NEW! Two festive Holiday Markets!!
Saturday, November 14, and Saturday, December 12 at Battell Chapel, 12 Village Green (next to the Congregational Church
at the intersection of Routes 272 and 44) .
10 am to 1 pm, rain or shine. Map It.

Shop for fine crafts & gift items, baked goods, maple syrup, soup, meats and cheese, fruits & vegetables. List of Holiday Vendors.

The market welcomes new vendors that meet its guidelines, and especially seeks producers of mushrooms, nuts, cider, firewood, melons, grapes, berries and cherries, confections, eggs, cow’s milk cheeses and milk, plus artisans who make quilts, scarves and leather goods.

Generally, items for sale should be grown or made by the vendor. Vendors who sell multiple items should have produced at least 70 percent of those items; the rest should be from relatively local sources (no Washington state apples, for example, but a nearby New York, Connecticut or Massachusetts source is usually acceptable). Items sold by artisans must follow the same guidelines, with emphasis on self-produced items.

Space is available by advance reservation. The market manager reviews applications from prospective vendors and presents them to the steering committee, which makes the final decisions. The committee reserves the right to make occasional exceptions to its guidelines to get a product it considers of unusually high quality or of special value to the market and its customers.

Fees for 2010:


• $25 per single market (regular season)
• Full season price: $300 for 22 markets
• $190 for 11 markets during the summer     season for specified dates
• Special one-time trial rate for new vendors     only: $25 or 10%, whichever is less (may be     applied to a full or half season fee)

Two vendors are welcome to share one space, and one vendor may represent several others, provided those others each meet the steering committee guidelines. Individuals who have only one or two items to sell, such as some garden surplus or a few dozen eggs, are welcome to use the Backyard Farmers table at no cost; the space for this table has been funded by an anonymous donor.

Accepted vendors will receive a sheet with the facts above, and other information about the market. Each vendor is responsible for having any license(s) that may be required, and for its own canopy, table and any other furnishings needed.

The Norfolk Farmers Market is nonprofit. The Town of Norfolk keeps farmers market receipts in a separate account and vendor fees, grants and donations are earmarked to pay for the services of the manager, advertising and promotion, signs and any other necessary expenses. Any extra funds are used to keep vendor fees as low as possible.

To become a vendor, print out and complete the market application form, and send it to Norfolk Farmers Market, PO Box 552, Norfolk CT 06058. If you are new to the market, please enclose information about yourself and your products.

For more information, contact manager Lisa Auclair at 860-542-5044 or manager@norfolkfarmersmarket.org.