Watauga County Farmers' Market
Boone, North Carolina
Membership in Watauga County Farmers' Market is limited to residents of Watauga, Wilkes, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, and Johnson counties. All vendors must follow the market rules and comply with all applicable regulations. Please call market manager Tori Cox at 1-828-355-4918 if you have any questions.
- Watauga County Farmers' Market
- PO Box 2177
- Boone, North Carolina, 28607
2011 Applications
Applications for Membership
There is a moratorium on new members for the 2011 season. We acknowledge that there are a good number of hard working individuals in the area that would be an asset to our market and deeply regret that we cannot accommodate any additional vendors at this time. Please visit this website later for new developments.
Farm Products and Nursery Items
Locally grown products are a big success at the farmers' market and priority at the market is given to growers. Vendors at the market have everything from cut flowers to local meats. Please ask about specific regulations concerning your particular products.
NC Choices has lots of info on producing, preparing and marketing meats.
Baked Goods
Baked goods and other shelf stable goods require a one time kitchen inspection and an annual water test. Call Karen for the contact information. All food items must be properly labeled according to current standards.
Please attach copies of your NCDA kitchen inspection and annual water test to your application.
Ready to eat items such as sandwiches fall under the county health department jurisdiction. The market currently can not provide facilities for such items.
How to Sell Crafts
Watauga County Farmers' Market juries the wares of craft vendors before they are sold at the market. Craft juries are held every odd year, with two market craft vendors and three local experts serving on the jury.
When spots for the season are filled, a waiting list will be formed to fill any openings.
All craft vendors must follow the current Guidelines for Crafts.
How to get a spot
Spaces are assigned to vendors who have paid for the entire previous season's weekly rent whether they were in attendance or not, who have attended a minimum of 17 markets in the previous season and who have paid their membership dues for the current year by the conclusion of the annual membership meeting. Each vendor is given a score based on the year the vendor joined, plus the number of weeks the vendor attended in the previous season. For example, a vendor who has been a member for 7 years and attended 20 markets in 2009 will have a score of 27. These assigned spots are chosen on cleanup day, the last Saturday in April.
Vendors who have not met the criteria to receive an assigned space are allowed to set up in available spaces on a week to week basis.
If you have questions, read the Amended, Revised and Restated Rules of the Watauga County Farmers’ Market, or contact the Market Manager or an Officer.
