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Nonprofit Farmers' Market Legal Guide

Home Grown: Legal Guide to Starting a Nonprofit Farmers' Market in Texas - 2006 Edition

This manual is designed to give you an overview of the process and issues that you must consider when starting a non-profit farmers’ market in your own community and, hopefully, to accelerate the time it takes you to get your farmers’ market up-and-running.
This version contains the Full Document.
     Download: Download this file. FarmersMarket06Manual.pdf (pdf)

Individual sections are below for quicker, targeted downloads.

     Section 1. Considerations in Starting a Farmers' Market

     Download: Download this file. StartingFM1.pdf (pdf)

     Section 2. Operating a Farmers' Market

     Download: Download this file. OperatingFM2.pdf (pdf)

     Section 3. Permits and Regulations

     Download: Download this file. PermitsReg3.pdf (pdf)

     Section 4. Sales Taxes

     Download: Download this file. SalesTaxes4.pdf (pdf)

     Section 5. Selling Food to Participants in Government
                        Assistance Programs

     Download: Download this file. SellFoodGovtAssist5.pdf (pdf)

     Section 6. Appendix

     Download: Download this file. Appendix6.pdf (pdf)

Individual documents in MS Word format from the Appendix are below
for quicker, targeted downloads.

          Annex A: Considerations for Market Rules

          Download: Download this file. 6AConsiderMarketRules.doc (MS Word)

          Annex B: Regulatory Checklist for Market Managers

          Download: Download this file. 6BRegChecklistMktMgmt.doc (MS Word)

          Annex C: Vendor Compliance Checklist

          Download: Download this file. 6CVendorChecklist.doc (MS Word)

          Annex D: Model Association Rules and Regulations

          Download: Download this file. 6DModelAssocRulesRegs.doc (MS Word)

          Annex E: Model Vendor Application

          Download: Download this file. 6EModelVendorApp.doc (MS Word)

          Annex F: Vendor Permit Worksheet

          Download: Download this file. 6FVendorPermitWorksheet.doc (MS Word)

          Annex G: Form of Certificate of Formation

          Download: Download this file. 6GFormCertificateFormation.doc (MS Word)

          Annex H: Form of Bylaws

          Download: Download this file. 6HFormBylaws.doc (MS Word)

          Annex I: Form of Initial Resolutions of the Board
                           of Directors

          Download: Download this file. 6IFormInitialResBoard.doc (MS Word)




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