[RP TownTalk] RPFM Weekly Highlights

[James Coleman]

Tomorrow : August 13, 2015  3 - 7PM

@: 6204 Rhode Island Avenue, Riverdale Park, MD (next to Riverdale MARC station)

Get your BlackBerries, corn (white), yellow wax beans, cantelopes, watermelon, new dug potatoes, squash, cantalopes, and onions.  apples, pastured meats, free range hen eggs, fresh small batch roasted coffees and more while we enjoy mid Summer. Don't miss it!  Evening hours are fun at the market!   We look forward to seeing you Thursdays from 3 to 7pm at the Riverdale Park Town Center, rain or shine. 

 

WEATHER: High 83 and 0% chance of rain this week.

Feature Farmers: We welcome back Cats Paw Organic Farm with their many tomato varieties, lettuce varieties and delicious baked goods. We are also congratulating Roy & RT's Kitchen & Garden into our regular lineup of veggie farmers. They have many unusual ethnic veggies and items that no other farmers will have.



Feature News: 

This week, Happy Faces will join us with face painting for the kids.



Through the generous contributions from the Riverdale Park Town Council and the facilitation of the Maryland State Farmers Market Association, the Maryland Market Money program is up and running again. Our new match amount for the Outdoor season is up to $7 for each $7 spent at the market.



You won't see at market this week: We expect Peachy Family Dairy back next week with their delicious goat products. Mystic Water Soap is on for the market tomorrow (We think). Sweet Tease Bakery will be back sometime this Fall (we hope).



Groff's Content Farm does a super job of raising pastured meats. Pick out your favorite recipe and try some this weekend. They also have some delightful raw milk cheeses for your enjoyment.


Growers: Groff's Content Farm - Pastured meats & eggs, ECO City Farm, Musachio Produce; Red Chimney Farm; Cats Paw Organic Farm; Roy & RT's Kitchen & Garden; Blades Orchard 's peach season is upon us.



Tasty Treats: Geppetto Catering BBQ, El Taco Loco, The Verandah (Indian food),  Roy & RT's Kitchen & Garden, Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe, Stone Hearth Bakery. 

Speciality: Alaskawild Seafood's wild caught salmon 



Entertainers: Great music from Piedmont Blues great Rick Franklin.



Kid fun: Good old sidewalk chalk & face painting from Happy Faces!

Important Notices:

Food safety notice: Due to a preponderance of evidence and our county's health department regulations, dogs are no longer welcome at the farmers market. We regret the loss but hope that our dog owning customers will forgive us for this change.

Important note about parking: only parallel parking is allowed on Maryland Ave (the road that passes under East-West Highway) -- please do not park in any other manner.


Thanks, JC 
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