REGISTER to be a VENDOR at our Fall Farmers Market
Glen Rock is preparing for it’s pilot season of a Glen Rock Farmer’s Market.
3 PILOT MARKETS will be held in the Borough Hall employee parking lot on Rock Road from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Sundays October 9, 16, 23. (The best GPS address is Glen Rock Borough Hall 1 Harding Plaza, Glen Rock, NJ, but the market is in the side lot off ROCK ROAD.)
If you are interested in participating this year, please complete your registration in the following manner:
- Read the RULES.
- Fill out, sign, and send in the Registration form.
- Fill out, sign, and send in the Glen Rock Borough Facility Usage Form.
- Fill out, sign, and send in the Board of Health form.
- Send in a certificate of liability insurance with a minimum coverage of $1,000,000.00 naming the Borough of Glen Rock and The Glen Rock Farmer’s Market Volunteers and Employees as additionally insured parties.
- Send in a picture (can be from your phone) or scanned copy of your drivers license
- Optional: Send a copy of your ServeSafe Certification.
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Regardless of the address on the form, plese SEND ALL FORMS to:
Glen Rock Farmers Market c/o Laura Occhipinti and Alison Bloomfield
PO Box 511
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
OR Scan and Email to grfarmersmarket@gmail.com
We recommend this FREE software that lets you "scan" with your phone.
- The markets will operate on Sundays October 9, 16, 23, 2016 from 10am to 2 pm.
- We appreciate your participation in our new farmers market. Market fees have been waived in recognition of your commitment to attending all 3 markets from 10-2.
- Vendors may begin to arrive at 8:30am and stands must be set-up by 9:45am.
- Let the Market Manager know if you need to arrive earlier than 8:30am
- All vehicles must be out of the market lot by 9:30am.
- Spaces will be assigned by the Market Manager and will continue for the duration of the season.
- Spaces assigned to growers/vendors are to be used only by that grower/vendor. No leasing or lending of market stalls will be allowed.
- When unable to attend, growers/vendors must notify the Market Manager in advance (24 hours if possible).
- Vendors will be provided with a 12’ by 12’ space (unless other arrangements have been made). Each vendor will be responsible for bringing their own tables, linens, tents, etc.
STAND DISPLAY:
- Stands must look clean, professional, and organized.
- Table coverings must be used on card tables and 6’ plastic tables.
- Tables that are attractive (wooden, ornate, etc) do not need covers/table cloths.
- Tents MUST be weighted down. Any tent without weights will have to be taken down. Here are some ways to implement weights.
- Presentation matters. Tables should always be clean and items should be displayed artfully and abundantly.
- Display tables will be set up such that no vendor blocks or limits the view or access of consumers to a neighboring vendor.
- Any food product that is not fresh or of good quality shall not be displayed nor sold at the market.
- The Market Manager has the right to require any product that does not comply with the market regulations to be removed from any stand.
- If a product contains one of the eight major food allergens (eggs, wheat, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, milk products or soy) a label must be provided with each product item, OR a visible sign indicating, “Our products contain allergens.” It’s also helpful to consumers to advertise if products do not contain allergens. I.e. “Our products DO NOT contain nuts,” or “Our products are soy and wheat free.”
- Sidewalks surrounding the lot and handicap ramps from the sidewalk to the street may not be blocked.
- Vendors must supply their own scales, bags (reusable or biodegradable bags ONLY - NO PLASTIC BAGS AT THE MARKET), tables, chairs, table cloths, tents, electrical power (NO GAS GENERATORS - SOLAR ONLY), extension cords, trash can, etc.
- Vendors must maintain scales acceptable to the County Department of Weights and Measures.
- Produce may be sold by the count, weight, bunch, or in legally acceptable containers. All other containers must identify the net weight of the contents. All prices must be posted. Each vendor must display a sign in a prominent place giving his or her business name and address and the local farms where your sustainably grown ingredients are sourced.
- Vendors and their employees must wear shirts, trousers/shorts/skirts and shoes.
- Hawking or shouting to attract customers will not be permitted.
INSURANCE:
- A certificate of liability insurance is required with a minimum coverage of $1,000,000.00
- The Borough of Glen Rock and The Glen Rock Farmer’s Market Volunteers and Employees must be named as additionally insured parties.
- Certificates of insurance must be received and approved by the Market Manager.
- No grower/vendor will be permitted to sell at the market unless this certificate is received.
ORDERLY MARKET OPERATION:
The Market Manager of the day is responsible for the orderly operation of the market. All questions and issues are to be directed to the Market Manager.
Disputes between vendors and/or vendors and Market Managers will not be tolerated at the market site. The Market Manager will not tolerate any vendor who makes negative comments to the public about the market or about any other market vendor. The Market Manager has the right to evict any vendor from the market site. The Vendor's sole option is a formal complaint in writing to the Market Manager. The Market Manager is responsible for acting upon written complaints.
SERVING FOOD:
Vendors must adhere to ServSafe/NJ Food Handlers practices. Vendors are encouraged to use recycled and/or compostable serveware (utensils, cups, dishes, plates). Here is a compostable resource and the Market Manager can provide additional resources. NO STYROFOAM or PLASTIC BAGS at the market. Here’s why.
CLEAN-UP:
Each vendor is responsible for cleaning the area around his or her stall and providing at least one trash receptacle. Vendor generated waste should be packed out (vendors dispose of their own trash outside of Glen Rock). No vendor generated waste shall be left in public trash receptacles.
PARKING:
- Vendors will be permitted to unload their trucks in the Farmers Market Lot OR in a lot adjacent.
- Vendors will be advised prior to the first day of the market where they may park their trucks after 930am.
- Vendors will be responsible for any parking tickets incurred while parking in other, unauthorized locations.
STATE & COUNTY REGULATIONS:
Vendors are responsible for compliance with all federal, state, and county regulations including, but not limited to, chapter 12 of the New Jersey Sanitary Code. Vendors must comply with other terms and conditions that may be added for public health, safety, and welfare.
Market Contact:
Glen Rock Farmers Market c/o Laura Occhipinti and Alison Bloomfield
PO Box 511
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
Email:

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