[RP TownTalk] RP Farmers Market Weekly Highlights

[Jim Coleman]

TODAY : October 13, 2016  3 - 7PM
@: 4650 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD (next to Riverdale MARC station)
Get your great peaches, apples, green beans, hot peppers, white sweet
corn,  spicy mix, spring mix and arugula. Also beets and nasturtiums will
be featured along with late summer peppers, tomatoes, chard, carrots and
okra,  sweet potatoes, garlic, onions, apples, fresh and hard cider,
pastured meats, raw milk cheeses, fresh goat cheese, many chile pepper
varieties, 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 72 and sunny. We'll be on the lot this week.

Feature News:
BODYPRINTS is our new perfume vendor. Stop and say hello.

Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe is back with their homemade ice cream!
.
Maryland Market Money is back on 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: area jazz legend Brulee'.

Coming Attractions:
Sorry, Red Chimney Farm is done for the year due to drought and other
factors. Mystic Water Soap will be back next week.

Stop by and check us out we will be there rain or shine!
We're outdoors 3 to 7 for the rest of the year and glad to welcome early
Fall 2016 with our neighbors, friends, and vendors.

Tomorrow's lineup includes the following vendors:
• Groff's Content Farm
• ECO City Farm
• Blades Orchard
• Cat's Paw Organic Farm
• King Mushrooms
• Musachio Produce
• Jack Creek Plants
• Baraja's Produce
• Zeke's Coffee Company
• Dimitri's Olive Farm
• Stone Hearth Bakery
• El Taco Loco
• Roy & RT's Garden
• Simple Pleasures
• Alaskawild Seafood
• Geppetto Catering BBQ
• A Little Pottery
• BODYPRINTS
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. 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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