Become a member-producer of the farmers' market for the 2025 season
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Farmers’ markets offer opportunities for small businesses to grow and reach customers. The direct-to-consumer sales model allows vendors to simultaneously make money, promote their products, receive customer feedback, and build brand recognition in the local community.
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Small businesses and local farms can have a big impact. Here is a look at some of the small businesses and farms that sell at the Hancock County Farmers’ Market.
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Keller Bison - raises 100% grass-fed and finished bison. All of their bison are born, bred, and raised with hay grown on their farm They strive to provide the highest quality meat to their customers.
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My Own Backyard Herbs & Flowers - Ann has been supplying quality herbs and homemade herbal products for culinary, aromatherapy, and pollinating benefits since the market opened in 2005. She offers sage advice for satisfaction in your home herb growing. She sells herbs, flowers, vegetable starts, and occasional produce.
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Old Homestead Soaps & Lotions - Ashley is the sixth generation to live on a family farm. Once as part of a farm tour, she crafted soap made from goats’ milk. Sixteen years later, her business has expanded to include all sorts of products that started with that one farm tour.
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Sweet Dream Gourmet - Growing up, Julie gained a passion for baking and making preserves while watching her grandma. Julie specializes in creating unique biscotti and jam flavors in her home-based business. Her family is known as the quality control department at Sweet Dream Gourmet.
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Wild Vine Farm - Eduardo & Addie have a local, small-scale, produce and flower farm offering ripe, in-season veggies, floral arrangements, U-pick flowers, and more. They believe that local is better; better for our health, the environment, and our communities. They work with nature to grow nutrient-dense produce and healthy, long-lasting flowers.
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Windy Wild Acres - With many years of experience growing fruits and vegetables, Mike, a third-generation farmer, and his wife Samantha moved to a family farm in 2020, which has been in business for over 79 years. In 2022, they started Windy Wild Acres with the goal of producing high-quality, nutrient-dense mushrooms, as well as fresh-cut flowers, herbs, and produce. Now an FDA/ODA-inspected farm, Windy Wild Acres also processes dried mushroom, herb, and pepper products from a commercially licensed kitchen.
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All of these market members are distinctive, and they provide locally produced products with a story that inspires our loyal customers to return each week. If you have unique locally produced items, you might want to consider becoming a member of the Hancock County Farmers’ Market.
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Application process
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To be selected as a member/vendor of the farmers' market for the 2025 season, small farmers and business owners must go through an application process between now and October 31.
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Steps to take if interested in becoming a member/vendor of the Hancock County Farmers’ Market
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Complete the Interest Inquiry at this link, https://hancockfarmersmarket.com/inquiry.
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A volunteer market organizer will contact you to schedule a PROSPECTIVE member walk-through of the farmers’ market during regular market hours.
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The main two elements market organizers look for are the business’s market readiness and whether their products are duplicates of other vendors’ products.
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New memberships for the 2025 farmers’ market season will not be accepted after October 31, 2024.
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