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Berry Festival July 18

Join us for Berry Day on July 18. This year Berry Sorbet will be available by the scoop or frozen pint as a fundraiser for the Market. It’s also time[…]

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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

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