Be sure to come out for the last cooking day with Chef Jen this season! Recipes from the last cooking day are here We are highlighting squash for Squashtober but she’ll be cooking whatever strikes her fancy at the Market. We’ll also have our first ever squash tasting at the Market. Here’s your chance to try[…]
Do you want to win $100? It’s time to fire up your oven and enter the Apple Dessert Contest! Not as fussy as the traditional berry pie contest, any dessert that features apples is fair game. Just make sure to get it to the Market by 10:15. I’m usually at the Market by 7:30[…]
We are very pleased to have Bird and Hopper Farm present 2 fermentation demonstrations on Friday September 28 at the Market. The first will begin at 10 am, the second will start at noon. Fermentation kits will be available for sale. Fermentation is a very old method of food preservation. It has been around since the[…]
The September edition of the Market’s cooking program, First Fridays with Chef Jen, features peppers. Peppers come in all shapes, sizes, flavors and heat levels. Wikipedia estimates there are 50,000 varieties of “Capsicum” (pepper) cultivars. Peppers add so much flavor and can be a main course as well as an ingredient in almost anything. Chef Jen will[…]
This is your last chance this season to eat cake and ice cream for a great cause! Support your favorite Farmers Market THIS Sunday from 2-5 pm on Courthouse Street. We close down the street for our Ice Cream Social Fundraiser and set up tents and chairs and have sidewalk chalk for artists of all[…]
The Fiber Folks will join the Market August 24t! Fiber Days were one of the earliest events at the Market. Libby Kahn offered great classes and Kids activities and she and Nancy Liebrecht recruited other local fiber artisans to come to the Market. That same group of talented folks just hosted their first Fiber Festival[…]
Friends of the Market, thank you very much for helping us meet our fundraising goal for our Go Fund Me campaign. We’re wrapping up the paperwork and you’ll be getting your premiums soon. Thanks again for helping to make the IFM what it is today. It does take a village, and we have a fabulous[…]
The 13th annual Grayson County Youth Livestock Show had 58 participants . Beef and dairy cattle, lambs, pigs and chickens were exhibited. In addition, the County Fair had 95 entries! There were youth and adult classes in baked goods, canned goods and vegetables. 7 area agricultural organizations also had informational displays. Thank you to everyone[…]