Market Farming

["Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>]

(should have sent this out with the previous email; going through my
links)...

Ag law research article by Neil Hamilton, Farmer's Markets Rules,
Regulations & Opportunities.  (Note the excellent use of layman's terms by a
lawyer  ; ))

Here's an excerpt:

"For this study, rules from more than thirty farmers' markets currently
operating in fifteen states were examined in order to determine the most
common provisions, to identify important legal and operational issues, and
to understand how markets are typically administered. Farmers' market rules
are as varied as the types of markets found in the United States. Market
rules may be referred to as regulations, guidelines, or policies and can
range from simple one-page lists of guidelines to 24-page books of policies.
In addition to the rules and regulations, there will also be an application
a farmer must complete and a fee to pay to become a vendor. Once the
application is approved by the market organizer, all the documents become
part of the binding legal agreement between the parties."

http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/publications/articles/hamilton.pdf

Liz Pike
Laughing Brook Farm
Westfield NC