Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Jaclyn Pace, Director of the Utah Farmers Market Network:
Jaclyn Pace is passionate about community engagement, social justice, and local food systems. She previously worked with UFMN co-facilitating the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community of Practice (CoP) with market managers across the state. Originally from New York, she earned her BA in Education Studies from Eugene Lang College of the New School University in Manhattan. She has been out West for nearly two decades now and earned her MA in Sustainable Communities from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. She lives in St. George and has been involved with the Downtown Farmers Market in many capacities, where she ran SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks, collected booth fees, developed and ran a youth program focused on diversity and sustainability, and packaged and delivered pickup and delivery orders during the pandemic. She is eager to strengthen existing relationships with markets and stakeholders and build new relationships throughout the network. She is dedicated to supporting farmers markets as vital community hubs for local food, art, and economy. Furthermore, she is committed to helping make Utah’s markets welcoming spaces for all.
Jaclyn Pace, Director of the Utah Farmers Market Network:
Jaclyn Pace is passionate about community engagement, social justice, and local food systems. She previously worked with UFMN co-facilitating the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community of Practice (CoP) with market managers across the state. Originally from New York, she earned her BA in Education Studies from Eugene Lang College of the New School University in Manhattan. She has been out West for nearly two decades now and earned her MA in Sustainable Communities from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. She lives in St. George and has been involved with the Downtown Farmers Market in many capacities, where she ran SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks, collected booth fees, developed and ran a youth program focused on diversity and sustainability, and packaged and delivered pickup and delivery orders during the pandemic. She is eager to strengthen existing relationships with markets and stakeholders and build new relationships throughout the network. She is dedicated to supporting farmers markets as vital community hubs for local food, art, and economy. Furthermore, she is committed to helping make Utah’s markets welcoming spaces for all.
