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The 2025 ILLINOIS PRODUCT FARMERS MARKET will open on May 15, and run through September 25th, 2025. The market is held at The Shed on the Illinois State Fairgrounds from 3:30-7pm.
The Illinois Product Fall Market will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2025. The 1st Annual Illinois Grown Weigh-Off will start at 10am.
What to expect:
Atlantic Giant Pumpkins and field-grown pumpkins compete in several exciting categories:
o Open Class – Anyone can participate!
o Youth – For pumpkin growers up to age 14
o FFA & 4-H Members – Show off your skills and hard work!
Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/g/mjHurDXGCz
To participate in the market, please adhere to local, state, and/or federal health ordinances. Ensure that you provide the necessary documentation, licenses, certificates, and permits listed below, keeping them current throughout the market season. Attendance at the market is contingent upon the Director of Agriculture and Legal signing your vendor guidelines and agreement, and upon receiving all required paperwork.
Listed below are the forms and documents (if applicable) you need to submit:
· Participation Form (Ensure Name and Contact Information Match Vendor Guidelines and Agreement)
· Vendor Guidelines and Agreement (Ensure Name and Contact Information Match Participation Form)
· Date Schedule
· Certificate of Liability Insurance – Add the specified terminology naming the Illinois Department of Agriculture as additional insured.
· Images of your operation (you with the product you produce, grow, or make).
· Illinois Product Farmers Market Link Benefits and Link Match Program Form (if applicable)
· Copy of Illinois Department of Agriculture Meat & Poultry Broker License (if applicable)
· Copy of Illinois Department of Agriculture Egg Handlers License (if applicable)
· Copy of Illinois Department of Agriculture Feed Distribution & Manufacturing License (if applicable)
· Copy of Illinois Department of Agriculture-Nurserymen Certificate or Nurserymen License (if applicable)
· Copy of Sangamon County & State of Illinois Liquor Licenses (if applicable)
Ensure all information and payment are submitted by March 29, 2024, for guaranteed space availability, with preferred spacing and location assigned on a first-come basis.
Vendors interested in participating in the 2025 Illinois Product Fall Market will need to complete the following form:
Other Requirements If Applicable:
- Copy of State of Illinois Department of Agriculture Feed Distribution and Manufacturing License for Dog Biscuits
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Marketing, Promotion & Grants
801 E. Sangamon Avenue
Springfield, IL 62702
Attn: Nicole Moore
Questions?
Please call Nicole Moore at 217-524-9129
E-mail agr.farmersmarket@illinois.gov