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Composting Workshop with Nick Wrenn April 2026

Celebrate Earth Day at the Floyd Farmers Market with a Composting Workshop

April 3, 2026

Join us on Saturday, April 18, 2026 for a special Earth Day celebration featuring a hands-on and interactive Composting Workshop with Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm. Learn practical composting techniques, discover how to turn food scraps into nutrient-rich soil, and explore sustainable ways to care for the planet. Celebrate community, sustainability, and the beauty of living

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The Joys of Shopping at a Local Market

February 20, 2021

It’s a joy shopping at the Farmers Market AND it’s the right thing to do. You know why it’s fun. You meet your friends—old and new. You catch up with the local news. You can talk to the folks who grow and prepare your food and see for yourself that

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Winter Planning

February 1, 2021

During these cold winter months it can be a challenge to imagine the fruits and vegetables that come along with warmer weather. Indeed it can be difficult to remember what warmer weather even looks and feels like when the forecast calls for snow and ice. While one can long for

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CARES Act Giving Helps Food Pantries and Farmers Market Vendors

January 2, 2021

In early December of 2020, Floyd County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to utilize CARES Act funds for a local initiative. Linda DeVito Kuchenbuch thought to supply the county’s 8 food banks with food for the over 700 families served. As an agricultural community, Lauren Yoder proposed the next

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