

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  • An Outstanding Perennial Vendor award recognizes excellence, professionalism, and community spirit among vendors and their community. Here are key qualities and attributes such an award-winning vendor should possess. Please provide your feedback in each area:

Wanda Klimke Memorial Award for Distinguished Long-term Service

This award is named in memory of Wanda Klimke, a founding member of the Alberta Farmers’ Market Association (AFMA). From the very beginning, Wanda poured her heart into helping build and strengthen AFMA, serving tirelessly on the board during its formative years and later returning to the board to again contribute her experience and guidance.

Wanda was more than just a dedicated board member — she was a long-time vendor, a passionate advocate for Alberta approved farmers’ markets, and a dear friend to so many in our market community. Her kindness, energy, and unwavering belief in the value of farmers’ markets left a lasting mark on everyone who had the privilege of knowing her.

The Wanda Klimke Memorial Award celebrates the same spirit of commitment and generosity that Wanda embodied. It honours the staff, volunteers and supporters — whether board members, market managers, vendors, or community champions — who give their time, energy, and talents to ensure farmers’ markets thrive. This award is a tribute to those who make a lasting difference — not for recognition, but out of their belief in the power of farmers’ markets to bring people together.

Wanda Klimke Memorial Award Nomination Form

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