§ 201.30. Farmers market requirements.

The holder of a farmers market license issued pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the following requirements:

(1)

A minimum of sixty (60) percent of market vendors at farmers markets held between the eligibility dates set by the Farmers Market Nutrition Program must be product of the farm (grower/farmer).

(2)

Farmers markets may contain a maximum combined total of forty (40) percent of the following market vendor types. A maximum of twenty-five (25) percent of total vendors may be non-food vendors, including craft producers and vendors of services.

a.

Seasonal food permit vendor reselling only fresh fruits and vegetables, and only when said produce is not in season and not available at the market from product of the farm (growers/farmers) vendors.

b.

MDA cottage food vendor registration, MDA poultry processor registration, or food sampling and demonstrations exemption.

c.

Minneapolis seasonal food permit, Minneapolis mobile food vehicle vendor license, Minneapolis limited mobile vendor license.

d.

Craft producers.

e.

Vendors of services.

f.

Plant vendors.

(3)

Farmers markets may not contain market vendors of the following types:

a.

Market vendors selling any entity's non-food product as an agent, franchisee, distributor, or licensee; or on consignment; or by any other third-party arrangement.

b.

Market vendors selling non-food items such as "vintage," "found," "reclaimed" or "recycled" objects, or any other objects not originally manufactured by the market vendor unless those objects have been substantially transformed by the market vendor into objects of dissimilar form or function from the original.

(4)

Upon initial application, renewal application or request by city staff, farmers markets shall provide a set of bylaws, or in the case that the market is sponsored by another organization, a set of approved operating rules along with the bylaws of the sponsoring organization, that address the market's ownership, governance structure, decision-making process, the market vendors' relationship to the market organization and the means by which vendors' interests are represented and protected in the governance of the market.

(5)

Farmers markets shall become authorized to accept FMNP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program), S/FMNP (Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program), WIC-CVV (Women, Infants and Children Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers), and any other similar food assistance programs as designated by the licensing official, not including SNAP-EBT (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefits Transfer), within twelve (12) months of licensure.

(6)

Farmers markets shall take place outdoors, with the exception of up to six (6) indoor events per year, as designated on the license application and approved by the appropriate departments in advance of the indoor event or events. (2011-Or-095, § 3, 11-4-11; 2013-Or-143, § 1, 12-6-13; Ord. No. 2017-017 , § 6, 4-28-17)