Vendor Application Questions 2023

This year the 2023-24 application process has been split up into 3 parts. All questions that are not specific to individual markets and were once a part of the Manage My Market application have now been moved to one all encompassing Vendor Survey (part 2). Our intention is to make the application process quicker and more efficient, particularly for those applying to more than one market location and have previously been required to answer the same questions multiple times.

Part 1: The Manage My Market application is for communicating scheduling preferences to VFM staff (power, parking etc), selecting specific dates, filing/updating licenses and setting up for successful online marketing (products, logos, info).

Part 2: The Vendor Survey is an extension of our application process. These additional questions help develop a better picture of our vendor community and how we can help you further to be successful at our markets. This information will also be used to report the impact and value of farmers markets to funders, landlords (Cov, Park Board, School Board) and other stakeholders. For example, we know that farmers markets support environmentally-conscious farms and women-owned businesses, incubate small businesses and provide lasting opportunities for local farms to sell products at a fair return, but we need to collect up to date data to demonstrate it.

Part 3: Pay appropriate application fees.