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Market is OPEN for August 8th pickup!


Good evening!

Be sure to check out all of the amazing groceries and other products we have available this week, all brought to you by your friends and neighbors!

We’ve raised $885! We are so close to our $1,000 goal that we are hoping to reach by next Friday, August 10th (which will be Farmers Market week!). Thank you all so much for your generous donations.

To Donate: IFM Go Fund ME!.

To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.

Upcoming Events

The Tomato Festival is THIS Friday!
It will feature a People’s Choice tomato salsa contest, Monster Tomato weigh in, free tomato tasting and Cameron from Baywood Forest will will be cooking with tomatoes and mushrooms. AND the Fiber Guild joins the Market as well for this fun filled day. This is the last Fiber Day of the season so be sure to come support these talented fiber artisans. This is your chance to sample all the different varieties we sell at the Market for free. You can also enter the People’s Choice salsa contest and Monster tomato weigh in. Prizes for both events are $100- first, $30 second, $20 third. A big thank you to our generous sponsors , 1908 Courthouse and Skyline Bank.
Bring a quart of salsa to the Market by 9:30 am, customers and visitors to the Market are invited to taste and vote for the winner to be announced at noon. Bring your tomato to the Market by 11, weighing at noon. This will be the last day at the Kid’s Corner for the Summer season! We’ll be making kid friendly salsa and working on fruit and veggie prints for the Grayson County Agricultural Fair from 10-11 am!

Saturday, August 11th, for the first time ever, an agricultural fair will be part of the popular Grayson County youth livestock show! Enter your produce, baked and canned goods and win ribbons. View agriculture exhibits, enjoy local food and more. Help make this event a success and watch us grow next year! More details here.

Thank you for supporting the Independence Farmers Market!

Abby