GRFM News

The 2010 Farmers Market season opens May 5th with Jams and Jellies, baked goods, plants, honey, meats, and more. Stop in for a visit and your morning coffee. You can find out what we have going on for this year.

Plants and goodies early in 2009 Farmers Market season

The meeting will cover Final preparations before the start of the 2010 Market season. Items to discuss are… Signs, Advertising, Supporting Membership program, Starting date, and any other business.

Anyone interested in the Farmers Market is welcome to attend.

Market Meeting – 2nd meeting of 2010
Time: 5:30PM Monday, March 1st
Location: 260 NE 2nd Street, Grand Rapids MN 55744

This meeting will continue with preparing for the 2010 season. Discuss signs and advertising. Let folks know about upcoming Dynamic Farmers Markets conference and other events.

Location is the conference room of KAXE radio station. (KAXE is located next to the Grand Rapids Library.)

Anyone interested in becoming a Farmers Market vendor or learning how the market works, is welcome to attend.

Market Meeting – 1st meeting of 2010
Time: 5:00PM Monday, February 1st
Location: 260 NE 2nd Street, Grand Rapids MN 55744

The first meeting of the year involves election of officers, setting membership dues and vendor fees, start up dates, and policy changes.

Location is the conference room of KAXE radio station. (KAXE is located next to the Grand Rapids Library.)

Anyone interested in becoming a Farmers Market vendor or learning how the market works, is welcome to attend.

I stopped in at River Road Farms the other day and toured their gardens. Wow! They sure have a lot of stuff growing.

Click a picture to see it larger.

Neal and Krista (along with son Noah and Krista’s sister, Svea) guided the tour, showing the many kinds of vegetables and fruit they have growing.

With all the variety and multiple plantings they should have a good selection coming in all season.

The season is picking up with more stuff. It was great to see fresh carrots, broccoli, onions, herbs, greens (of all kinds), and much more last Saturday.

There will probably be strawberries for a short time yet, the season is winding down tho.

Raspberries are beginning to come in with blueberries not too far off.

Oh… And I mustn’t forget the new potatoes, they are arriving. And… There are still peas to be found for new potatoes and creamed peas. Yum!

Here are a few pictures from Saturday:

Grand Rapids, MN Farmers Market

Grand Rapids, MN Farmers Market

Grand Rapids, MN Farmers Market

Grand Rapids, MN Farmers Market

The cool weather has gotten things off to a slow start. Things are beginning to pick up a bit with lots of fresh greens coming in. Peas and strawberries are starting too.

There is a good selection of jams and jellies. Honey and Maple syrup are available pretty much all season long.

Homemade baked goods and locally processed meats are good and tasty to eat.

There should be quite a few more things coming in, now that the growing season is really getting underway.

The 2009 season is off to a start with fresh asparagus, maple syrup, plants, homemade jams and jellies, shallots, and meat.

More goodies will be coming as they come into season.

Flower plants on May 2

May 20

Homemabe Jams and Jellies, plants, on May 20

The next meeting will continue with getting ready for this season. There are still quite a few things to go over and get ready for the start of the market.

The next meeting is set for Monday, April 13th at 1:00 pm (Note - Time change) at the Regional Extension Office. Anyone interested in the market is welcome to attend.

The Grand Rapids Farmer’s Market is gearing up and making plans for the 2009 season.

The starting date for the season is set for Saturday May 16 with the market being open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 am to 1 pm. The end of the season will be in mid to late October.

The Dues and space Fees for 2009 have been set and are $50.00 to join the market, if paid by August 1, and $100.00 to join after August 1. The cost is $5.00 per day for each space used.

The next meeting is set for Monday, April 13th at 1:00 pm (Note - Time change) at the Regional Extension Office. Anyone interested in joining the market is welcome to attend.

For more information or questions, you can send a message to the Market manager or Market secretary from our Contact Form.