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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17MARKETING AND PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER DCERTIFICATION OF FARMERS MARKET
RULE §17.73Eligibility 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.


Source Note: 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 to be effective February 2, 2023, 48 TexReg 347

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