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There is no magic button where everything is perfect, Tietz added, but people are pleased with the market.

"We are trying to accommodate the public," she said. "There are three different views: the current vendors, potential vendors and the consumers."

In 2012, the two markets had between 30 to 35 vendors throughout the season, Tietz said.

They were not there at every market, but they did make many of them.

Some had short produce seasons like the blueberry growers, she said. Others came to promote something for a short time such as political candidates or vendors doing short-term promotions.

"We would love to expand that," Tietz explained, since there is room for nonprofits to show off their services or programs along with the vendors and crafts makers.

Yet Tietz knows it is a big commitment to come to the market.

The Friendly Garden Club in Orland came to its market on the first and third Saturday of each month, and everybody knew they were going to be there, Tietz said, selling plants for the garden and yard.

Unigue and different vendors are welcome to come as well.

This year there were two different meat vendors that did not cross over into the other's stock.

Divide Ranch sold grass-fed beef at the Willows farmers market, while another vendor sold pork at the Orland market, Tietz said.

Having meat sellers at a farmers market is unique, she said.

"The vendors are wonderful, hardworking and want to see this work," Tietz said.

She hopes the surveys will be reviewed by the next market committee meeting in December

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