Part of what makes Portland Farmers Market (PFM) unique and successful is that they also serve as community gathering places and sources of education about the local food movement.
The following information concerns our market policies, including community partnerships, pets at the market, on-site issues, and operations:
Peddlers selling art, food, merchandise, etc. cannot set up within the market or ten feet of its perimeter.
PFM proudly offers booth space at our three neighborhood markets (King, Kenton and Lents International Farmers Markets) to non-profit or community-serving groups and organizations to engage with shoppers and provide information about their work to improve the community.
Read more about our Community Booth offering here.
At PFM’s two busy downtown markets (Saturdays at PSU and Wednesdays at Shemanski Park), we ask that pet owners keep their pets away from market vendors and shopper walkways.
Pet owners must abide by the following rules to make their pet’s visit to the market a good experience for everyone:
PFM management reserves the right to request owners remove pets from the market.
PFM works with local social service agencies to establish the gleaning of food contributions at the end of each market day. These agencies are an excellent resource for distributing your unsold product to the local community in need.
PFM recognizes the sensitivity around gross sales reporting by vendors but believes compiling market sales statistics is essential to the market’s financial management and efficient operation.
PFM requests vendors a submit completed gross sales forms by product.
To maintain the highest vendor confidentiality, the PFM staff follows these procedures:
PFM sites that operate as a licensee of the City of Portland recognize the injunction entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in the case of Gathright vs. the City of Portland that limits PFM’s authority to control the activities of members of the public attending the market. The text of this decision is available for review at the PFM information booth.
To keep vendors’ fees as low as possible, PFM solicits sponsors for their five farmers markets, events and programming. Prospective sponsors are evaluated individually to ensure no direct conflict with the PFM mission.