A Market's 
Community Table 

The Community Table’s purposes are to:

• provide a direct market outlet for home gardeners with extra produce
• provide an outlet for farmers who are starting out and are not ready to operate their own stall, or for growers who cannot remain on site
• add to the diversity of the products offered at the farmers' market.

The table is co-operated as a consignment booth by market volunteers and runs during the market hours.  The Community Table has a licensed scale, but participants are responsible for weighing their own produce and should arrive early to do so.  There are  a few simple guidelines to assure that the table operates in an orderly manner and conforms with state regulations.

1. Participants brings produce listed on a “check-in/check-out” sheet 45 minutes before the opening bell.   

2. Produce is delivered in clean condition, bunched and/or packaged, labeled with the price and item name. Consumer information is encouraged.

3. Community Table participants must comply with the regular market guidelines, including the expectation that produce has been grown by the seller. 

4. Community Table participants are encouraged to bring a variety of produce; however, a participant is limited to gross sales of $100 per market.

5. The consignment fee is 20% of gross sales. Growers who wish to volunteer at the Community Table are welcomed by prior arrangement. The consignment fee is waived for volunteers.

6. Participants wishing to sell produce as “organic” must be registered with the state Department of Agriculture under Oregon’s Organic Food Law or certified by Oregon Tilth or another organic certifying organization.

7. Unsold produce and flowers not picked up by participants at the end of the market may be donated to community food banks, retirement centers or other recipients at the discretion of the operators.

Check with the market managers to see if a community booth is available.  For more information about Community Table Booths contact Rebecca Landis, Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets at www.locallygrown.org