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In a ceremony held at the Nampa Farmers Market, Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling issued a proclamation naming July 13th as “Nampa Farmers Market Day” in honor of the Market’s 35th birthday. Joined by Nampa Farmers Market Board President Bob Wagner, Secretary Niccole Perrine, Treasurer Michele Alidjani, Board Members Micah Ladd, Josh Cook and Market Manager Jeralynne Bobinski, Mayor Kling read the declaration after opening remarks from Wagner. Wagner said that the Nampa Farmers Market was founded on July 15th, 1989 by John and Afine Relk with just three Vendors, bringing in a total of $6000 for the season. The Market…

Nampa Farmers Market Board member Niccole Perrine and Vice President Brecca Hipwell appeared on Channel 7 to talk about all of the many items available at the Nampa Farmers Market https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDvXGtfe5ok

The Nampa Farmers Market is proud to announce that we have been voted one of the very best Farmers markets in the United States! The Farmers Market Coalition, a part of American Farmland Trust has announced it’s winners for Best Farmers Markets nationally with the Nampa Farmers Market placing first in the state of Idaho, first in the Pacific Region, and third best in the United States. “It is a huge honor to be recognized nationally as one of the best farmers markets in the country” said Board of Directors President Bob Wagner. “It’s wonderful to see that others are…

Fans of super hot, taste-bud torturing hot peppers have the opportunity to test their capsaicin tolerance at the Nampa Farmers Market on Saturday, September 24. Registration is available online at Nampafarmersmarket.com Contestants will be lined up and given a succession of hot peppers starting with relatively mild peppers like the Jalapeno (3500-8000 Scoville Units) and Serrano (8000-23,000 Scoville Units) progressing to Habanero (200,000 – 350,000 Scoville Units), Ghost Pepper (1,000,000 Scoville Units) Carolina Reaper (2,000,000 Scoville Units) and even hotter. (if it gets that far!) Contestants must eat the entire pepper, holding up the bare stem when they are done.…

While 2021 was the biggest ever for the Nampa Farmers Market, 2022 looks to be even bigger! The Market will host two soft opening Saturdays on April 2, and 9th, before the Grand opening on April 16th - the earliest ever. This year there are more Market days on the calendar. And as of this writing, the Nampa Farmers Market has more Vendors than ever - a whopping total of 151! "This year promises to be the best ever for the Nampa Farmers Market" says Board President Bob Wagner. "We have so many new Vendors to add to the already…