Become A Vendor

Applying to Farmers of Orange

Farmers of Orange accepts applications for membership throughout December and January from farmers, artisans, and crafters who would like to sell at the Chapel Hill  Farmers’ Market beginning the following year. Applications for the 2012/2013 season are currently being accepted!!  We accept applications for vendors looking to be a part of our Saturday market, Tuesday market, or both.  If we are over-represented in one market, we may ask if you would like to be a part of just one day or the other.  We are looking for all types of vendors: produce, prepared foods, bakers, and otherwise, and are specifically interested in the following products:

• Cut flowers
• Pasta
• Aquaculture fish
• Pecans and other nuts
• Honey
• Fruits – bramble fruits, and pit fruits
• Mushrooms
• Cheese – raw, hard, long aged, sheep’s…
• Beer, wine, cider
• Asparagus
• Butterbeans, fava, lima beans, edamame
• Turkeys
• Rabbit
• Pickled and fermented food
• Other specialty food and crafts!

Thank you for your interest in joining us at market!

Deadline for membership applications (Saturdays, Tuesdays, or both) is Jan 31, 2012!!!

For those who are interested in being a full- time member of Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market here are the applications, bylaws and market rules for the 2012/2013 season.

Application for Full Time Vendors 2012/20123Season FARMERS OF ORANGE- new members app
Application for Returning Vendors FARMERS OF ORANGE- returning market application
By-laws PDF
Market RuleFO Market Rules for 2012

Currently Accepting Specialty Vendors

Farmers of Orange accepts applications on an on-going basis from farmers, bakers, and artisans who would like to sell at the Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market as specialty vendors. Status as “Specialty Vendor” is used to bring seasonal and under-represented products to the market. Examples for 2012 include tree fruits (apples, pears), blueberries, strawberries, brambles, melons, asparagus, honey, duck meat and duck eggs, goat meet, beer, wine, storage crops, winter crops, and landscape plants.  However, all products will be considered!

To apply as a specialty vendor, please read the Market Rules first, then submit a completed Specialty Vendor Application. Feel free to contact a member of the Board of Directors (on contacts page) or stop by the market Saturday morning or Tuesday afternoon if you have questions.

Thank you for your interest in Farmers of Orange. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Specialty Vendor Application FARMERS OF ORANGE- specialty vendor app

Market Rules PDF

By-Laws PDF

Prepared Food Regulations

Application Amendments

Current members may amend current applications by filing an amendment application.  If you have a product that was not on your current application and does not fit under the scope of your original application, members at any time during the year may submit an application amendment.  For example if your primary product is value added and you would like to add crafts then you would need to submit this application.  However if it is a slight variation on a product that you are already approved for then you do not.  Please direct questions about this to the Market Manager, Lindsay Smith, at farmersoforange@gmail.com.

Amendment applications are treated like specialty vendor applications (unless the timeliness requires quicker action).  Thus they will be presented at the next closest board meeting.  An application fee of $10.00 is required, as may be an inspection for the new product.

Application Amendment form  Application amendment