WAY BACK WHEN...
PCFMA was founded in this year.
Was it 1988?
PCFMA was founded in July 1988.
This certificate allows the sale of products grown on another farm.
What is a ‘second cert’?
Second Certificates indicate that the products were not grown by the producer selling them in the market.
This is the max number of no shows that a producer can accumulate within 90 days before suspension.
What is 2?
After 2 no shows within a 90 day period, a producer is eligible for suspension from the market.
This number represents the state mandated fee each producer must pay per market day.
What is $2?
Each producer in a certified farmers’ market must pay a $2 CDFA fee per market visit.
Completing this document would be considered the first step to selling in a PCFMA market.
What is an interest form?
Interest forms are located online at pcfma.org/sell
Before filling out an application, each producer is required to submit an interest form.
This person has been employed by PCFMA the longest.
Who is Allen Moy?
Allen was employee #14 and has
been with PCFMA for 20 years!
This is the earliest a PCFMA producer may set up for a market before the market start time.
What is 2 hours?
For safety reasons, producers are not allowed to set up for a market more than 2 hours before the market start time.
This is the late fee added to any outstanding payments to PCFMA past 30 days.
What is $25?
Producers accrue a late fee of $25 for any outstanding payments that are owed to PCFMA past 30 days.
This is the amount of notice a producer must give a market manager if they want to sell a new product in a PCFMA market.
What is 14 days?
Producers are required to give a Market Manager at least 14 days notice before introducing a new product, and must produce documentation indicating they are allowed to do so by the state, as well as get the new product approved by PCFMA.
The minimum amount of time that a producer must show up before a market, or face the possibility of not being allowed to sell for the day.
What is 30 minutes?
Producers are required to show up at least 30 minutes before a market’s start time or they may be refused to set up for the day.
Founded in 1989, this market is PCFMA’s longest operating farmers’ markets that we still run today.
What is Danville?
After originally founding a market in Emeryville, PCFMA opened 3 markets: Jack London Square, Danville, and Fashion Island the following year.
This is the max speed limit vehicles are allowed to go within a market footprint.
What is 5 MPH?
No vehicle is permitted to operate at more than 5 MPH during the set-up or break-down of a PCFMA farmers’ market.
This is the amount of time that a producer must inform PCFMA of an absence as to not incur a fee.
What is 48 hours?
Producers that do not give PCFMA 48 hours notice may be fined for a no show.
This length of time represents the probationary period that a producer who is new to a market must endure before an absence.
What is 90 days?
New producers or producers that are new to a market are placed on a 90 day probation period in which they are expected to be at the market for each reservation.
Each producer must have these with them each market day to ensure their tent is safe and secure against the elements.
What are weights?
For the safety of everyone in the market, tent weights are a required part of the market set-up.
This number represents the amount of counties that PCFMA operated within in 2025.
What is six counties?
PCFMA currently operates farmers’ markets in: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco, & Solano county.
This is the name of the state/county issued document which each agricultural producer must have on display in their stall.
What is a Certified Producer Certificate?
Unexpired and up-to-date CPCs must be on display within an ag producers stall each market day to ensure compliance with state regulations.
This is the wine tasting sample limit per person per day.
What is 3 oz?
According to CA law, customers are limited to 3 samples of up to 1 oz per person per day.
The amount of time that a producer has to inform PCFMA if their organic certification is cancelled.
What is 10 days?
Producers are given a 10 day grace period to inform PCFMA of any changes to their organic certification status.
This is the government agency responsible for certifying the commercial scales used by producers in the market each year.
What is the Office of Weights & Measurements?
Each year, producers must have their scales calibrated and certified by the Office of Weights & Measurements.
At its peak, this is the most amount of markets PCFMA ever operated at one time.
What is 74 markets?
At one point in time, PCFMA operated over 70 weekly farmers’ markets. At this time PCFMA is still the largest Farmers’ Market Association on the West Coast in 2025 with 35 weekly farmers’ markets.
This is the maximum temperature that raw meat, poultry, and fish can be kept during a market?
What is 41°F or colder?
Raw meat products, including seafood, must be kept at or below this temperature to ensure food safety is maintained during the market.
This is the section in the PCFMA Rules & Regulations that goes over disciplinary procedures for producers.
What is Section 17?
Each producer is required to read, sign, and submit the rules and regulations each year. Section 17 outlines disciplinary procedures that producers must agree to comply with.
The term that describes PCFMA markets operating despite changes in weather.
What is rain or shine?
PCFMA Farmers’ Markets operate on scheduled market days no matter the weather conditions, unless there is a safety concern derived from acclimate weather.
The name of the document that producers selling certified agricultural products must provide to a Market Manager within 45 minutes of closing time, each market day.
What is a load list?
Producers selling agricultural products must provide the Market Manager with a load list each market day.