Neighborhood Farmers Markets are Farm & Food Only
Become a Vendor
We are always interested in hearing from local (WA state) farms and food businesses. The Neighborhood Farmers Markets welcome:
Farmers selling their own fresh and value-added products, including row crops, fruit, meat and dairy.
Processors who use Washington-grown ingredients to make value-added products such as breads, pickles, and beer.
Prepared Food vendors who cook Washington-grown ingredients at the market to serve hot food to shoppers.
We prioritize space for farmers as part of our mission to support and strengthen local agriculture. The remaining space for processors and prepared food vendors is preferentially given to vendors with unique product and excellent local sourcing. All processors and prepared food vendors are required to source raw ingredients from Washington farms. All farmers and vendors must be located in Washington State and have a Washington State business license. Please continue reading the information on this page if you are curious about selling in our markets.
We do not have space for:
Non-food businesses, including artisans, crafts, pet foods, antiques, CBD products or consumable marijuana products
Nationally distributed, imported, or out-of-state goods
Resale or second-label products of any kind
Product activations or product promotion/sampling/marketing booths
Submit a Vendor Inquiry Form
If you are interested in selling in our markets, please submit a Vendor Inquiry Form by clicking on the link above. We will carefully and thoroughly review each Inquiry we receive, however, we will only respond to you if we have potential space for you in our markets, as well as product gap needs.
We are interested in hearing from local family farms, and local food businesses with unique products and a commitment to local sourcing. However, the number of food producers we can support is unfortunately limited by the physical size of our markets. This means that inquiring farmers and food vendors are offered an opportunity to submit an Application to Sell only when we have both the physical space for your business and the market gap for your product to sell well.
Whether or not you receive an individual response to your Inquiry Form (due to the high volume of inquiries), all Inquiries are held for possible future market needs. This means that if you do not hear back from us, it is not necessary to submit more than one Inquiry per season; it does not increase your chances of a response, since already have your info on file. Please also note that this Inquiry form is your formal statement of interest only and is not an Application to Sell, nor a guarantee of space.
If you are interested in selling in our markets, please submit your Inquiry form here rather than contacting our market staff or office directly. If you do not hear back from us after submitting your Inquiry form, it is because we do not have any available space at this time, and we are unable to invite you to submit an Application to Sell. We sincerely wish to have room for every inquiring vendor, but this is simply not possible given the limits market spaces.
Vendors who sold at NFM markets last season are invited to re-apply directly and do not need to complete this Inquiry form. Please email your market manager if you need to submit a current application or are looking to expand to additional markets.
Policies and Rules
If you have been invited to submit an Application to Sell, you will be asked to review our Vendor Handbook. This document will prepare you for market day operations, our fee structure, permits, and other pertinent information. All applicants must read this booklet before signing and submitting their Application to Sell.
Local Sourcing
In order to ensure that artisanal and ready-to-eat foods in our markets support local farms, we conduct local sourcing audits, including a visual check for signage and labeling, as well as a written statement form to be filled out by the food vendor. We may also ask for receipts from your local farm purchases. Please click here for more information and resources on local sourcing.
Permits
If you are invited to submit an Application to Sell, you must obtain all relevant licenses, permits and other documents to submit with your application. However, if you are a food business still waiting for Health Department permits, you may wait to secure those permits upon acceptance at one of our markets. Prior to selling, vendors must also be fully prepared with their own booth set-up infrastructure: canopies & weights, signage, pricing and ingredient information, attractive display materials, correct certification information, etc. Please see the resources below for more information on permitting and market operations.
Orientation and Resources
We have compiled numerous valuable resources to help farm and food business succeed at markets. If you have been invited to submit an Application to Sell, you will want to click below to review these resources.