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Category: Insurance, Liability, and Licensing
Galway Farmers Market Hold Harmless Agreement
Example of a hold harmless clause for vendors to indemnify the farmers market and its governing body. By signing the agreement, a vendor “waives any claim against the Town of Galway and the Town of Galway Farmers Market Committee for any liability, damages, or expenses arising out of any claim for injury or damage to any person(s) or property or of any kind whatsoever, together with all costs in connection with the defense, including attorney’s fees.”
Omaha Farmers Market Vendor Rules and Application
FAQs, rules, and applications for vendors of the Omaha Farmers Market in Omaha, Nebraska.
Farmers Markets Rules, Regulations and Opportunities
This study examines the structure and operation of farmers markets in the United States, giving special attention to the legal and regulatory issues that may shape their operation to identify the most important challenges vendors and managers of markets may face.
Farmers Market Manager Training Manual (New York)
This 216 page manual from the Farmers’ Market Federation of New York describes the role of market managers and provides checklists, sample policies, worksheets, and other hands-on tools to help managers start markets, build market communities, and harness the power of these communities to sustain the markets and their local food systems.
Organizing and Maintaining your Farmers Market, 2nd Edition (Vermont)
Published by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, this is a complete guide to farmers market start-up and maintenance is an essential resource for market managers and organizers, including particular details for agencies and regulations in Vermont.
Organizing and Maintaining your Farmers Market, 2nd Edition PDF
Producer Liability: Understanding & Communicating Vendors’ Risks and Insurance Needs
The second webinar in a series of four about insurance and farmers markets, focusing on insurance issues that apply specifically to producers, with recommendations about how manager can communicate these needs to their vendors.
Making the Most of Your Market Insurance Policy & Minimizing Market Liability Risk
This webinar presentation focuses upon the importance of purchasing general liability insurance and the different questions to consider when making such a purchase. Presenters include Jim Coleman, Doug Bollman, Eileen Nichols, and Drew Love.
