Are you interested in joining the Independence Farmers Market? Save the date for the preseason vendor meeting on Friday April 8th from 11-3. It’s a potluck lunch and presentation of rules and schedule. Danny Neel will present on the Senior Farmers Market program, Sandy Stoneman will give an update on food safety. We’ll be meeting[…]
Dear friends, Thank you for supporting the Market through another unusual year! Without a doubt, the construction of the new pavilion in Town Park by the Timber Framers Guild and the amazingly successful effort to feed them were the highlights of the season. Being open in person in Town Park and being able to spend[…]
Hi Friends, it’s almost “Giving Tuesday”. You may not know that Grayson LandCare is the parent organization for the Farmers Market. I’ve created this fundraiser on Facebook for GLC and it’s many projects because I believe in the importance of what we do AND Meta is offering a match if you donate ON Giving Tuesday,[…]
Have you missed the Market? You have 1 more chance! We’ll be back on Courthouse street and the area behind the Gate Center for our last Winter Market on December 4th. The Market runs from 11am to 2pm with some vendors staying later for the parade crowd. We will bring back Kids Bucks for this[…]
Have you missed the Market? We’ll be back on Courthouse street and the area behind the Gate Center for our 2 Winter Markets. The first one is always the Friday after Thanksgiving, which we call Green Friday. This year, that is Friday November 26. The 2nd Market is always the first Saturday in December, which[…]
IFM is pleased to be able to offer trees and wreaths from Brookgreen Farm On-line again this year. We have been working with them since 2013 and our requests for pesticide-free trees was a factor in their decision to transition their entire crop. To give them time to get our order together, we will close[…]
60 timber framers from all over the country worked from October 1-10, in sunshine, drizzle and pouring rain, to complete a beautiful white oak frame for the pavilion at Town Park. It will be home for Town events and the Farmers Market, and the cornerstone of the park in the center of Independence. The Farmers[…]
The construction of Town Park has started! The Timber framers will arrive October 1st to begin building the pavilion. In the meantime, the IFM has moved right across the street onto Courthouse Street (that’s where the GLC/IFM office is located) and the parking area behind the buildings. All your favorite vendors are still with us,[…]