With all the snow outside it’s hard to imagine that in just 2 short months we’ll be celebrating the opening of the 5th season of the Rexburg Farmers Market.  The market will open this year on Friday, May 10, in the same location — right across the street from City Hall on First East.  We can’t wait to see our loyal customers again and welcome new friends to the market.  We’ve got great things planned for this year so check back here often and be sure to like our Facebook page to find out what’s happening at the market.  We’ll see you soon!

Join us tonight at the market for our annual Harvest Festival celebrating the last night of the market.  There will be free pumpkin decorating for the kids and market giveaways all night.  We also have a great lineup of live entertainment tonight including the cast of Deep Love: A Ghostly Folk Opera, the Betty’s (it was too cold last week) & Ron Ferguson.

Don’t miss your last chance to stock up on local produce like winter squash, onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, apples, and more.  There is also a huge selection of pumpkins at great prices starting with mini pumpkins 4 for $1.

See you there!

At long last the Hicks family will be at the market with their LOCAL HONEY this Friday, Oct. 5!  They were hoping to be there last week but just couldn’t make it.  Stop by and pick some up, it’s sure to go quick!

Also Fresh at the market, Pumpkins winter squash,sweet corn, onions, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, beets, potatoes, summer squash,  cucumbers, apples, potatoes, and if the frost doesn’t get them there may be some strawberries and raspberries.  Don’t forget the market also features raw milk, free range eggs, and naturally produced chicken, turkey, and pork as well as lots of other specialty foods and handmade goods.

We’ll also be lucky to hear from these lovely ladies, known as The Betty’s, they’ll be performing at the 6:00.  See you there!

This weeks fresh produce includes:  Pumpkins — of all shapes and sizes!  Winter squash, sweet corn, onions, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, honeydew melon, beets, potatoes, summer squash, strawberries, raspberries, cucumbers, apples, and of course potatoes.

The market also features raw milk, free range eggs, and naturally produced chicken, turkey, and pork, and making a comeback this week is LOCAL HONEY!

We’ll see you at the market!

We’re celebrating with FREE slices of watermelon for everyone and fun things for the kids to do too!  The produce vendors are loaded with good things to eat, and there are lots of other goodies at the market too.  Roasted Mexican Corn, Gourmet fudge, Breads and Muffins, Kettle Corn, Raw Milk, Eggs, and we’ve just welcomed a new vendor selling meats — chicken, pork, and lamb.  Bring your shopping list to the market tonight!

This week the United States Department of Agriculture is celebrating National Farmers Market Week.  Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has likewise proclaimed Aug. 5-11, Idaho Farmers Market Week and we’re celebrating this Friday and the rest of the month!  Click here to find out all of the details.

this Friday, July 6, 2012

It’s the season for cherries, strawberries, and blueberries at the market and what better way to celebrate sweet berry goodness than with a good old fashioned Pie Baking Contest!  Click here download the rules for the contest and show up at the market with a pie or two!

If you’re better at eating pies than baking them, you should enter our pie eating contest!  Or help us judge which pies will take home the prize!  We’ll have some free activities for the kids and a few market giveaways too.  And don’t forget to pick up some of those delicious local and regional berries and cherries while you’re there.

Bring the whole family down to the market for an evening of fun!  The fun begins at 4:00 with free garden crafts and seed planting for the kids, and the Rexburg Fire Dept. will be there with a fire engine too!  Our annual ladybug release will happen at 6:00 — over 10,000 ladybugs! And Mexican Folk Dance Group “Tradiciones” will perform at 7:00.  Don’t forget your grocery list too — New to the market this week is Deep Roots Farm with their fresh, local raw milk.  And fresh at the market this week we’ve got local strawberries, Washington cherries, sugar snap peas, spinach, lettuce and more.

The 4th season of the Rexburg Farmers Market begins this Friday!  Our new location is the parking lot right across from City Hall on 1st East.  Vendors are busy making preparations for Friday and we can’t wait to see you all again this year!

It’s that time of year again!  The Rexburg Farmers Market will return on Friday, April 27 from 4-8 pm.  The market will be at a new location this year that we’ll announce soon.  Mark your calendars and join us for opening day!