Carmel Farmers Market On Center Green

The Carmel Farmers Market (CFM), a growers-only market, is an exciting and bountiful place to buy your fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, eggs and plants. Only edible products, with the exception of annuals and perennials, may be sold at the Market. No craft items are sold.
When you shop at the CFM, you get the freshest, most delicious foods available from the growers themselves! And, with few exceptions, all products are grown and/or produced in Indiana.
There are also plenty of prepared foods such as jams, salsas, breakfast sandwiches, waffles, Danish pastries, cheeses and honey. Cooking demonstrations, children’s activities, and live music, all taking place adjacent to Carmel’s Palldium concert hall, make supporting local Indiana growers fun for the entire family!



Carmel Farmers Market Fact Sheet

• The Market was established in 1999 by a small group of community volunteers

• Volunteers continue to run the Market each Saturday

• The mission of the Carmel Farmers Market is to provide a site for Carmel citizens and their neighbors to purchase locally grown and produced foods and to serve as a business incubator for small producers of agricultural products.

• The Market is held on the Center Green, located at the intersection of SW 3rd and City Center Drive in the heart of Carmel, Indiana

• The Market is open every Saturday from the third Saturday of May through the last Saturday of October. Hours are 8 AM to 11:30 AM

• Over fifty vendors offer an assortment of homegrown fruits and vegetables, dried and fresh herbs and spices, flowers, baked goods, meats and poultry, honey, eggs, spreads and salsas. All prepared products sold at the Market must be produced in certified kitchens.

• During the 2010 Market season, over fifty thousand people visited the Market

• One of the largest farmers markets in Indiana, CFM averages over forty-five vendors each week

• Has been voted the best Farmers Market in Indy by Indianapolis Monthly magazine.

Guidelines for Community Group Participation

A large part of the mission of the Carmel Farmers Market, Inc. is to provide the community with a festival marketplace where citizens can frequently come together on an informal, neighborly basis. We think that providing this setting is valuable to making the overall fabric of the community strong and vibrant.

As the Market moves successfully into it’s thirteenth full season, it is apparent that other community organizations have recognized the benefits of the community gathering spot that has evolved. on Saturday mornings. We have requests from other organizations to participate at the Market in order to promote the mission of their organization or to use the Market as a fund raising vehicle.

Because we understand that by helping to strengthen other organizations within the area we can contribute even more to the community’s fabric, it is our intention to cooperate in every way possible with Carmel civic and service organizations.

Due to the number of requests we receive for participation at the Market, we have developed guidelines so that all are treated fairly and we do not compromise the mission of the Market. Those guidelines are as follows:

The organization must be based in Carmel. That means the majority of the group’s membership must live in Carmel. In addition, the majority of its meetings must be held in Carmel.

The majority of the organization’s funds must be raised in Carmel.

The majority of the organization’s funds must be used for the benefit of the citizens of Carmel.

Any items sold by civic organizations must have the approval of the Market Committee. Generally speaking, with the exception of beverages, any goods sold at the Market must be grown and produced in Indiana. Craft items and commercially produced products, whether edible or not, are generally not accepted for sale at the Market.

Civic groups may participate at the Market for a maximum of two weeks in any one season, unless a specific exception is made by vote of the Market Committee.

Civic groups must provide all their own equipment including tents and tables.

Civic groups, as a condition of participation in the Market, must sign the Carmel Farmers Market standard vendor contract and abide by all the rules and regulations set forth therein.

Civic groups will not be charged the normal Market stall fee.

The needs of our seasonal and weekly vendors take precedence over the needs of civic group participants at all times. This could result, for example, in a civic group being asked to change locations from one week to the next.

A maximum of three spaces may be made available at the Market at any one time for civic groups to utilize. If the community space(s) are in use by civic organizations, other groups must wait until a space opens up.

If you have any questions pertaining to these policies, please contact E-mail contact info. You may also obtain a copy of the contract from the Committee Tent during regular Market hours.



Carmel Farmers Market Prospective Vendor Information

The mission of the Carmel Farmers Market is to provide the citizens of Carmel and Clay Township with a community festival every Saturday morning from mid-May to the end of October. In order to do that we know we must provide a wonderful setting, good entertainment and, above all, the best vendors of any market in the state.

We welcome inquiries from prospective new vendors. Whether you are an experienced farmers market participant with a traditional product, or you have a new food item you would like to begin to market, feel free to contact us.

If you are interested in becoming a vendor at the Carmel Farmers Market, please carefully review the FAQ’s below. Once you have done that, please fill out the application form that follows by clicking on the link provided.