[RP TownTalk] RP Farmers Market Weekly Highlights

[Jim Coleman]

Tomorrow : November 17, 2016  3 - 7PM
@: 4650 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD (next to Riverdale MARC
station) Get your great apples, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet & hot peppers,
winter squash,  spicy mix, spring mix and arugula, multiple sweet potato
varieties, tatsoi, mums, and other Fall crops. Also beets and nasturtiums
will be featured along with late summer peppers, tomatoes, chard, sweet
potatoes, garlic, onions, apples, fresh and hard cider, pastured meats, raw
milk cheeses, fresh goat cheese, many chile pepper varieties, smoked salmon
jerky, free range hen eggs (limited supply), fresh small batch roasted
coffees and more while we enjoy the Fall. Don't miss it! Evening hours are
fun at the market! We look forward to seeing you every Thursday from 3 to
7PM at the Riverdale Park Town Center, rain or shine.   WEATHER: High 64
and breezy. We'll be on the lot this week.

Feature News: What do you need for your Thanksgiving? We have turkey
breasts, thighs, smoked turkey, sausage for stuffing, winter squash,
greens, cheeses, olives, EV olive oil, duck eggs for pastry, wild caught
salmon, pastured Berkshire pork bacon and small batch roasted coffees for
breakfast, and some early holiday gifts too like handmade soaps.

This is the last week for *WIC - Farmers Market Nutrition Program*
matching. Maryland Market Money is back with a maximum $5 per week match on
WIC & SNAP purchases but the county isn't passing out more vouchers at the
market anymore this season. We are offering a new option for local
businesspeople that complement our food options.

One local business per week will be offered a slot at the farmers market to
offer services and goods that the market doesn't offer for $25 per week. We
suggest once a month attendance. If you're interested, please contact us.
Our music entertainer this week will be: Brûlée.

Coming Attractions: BODYPRINTS will be back on December 1 indoors. Sorry,
Red Chimney Farm and Jack Creek Plants is done until Spring. Stop by and
check us out, we will be there rain or shine! We're outdoors 3 to 7
until November
17 and coming up on the holidays of 2016 with our neighbors, friends, and
vendors.

Tomorrow's lineup includes the following vendors:

   - Groff's Content Farm
   - ECO City Farms
   - Blades Orchard
   - Cat's Paw Organic Farm
   - King Mushrooms - is back. Come over and say hi!
   - Baraja's Produce
   - Zeke's Coffee of DC
   - Dimitri's Olive Farm
   - Stone Hearth Bakery
   - El Taco Loco
   - Mystic Water Soap is also back from vacation.
   - Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe
   - Alaskawild Seafood - New salmon jerky!
   - Geppetto Catering BBQ
   - I Confect (Desserts & Nuts)
   - Christiane's Designs (knit goods)
   - A Little Pottery

Kid fun: Back to sidewalk chalk!!
Important Notices:
Save the Date: *Riverdale Park Festival of Lights & Holiday Market -
Saturday, December 17 - Noon to 8 PM *- Looking for volunteers decorating,
singing, helping Santa, and navigating trolley buses. Let us know if
interested.

*Winter Market is coming too!* Starting on *December 1 to March 30 from 3
to 7 PM Thursday*. - Need volunteers to help decorate, design temporary
interiors, etc. Please contact if interested.

Food safety notice: Due to our county's health department regulations, dogs
are no longer welcome at the farmers market. We love dogs but had too many
incidents. 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.
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