Chatham Marketplace

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The Chatham Marketplace Purchasing Policy

Become a Local Supplier!

The purpose of this questionnaire is to learn about your operation before we make a farm visit. The farm visit, questionnaire and signed affidavit are required before you can sell your products to Chatham Marketplace.

We do have a provisional affidavit for producers who have product to sell before we have completed the farm visit.

Please complete this general information section of the questionnaire. Once you have clicked the submit button, you will be provided links to specific sections for seafood, fruit, vegetable, grain, mushroom, meat, dairy, poultry, eggs, flowers, plants and prepared and processed goods production. Please complete the section that applies to the products you are interested in selling to Chatham Marketplace.

Producer name

Date questionnaire completed

Farm or Business name

Address

County

Phone

Fax

Farm address if different from above

Size of farm

Size of current production area, in acres or square feet

How long have you farmed there?

Distance from Pittsboro

What are the products you would like to sell to the co-op? Please check all that apply.
Produce- fresh fruits, vegetables,flowers,mushrooms
Dairy/Eggs- Cheese, milk, yogurt
Meats- processed, frozen or fresh
Processed goods- baked, jams/jellies, salsas, teas,etc
Other-

Is your farm certified USDA Organic? Yes No
If yes, please provide copy of your application for Organic certification. Although it may seem redundant, we would still request that you complete this questionnaire as it will help Chatham Marketplace get to know you better than we could by merely reading your certification application.

The co-op plans to open in late fall 2005, when would you be able to begin providing your products to CM?

Employees: What percentage of work (approximately) is done by others than family members? %

Are your employees (please check all that apply)
full time
part time
seasonal
migrant
interns.

In a sentence or two, would you please describe working conditions for your employees:

What soil conservation practices do you use?

What sort of irrigation do you use?

Please list any inspections, licenses or certifications that you do have with expiration date.

Please supply a copy of any applicable documents listed above.

Describe any practices or characteristics unique to your farm that you believe add value to what you produce.

Are there any other things you want us to know about your farm?

After submitting this section of the questionnaire, you will be provided links to specific sections for seafood, fruit, vegetables, grains, mushrooms, meat, dairy, poultry, eggs, flowers, plants and prepared and processed goods production. Please complete the specific section that applies to the products you are interested in selling to Chatham Marketplace.Please indicate which criteria of the CM Purchasing Policy your products meet.

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