Clay Center Farmers Market 2021 Market Rules
Hours of Operation, Dates and Location
- Market Operation: Market will begin on Saturday April 17, 2021 and end on October 30th 2021. Exception: we will not have a market during Piotique weekend.
- Market hours are: Saturday Morning from 8:00 am – 11:00 am
- Market Location: Westside of the Courthouse, Clay Center
- Parking and stall set up is on a First Come, First Serve basis. However, vendors should allow a vendor that requires electricity to park near the center main sidewalk or near the south green light post. Please do not take up an area larger than necessary.
- Vendors may begin to sell when they are ready. They are encouraged to stay until 11.
- Vendors are expected to follow the regulations and best practices as outlined in this publication: Food Safety for Farmers Markets: Regulations and Best Practices.
- Vendors are expected to be good ambassadors for the market. Smoking or the use of profane language is highly discouraged. Socially acceptable behavior is expected in order to keep customers coming back throughout the season.
- Vendors should keep their booth areas neat and clean. They are also responsible to clean up their area at the end of the market.
- Vendors are expected to bring their own tables, chairs and display items. The use of umbrellas and canopies are allowed.
- Vendors are encouraged to participate in any market activities that promote products, inform or entertain customers.
- All vendors are offered two free market days each season.
- After the two free days are used, it is $5.00 each market day up to $25.00 per season. A vendor may choose to just pay $25 dollars for the season.
- 2021 Fees should be paid to Linda Sleichter or, if she is not in attendance, to John Gier.
- Fees are non-refundable.
Acceptable Products and Pricing
- The Clay Center Farmers Market on Saturday Morning is a “Producer Only” Market. Everything sold is grown in Kansas, prepared or crafted by its vendors. NO RESELLING OF PRODUCE OR PRODUCT IS ALLOWED. Vendors selling resale items will be asked to remove them from their displays or will be asked to leave the market. If the item can be proven that it is being locally grown, by the vendor, a farm visit by the market manager or farmers market officer will be made prior to it being sold at the next market day.
- It is the VENDOR’S RESPONSIBILITY, not the Farmers Market, to be in compliance with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, the Kansas Department of Health and the Enviroment, the Kansas Division of Weights and Measures and the Kansas Department of Revenue pertaining to the sale of produce with the market area. You may request a copy of the Kansas Rural Center Sustainable Agriculture Management Guides as a general guide to assist you. It can also be downloaded at. www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/RRRFM.pdf
- Vendors set their own prices, but are strongly encouraged to remain competitive with other vendors The goal in the market is to achieve a price that is equal to or exceeds regular retail prices because of the high quality of the produce/product for sale. Produce/product is not to be given away except in small samples, nor is it to be sold at substantially lower prices than other vendors.
