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Recipes from July 3 Cooking Day

Posted on June 30, 2026July 7, 2026 by IFM

GRILLED CHEESE Butter one side of 2 slices of bread.  We used Matt’s potato bread.  Place I piece buttered side down and top with 2 slices of American Cheese.  Top[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged cooking day, Farmers Market, free samples, potatoes, recipes, vegetables

Schedule for June

Posted on May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 by IFM

Join us Friday June 5th for our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen.  We are thrilled to have Jen back to lead our cooking program.  She’ll be cooking with[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Kids, Market Day, Recipes, Town Park, Uncategorized Tagged 4th Friday Evening Market, cooking day, healthy kids bucks, IFM Kids Bucks, kids day, samples, Twin County Community Foundation

Grand Opening, Mother’s Day Craft Fair and Cooking Day May 1st

Join us as we start the 2026 season with our Grand Opening featuring the Mother’s Day Craft Fair and our first “First Friday Cooking Day”! Guest Chefs Dean McRae, Niki[…]

Recipes from May 1st Cooking Day

Posted on April 29, 2026May 12, 2026 by IFM

Our guest chefs, Dean, Loren and Niki, were kind enough to send me their recipes ahead of time. Our Cooking Days are the First Friday of the month. We provide[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged cooking, cooking day, donations welcome, free samples, herbs, local food, recipes

TCCF funds Healthy Kids Bucks in 2026

Posted on March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 by IFM

A grant from The Twin County Community Foundation will fund the return of Healthy Kids Bucks to the Market this year! We are excited to work with WIC on this[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Kids, Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged cooking day, fruits, fuits, healthy kids bucks, recipes, Twin County Community Foundation, vegetables, WIC

Tomato Festival AND First Friday Cooking Day with Chef Jen, August 7

Join us Friday August 7 for The Tomato Festival AND our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen. She’ll be focusing on tomatoes and probably other delicious foods from our[…]

Potato Festival AND First Friday Cooking Day with Chef Jen, July 3

Join us Friday July 3rd for our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen.  This will also be our 1st Potato Festival. Vendors will have potatoes for sale and we’ll[…]

1st Friday Cooking Day with Chef Jen, June 5,

Join us Friday June 5th for our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen.  We are thrilled to have Jen back at the Market.  She’ll be focusing on greens and[…]

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