Membership in the Brunswick Winter Market is by application. New applicants will be invited to meet the Market membership during the New Applicant meeting to be held September 9, 2023. Each applicant will present their products in a bid to win a space in the coming Market season when their acceptance will be voted on by the membership. Those with the highest tally will be approved as probational members as space allows. Acceptance of probationary members will be determined by a vote at the Annual Meeting in April. The Membership reserves the right to leave a space vacant.
The Mission of this market is to provide a wintertime outlet for local Maine agricultural and related products and to help promote small-scale agricultural and rural enterprise, as well as local non-profit organizations with similar priorities. By offering local food and goods to local people, we seek to provide a community gathering place that nurtures awareness of the rural agricultural lifestyle.
The Brunswick Winter Market consists of local small growers of vegetables and related agricultural products; local producers of "value added" items including, but not limited to: baked goods, pickles, preserves, etc.; local people involved in catching, processing and distributing Maine seafood products; local craftspeople and any other category deemed acceptable to the voting membership.
It is recognized that although members sell as individuals, the Brunswick Winter Market is a cohesive unit, the success of which depends on the cooperation and joint effort of the vendors as a whole.