Rules and Regulations Farmers Market 2008

Chewelah Farmers Market
RULES AND REGULATIONS 2008

Market Location is “Creek Side” at St Paul Lutheran Church, N. 202 2nd St. W., Chewelah, WA.

Market Management: The Chewelah Farmers Market is a Mustard Seed Project which is sponsored by the Outreach Committee of St. Paul Lutheran Church. It is a non-religious project with the aim of serving the Chewelah Community and surrounding area. The project and market does not discriminate on the basis of church affiliation, creed, race, lifestyle or nationality. The market is managed by the Mustard Seed Association which consists of growers and others interested in promoting the market and furthering its goals and vision. The Mustard Seed Association appoints the market manager and other volunteer market staff people. The Mustard Seed Association gets its non-profit status from its affiliation with St. Paul Lutheran Church, a Washington State non-profit corporation.

Market Components:
Physical Market: Traditional farmers market located at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Consignment Table: A special “vendor” table where growers can sell their produce if they are not able to set up their own stand at the market. The table will be run by volunteer organizations who sign up for a week at a time.
Classes: Classes on sustainable living, healthy living, suburban micro-farming/gardening, preserving, cooking, etc. will be scheduled at and during the physical market.
Virtual Market: A website that extends the physical market into “cyber land,” giving consumers the opportunity to order from growers and pick up their order at the physical market.

Hours of Operation: The physical component of the Chewelah Farmers Market is Fridays from 12 pm to 6 pm.

Set-up: Vendors may begin setting up their displays at 11 am on all days of operation, but must be fully set up by NOON. Any vendors not present by 11:30 am on the days of operation voluntarily forfeit any say in their placement or location within the market.

Check-in: All vendors are to check in with the market manager or a designated Mustard Seed Association volunteer before setting up on each day of market operation.

Market Fee is $5/day or 5% of gross sales/day, whichever is greatest.

Consignment Table: Growers and gardeners who can’t spend the time at the market or who don’t have enough to sell to make a booth worthwhile, can bring their produce to the consignment table. It will be labeled and the money kept track of. The fee is 10% of gross sales/day (5% goes to the market and 5% goes to the non-profit organization running the table that day).

Items for Sale:
Local Produce: Vendors may sell only produce grown in Washington State. If vendors sell any produce grown in counties other than Stevens, Ferry, Spokane, or Pend Orelle, they must have either grown it themselves or must post the detailed contact information for the grower in a location plainly visible to any customer.
Local Meat: Any meats sold at the Chewelah Farmers Market must comply with all Washington State regulations concerning said products. The vendor assumes full responsibility for compliance with said regulations and in every way holds Chewelah Farmers Market, the Mustard Seed Association, and St. Paul Lutheran Church and their staff and volunteers free of any responsibility or liability for enforcing or not enforcing said regulations.
Locally Produced Baked or Canned Goods: Vendors may sell baked goods or high acid canned goods baked or produced by the vendor, but must do so in compliance with all local and state regulations. The vendor assumes complete and total responsibility for compliance with said local regulations, and in every way holds Chewelah Farmers Market, the Mustard Seed Association, and St. Paul Lutheran Church and their staff and volunteers free of any responsibility or liability for enforcing or not enforcing said regulations.
Local Vendor-produced Crafts Items: Samples of all craft items must be presented to the Chewelah Farmers Market manager or designated volunteer for approval before they are sold. Only approved items may be sold.
Non-profit Organization Fund-raiser Items: Community non-profit organizations, public or private schools, churches, youth organizations and clubs are welcome to set up displays at the physical market to educate the public and promote their organization. They may sell appropriate fund-raiser items and keep all proceeds. Organizations must have the prior approval of the market manager, Management Team, or designated volunteer.

Vendor Ratio: No more than 40% of the total vendors present on any market day may exclusively sell crafts, art, baked goods, or other processed or value-added products.

Licenses: All vendors assume full responsibility to secure all licenses required by law to participate in selling at the market, and recognize that notice of said policy is hereby given by the Chewelah Farmers Market.

WIC and SFMNP Checks: To receive WIC or SFMNP (Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program) checks the vendor must be officially enrolled in the WIC and SFMNP.

Cleaning: The vendor assumes full responsibility to clean the space used by them at the market location and the surrounding area within a 10-foot radius of their area.

Liability: The vendor and market customers holds Chewelah Farmers Market, the Mustard Seed Association, and St. Paul Lutheran Church and those organizations’ staff and volunteers free of any and all liability related to visiting, selling, or buying at the market, and will not at any time hold the Chewelah Farmers Market, the Mustard Seed Association, and St. Paul Lutheran Church and those organizations’ staff and volunteers responsible for any loss, damage, injury, or illness incurred or received by the vendor, market customers, or visitors while at the market location.

Management Decisions: The vendor agrees that all decisions made by the management are binding and final. The management also reserves the right to refuse any vendor or any item sold or displayed by any vendor at any time with or without cause.

Drop-ins: Vendors shall inform the management no later than the day before the market day at which they intend to vend or their intention to vend at the market that day.

Chewelah Farmers Market Contact Information:
Physical Market: Pastor Ed Pace, 935-6311 or revedpace@centurytel.net
Classes: Deacon Mary Finney, 935-7145 or naturwks@theofficenet.com
Virtual Market: Jamie Henneman, 738-6127, or hockleyjamie@hotmail.com OR John Smith, 684-4404 or john@stoneageops.com

St. Paul Lutheran Church
N. 202 2nd St. W.
(P.O. Box 91)
Chewelah, WA 99109

935-6311
http://chewelahlutheran.org

FINGERPRINTS preschool
N. 202 2nd St. W.
(P.O. Box 581)
Chewelah, WA 99109

http://fingerprintspreschool.org