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Category: Market Day

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

Cooking Day this Friday/recipes from Chef Charles

Posted on September 4, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

Join Sandy Stoneman at the Market this Friday and learn to make fruit leathers-aka fruit roll-ups. This homemade version has WAY less sugar. Chef Charles has an injury and can’t[…]

Posted in Food, Market Day, Recipes Tagged Chef Charles, cooking, recipes

Fiber Day THIS Friday

Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

Join us THIS Friday for Fiber Day!  We rescheduled due to morning drizzle on August 23rd. It’s 112 days until Christmas, but it’s never too early to support your neighbors[…]

Posted in Events, Market Day Tagged artisan crafts, fiber day, roving, wool

Fermentation Friday and Pepper Day September 13

Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

Carrie’s fermentation demonstration was a big hit last year so she has kindly offered to do it again this year.  Carrie ferments a wide array of vegetables and makes their[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Market Day Tagged demonstrations, fermentation, peppers, tasting

Christmas in August Craft Fair and Fiber Day

Posted on August 21, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

Join us THIS Friday for the new Christmas in August Artisan Craft Fair &  Fiber Day. It’s 126 days until Christmas, but it’s never too early to support your neighbors[…]

Posted in Events, Market Day, On-line Market Tagged artisan crafts, demonstrations, fiber

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

Coming attractions:

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

August is a busy month at the Market! Tomato Festival and the County Fair( which is sponsored in part by the Independence Farmers Market) in early August. Later this month,[…]

Posted in Events, Fundraiser, Market Day, On-line Market Tagged christmas tree fundraiser, fiber day, ice cream social

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