Blackstone Farmers Market

09/04/2026

We've made it everyone, September is here and hopefully the last of the summer heat is behind us! Let's not wish away summer so quickly just yet, come on out to the market this Saturday, September 5th from 8am-12pm and gear up for all of your Labor Day holiday needs.

Pro tip: start off your market adventure with Cheyenne at the JCF coffee station to get your morning pick me up percolating as you shop around the market. There will be delicious baked treats from The Bunbun Baker to enjoy with your coffee or for your dessert needs. Stop by Steady Porch Farm and get some lovely flowers for your special someones who deserve a bouquet to lighten up their holiday table. This is an exciting time for farmers across Virginia as summer and fall crops begin to intersect! Get your grill-able veggies, salad toppings, and all of your chicken needs from Junction City Farm that will fill the bellies of whoever gathers at your table this weekend. Speaking of party guests, if you need a thoughtful take away gift, Locust Grove Honey Bee Farm has adorable mini jars of fresh local honey that will be the perfect reminder of how sweet your party was. And it is never to early to start planning for next years holiday meals, pop by Double C Farms tent and get signed up for some local beef for next year, they also might have some other sweet goodies for sale here soon!

Fact of the week: Why do you have to refrigerate some eggs and others you don't? That is because of the bloom! What is a bloom? The bloom is a protective layer that is around the outside of the shell of your egg. This layer helps to keep out bacteria and other nasty things before the egg hatches. So to answer the first question; when eggs are washed, they must be refrigerated because the bloom is washed away and will no longer protect the egg. If your eggs are unwashed, then they can remain on your kitchen counter until you eat them.

In Virginia, in order to sell eggs at a farmers market, egg producers are required by law under the small farm production exemption, to clean their eggs, ensure they are free from cracks, and properly refrigerated during transport and sale.

08/28/2026

Can you all believe it's the last market in August?! We're excited to see y'all tomorrow Saturday, August 29th!

This weeks vendors: Junction City Farm, JCF Coffee, Locust Grove Honey Bee Farm, Steady Porch Farm, RiverQuest Handmade Soap, Syd’s Sourdough and Sweets, The Bunbun Baker, Double C Farms.

08/22/2026

Share your pics with us, we love seeing what y'all create!

Blistered shish*to, green bean, and sweet corn salad topped with cherry tomatoes. Inspired by Grisette RVA, ingredients available at the Blackstone Farmers Market 😋

08/21/2026

A cool morning today and hopefully tomorrow, Saturday August 22nd at the Blackstone Farmers Market! Grab a coffee this cool Saturday morning at the market - as a reminder 10% of our coffee sales go to our local food pantries!

This weeks vendors: JCF Coffee, Locust Grove Honey Bee Farm, RiverQuest Handmade Soap, The Bunbun Baker, Junction City Farm, Double C Farms

💡 Fact of the week: Did you know that sweet potatoes 🍠 are in the morning glory family (you know the ornamental vines with pretty flowers) and are not related to regular potatoes at all? You can see the family resemblance if you let a sweet potato vine flower: it produces trumpet-shaped blossoms that look almost identical to ornamental morning glories, just usually in pale lavender or white (see pic below). Some gardeners grow sweet potato vine purely as an ornamental groundcover for its heart-shaped leaves, without ever harvesting the tubers.

AND sweet potato leaves are edible and are a staple leafy green in a lot of cuisines — Filipino, West African, Caribbean, and parts of Southeast Asia and China all cook with them regularly.

They taste mild and slightly earthy, somewhere between spinach and watercress, and you prepare them pretty much the same way: sautéed with garlic, added to soups, or blanched and tossed in a salad. They wilt down quickly like spinach does. Nutritionally they're strong too, high in vitamins A, C, and K, plus antioxidants, and some studies suggest they even outshine the tubers in nutrient density per calorie.

See y'all tomorrow!

08/14/2026

Another weekend has arrived, and it's a great one to swing by the Blackstone Farmers Market, Saturday August 15th, from 8-noon.

This week's vendors: Junction City Farm, JCF Coffee, Steady Porch Farm, Double C Farms, Locust Grove Honey Bee Farm, RiverQuest Handmade Soap, Syd’s Sourdough and Sweets, Full Circle Bloom - Vertical Aeroponics.

💡Fact of the week: 🌟There is still time to catch the ultimate celestial light show! The Perseid meteor shower lights up our night skies every single summer. Because Earth follows a strict orbit, it passes through the exact same trail of space dust at the same time every year.

The meteor shower runs from mid-July through late August, always peaking predictably between August 11th and August 13th, but it can been seen though August 24th. Watch between midnight and dawn when the sky is darkest and meteor rates are highest. Oh, and these shooting stars are made of debris formed 4.5 billion years ago—making them as old as Earth itself! 🌠

08/07/2026

Thanks for sharing, Inn at Blackstone 💚☺️🍞🍯🌹🥕🍅

08/07/2026

Hello Friends! We are very much looking forward to seeing all of you at the market tomorrow, Saturday August 8th! Syd’s Sourdough and Sweets is back from vacation this week and will have all the sourdough goodies. Come early to get the best selection!

This weeks vendors: Syd’s Sourdough and Sweets , RiverQuest Handmade Soap, Locust Grove Honey Bee Farm, JCF Coffee, Junction City Farm, The Bunbun Baker, and Steady Porch Farm

💡Fact of the Week: Did you know that green peppers are just unripe bell peppers? If left on the vine longer, they ripen into yellow, orange, or red — they're all the same pepper, just at different stages of ripeness. That's also why red, yellow and orange bell peppers are sweeter and more expensive than green ones: they've spent more time on the plant converting starches to sugar, and farmers take on more risk waiting for that to happen.

08/02/2026

Pre-orders are open for pick up at the market, Saturday, August 8th!

07/31/2026

Woah, it's August! Summer is in full swing and it's going to be a mild morning at the Market! Come see us tomorrow, Saturday August 1st, from 8:00 a.m. to noon in blackstone's Town Square.

Vendors this week: Steady Porch Farm, RiverQuest Handmade Soap, Junction City Farm, The Bunbun Baker, JCF Coffee, Full Circle Bloom - Vertical Aeroponics

07/25/2026

Don't let the rain keep you home, We've got hot coffee to warm you up!