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Category: Market Day

Berry Day-THIS FRIDAY the 22nd

Posted on July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 by IFM

It’s time for the Berry Festival! Fire up those ovens and bring your pie to the Market Friday between 9-10am.  Judging starts at 10:30.  You could win $100! It’s going[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Fundraiser, Market Day Tagged berries, blackberry, blueberry, fundraiser, raspberry, sorbet, wineberry

Tomato Festival August 5th

Posted on July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 by IFM

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[…]

Posted in awards, Contest, Events, Market Day Tagged cash, contests, monster tomato, prizes, salsa contest, tomato festival, tomato tasting

July Events at the Market

Posted on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 by IFM

The Independence Farmers Market features several special events on Fridays in July. Plan to attend Wellness Day, the Berry Festival and the HWY 21-yard sale. All events are free and[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Food, Fundraiser, Kids, Market Day Tagged Berry Day, free, fruit, kids bucks, wellness day

Kids Bucks

Posted on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 by IFM

IFM started our Kids Bucks program during the pandemic to replace our Kids Corner.  We followed the same rules as the Healthy Kids Bucks distributed by the Virginia Family Nutrition[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Kids, Market Day Tagged food, free, kids, shop

June Events at the Market

Posted on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 by IFM

It’s June and the Market is in full swing. June 10th sees the return of Kids Bucks and the 1st customer appreciation raffle.  Stop by the Mangers Tent and pick[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Kids, Market Day Tagged contests, free, fun, games, kids activities, kids day

IFM Kids Bucks are back!

Posted on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 by IFM

Grayson County Schools are closed for the summer and IFM Kids Bucks are back!  The first 20 kids to come by the managers tent, that’s the red tent on the[…]

Posted in Kids, Market Day Tagged free, kids bucks, shopping

SNAP Match is raised to $30

Posted on June 8, 2022 by IFM

Thanks to our partnership with Leap For Local, we are able to offer a $30 match for SNAP/EBT purchases up to $30.  For example, if you spend $15 of your[…]

Posted in Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged EBT, match, SNAP

We have a roof but we can’t move to Town Park yet!

Posted on May 10, 2022 by IFM

We are all excited to see a roof on the pavilion! However that is only step one of many tasks still to be completed before we can move to Town[…]

Posted in Market Day, Town, Uncategorized Tagged Courthouse street, IFM, roof, town park, Town Park construction

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