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Apple Festival THIS Friday

Posted on October 9, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

The Apple Festival is always a fun and busy day.  It’s also a little bittersweet because it marks the end of our regular Market season. If you have apples that[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Food, Fundraiser, Kids, Market Day Tagged apple dessert contest, apple festival, apple pressing

Apple Festival

Posted on September 26, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

The Apple Festival is a community-wide event that celebrates apple season. The highlight is a community cider pressing—bring your apples to press with our presses!  We’ll have three-one just for[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Food, Fundraiser, Market Day Tagged apples, cider, dessert contest, pressing

Entering the Fair is easy!

Posted on July 31, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

There is still plenty of time to enter the Grayson County Fair.! It’s August 10 from 9am to 3pm and the Youth Livestock show begins on Friday August 9 from[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Livestock Tagged contest, county fair, kids activities, livestock

JAM DAY this Friday

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by IFM

The highlight of JAM Day is a performance by the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) from 11am to noon.  There is still time to make jam and enter the new jam[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged contest, jam contest, Junior Appalachian Musicians, logjam, music

Tomato Festival

Posted on July 24, 2019 by IFM

The Tomato Festival on Friday August 2 features a People’s Choice tomato salsa contest, free tomato tasting, and Monster Tomato Weigh-in. This is your chance to sample all the different[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Market Day Tagged free, monster tomato, prize money, salsa contest, tomato festival, tomato tasting

Grayson County Fair

Posted on July 24, 2019 by IFM

Plan to attend the Grayson County Fair August 10 from 9am to 3pm and the Youth Livestock show on Friday August 9 from 5-8pm and again during the Fair from[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Crops, Events, Livestock Tagged county fair, information, kids activities, livestock, ribbons

Grayson County Fair

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

The Grayson County Fair will be held Saturday August 10 from 9am to 3 pm at Bottomley’s Farm and Evergreens in Elk Creek.  The Youth Livestock will begin Friday August[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Livestock Tagged contest, county fair, livestock

July is a tasty month at the Market

Posted on June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

We have 2 cooking demonstrations, free berry tastings, pie and jam contests and our sorbet fundraiser this month! Plan to attend Cooking Day, Wellness Day, the Berry Festival and the[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Fundraiser Tagged cooking day, cooking demonstrations, fundraiser, jam, jam contest, logjam, pie contest, sorbet, wellness day

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