🚨It is not too late to apply for FMNP 🚨
The FMNP season has begun! If you have not yet applied, there is still time. We will accept grower applications for the next few weeks.
If you have not yet applied in 2025, the links to the applications are here:
Grower Application (to sell at farmers markets)
Farm Store Application
We have over 400 growers who are fully approved. If you have received the welcome letter with your vendor number, please ensure you are able to log into the Vendor Portal (https://vendors.cdpehs.com/).
Please review the Vendor Portal Brochure to ensure you have completed the steps to register in the portal. If there is a step or steps still missing before transactions can take place, there will be a "!" next to the farm name in the portal, pictured below. Once this exclamation mark is gone, you are ready to take transactions.
If you are unable to log into the vendor portal, please contact the state FMNP team at FMNPTeam@doh.wa.gov.
Vendor Portal Enhancements- Locations Dropdown Menu
In 2025, the FMNP Grower Vendor Portal has received several key enhancements designed to improve user experience and streamline operations. The biggest one is the ability to now select from the entire list of farmers markets around Washington State that are approved for FMNP. Growers can now select which market from which they are taking transactions to track transactions at each market.
Once growers scan the QR code to begin a transaction, the screen below will appear. This gives growers the opportunity to select the location at which they are selling.
The selected location remains the same on that device until manually changed. Make sure you check you have the right location at the time you take your first transaction of each day.
The option to select a location for your sales will not appear until you scan a QR code for a transaction.
Grower Trainings
We are hosting one last training for the season on June 24. We will review the Farmers Market Nutrition Program itself, the transaction process, and new updates for this FMNP season. All new growers must attend at least one of these trainings.
All returning growers are also encouraged to attend, especially staff who take transactions at the market. There will be time at the end of this training for questions and answers. The training will be via Microsoft Teams. The link to the meeting is contained below. For anyone who attended the April or May trainings, most of the content will be the same.
June 24, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 277 336 192 647 4
Passcode: 4qq7Eo3d
Dial in by phone
+1 564-999-2000
976781276#
United States, Olympia
Training Videos - Learn in Minutes
The FMNP site has three very helpful and short videos on the electronic FMNP process. Each video is approximately one to two minutes long. This can be shared for quick training needs.
Topics include:
Market Agreement Amendments Need Signed
As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure clarity, consistency, and to ensure compliance with updated federal regulations for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), we have made a few necessary clarifications to the current FMNP contract. These updates do not impact your duties or performance expectations as a market manager.
Each market manager should have received an updated market agreement and a summary of the changes. Please complete the steps below.
1. Complete and sign the new Market Application (PDF) for the 2025–2026 contract period.
2. Verify and update your contact information as part of this process.
3. Submit it the completed application to FMNPTeam@doh.wa.gov by May 30, 2025.
4. If you already submitted, thank you so much!
Resources to Promote the Program on social media or your Webpage
Senior FMNP Updates
The 2025 Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) market season has begun! Local programs are busy supporting SFMNP participants and have issued benefits to over 25,000 individuals across the state through the first week of June.
With more SFMNP participants coming out to the market, you may get questions about the program. You can use this FAQ sheet to help answer questions from interested individuals. The FAQ document is translated into 14 languages—translated versions can be found here.
The SFMNP Mobile App is available for download to help participants track their benefits, review purchase history, locate participating markets & farmers, and more. Information on this app is translated into 14 languages and can be found here.
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WSFMA FARMERS MARKET VENDOR SURVEY
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The Washington State Farmers Market Association is a statewide nonprofit that provides training and education to market organizers and boards, including an annual conference in February. We partner with state agencies on the food access programs and report data on farmers markets in WA. We also publish annual directories to promote member markets. To make sure we’re focused on the right work and have a better picture of who and what we’re advocating for, we have a grant from USDA to do a statewide Vendor Survey this year.
If you have already done this survey, THANK YOU! If not, please take a few minutes to help us reach our goal of collecting a robust representation of 500 farmer voices. We’re getting really close and this survey will close on June 30.
- Link to survey
- This survey takes about 10 minutes to complete.
- The survey is available in English and Spanish.
- Your responses will be confidential, and you have the option to remain anonymous.
We’re planning to share initial results this summer! Please reach out to Colleen Donovan, WSFMA, with any questions! info@wafarmersmarkets.org or (206) 706-5198
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