Do you want to reach farmers and foodies in your area? Use Instagram and Use Hashtags.
Hashtags help Instagram users find posts about topics that interest them, and — for now — it’s a free way to expand your reach!
Tips:
- Use up to 30 hashtags on each post
- Mix it up — Don’t use the same hashtags every time!
- Put the hashtags in the first comment — not in the text of your post
- Hide the hashtags a bit from your feed by using 5 dots before your list. (looks less spammy)
- To do this create your hashtag list with the dots in a separate app (Notes, email, text editor etc). Copy and paste them into the comment section right after you publish your post.
- Experiment — grab ones from our lists below but also explore to find ones that work for your market.
- Tag us so we can like and share your posts! @virginiafarmersmarkets
Photo by Sandy Foot Farm @sandyfootfarm
Virginia Farmers Market-Related Hashtags
#lovevamarkets #vafma
#vafarmersmarkets
#vagrown #virginiagrown
#virginiamade #vaartisans
#vaagriculture #loveVAag
#vaisforfoodies#vaisforfoodlovers
#vafoodie #virginiafoodies
#eatlocalva #vafarm
Virginia By Region
Richmond
#rvadine #rvafood #rvafarmersmarket #eatlocalrva #rvamarkets
Lynchburg
#LynchburgisforLocavores
Forest
#forestisforfoodies
Shenandoah
#ShenandoahFarmersMarkets
#ShopLocalintheValley
#BuyLocalShenValley
DC Area
#eatthecapital #dcfoodies
Share hashtags from your region with us!
Virginia Tourism Hashtags
#loveva
#visitvirginia
#virginiaisforlovers
#vaisforfoodlovers
Farmers Market Week Hashtags
#farmersmarketweek
#virginiafarmersmarketweek
#nationalfarmersmarketweek
Use #lovemymarket in August for the Farmers Market Coalition’s Love My Market contest
Photo by Mary Delicate @marydelicate
National Farmers Market-Related Hashtags
#farmersmarket #farmersmarketfinds #farmersmarkets
#markethaul #farmersmarkethaul #eatlocalgrown
#farmtotable #farmtofork #farmtoface
#howilocal #howisummer #locavores
#jerf #eatrealfood #foodismedicine #whole30homies
#eattherainbow
By Organization
- Virginia Farmers Market Association: #vafma #vafarmersmarkets #lovevamarkets
- Virginia Grown: #virginiagrown #vagrown
(Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) - Virginia Farm Bureau: #loveVAag
- Virginia Tourism: #loveva #visitvirginia #virginiaisforlovers #vaisforfoodlovers
- Virginia Foodie: #virginiafoodie or #vafoodie
- Virginia Association for Biological Farming: #virginiaorganic #vabf
- Artisan Center of Virginia #vaartisans #lovevaartisans #vaartisantrails #vaoystertrail
- American Farmland Trust #nofarmsnofood
- Buy Fresh Buy Local #buyfreshbuylocal – add your BFBL region to the hashtag (example: #BuyFreshBuyLocalShenandoah)
Farmers
#meetyourfarmer #knowyourfarmer
#virginiafarms #virginiafarm #vafarming #vafarmlife
#virginiaorganic #vaagriculture
#womenwhofarm #femalefoodheroes #soilsisters #farmher
Modern Farmer: #iamamodernfarmer
National Food/Farm Publication’s Hashtags
#iamamodernfarmer – Modern Farmer
#eeeeeats – The Infatuation
#eater – Eater
#bareaders – Bon Appetit
#eattheworld – Saveur
#spoonfeed – Spoon University
#thekitchn – The Kitchn
#myopenkitchen – William Sonoma
#cookit – Epicurious
#eatfamous – Eat Famous
#forkyeah – ForkYeah
#feedyoursoull – Feed Your Soull
#huffposttaste – Huffpost Taste
#foodbeast – Food Beast
#damnthatsdelish – Delish
Photo by Stephanie Ganz @salganz