Truro Farmers’ Market Vendor Application Instructions

The 2026 application will open mid-March.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a vendor at the Truro Farmers’ Market! 

If you would like to sell your Cape Cod harvest at the market, please read the literature below and fill out the relevant forms. Parts of the application process can be completed online, however you will need to send in additional forms by either emailing them to trurofarmersmarket@sustainablecape.org or mailing them to Truro Farmers Market, PO Box 988, Truro, MA 02666. 

Please note: Our fairly firm rule for the Truro Farmers’ Market is that your food – only food – must be grown, made, or caught in Barnstable County.

If you are a Community Organization, Non-Profit, Government Organization or Committee, or Healthcare Organization interested in educational tabling only, please fill out our Farmers Market Tabling Registration Form. Thank you!

Instructions:

1. Read the TFM Handbook

2. Complete the Vendor Application. This is an online form, where you will provide your business’s information, crop list, insurance details, as well as choose what type of vendor you would like to be along with the corresponding vendor fee that you will mail in or pay via Venmo to Sustainable CAPE. Once you hit “submit”, the Market Manager will receive your application.

3. Complete the Token Program Agreement Form. This document allows you to accept tokens at the market. Vendors who sell food to be prepared or consumed at home are eligible for this program. Vendors who sell food only to be consumed at the market are not eligible, per USDA rules. Please include this form in the packet you send in to us.

4. Read the Truro Board of Health Conditions for Farmers’ Market Food Vendors and complete the following Truro Board of Health form that applies to you. Please include the applicable form in the packet you send to us, along with the applicable required documentation.

• a. If you are a vendor of raw, unprocessed foods (i.e. vegetables, fruits, eggs, etc. If you do not see your food category listed on this form, please check the Board of Health form in option b.): Submit the Board of Health’s Farmers’ Market Whole Product Registration Form (Note: no fee charged by the Town of Truro)  

and/or

• b. If you are a vendor of processed foods (from certified kitchens) or other permitted foods (i.e. meat, sprouts, fish, vinegar, etc): Submit the Board of Health’s Farmers’ Market Temporary Food Service Permit and the following appicable documentation:
  • For all vendors: Please include a $10 fee payable to the Town of Truro. 
  • For vendors of shellfish, finfish, meat, poultry, or milk products: Please review the Truro Board of Health Conditions for Farmers’ Market Food Vendors above for the additional required documents. 
  • For vendors of foods prepared/processed outside Truro: Please attach your Food Manager Certification, Allergy Awareness Training Certificate, and your facility license/permit.
  • New vendors: Please note that you will need to appear before the Truro Board of Health for application approval. They meet on a biweekly basis, so processing time will depend on the submission date of your completed application. 
  • Repeat vendors: Please note foods not previously approved on your application as they MUST be approved by Health Agent to sell at the market.

5. Double-check that you have submitted the online Vendor Application and prepared the Token Program Agreement Form, the Truro Board of Health’s “Whole Farm Product Registration Form” and/or “Farmers’ Market Temp. Food Service Permit” and any additional documentation as necessary, and the vendor fee(s). 

6. Mail forms & payment(s). Please send in the forms by emailing scans to trurofarmersmarket@sustainablecape.org or mailing them to Truro Farmers Market, PO Box 988, Truro, MA 02666. Please mail us your vendor fee as a check payable to Sustainable CAPE or pay it via Venmo to @sustainablecape (if you pay through Venmo, please include an additional $5.80 processing fee).

Remember: DO NOT send materials directly to the Board of Health. If the Board of Health receives the information without our stamped approval, it will not be processed. Thank you!

Truro Farmers’ Market Manager

Maddie Kahle

Sustainable CAPE

PO Box 988

Truro, MA 02666

For further questions, please email the Truro Farmers’ Market Manager at trurofarmersmarket@sustainablecape.org.

P.S. For vendors interested in applying to both our Provincetown and Truro Educational Farmers’ Markets: Since 2024, we have streamlined the application process so you only need to complete a single form to apply to both markets. When completing the vendor application, you will be prompted to note interest in applying to the other market. While completion of separate Town Board of Health applications and market fees will be required, this process will reduce duplication of effort for market vendors.

Note: Our forms are updated online every year by March. All application materials have been updated for the 2026 Season as of 2/21/2026.