09/11/2026
This is awesome news!
🌱 THAT’S A WRAP ON OUR 2026 FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SERIES! 🌱 And WOW. Our community showed up!
Here’s what you helped make happen this summer:
🛍️ 8,586 customer visits
💚 $4,034 in SNAP & LINK vouchers distributed
🥕 $2,824 in SNAP & LINK vouchers redeemed
👩🌾 699 vendor appearances
📍 82 market events
That’s almost TRIPLE the foot traffic and DOUBLE the SNAP activity compared with last year!
These numbers represent more than a successful market season. They represent local farmers and vendors selling their products, families accessing fresh local food, and dollars staying right here in our communities.
A HUGE shoutout to all of our amazing vendors who chose our markets when they have so many places they could go. We appreciate you more than you know!
A very special thank you to Experimental Station for funding the work that makes these markets possible. Link Up Illinois Link Match
We also could not do this without our incredible Market Managers:
❤️ Alisha Young, ❤️ PattiAnn Skees, ❤️ Jill Johnson Pruitt, ❤️ Kenneth Karen Worley, ❤️ Jessica Herdes, ❤️ Kim Hall Knoll and ❤️ Graycie Frye. If you see them around town, please tell them THANK YOU!
And we’re not done yet... 👉 Follow our page for details about the Winter Market Series at Olney Gathering Market. It's the 3rd weekend of the month (except December) and it's always at the City Park in the Swine Barn offering a completely ADA safe shopping experience. SNAP/LINK will be accepted at every market.
We have all kinds of exciting things in the works for next year, and we can't wait to share them with you. Thank you for making 2026 our biggest summer yet‼️ See you at the market! 🌱
