2023 Authorized Farmer Agreement

 

 The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (KSFMNP) exists to:

·  Provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and honey from farmers markets, and roadside stands to low income senior participants;

·  Increase the consumption of domestic agricultural products, and;

·  Support existing and develop or aid in the development of new and additional farmers markets and roadside stands.

 

Farmers who wish to become authorized under the KSFMNP must meet the following criteria.

·  Sell at a farmers market, roadside stand or farm stand in one or more of the following counties:

 

Kansas Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (KSFMNP)

Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Clay, Cloud, Chase, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Coffey, Cowley Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Franklin, Geary, Harvey, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Linn, Lincoln, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Miami, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha, Neosho, Norton, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pottawatomie, Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Stafford, Sumner, Thomas, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Wyandotte

 

·  Sell eligible foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, fresh cut herbs, and local honey that were grown in Kansas or in a county that directly borders Kansas in Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, or Nebraska.

·  Cannot exclusively sell produce grown by someone else even if that produce is local.

·  Attend a Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) hosted, interactive training either in person or via live webinar. See kdheks.gov/SFMNP for dates and locations of scheduled trainings. Additional training dates may be added, to request a different training date contact Sarah.Sumner@ks.gov or Courtney.Koenig@ks.gov.

 

If all of the above criteria have been met, please completely fill out this agreement.