4 Tex. Admin. Code § 17.73 - Eligibility Requirements

A farmers market is eligible for certification if:

(1) a completed farmers market application form is submitted;

(2) the applicant has filed annually with the department at the state headquarters in Austin, a copy of the farmers market association bylaws, a list of the members of the governing body, a list of the association members, identifying those members that are farmers selling their own produce, a description of the market location, and the seasons, days, and hours of operation;

(3) at a minimum, 75 percent of all agricultural products sold through the farmers market are grown in Texas;

(4) at least two or more of its members are farmers selling their own produce; and

(5) all agricultural products sold at the market are of merchantable quality.

Notes

4 Tex. Admin. Code § 17.73

The provisions of this §17.73 adopted to be effective April 3, 1989, 14 TexReg 1457; amended to be effective March 21, 1996, 21 TexReg 2072; amended to be effective January 10, 2013, 38 TexReg 241; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 04, January 27, 2023, TexReg 0347, eff. 2/2/2023