STEP ONE: ORIENTATION
- Read through our Vendor Guidelines
STEP TWO: SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
STEP THREE: APPLICATION REVIEW AND DECISION
The Market team will review your application and send you an acceptance decision within 72 hours.
We may follow up by asking for more information:
- Farms, agricultural, and animal products may require an in-person or virtual farm visit and product inspection.
- All other food and artisan vendors may require an in-person or virtual interview and product inspection.
- Eatery/Food Truck/Food service vendors will require a menu with pricing and product photos to be submitted as well as a possible interview and product tasting.
STEP FOUR: VENDOR PROFILE, DOCUMENTS AND PERMITS
- Once approved:
- You will be sent a confirmation email saying that your requested dates have been approved for the market. "Approval" for the Market is not the same as being confirmed. Approval for a date means you are eligible for participation in the Market.
- In the confirmation email you will also receive a link to create a vendor profile. You must complete set up your profile to participate in the market.
STEP FIVE: PAYMENT AND CONFIRMATION
Payment is required 72 hours prior to each market date to reserve your space. Invoices go out the Monday morning before the requested market date and vendors are placed on a first-pay-first-placed system. We highly encourage vendors to keep an eye on their emails and regularly check their vendor profiles to confirm approved dates.Once all of the 34 available spaces are filled, we will send out an email to vendors that have not paid their invoice that the market is full and zero that invoice.
Date Confirmation:
- Vendor spaces in our most popular categories may be limited in order to ensure a balanced mix of vendors - this means you may not be accepted for every date you submit. If not accepted for a date, you will be refunded.
- Baked Goods, Canned Goods, Sauces and Salsas
- Eateries (Food Trucks and Foodservice)
- If you are not in a category listed above, proceed with the assumption that your requested date is approved unless notified otherwise.
STEP SIX: HEALTH PERMITS
- Vendors at the Market selling any food for human consumption require a separate temporary health permit from the City of Mesquite's Health Department. This includes produce farms, cottage food operations, and eateries/food service/food trucks. You can email the Health Official Barry Jenkins at bjenkins@cityofmesquite.com or Mary Alva at malva@cityofmesquite.com or call 972-216-8138 for more information. Cottage food vendors must abide by the Cottage Food Law - please review this guide. For any food sellers or pop-up eatery/food service vendors: $10 per day or $100 annually (calendar year). (This permit is specific to the Farmers Market and only applies to Farmers Market events).
Food Trucks and Trailers (on wheels) are required to obtain a Dallas County Health Permit to participate in the farmers market or any other events in the City of Mesquite check with the Health division. In addition, vendors must pass an inspection by the Health Department and Fire Department. The City of Mesquite has contracted with Dallas Co. and can issue the Dallas county permit here and there will be no additional cost for the Fire permit (This permit is city-wide, and allows you to serve food anywhere allowed by law at a MFU permitted site only, within the City of Mesquite during the calendar year). We recommend contacting the City of Mesquite Health Department division for more information regarding requirements. You can email the Health Official Barry Jenkins at bjenkins@cityofmesquite.com or Mary Alva at malva@cityofmesquite.com or call 972-216-8138.
STEP SEVEN: ATTEND THE MARKET
- Placements for the Market will be emailed to you on Friday. You can also check the Market Map every week as an alternative.