The sale of raffle tickets to win a beautiful oak market basket full of product from our Floyd Market Vendors, worth around $250, is still in progress. At $5.00 a chance, that is quite a value for the winner! Tickets will be on sale at the Highland Farms table and at the Information Table in the market. The basket is on display at the Highland Farm table. Sales will end on August 4th and the drawing will take place on August 10th. Proceeds from the raffle will go to installing a new sound system throughout the market.
Upcoming activities in the market will include a raffle for a Floyd Market Flower Bouquet in September. We will start sales of the raffle tickets for that beautiful vase full of flowers from Tree’s Bread and Roses Bouquets on August 10th. On August 17th, we will hold our annual Floyd’s Best Tomato contest. Gardeners and farmers, keep a close eye on your favorite tastiest heirloom tomato and enter it in the market on the 17th between 830 and 1100 am! Market goers will pick only the finest flavor!
The Floyd Farmers Market is collaborating with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Virginia Grows! effort to increase consumption of Virginia grown agricultural products by Virginians. VDACS is promoting their buy locally grown project with a Farm Basket raffle of their own. It also is a $250 value! All you have to do is come to the Information Table and fill out contact information on their raffle ticket, leave it with us and go shopping. Come back to the table with receipts and we will punch out the $10 bubbles on the card. Buy $50 and we will punch out 5 of the bubbles. There are 14 bubbles per card. We will keep the card for you and when the card has all of the bubbles punched out, we will mail the card to VDACS to be put into the raffle urn! That simple! No additional cost to you!
The Floyd Farmers Market is working on a promotional campaign which will include advertisements in local papers. Start watching for our ads in the Floyd Press!