We are excited to announce a new 4th Friday evening Farmers Market from 3-7pm at Town Park. This will REPLACE the regular 9-1 market ONLY on those 4th Fridays. All other Markets will remain at the usual 9am to 1pm time. We are trying the monthly evening market in response to polling our vendors and customers to respond to the folks who work during our regular hours. We plan to have music and a food truck during these special markets.
We are excited that Chef Jen will lead our cooking program again this year with the exception of our Opening Day on Friday May 1st. Guest chefs Dean McRae and Loren Webster will take over since Jen and Rick will be back at the Market selling plants after taking a well deserved year off. Stay tuned for the rest of the schedule and be sure to save the date for our Grand Opening May 1st, 2026!
In the meantime, don’t forget you can shop online! We have produce, baked goods, meats, honey, and usually eggs. Vendors include: Grayson LandCare: t-shirts; IFM: Southern Exposure seeds and we are selling Peaceful Heart Farm beef, both as fundraisers for the Market; Becca’s Backwoods Bean: baked goods and prepared foods; Rising Roots: produce; CW Farms: chicken and duck, produce, and eggs; Doug Sanders: baked goods (prepared at the Gate Center); Morningside Farm: eggs, crafts and honey; Mountain View Farm: honey; River Ridge Lambs: lamb; Sassafras Trace: Hazel nuts and honey; Sukie Hollar: produce, eggs, and herbs; Windy Hill: woodcrafts.
Here’s the link https://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market