2008 Calendar
Farmers Market wall calendar in MS Word format. 20MB due to lots of pictures. Bound
copies for sale at the market.
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It is very easy to sell your own fruit, vegetables, and eggs at the market.
You need to fill out three forms, bring a table and a change box, and you are set.
We will help you with the forms.
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The three forms you will need: |
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Kuna Farmers Market |
Application
There is an annual fee of 5, 15, or 30 dollars depending on booth size. There
is also a weekly fee of 6% of gross sales. |
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Central District Health Department |
Temporary
Food Establishment License Application
This is free, unless you sell processed food. In that case, the fee is $65. |
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State Tax Commission |
The application is free. You need to remit 6% sales tax. We can set
you up with a temporary tax license that is good for the summer, or you can apply
for a permanent tax ID from the State. Either one is easy.
Please call us for details or call
Idaho State Tax Commission
800 Park Boulevard Plaza IV
Boise, ID 83712
(800) 972-7660 or (208) 334-7660 |
With these three forms completed, a vendor may
- Sell their own produce, or produce they helped grow or pick.
- Sell up to five hundred dollars per year of flowers and plants.
- Sell eggs, provided you have less than 300 hens and sell direct to the consumer.
Otherwise, you need another license (see below).
- Fraternal, benevolent, and non-profit organizations may sell baked goods (each organization
may hold three bakes sales per year). All other vendors will need a health
department license and inspection to sell prepared food of any kind. Note,
we are continuing to research the baked-goods rules. It is possible to make
occasional bake goods in the home. Updates will be posted as we continue to
research this topic.
All home-baked goods must be approved by the market manager. Occasional
cakes, cookies, breads, fruit pie may be prepared in the home and sold at the market.
You need to register with the health department, but no license fee is charged.
The following baked goods are not allowed to be prepared in a home kitchen
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- meat,
- jams or jellies,
- custards,
- cream filling,
- cream frosting,
- pumpkin pie.
This is not an exhaustive list. It is best to stay with simple recipes without
cream, custard, or meat. Avoid recipes that require refrigeration of the finished
product. Otherwise, you need a license and a certified kitchen.
You may not sell homemade jams or jellies in Ada county. Other counties allow
this, but Ada county does not.
If you sell produce labeled "organic", someone else’s produce, commercial
eggs, meat, dairy, prepared foods, baked goods, packaged foods, more than five hundred
dollars of plants or flowers, or sell by weight, then you need additional licenses.
Each vendor is responsible obtaining the necessary licenses, for complying with
the license requirements, and as required, for posting the licenses.
This purpose of this web page is to provide basic guidance. We will gladly
help you navigate the process. However, we are neither legal nor government
experts. It is the responsibility of the vendor to obtain the necessary licenses.
A good place to start is the "Business Wizard" at
http://www.idahobizhelp.org/
"It will give you a customized Checklist
of local, state, and federal regulations that affect your business. You will also
find information on licenses and permits that you might need, as well as information
on registering your business in Idaho."
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Sales Tax |
All vendors are required to collect six-percent Idaho sales tax and remit to the
tax commission.
The permit is free.
The permit must be displayed at the market.
If a vendor does not have a permit on market day, the market manager will issue
a temporary form. The vendor must obtain a permanent permit before the next
market day.
Idaho State Tax Commission
800 Park Boulevard Plaza IV
Boise, ID 83712
(800) 972-7660 or (208) 334-7660
http://tax.idaho.gov/
334-7660
Brochure: http://tax.idaho.gov/pdf/EBR00004_4-retailers_9-29-06.pdf
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Eggs |
The following information is from the Idaho Department of Agriculture, Central District
Health, and the Idaho Statues.
Chickens are susceptible to
salmonella, a family of bacteria that can also infect their eggs.
The Department of Agriculture monitors the production and sale of eggs. If
you have under 300 hens, there is no Department of Agriculture license, inspection,
or fee.
If you have under 300 hens and sell direct to the customer, then you don’t need
a Department of Agriculture license, nor an inspection, and you don’t have to grade
your eggs. You do need a license from the Health Department, and you do need
to write your name, address, and “ungraded eggs” on each carton. You may print this
information on address labels and stick them to the cartons. And you may use used
cartons. Eggs must be stored at 45 degrees or lower. You may keep the
eggs in an ice chest at the farmers market. You must have a thermometer.
A thermometer from the kitchen section of the supermarket is fine.
If you have 300 or more hens, grade eggs, sell to distributors or retailers, then
you will need a Department of Agriculture license and an inspection. The annual
license is $20 for each distribution location. The license fee to grade eggs
is $5. The Department of Agriculture license and inspection is to ensure that
if lots of chickens are raised in one place, that it is done in a healthy environment.
The Department of Agriculture license is addition to the Health Department license.
The latter is to ensure that the eggs are handled properly after they are produced.
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Contact: Romero Benavidas
Phone: 332-8500
All ag rules are at
http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa02/02index.htm
Egg rules are
http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa02/0211.pdf
Central District Health Department
Contact: Debbie Carney, health inspector for Kuna
Contact: Tom Schmalz, CDHD Food Program Manager
Phone:375-5211
No license is needed from the Health Department as eggs are regulated by Department
of Agriculture. However, Debbie says that an ice chest may be used at events
under four hours in duration. If the event goes longer, then refrigeration
should be used. Since the Kuna Farmers Market goes from 9am to 12 noon, an
ice chest is acceptable. The vendor must have a thermometer. The eggs
must be 45 degrees or cooler.
Idaho Egg Law
Title 37 - Food, Drugs, and Oil
Chapter 15 - Eggs and Egg Products
http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/37015KTOC.html
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Organic Produce |
To be labeled "Organic", produce must be Registered or Certified by the
Idaho Department of Agriculture. The certificate must be displayed at the
market.
Per Idaho Code
"Organically grown food products" means
food products which are produced without the use of synthetically compounded fertilizers,
pesticides, or growth regulators for a period not less than thirty-six (36) months
prior to harvest."
The fees are on a sliding scale based on annual sales. A small producer (under
$5,000 per year) would pay about $50 to be "Registered". Larger
producers must be "Certified", which entails more record keeping and expense,
but still under $200.
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Contact: Margaret Misner, Program Manger
Phone: 332-8673
http://www.idahoag.us/Categories/PlantsInsects/Organic/indexOrganicHome.php
Idaho Statutes
http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/22011KTOC.html
USDA Organics Page
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=ORGANIC_CERTIFICATIO&parentnav=LAWS_REGS&navtype=RT
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Reseller of Produce |
No license is required to sell your own produce, but if you sell produce that you
did not help with either growing or picking, then a reseller license is needed.
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Fee: 125 $/year
Contact: Jennifer Armga
Phone: 322-8675
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Bedding plants, landscape plants, fresh or cut flowers |
Plants must be pest and disease-free. A vendor can sell less than $500 per
year without a license. More than that, and a nursery license is needed.
The license is $75 per year.
http://www.idahoag.us/Categories/PlantsInsects/Nursery/indexNurseryHome.php
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Contact: Maureen Brewer
Phone: 332-8620
Maureen processes the paperwork for Nursery, Beekeeping, and Organics.
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Prepared food |
Central District Health regulates food safety. Raw, unprepared fruits and
vegetables, and dried herbs sold at a farmers market do not require any health department
licenses or registration. Fraternal, benevolent, and non-profit organizations,
such as scout or church groups, may have three bake sales per year without any health
department licenses or registration.
Occasional baked goods, such as cake, cookies, bread, and fruit pie, may be made
in a home kitchen. All other prepared food, including jams and jellies, must
be made in a certified kitchen and the vendor must have a letter of approval from
Central District Health Department. Cheese and meat must also be USDA inspected
and certified.
Central District Health Food Safety Pages
http://www.cdhd.org/ehs/food.htm
The main guidance comes from the "UNICODE".
http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa16/0219.pdf
A place to start is paragraph 53 on page 8.
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Scales |
The use of scales is optional. Produce can be sold by the "each",
or the "bag" without any additional permit. However, if scales are
used, they must be certified by the State Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Weights
and Measures. The scales must have been manufactured for the purpose of weighing
food for sale.
The inspection fee is $4.50 per year for scales under fifty pounds capacity.
http://www.idahoag.us/Categories/WeightsMeasures/wmOverview.php
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Meat
Dairy
Bees
Etc. |
If you sell these items, then you already know more about the rules than we do!
If you are thinking about selling these items, be sure to do your homework.
Idaho Department of Agriculture regulates food production - pesticides, fertilizer,
hen houses, livestock, beekeeping, etc.
http://www.agri.idaho.gov/
USDA regulates packaging of meat and cheese, possibly eggs.
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Central District Health regulates the preparation and sale of food.
http://www.cdhd.org/ehs/food.htm
If food is sold by weight, then the scales must be certified.
http://www.idahoag.us/Categories/WeightsMeasures/wmOverview.php
And sales tax collected.
http://tax.idaho.gov/
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