The Liberal’s Farmers Market, sponsored by the Liberal Area Coalition for Families, is giving everyone who purchases an item at the market the chance to win a $25 gift card. The Liberal Farmer’s Market is held every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon in the in Village Plaza in front of Spencer Browne’s Coffee House. The promotion will start Saturday, July 2, and a $25 gift card will be given away every Saturday in July.

 

“Every time you buy from a vendor at the Farmer’s Market, the vendor will give you a ticket to put in the drawing. Obviously the more vendors you buy from, the better your chances are to win a gift card,” said Donna Thorp, the market manager. The drawing will be held when the market closes at noon and the winner contacted that day.
 

 

Thorp said that the Farmer’s Market was also trying a new “Guest Booth” at the market starting in July that would only cost $5 a Saturday. “We are going to give individuals who may only have a limited amount of items to sell or who want to see if what they have to sell would work at the Farmer’s Market, the opportunity to share a booth with one or two other vendors in the same boat.” Thorp said that the market would provide a tent and tables for the “Guest Booth” but that vendors would be limited to only two Saturdays as a “guest.”

 

Guest vendors would need to contact Thorp ahead of time because the space is limited to a total of three vendors a Saturday. “We see this as an opportunity to cultivate new vendors,” Thorp said, “and this would also be a great way for some of our younger entrepreneurs to try out new products.”

 

The Farmers Market also allows booths to nonprofit and church organizations to have fundraisers. The cost of a booth is $20 a Saturday or $100 for the season. For non-profit fundraisers, the cost is $10 a booth. Free booth space is available for those who just want to provide information or a free service on a space available basis and at the desecration of the Market Manager.

 

 For more information about booking a booth and the rules and regulations for what can be sold at a Farmer’s Market, call Thorp at 620-391-2252. Information and regular updates can also be found on the Facebook page, Farmer’s Market in Liberal, KS.