K&R Farm Store, Kelly’s Fruit Market and Warren Farm Greenhouse, all located in Madison County, have been accepted into the 2025 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Farm Market Program, which is celebrating its 30th year.
As members of this prestigious program, these markets have committed to providing top-quality products and services to their customers. This certification ensures that each market meets the highest standards of quality, freshness, and marketing appeal.
“For three decades, Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Certified Farm Market program has been a huge benefit to both communities and hardworking farm families across the commonwealth,” said KFB President Eddie Melton. “It gives markets valuable resources, credibility and a support network, and it’s also a seal of approval that lets consumers know the food they’re buying was grown and raised by their trusted neighbors.”
Located at 476 Eastern Bypass in Richmond, Kelly’s Fruit Market offers a variety of Kentucky homegrown products, including tomatoes, half-runner beans, greasy beans and other mountain varieties, baby cucumbers, squash, zucchini, lettuces, corn, peaches, nectarines, cantaloupes and watermelons. The market also offers bedding plants, hanging baskets, ferns, vegetable plants, houseplants, nursery stock, fruit baskets, honey, sorghum molasses, jellies, maple syrup, fall mums, pumpkins, fodder and firewood. The market is open from March to December. Visit www.facebook.com/KellysFruitMarket for more.
Located at 942 Spanish Grove Drive in Richmond, K&R Farm Store offers farm-raised, USDA-inspected beef, pork, lamb and chicken. It also offers a variety of other Kentucky-proud products and honey. The market is open year round. Small, group tours available by appointment only. Visit www.kr-farms.com for more.
Warren Farm Greenhouse, located at 2325 Barnes Mill Road in Richmond, offers a selection of annuals such as bedding plants, hanging baskets, pouches, succulents, ferns, 50 varieties of tomato plants and other vegetable plants. The farm has six greenhouses, growing houseplants, perennials, shrubs and trees, as well as 60 different varieties of mums in the fall. It also offers pansies, ornamental cabbage and kale, and a large selection of pumpkins. The market is open from April to June and September to October. For more, go to www.facebook.com/WarrenFarmGreenhouse.
The KFB Certified Farm Market logo identifies markets certified through this program, and they are listed in the online directory. The program also provides collective advertising, promotional items, educational tour opportunities, and other marketing benefits, with the aim of increasing the net farm income of member markets.
Consumers can find the KFB Certified Farm Market Rack Card at Kentucky welcome centers, state resort parks, local chambers of commerce/tourism centers, and county Farm Bureau offices. For a complete list of markets, visit the KFB Certified Farm Market website at kyfb.com/certified or download the KFB App.
For more information, visit the website, e-mail kfbcertified@kyfb.com, or “Like” the Facebook page at facebook.com/KYCertifiedFarmMarket.
