Requirements for registered farmers hub – Farm-direct marketer.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. Agriculture
4. Requirements for registered farmers hub – Farm-direct marketer.

A. A manager or advisory board member may register a farmers hub with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

B. The manager or advisory board member shall ensure all qualifications of a farmers market are met; however, the farm food producer or the value–added processor does not have to be present and products may be sold by a farm-direct marketer.

C. The farm-direct marketer shall:

1. Be prohibited from representing that products offered for sale on consignment are their own;

2. Be required to have the proper licenses, permits or registrations from applicable local, state and federal agencies;

3. Display proper identification of the product and documentation of ingredients clearly and conspicuously for any item on consignment including, but not limited to, the following:

• a.name of the product,
• b.business or farm name of the consigning farm food producer or value-added processor, and
• c.address of where the product was grown or processed;

4. Acknowledge ownership of consigned products remains with the farm food producer or value-added processor who produced the product until the product is sold to the purchaser;

5. Maintain separate sales logs for products sold on consignment for a minimum of two (2) years including, but not limited to, the following:

• a.the name of the consigning farm food producer or value-added processor,
• b.the address, telephone number and other contact information of the consigning farm food producer or value-added processor,
• c.specific items sold on consignment, and
• d.quantity of items sold on consignment; and

6. Comply with other requirements provided in rules promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Farmers Market and Farmers Hub Act.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 102, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

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