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Market Policy for 2010

• RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARKET MEMBERSHIP

• Each vendor shall fill out a market registration form and hold in his/her possession a copy of the marketing policy, which acts as an acknowledgement of compliance to marketing policies for 2010.

• An annual registration fee of $15.00 will be required of all vendors 18 years of age or older.

• Spaces are sold in 5” Increments to a Maximum of 20’ X 10’.  Your purchased space ie. 10’X10’ or 20’X10’ is your maximum allowable selling area.

• Electricity at the Market will only be available to entertainment.

• If a vendor is not present by 8:30AM and has not notified the Market Coordinator by 7:00 PM Friday, that space may be reassigned.

 

• If a vendor is using a tent at the Market, they must have means to anchor it.

• POLICY DEFINITIONS

• The vendor/owner is the individual signing the registration form.  He/She is responsible for conformance to the policy and the goods brought to the market each day, and accountable for the origin of such goods.

• Owner grown goods are those goods directly produced by the vendor on land owned, leased or rented by him/her.  In the production of these goods a vendor may hire labor and custom piecework such as plowing, harrowing, planting, spraying, or fertilizing.  The vendor must by financially responsible for each production phase of developing his/her crop.

• ORIGIN OF GOODS

• A vendor’s goods and/or sales must be of his/her own making or production on each day of participation in the market.  Production of goods must be conducted by the vendor/owner with his/her immediate family or hired help on land owned or leased by him/her within the geographic area specified.

• The geographic area is Rutland County and all adjacent Vermont counties, as well as Washington County New York, north of RTE 149.  Produce or crafts must be marked with appropriate labels of origin.

• Berry Clause – Any vendor may pick berries in season at local U-pick operations.  These berries must be from within the defined geographic area and clearly marked as to their source.

Special Notification

* Any grower should contact the Coordinator for:

    1. Any early or inordinate crop arrivals that deserve attention

Remember: If you don't grow it, bake it or make it!

~ Don't bring it to Market ~