Department of Human Resources

Farmers Market at UMD
Sustainable Farming Association Guidelines for Growers/Vendors

WHO MAY PARTICIPATE

• Anyone in the Duluth and nearby communities may participate.
• A grower may participate once during the season for a minimal participation space fee of $7.00 without being a member of Sustainable Farming Association.
• To participate more than once - membership with the Sustainable Farming Association is required. Cost are membership fee of $30.00 per year and a weekly participation space fee of $7.00. Note that the $7.00 is due only on days that growers participate. For more information or to print the membership form, go to http://www.lakesuperiorfarming.org You may also contact Leah Nelson at 218-940-2138.
• If growers themselves are not available to sell at the market, they may have a representative (a hired helper from the farm or other family members) sell the products for them. The representative should however, be able to explain the growing techniques, if asked.
• Growers participating may be certified organic, grown in accordance organic (if you sell less than $5000 in produce in a year), or sustainable non-organic, but not required.

ITEMS THAT MAY BE SOLD

• When the market started in 2000, UMD Auxiliary Services stated that only locally grown plants and food could be sold at the market. In 2008, the rules changed so that locally made arts and crafts may also be sold by growers to supplement the plant and other food item sales.
• Growers may only sell what they grow. They may not sell items grown by other growers.
• Baked goods guidelines: http://www.dehs.umn.edu/poh_fwh_bakesale.htm
• If selling baked goods, must have a sign that says "Baked goods are homemade and not subject to state inspection."
• Visit the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for other information
  • Food from Farm to Table
  • Operational Guidelines for Vendors at the Farmers Market OR click here
  • Labeling Meat Products
  • Information Update on Limiting Bare Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Foods
  • Minnesota Food Code Fact Sheets
  • Pickle Rule - To verify what canned items are legal to sell at the farmers markets, visit the MN Department of Agriculture website as this can change every year. Note: free sampling is not allowed.
• Produce or products must be made or produced in U.S.A. Table must have a sign that says "Produce or products made in U.S.A."
• A partial list of goods that have been sold at the Farmers Market at UMD were:
  

  eggs baked goods berries crafts cut flowers eggs herbs & spices

  house plants honey jams & jellies maple syrup mushrooms meats (inspected) soaps

  teas tinctures & balms transplants veggies wild fruits wooden goods

PARKING/SET-UP

• At anytime, do not block the Kirby Plaza doors or bus loading/unloading zone, while you are loading, unloading or setting up.
• Vehicles may be unloaded from Parking Lot K and goods carried to the site, Kirby Plaza in front of UMD Stores.
• Lot K has parking meters that must be fed with coins or a parking ticket may be issued by the UMD Campus Police.
• Growers may sell from their vehicles while parked in Lot K but will not be as visible to customers.
• Growers are responsible in providing their own tables, chairs, canopies, etc. Canopies may be set-up in the grassy area and taken down at the end of the day.
• Growers are allowed under the edge of the Kirby Plaza awning.
• Growers may setup between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. or earlier, if preferred. During inclement weather, growers may set up inside Kirby Plaza unless UMD Stores has reserved the space for other events.

SALE TIME

• Sale time starts at 2:00 p.m. and goes until sellout or 4:30 p.m.
• Growers must be courteous with customers and each other.