These vendor guidelines are posted through a website where potential vendors can easily access rules and information. Use this page as an example for how to make rules readily available,…

This training video from Boulder County Farmers Markets was created to show vendors how to accept and redeem nutrition incentive currencies, the rules around eligible vendors and items, and other…

This chapter from the Washington State Farmers Market Management Toolkit includes recruitment, farm verification, vendor relations, and cross-cultural communications that can be helpful for anyone staff who are interacting with…

This brief, high-level set of powerpoint slides from Lynda Brushett for the Cooperative Development Institute may help markets think about conflict at their site at a big picture level. ConflictManagementforFM

This 15-page vendor guide from the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems includes, recruitment, fees, guidelines, policies, day of, health & safety, and how to apply.

Application for those applying as a group of producers

A form created by the Portland Farmers Market for vendors their concerns about market operations, vendor policies, or other vendors’ compliance with market rules. Requires vendors to specifically reference the…

This 36-page guide from Vancouver Farmers Markets is comprehensive and includes application guidelines, categories, payment, on-site guidelines, issues and concerns.

Some markets, mostly larger ones, inspect their vendors farm or other place of production to verify that their products were produced by them, and in the ways they claim. This…

From the University of Vermont Extension, this four page guide has great information and photos about how to set up an effective display, something that is key to market products…