IFM events in September
We are excited to hold the first Garlic Festival on September 5. Our First Friday Cooking day will feature recipes with lots of garlic. Geshe Morley will be the guest[…]
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August at the Market
I hope you were able to attend the Tomato Festival August 1st. The 2nd week in August is National Farmers Week. This is a great time to make a donation[…]
The Free Market is Building Community
Our initiative to keep usable items out of the landfill is in its 8th year, and its impact just keeps expanding! Our wonderful receptionist Hannah remembers customers, gets to know[…]
Happy Birthday Food Independence!
Food independence distributed our first boxes in July 2020. Under a hundred but the beginning of a wonderful and fulfilling journey. We now distribute close to 400 boxes of food,[…]
How YOU Can Help The Free Market’s Outreach Mission
Thanks to some creative and energetic volunteers, the Outreach area for agency clients looks much better! This service provides linens, dishes and cookware for those starting over, for whatever reason,[…]
Seed Library update
Thanks to everyone who came to the Seed Library Open House. We had a record crowd of 15 people. We handed out seeds and information on seed saving and answered[…]
The Free Market Helps People Starting Over
Since 2018, the Free Market has had a special section not open to the public where we keep new and like-new housewares for agency clients who are starting over—for example,[…]
It’s Giving Tuesday
Dear friends and neighbors, I want to thank everyone for their generous donations at our Annual Meeting and Auction. If you would like to make an additional donation to Grayson[…]