Food Safety at Farmers Markets and Direct to Consumer Sales
To help you bring your food products to market, let the Kansas Value Added Foods Lab evaluate your food products, help you with labeling and much more!
Selling Produce in Kansas: Licensing Requirements - This fact sheet provides information on regulations specifically for selling produce in Kansas. MF3478
Food Safety for Direct to Consumer Sales: Regulations and Best Practices (Spanish)
- This publication provides information for vendors and for direct to consumer sales. MF3138 - Updated January 2025
Farm to School Resources
- Garden to Plate: Food Safety for School and Community Gardens (Fact Sheet) - Kansas State University
- Garden to Plate: Food Safety for School and Community Gardens (Leader's Guide) - Kansas State University
- Make Food Safety a Priority in Your School Garden - Iowa State University
Farmers Market Vendors
- Farmers Market Regional Workshops - From the Land of Kansas
- Food Labeling for Kansas Food Producers and Processors (Spanish) - Updated January 2024
- Sampling Safely at Kansas Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and Related Events (Spanish) - Updated January 2024
- Frequently Asked Questions about Handling Flooded Produce - March 2016
- Food Sales at Farmers Markets in Kansas - Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Farmers Market Resources for Kansas - Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Food Safety: Good Manufacturing Practices - K-State Research & Extension
- What's on a Food Label? - K-State Research & Extension
- Kansas Specialty Crop Growers Association
- Farmers Market Coalition