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Some Information from the SSAWG Conference

Posted on February 24, 2016January 6, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

The Organic Vegetable Farm tour went to Elmwood Stock Farm. A 550 acre certified organic farm that features both livestock and crops. Most of the acreage is in pasture with[…]

Posted in Vendor Info Tagged beans, beets, brassicas, broilers, carrots, cattle, chard, chickens, cowpeas, cows, crops, cucumbers, drip irrigation, eggplant, gardening, garlic, germination, grains, green beans, laying hens, legumes, lettuce, livestock, livestock feed, meat birds, melons, onions, organic farming, organic gardening, organic matter, pasture, peas, peppers, plastic mulch, potatoes, radishes, seeds, sheep, soil, soil life, spinach, squash, SSWAG conference, tomatoes, turkeys, turnips, vermiculite

Gardening workshop with hands-on activities APRIL 18

Posted on April 10, 2015January 6, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Looking for a way to garden or farm and grow food and flowers for yourself, or to provide some extra income? Interested in a small way, a big way? Head[…]

Posted in Crops, Events, Workshop Tagged bed preparation, bedder, broad forks, colonial hoes, contour gardening, crop yields, crops, drip irrigation, farming, flame weeders, garden beds, gardening, high tunnel, intensive planting, intercropping, mulch layer, plant spacing, plants, plastic mulch, raised bed, raised beds, season extension, seeders, small tunnel, specialty crops, succession plantings, sustainable farming, sustainable growing, transplants, vegetables

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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

 

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