Approved Products

The Powell River Farmers' Market operates in line with the BC Association of Farmers' Markets definition of approved products as stated below:

The reselling of goods purchased from wholesalers or other commercial outlets is not allowed.

Grow means:

• Farm products that are grown or produced in qathet.
• Nursery products, such as plants, trees, or seeds that are grown and/or propagated by a farm vendor in qathet for the purpose of re-planting.
• Cut flowers and herbs that were grown and/or propagated by the farm vendor.

Make means:

In regards to Meat/Butcher Vendors

Processed or prepared foods that have undergone a transformation from their original or natural state through cooking, curing, smoking, canning, fermenting, blending, baking, roasting or other forms of value-added processing. 

Portioning, trimming, or cutting raw products — such as meat, fish, or produce — does not constitute “making” under this definition. 

Products must demonstrate a change in form, flavour, or composition beyond basic butchering or packaging. 

Co-op or Informal Collective

In regards to who can sell on behalf of a Co-op or Informal Collective at a BCAFM farmers' market member market:

• Each vendor in a vendor cooperative, collective/association is not required to attend on the day of a farmers’ market.
• Another person(s) may represent a vendor at the farmers’ market provided the representative(s) are:  
• A family member or employee of one of the primary producer; or
• A primary producer within the formal vendor cooperative or informal vendor collective; or
• An employee hired by a formal vendor cooperative; or
• A person who assists with the cultivation and/or production of those products sold at the farmers’ market and are knowledgeable about those products being sold.

Artisanal and craft products 

• Value added products that are created, sewn, constructed or otherwise fashioned from component materials in a way that makes the item unique. These may include raw component products that were purchased or that originated on one’s farm. 
• Artisan and craft items must show artistic effort and a substantial change from base components. 
• An artist may sell reproductions of their own original creation. 
• AI generated design is not considered original creation

Services that are provided at the farmers’ market. Examples include knife sharpening, chair massage.

Bake means:

• Products that are baked from scratch ie; utilizing basic ingredients, not purchased pre-mixed or pre-made components. 

Raise means:

• Farm products that are raised in qathet or wild lands or waters in qathet, with the appropriate permits. 

Wild Harvest means:

• Products harvested, caught, hunted or wild crafted from wild lands or waters in BC or extra-provincially, with the appropriate permits and/or approvals, including the approval of Indigenous communities.

We do not allow Resale or Reselling of items

Reselling means to sell something one has previously bought, and then sell it on to someone else.  
Note this includes, but is not limited to:

Accrual-Based Transactions: Products purchased for the purpose of reselling, whether purchased in advance or on an accrual basis (e.g. invoiced net 30 terms), fall under the definition of reselling.

Intermediary Sales: Acting as a sales intermediary/distributor between a producer and a farmers’ market customer, where the seller, whether individual or entity, has not directly contributed to the creation, cultivation, or production of the goods, constitutes reselling.