LAKEPORT, Calif. – Opportunities are growing with Lake County Farmers' Finest, the certified farmers' market organization and host of the Saturday morning farmers' market held at Steele Wines, which runs from the first Saturday in May through the last Saturday in October each year.
Lake County Farmers' Finest (LCFF) is seeking a concessionaire to provide coffee, tea, and ready-to-eat foods such as bread, pastries, and other pre-approved items for customers and vendors to purchase at the Saturday farmers' market held at Steele Wines, 4350 Thomas Drive in Kelseyville.
Concessionaires are contracted with LCFF to provide this service, and as such, are the only vendors at the certified farmers' market allowed to resell pre-approved items that they have not produced themselves – coffee, tea, water, pastries, bread and more – which gives the concessionaire a unique opportunity for a lucrative small business or to expand operations of a current business.
LCFF also is seeking a seasonal part-time co-Market Manager to work with the current Market Manager and assist in operations of the farmers' market.
Skills required for the co-Market Manager position include excellent communication and organizational skills, experience with computers, social media, and the ability to learn. Also required is enthusiasm for working with the public, farmers, and vendors, and the ability to lift and carry equipment up to 50 pounds for short distances.
LCFF also is seeking more Lake County agricultural producers to offer vegetables, leafy greens, eggs, meats, fish, berries, mushroom, and fruits for sale at the market. Home gardeners registered with the Agricultural Commissioner are welcome!
With the passage of the California Homemade Food Act (AB 1616), there also are new opportunities for residents who love to cook.
After registering and being inspected by Lake County Environmental Health, some foods prepared at home – and not in a commercial kitchen – now have the ability to be legally sold at the farmers' market by the person who prepared it, creating opportunities for local residents to increase their income and participate in the growing local food system.
For more information on the California Homemade Food Act, registration requirements, and to confirm what is allowed to be prepared in a home kitchen and sold directly to the consumer, visit the Lake County Environmental Health Web site at www.dhs.lakecounty.gov or call 707-263-1164.
For more information on becoming a LCFF concessionaire, vendor or the co-market manager position, contact Cornelia Sieber-Davis at
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