[RP TownTalk] RP Farmers Market Weekly Highlights

[Jim Coleman]

Tomorrow : October 20, 2016  3 - 7PM
@: 4650 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD (next to Riverdale MARC station)
Get your great peaches, apples, green beans, sweet & hot peppers, summer &
winter squash,  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, smoked salmon jerky, Maryland wine, 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 80 and partly sunny. We'll be on the lot this week.

Feature News:
I Confect is our new cupcake and nuts vendor. Stop by 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: *White Port Wine*.

Coming Attractions:
Sorry, Red Chimney Farm is done for the year due to drought and other
factors. Musachio Produce will be back next week. BODYPRINTS will be back
on November 10th.

Stop by and check us out, we will be there rain or shine!
We're outdoors 3 to 7 until November 17 and glad to welcome 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
   - Peachy Family Dairy
   - Jack Creek Plants
   - Baraja's Produce
   - Zeke's Coffee of DC
   - Dimitri's Olive Farm
   - Stone Hearth Bakery
   - El Taco Loco
   - Roy & RT's Garden
   - Simple Pleasures
   - Alaskawild Seafood
   - Geppetto Catering BBQ
   - Elk Run Vineyard
   - A Little Pottery
   - Mystic Water Soap
   - Christiane's Designs - Knit Goods
   - I Confect Desserts & Nuts
   - Prince Georges Master Gardeners

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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