Market
Application
2026 Market Vendor Application
(Application Period April 15-May 15)
We are so excited you are here!
Thanks for wanting to participate with the market this season. All participants including vendors, musicians, and Community Table applicants must apply. It’s the same application for everyone!
We operate a professional market and ask a lot of our vendors. Please take your time to review the information on this page carefully. We do our best to set you up for success.
Find FAQs and detailed application process information below.
Thank you and we look forward to learning more about you!
Application FAQs
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From the Ground Farmers Market Collective is an artisan and producer’s market meaning everything sold at the market must be made, gathered, or grown by the person selling it. We do not allow resale items or kits.
We also work with musicians and local businesses and organizations. Our musicians are paid for each performance. Eligible local businesses and organizations may apply to be at our Community Table.
There is an application for each market (Calumet, Houghton, Hancock). This allows vendors to chose alternating dates for the various markets they are interested in attending. All interested parties including vendors, partners, musicians, and Community Table Applicants must fill out the same application.
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Once the current season’s application is announce, interested parties are given one month to apply for consideration.
The 2026 Market Application Season will take place 4/15/2026 - 5/15/2026.
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Booth fees are set at the beginning of each season, and subject to change year over year.
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Read our Market Policies (linked to the right) for a detailed breakdown of vendor expectations including attendance policy, license requirements, conducting sales, product sampling, set-up and tear-down, parking, booth assignments, tables, tents, carts, and more.
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All applicants will receive email notifications as their application is processed. The first major round of acceptance notifications usually go out mid to late May. All notifications are sent via email.
Market
Guidelines
See our Market Policies for a comprehensive list of our rules, regulations, and procedures.
Booth
Fees
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Number of Weeks: 18
Full season: $200
Daily: $25
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Number of Weeks: 18
Full season: $175
Daily: $25
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Number of Weeks: 6
Full season: $75
Daily: $25
2025 Application Process
Step 1: Create a Market Spread Account
Make sure to read through the full application process before completing this first step, there’s a few things you need to know! We use MarketSpread to manage applications and market operations. Once you click “apply” on this page you will be automatically prompted to create a MarketSpread account or sign into an existing account.
Step 2: Know Your NEW Vendor Type
When creating a new MarketSpread Account, you will be asked to classify yourself. A general definition will auto-populate during your account creation, however, we ask that you disregard these definitions and use the following:
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A person who has grown, raised, or gathered a product that is sold directly to the consumer by themselves, their employee/s, or family member/s. This category includes vegetables, fruit, flowers, meats, fish etc.
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A person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, such as bread, jam/jelly, maple syrup, honey, prepared foods, etc. If you have a trailer, grill, or other cooking equipment set up under a 10x10 tent to sell prepared foods, you are considered a “Speciality Food Artisan.”
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A person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, whose operation during the market depends on a vehicle, truck, trailer, etc, and CANNOT operate out of a 10x10 tent. If you have a trailer, grill, or other cooking equipment set up under a 10x10 tent you are considered a “Speciality Food Artisan.”
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A person who creates handmade items that cannot be consumed, such as paintings, jewelry, wood works, metal works, wearable art, fibers, personal care products, etc. Please note, that while “flea” is in the name of this category, the market does not allow flea items of any kind. As a producers-only market, the reselling of items is forbidden. Flea items and vendors will not be approved.
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A fisher represents someone who catches fish and other marine life to be sold and consumed.
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A person who offers a task for a fee, such as knife sharpening, massage chair, etc.
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This is a person or organization that partners with the Farmers Market to provide educational, nutritional, or other programming for market shoppers. Organizations may be approved to sell products such as tickets, raffles, or organization related materials (i.e. native plant starts).
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This is a person or group that is applying to perform at the market.
Step 3: Know your product offering
You will be asked to provide all the products you plan to offer for sale at the market at the end of the application. Some vendor types are exempt, while other are required to provide this information. Read the tips below to understand what we need from you.
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The following vendor types should not enter any products at the end of their application:
-Entertainment (AKA musicians)
-Organizations (AKA Community Table Applicants)
-Services (AKA Market Partners)
For the vendor types listed above, our application process will ask specific questions to understand what you plan to offer.
All other vendor types are required to submit products with their application.
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If you offer a product that has different varieties, flavors, scents, etc, you may submit the general category, i.e. "body soap" or "cherry tomatoes". You do not need to list each scent or varietal as its own individual product. You will be able to go back and add more detailed descriptions to your products (such as flavors, scents, and varietals) after your application is submitted.
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List all products you intend to sell. Each submitted product will be approved or rejected. You are only allowed to sell approved products at the market.
Do your best, but don’t stress too hard. You will be able to add or remove products after you submit your application and throughout the season.
Step 4: Submit an Application!
Now that you fully understand our application process, let’s get to it. If you haven’t carefully reviewed the information above please take the time do to so otherwise your application may be rejected. You need to apply for EACH market you’d like to be considered for.