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Making music at the market

By Cindy Hadish INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – Mark Armstrong missed the camaraderie he experienced as a farmers market vendor after ending his popular venture in cheesemaking with Acoustic Farms, a micro dairy in rural Springville. Armstrong has been able to keep strumming in those settings, though, even when his career path switched from dairy farming. He […]

No dogs allowed at nighttime farmers mar...

CEDAR RAPIDS – Market After Dark, the night version of the Downtown Farmers Market, is prohibiting pets at its upcoming event this weekend, although service animals are allowed. During the nighttime market’s first two years, some customers brought dogs, as they are allowed during the regular daytime Downtown Farmers Markets, but Ellen Bardsley, communications manager […]