Independence Farmers Market
  • Online Market
  • News
    • BLOG
    • Meet Our Vendors
    • About Us
    • Recipes
  • Events
  • Volunteer
  • Become a Vendor
    • Food Safety for Vendors
  • Contact Us
  • Grayson County Fair

Tag: contest

Save the dates! Winter Markets Friday 11-25 and 12-2

Posted on October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 by IFM

IFM will return to Courthouse Street with 2 Winter Markets.  Join us the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 25 from 11-2 and again Friday December 2 from 3-6pm.  Please note this[…]

Posted in Events Tagged cash prizes, chili cookoff, contest, kids bucksook-off, local, shop

Apple Festival September 23

Posted on September 7, 2022 by IFM

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[…]

Posted in awards, Contest, Events, Food, Fundraiser, Market Day Tagged apples, cash prize, cider, contest, fundraiser

Tomato Festival THIS Friday!

Posted on August 3, 2022August 3, 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 AND Miss Andrea is back with Healthy Kids Bucks[…]

Posted in Contest, Events, Food, Kids, Market Day Tagged cash prizes, contest, free, kids bucks, tomatoes

Monster Tomato contest entries and winner

Posted on September 11, 2020 by IFM

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[…]

Posted in awards, Contest, Kids Tagged contest, monster tomato

Veggie Creature Contest Winners!

Posted on September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 by IFM

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[…]

Posted in awards, Contest, Events, Kids Tagged contest, fun, vegetables

Bug photography contest closes September 16

Posted on September 1, 2020September 11, 2020 by IFM

Just a reminder to enter the Grayson LandCare(GLC) pest and beneficial bug photography contest. The last day to submit entries is Wednesday September 16th.  The winners will be announced via[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Uncategorized Tagged bugs, contest, photography

2 Contests for August

Posted on August 17, 2020August 20, 2020 by IFM

We miss our contests! So we are announcing 2 contests for August: the Monster Tomato contest and a new Veggie Creature contest.  IFM is taking the Monster Tomato contest online. […]

Posted in Contest, Events Tagged contest, creatures, monster tomato, play with your food, vegetables

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[…]

Leave a comment

Posts navigation

← Older posts

First Market of the Season!!

$30 Match For Snap Purchases

The Independence Farmers Market is pleased to offer up to a $30 match of SNAP purchases for fresh fruits and vegetables funded by Virginia Fresh Match

 

Visit Us!

The 1st Friday in May Until the 2nd Friday in October, 9am – 1pm
temporarily located on Courthouse Street and the Gate Center parking lot during construction of Town Park

Year-Round On-line Market
Pick-up Wednesday 4pm – 6pm

Help Support the Farmers Market with a Donation  Donate Online

Newsletter

Categories

  • awards
  • Contest
  • County Fair
  • Crops
  • Events
  • Food
  • Fundraiser
  • How to
  • Kids
  • Livestock
  • Market Day
  • On-line Market
  • Recipes
  • Town
  • Town Park
  • Uncategorized
  • Vendor Info
  • Workshop

Recent Posts

  • Pre-season Vendor meeting Friday April 14 at 1908 Courthouse Auditorium
  • Welcome Laura Ratcliffe!
  • 2023 Schedule
  • Happy New Year!
  • It’s back! Gro More Veg workshop January 21

Tags

artisan crafts berries Chef Jen christmas tree fundraiser contest cooking cooking day cooking demonstrations county fair demonstrations event Farmers Market farming fiber day food free fun fundraiser gardening garlic kids kids activities kids bucks kids day livestock local monster tomato mushrooms online market peppers plants recipes samples seeds shopping SNAP squash tasting tomatoes town park vegetables vendors winter market wool workshop

Sponsored By

PO Box 373 Independence, VA 24348
[email protected]
(276) 768-0597

2023