Through research and collaboration with established Vermont producers, we have created a working definition of "farm stand" that we find to be useful:
A farm stand is defined as a business operation whose primary focus is to sell self-grown or value-added products, with supplementation of off-site farm or food products when necessary. We acknowledge the need for farm stands to offer customers a convenient and consistent shopping experience, as well as incorporate a diverse array of products in order to be a profitable business and meet consumer demands. A farm stand should be primarily utilized for the sale of farm or food products within the confines of a designated farm stand space.
This is just a working definition of "farm stand" for NOFA-VT purposes and is in no way intended to be authoritative or used for purposes of defining anyone's business. Other people and organizations may have other definitions of what constitutes a farm stand.