2025 season is starting May 27th 2025 3pm until 4:30pm Sponsored by Holston Medical Group 

 

Established in 2010, Farm Fresh Kids is all about learning, community and local food. Plus, it’s a lot of FUN!

Farm Fresh Kids is an incentive program about healthy eating and active living, giving kids the power to decide what foods to buy and consume. It was created by the Abingdon Farmers Market to incentivize children to increase their consumption of fresh produce, in addition to receiving nutritional and physical education lessons from different community groups.

Every Tuesday afternoon market starting at 3pm in the summer, children receive hands-on experience in choosing fruits and vegetables, tasting and preparing different foods, and interacting with each other during active play. Following the interactive lesson, children are given a $10 Fresh Buck coupon to spend on healthy foods at the market.

Some children buy broccoli, squash, apples, strawberries, and some even leave with vegetables like fennel. Fresh Bucks are a successful way to keep children attending the program in order to receive more educational resources, thus building health habits.

As families become more accustomed to shopping at the farmers’ market, parents experience how easy it is to expose their children to different tastes and healthier foods should become more common on the kitchen table.

Market is open 3pm – 6pm and Farm Fresh Kids runs 3pm until 4:30pm