Watauga County Farmers' Market
Boone, North Carolina
Moratorium Effective May 9, 2009
Watauga County Farmers' Market has placed a moratorium on membership for the foreseeable future in order to find a balance between customer parking and vendor spaces. Applications are not being accepted at this time. Look for details to be posted on this site or call market manager Karen Bauman at 1-828-355-4918 for more information.
Membership in Watauga County Farmers' Market is limited to residents of Watauga, Wilkes, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, and Johnson counties. All vendors must follow the market rules and comply with all applicable regulations. Please call market manager Karen Bauman at 1-828-355-4918 if you have any questions.
- Watauga County Farmers' Market
- PO Box 2177
- Boone, North Carolina, 28607
Farm Products and Nursery Items
Locally grown products are a big success at the farmers' market and priority at the market is given to growers. Vendors at the market have everything from cut flowers to local meats. Please ask about specific regulations concerning your particular products.
NC Choices has lots of info on producing, preparing and marketing meats.
Baked Goods
Baked goods and other shelf stable goods require a one time kitchen inspection and an annual water test. Call Karen for the contact information. All food items must be properly labeled according to current standards.
Please attach copies of your NCDA kitchen inspection and annual water test to your application.
Ready to eat items such as sandwiches fall under the county health department jurisdiction. The market currently can not provide facilities for such items.
Crafts
Watauga County Farmers' Market limits the number of craft vendors to half of the available vendor spaces. Craft juries are held every odd year, with two market craft vendors and three local experts serving on the jury.
All spots for the 2009/2010 season are filled, and there is a waiting list has been formed to fill any openings.
All craft vendors must follow the current Guidelines for Crafts.
How to get a spot
Permanent spaces are assigned to vendors who have paid for the entire previous season's weekly rent whether they were in attendance or not. These permanent spots are chosen on cleanup day, the last Saturday in April.
Spaces are assigned based on the year the vendor joined, then the number of weeks the vendor attended in the previous season.
Vendors who join the market in the current season are assigned spots on a week to week basis according to availability.
