VIRGINIA â Virginia Market Square is introducing a new free program: Power of Produce (PoP) Plus! for Seniors at the farmers market on Silver Lake at the Kline-Cuppoletti Park Facility.
This program was created at the Oregon City, Oregon, farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread to farmers markets all over the nation. The PoP Club for youth has been in Minnesota since 2014, and Virginia Market Square has and continues to participate. PoP Club for youth will open July 8 this year.
Each senior participant in the program who signs up at the market will receive a $2 token to be spent on fresh produce. Participants will receive their token once for every week they visit the market. They can choose to spend it on their own $2 selection of fresh, locally grown produce, or save their token for a future market. Youth receive two $1 tokens each week to be spent on fresh produce at the market.
VIRGINIA — The Virginia farmers market, Virginia Market Square, will open for the season on Thursday, June 10, on Silver Lake at 11 S. 9th Ave. W., also known as
VIRGINIA â The Virginia farmers market, Virginia Market Square, will open for the season on Thursday, June 10 at our location on Silver Lake at 11 South 9th Avenue West, also known as the âold gun clubâ or the Kline-Cuppoletti Park Facility. Weâll have a slightly smaller number of vendors that day, with more joining us June 17. Weâre open every Thursday afternoon, 2:30-6pm through October 14. Thereâs ample parking in the lot right next to the building and indoor handicap-accessible restrooms.
Vendors generally set up their tents in the shade of the many trees on the lake side of the building and extending south through the park. We also have some vendors inside the park facility. The SNAP/EBT access desk is just inside the door to the right, and our market is proud to accept both SNAP and FMNP (formerly WIC). We will follow Minnesota Department of Agriculture guidance for farmers markets about masks. Currently those guidelines do not require masks for o