The following information is about Portland Farmers Market’s policies regarding various third parties at the market:
Peddlers selling art, food, and merchandise cannot set up within the farmers 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 (PSU and Shemanski Park Farmers Markets), 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 positive 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 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 its five farmers markets, events and programming. Prospective sponsors are evaluated individually to ensure there is no direct conflict with the PFM mission.