Dear Prospective Market Vendor:

Thank you for your interest in Saturday’s Menominee Historic Downtown Farmers Market, and Thursday’s WATERFRONT Market. We would like to welcome you to our family of hard-working, friendly vendors.  You can count on us to do everything we can to help you get established so that you can successfully market your products to our ever-growing base of loyal customers. This includes posting your information on our Webpage and Facebook accounts and sending market information to our email newsletter customers.

Several years with the COVID-19 pandemic we had to change the way we were doing business for the safety of our vendors and customers. We will continue to follow the rules and regulations of the state to ensure the health and safety of everyone that visits our markets. Please respect any person still wearing a mask be it customer or vendor.

We will also continue to abide by state laws for our market for Michigan Cottage Food Law, MDAR and USDA, for eggs and meat regulations and hope you will consider joining us at our market as the law allows for an opportunity to expand your business. We also continue to abide by state law for our market for all crafters which need a Michigan Sales Tax License for selling items at farm markets. We will highlight all vendors on our Webpage and Facebook page for our markets as when each vendor will be present.

In addition to addressing the needs of our vendors and customers, we will advertise and promote the market, keep you abreast of changes and announcements, and will coordinate our vendors’ participation in the Market FRESH, Michigan WIC Produce Connection, WISE Women, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP/EBT), Fair Food Network’s Double UP Food Buck. Produce As Medicine, U.P. Fresh Food Access Program, Menominee Downtown Business Association Gift Certificates for the market season in Menominee. This market also accepts Visa, Master Card, and Discover credit/debit cards. 

Please take note of the following points:

  • The summer market season will run 1st week of June to last week of September and runs every Saturday in Menominee 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Spies Public Library’s Parking lot. (This year we will start on Saturday May 24, 2025, ending Saturday September 27, 2025. Thursday Market will start Thursday May 29, 2025 and end on August 28, 2025.
  • The winter market season in Menominee was closed for the 2024/2025 season. The 2025/2026 winter season is not finalized yet.
  • The fee for the Saturday market is daily. Thursdays are by season or daily.  Electricity is available on Thursdays at no extra charge, but has limited to 10 plug in.  Please request at time of application.
  • Our Menominee market works with the Menominee Downtown Business Association on the Giant Pumpkin Festival every year and participates in the Downtown Christmas Parade.   We hope that as a member of our market you will consider joining us during these events.  We may be working with the City on the Waterfront Festival, we will keep everyone updated on this as we get the information. Dates for the Waterfront Festival will be from August 7 to August 10.
  • We will have our Food Truck Rally on August 21. 2025. Price of rally is included in the season rate or you can sign up for just that day on the Thursdays Waterfront Market application.
  • Our market is involved in a research group with the Michigan Farmers Market Association. Over the course of the market season, I will be collecting information from you, as a vendor. This information will help show the impact the market has on the community. Being able to collect this information will help show the community, funders, and future vendors the importance of the market.
  • Please read the Market Regulations, completely fill out the vendor application, for one or both farmers market  and sign the vendor regulations agreement.  Return them to the contacts listed with any required licenses before the first day of the market.

Market Rules and Regulations Link 

Metric Letter to Vendors from the Michigan Farmers Market Association

Saturday Vendor Application Link

Thursday Vendor Application Link

Indemnification Agreement

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