Grayson County Fair August 7 & 8
The Grayson Fair returns August 7 and 8 and it’s finally warm enough to start planting! Now is the time to think about entering something in the Fair. Competition categories[…]
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Do you enjoy the Market and want to be more involved? We can always use more help at our Events and Cooking Days!
Are you looking for an excuse to spend more time at the Farmers Market? Spend time behind the scene and volunteer. We can always use help. Cooking Days are the[…]
Apple Festival September 23
The Apple Festival will be held Friday September 23 from 9am to 1pm. The Market will be pressing apples and offering fresh cider as a fundraiser. Due to space constraints[…]
Tomato Festival August 5th
The Tomato Festival is back! We’ll have a free tomato tasting, a People’s choice salsa contest and the Monster Tomato weigh-in. This is your chance to taste most of the tomatoes[…]
Twin County Community Foundation Grant key to IFM success during pandemic
Thanks to everyone who sent in a testimonial, and who shopped online and helped us keep going during the worst of the pandemic. Here’s the press release I shared with[…]
Monster Tomato contest entries and winner
The virtual Monster tomato contest attracted a record 9 entries! We usually only have 3 or 4 people brave enough to give Jen Cavey a run for the money. As[…]
Veggie Creature Contest Winners!
I had great fun with these contests. I hope you all enjoyed them as well. Heidi Breedlove was the clear winner of the People’s Choice Veggie creature contest with 34[…]
We received the 2nd grant!
What a great way to start the New Year! The Town of Independence has been awarded $150,000 by the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission for the construction of the Independence[…]