The manager of the new Boonville Farmers Market took questions from potential vendors at a meeting Thursday on topics such as egg-license prices and certified scales.
Vendors bounced questions off of one another and Karen Green, the VISTA intern who has volunteered to manage the market. The room at City Hall was filled with people. They sat in the reclining chairs normally used by City Council and in the seats set aside for the public.
The prospective vendors agreed to hold a lottery at a meeting March 30, a few days before the opening of the Boonville market, to determine where vendors will set up. The market hours on Saturday are to run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Orscheln Farm and Supply store parking lot.
Attendees seemed to be in agreement that they should be at the market by 7 a.m. to set up or risk losing their spot.
Several in attendance said the cost — $5 per Saturday or $50 for the whole season — is cheap compared with the $250 seasonal cost of the Columbia market.
