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RELEVANT LINKS: League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/4/2016 Regulating Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants Page 10 State v. Hartmann¸ 700 N.W.2d 449 (Minn. 2005). The farm-product exception is limited to products “cultivated” at a farm or garden. In one case, sales of meat were found to be exempt from licensing because the meat was a product of the farm, but not necessary exempt from meat inspection requirements. State ex rel. Mudeking v. Parr, 109 Minn. 147, 123 N.W. 408 (1909). This exception cannot be expanded to exempt all persons who make or produce what they are selling from the city’s licensing requirements. It would not be appropriate, for example, to require peddlers and transient merchants who sell industrially manufactured handbags to obtain a city license, but exempt anyone who goes door-to-door selling bags they produced themselves. 2.Other exemptions Minn. Stat. § 329.14. There are additional exemptions to local licensing requirements, including: Excelsior Baking Co. v. City of Northfield, 247 Minn. 387, 77 N.W.2d 188 (1956). •Initial contacts to establish delivery routes for perishables. •Businesses making deliveries on regular routes. •Delivery of newspapers. •Wholesalers making direct sales to retail establishments. •Sales made pursuant to invitation issued by an owner or legal occupant. •A seller or exhibitor in a firearms collection show involving two or more sellers or exhibitors. The general nature of these operations (occurring on a fixed schedule, possibly daily; generally upon occupant’s invitation), significantly reduces the chances that they will become nuisances, injuring the general public. F.Green River ordinances As an alternative to licensing, many municipalities across the country have adopted what is commonly referred to as a “Green River” ordinance, prohibiting the door-to-door activities of most transient salespersons. Town of Green River v. Fuller Brush Co., 65 F.2d 112, (10th Cir. 1933). Town of Green River v. Bunger, 50 Wyo. 52, 58 P.2d 456 (1936). Day v. Klein, 225 Miss. 191, 82 So.2d 831 (1955). The Green River approach (named after the city in which it was first used and upheld by the courts) makes it a nuisance to go onto private property and peddle or solicit orders for goods or merchandise, unless the owner or legal occupant extended an actual or implied invitation to the seller. This approach does not apply to soliciting the sale of personal services or to solicitations at places of business. Violations are misdemeanor offenses and punishable by a fine and possible imprisonment. 77 A.L.R.2d 1216. 35 A.L.R.2d 355. Other usual methods for seeking business remain. The sale of goods is not specifically prohibited, only a particular method or practice. For example, solicitors may still gain access to homes by appointments made by mail, telephone, or e-mail inquiry.