The Market was honoured to receive the Tourism Excellence Award at the Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce Evening of Excellence in April 2013.

Pictured here are Manager, Erna Jensen-Shill and President, Jody Murdoch.

We are pleased to announce our 2013 Market Dates have been set!

<sup>Spring Market -  Saturday, May 25th, from 10am - 3pm at the Cranbrook Curling Club

Summer Saturday Markets - June 22nd to to August 31st, from 9 am until 1 pm

Fall Saturday Markets - September 7th - October 12th, from 10 am until 1 pm</sup>

^{Night Markets - Wednesdays, July 17th and August 14th, from 5 pm - 8:30pm  in Rotary Park}

We welcome your application to sell ‘locally made, baked and grown products’ at our market. Please carefully review the Cranbrook Farmers Market Society Rules of Operation , Vendor Application Process, and Vendor Selection Guidelines. All have now been updated for 2013!

Return vendors will notice that we have separated our application forms into vendor types:  Farmer/Grower, Food Sales, and Artisan. 

Application Forms for Spring Market -  10 am - 3 pm, Saturday, May 25th, 2013, at the Cranbrook Curling Club.

Farmer/Grower (Spring) , Food Sales (Spring), and Artisan (Spring)

Application Forms for Summer and Fall Markets - June 22nd to October 12th, 2013, on 10th Avenue South, in Downtown Cranbrook

Farmer/Grower (Summer/Fall), Food Sales (Summer/Fall), and Artisan (Summer/Fall)

Interior Health Guidelines

Food Vendors please download a copy of the Interior Health 2012 for the Sale of Food at Temporary Markets.  Vendors are responsible for knowing and abiding by these guidelines in order to participate in the market.  The Market Manager has the right to refuse entry to any vendor who does not appear to be following these food health regulations, or who breaches the Society's Rules of Operations.

For tips on how to run a successful Farmer's Market Stall, visit our education page.

Memberships

Memberships: We encourage you to  become a market member to support the market ! Market memberships provide you with an opportunity to stand for & elect the society's board of directors (the society needs you!), as well as receive a listing about you and your products on our website's vendor list.  View the full list of memberbenefits.

The following articles have appeared in local news:

• Society extends farmers market season, The Daily Townsman, Feb 3, 2012
• Thanksgiving Market Planned, The Daily Townsman, August 15
• Farmers Market Snaps in SNAP East Kootenay, August 2011.
• Midsummer Night's Market was a Dream, The Daily Townsman, July 29, 2011
• CFM Hosts Cranbrook's First Midsummer Night's Market, Kootenay Advertiser, July 22, 2011
• Cranbrook Farmers Market Up for Another Season, The Daily Townsman, June 27, 2011
• Connect with Local Growers & Producers, Kootenay Advertiser, June 22, 2011
• Cranbrook Farmer’s Market Society Plans Winter Market - Cranbrook Daily Townsman, October 26, 2010
• Farmer's Market, Kootenay Ice, and the United Way - Cranbrook Daily Townsman, August 24, 2010
• Fresh Local Produce at Farmers' Market - Kootenay News, July 30, 2010
• Farmer's Market Welcomes New Manager - Kootenay News, May 12, 2010
• Cranbrook Farmers' Market Opens - Columbia Valley News, August 12, 2009
• Farmers Market Celebrates Summer - Kimberley Daily Bulletin, August 5, 2009

Other Sites & blogs featuring our market

• The Cranbrook Guardian - WOW - Evening market a huge success, July 28, 2011
• Cookies, Cupcakes & Cardio - Vendor blog on first market, June 29 2011
• Toronto Girl West - On the first market for 2011, June 29, 2011
• Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook Society - The first winter market! November 29, 2010

The East Kootenay Local Food Guide -

A Guide to producers from Brisco to Fernie to Creston. 3rd Edition, July 2011 -Published by the Cranbrook Food Action Committee.

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