For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FARM PRODUCTS. Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, herbs, nuts, shell eggs, honey or other bee products, flowers, nursery stock, livestock food products (including meat, milk, cheese, and other dairy products), and fish.
FARMERS’ MARKET.
(1) An outdoor market at a fixed location, open to the public, operated by a governmental agency, a nonprofit corporation, or one or more producers, at which:
(a) At least 75% of the vendors sell farm products or value-added farm products; and
(b) At least 75% of the vendors who regularly participate during the market’s hours of operation are producers, or family members or employees of producers.
(2) (a) The definition of FARMERS’ MARKET requires that FARMERS’ MARKETS meet two standards. First, it requires that 75% of the vendors sell farm produce or products made from farm produce. This requirement ensures that the preferential designation is reserved for those markets that sell agricultural products. It distinguishes a FARMERS’ MARKET from a “flea market” or “swap meet,” or other type of market, which may primarily sell crafts, furniture, or other non-food items, or which sell foods other than agricultural products. The vendor-based standard is a relatively simple one to monitor and enforce.
(b) Second, the definition requires that a percentage of the vendors are farmers engaged in DIRECT MARKETING, that is, farmers directly selling to consumers the farm produce, or products made from farm produce, that the farmers grew themselves.
(c) A SMALL FARMERS’ MARKET designation may help increase access to fresh produce in neighborhoods that lack ready access to produce.
PRODUCER. A person or entity that raises or produces farm products on land that the person or entity farms and owns, rents, or leases.
VALUE-ADDED FARM PRODUCT. Any product processed by a producer from a farm product, such as baked goods, jams, and jellies.
(Ord. 19-12-13, passed 12-16-2019)