Frequently Asked Questions

We accept all major credit/debit cards and cash.

We no longer accept checks due to too many bounced/bad checks we’ve received in the last few years…

We currently do not. The Point of Sale System we currently use to accept cards do not have the capacity to process SNAP transactions. We are working on one day being able to accept SNAP/EBT cards at our markets.

We accept the WIC Farmers’ Market coupons/vouchers.

We do accept the WV SFMNP vouchers at all of our everyday produce roadside stands and farmers markets we attend. However, only on all West Virginia grown and homegrown produce.

According to the SFMNP guidelines, you can purchase items that were locally grown or locally sourced in WV. Eligible items vary depending on its growing season. To get an estimate of when your favorite local produce may be available to purchase with your vouchers, you can look at our GAFWV Produce Harvest Lists in the Produce tab or check with our employees working at any of our markets.

For SFMNP vouchers, at your local WV Senior Centers. To be eligible, you must be at least 60 years old of age and meet income guidelines.

For WIC, at your local WIC office.

It is not! Local produce just depends on its growing season. We open our markets with out-of-state produce that are just not available locally yet! With patience, all produce sold at our markets will be local. Whether it is grown at our farm or from a trusted local farm. Please refer to our GAFWV Produce Harvest List in the Produce tab for our estimation of when produce items will be local (not a guarantee).

In the peak of the season of locally grown produce, we grow about 85% of the produce we sell at our everyday produce roadside stands. Since we do not have orchard trees, we are not able to provide any tree fruit sold at our roadside stands. A good idea of what we grow ourselves can be found in the Produce tab.

Yes! You will find only locally grown produce at the Bridgeport and Clarksburg Farmers Markets. Local produce items will continually be brought to the farmers markets depending on its growing season.

We are not certifiably organic. We are considered a conventional farm. However, we still try to use as many organic practices as possible. We grow and care for our crops and fields keeping in mind that the goal is sustainability.

Some of our tomatoes are greenhouse grown, not hot-house, to be able to get some tomatoes earlier in the year. However, we grow most of our tomatoes outside and will appear much later in the summer!

Our sweet corn is NON-GMO.

No!

Generally not, we grow Peaches and Cream (yellow and white) corn! If we happen to grow Silver Queen that year, the supply and growing season is very limited.

Yes, they’ll be available by the 25 lbs tomato box (approximately a half bushel) starting in mid-August through mid-October.

Heirloom tomatoes have seeds that have been passed down from generation to generation and have not changed. They generally have a shorter shelf life, but have a unique, colorful appearance and are packed full of flavor! They cost more than the round red varieties because they are fragile and difficult to grow. They are more labor intensive and must maintain specific growing practices.

We sell a great variety of red tomatoes. However, they are planted all together in the tomato fields and are picked all together without separation. Once distributed to the markets, the tomatoes are a mixed variety. Please refer to our list of produce plants in the Garden Plants tab to see what kind of tomatoes we grow at the farm.

*This list may not provide exactly all produce varieties we grow, but what we generally grow every year.

Hot banana peppers we provide are Hungarian wax (mildly hot) and Infernos (very hot). We primarily sell more Hungarian wax than Infernos, but keep an eye out for Infernos as they do appear every now and then.

What we offer in bulk is limited (not all produce items are available in bulk). We offer hot peppers, sweet banana peppers, bell peppers, canning tomatoes, zucchini, squash, cucumbers and slicing tomatoes. Less occasionally, we offer green beans when available. 

Other item options may be available at the time but could be limited in supply to be able to distribute between all of the markets (produces less at a time at less of a rate) or could cost more due to limited availability.

We either take it to the local food pantries or reduce the sales price in our Reduced Section separate from our other produce.

The bad or rotten produce is taken back to the farm to be composted. We do not give it away for any reason due to liability concerns. Rotten produce is not meant for consumption by humans nor any other animal and we cannot be held responsible.

For cantaloupe, look for yellow/orange color and a strong cantaloupe smell from the stem. If it's still beige/green and you cannot smell the cantaloupe from the stem, it needs a few more days to ripen!

For watermelon, knock and listen for a hollow sound, look for a yellow spot, and strong contrasting dark and light stripes on the outside.