<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:20.799999237060547px"><font size="4"><b>Riverdale Park's Farmers Market</b></font></span><br>
</p><h3 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:20.799999237060547px">TOMORROW: June 26th, 2014 3PM - 7PM</h3><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">
Get your sweet corn, sugar snap peas, blueberries, garlic scapes, turnips, leafy greens galore, jams and jellies, apples, greens, flowers, plants, pastured meats, free range hen eggs, artisan aged goat and raw milk cheeses while we enjoy the heart of Spring. Maybe peaches?!@%! Don't miss it! Many new and enticing products will be coming to the market this year! Come and enjoy the festive early Spring atmosphere! Evening hours are fun at the market! We look forward to seeing you Thursdays from 3pm to 7pm at the Riverdale Park Town Center, rain or shine. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">WEATHER: </strong><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21px">High 88F. Chance of rain super low. Warm & breezy.</span><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><b>Feature: Greens</b></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px"><a href="http://www.leafy-greens.org/top10.html">Top 10 Reasons to eat your greens</a></span></p>
<div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div> from the the Leafy Greens Council.<p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%" style="font-family:Verdana"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#9F2060">#10</font> - Your mother told you there are few other vegetables that are as rich in essential vitamins, vital minerals and food value as cruciferous vegetables!<p>
<font color="#9F2060"># 9</font> - Your mother told you they are high in calcium. (Cruciferous vegetables are excellent natural sources of calcium, which helps to maintain healthy bones and prevent osteoporosis.)</p><p><font color="#9F2060"># 8</font> - Your mother told you they have high vitamin E. (Vitamin E has been found to inhibit skin tumors and carcinogenesis in a number of tissues.)</p>
<p><font color="#9F2060"># 7</font> - Your mother told you they have high ascorbic acid. (Since vitamin C is not stored by the body, adequate amounts must be taken every day. In addition to its cancer-inhibiting characteristics, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is essential for the production of the white blood cells that protect against infections and bacterial toxins.</p>
<p><font color="#9F2060"># 6</font> - Your mother told you they are high in Beta-carotene. ( Beta-carotene is a component of dietary vitamin A. A single serving of broccoli or one of the greens has enough beta-carotene to provide more than the daily allowance requirement of Vitamin A).</p>
<p><font color="#9F2060"># 5</font> - Your mother told you they are high in fiber. (The American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines call for the consumption of 25-35 grams of fiber a day).</p><p><font color="#9F2060"># 4</font> - Your mother told you they are low in calories.</p>
<p><font color="#9F2060"># 3</font> - Your mother told you they have no cholesterol.</p><p><font color="#9F2060"># 2</font> - Your mother told you they are fat free. (Increasing the amounts of vegetables in our diets can help in controlling weight).</p>
</font><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#9F2060"># 1</font> - Your mother told you to join the Cruciferous Crusaders All-Star Cancer fighting team. (35% of all cancer deaths may be related to what we eat. Consumption of certain vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables, has been associated with a reduction in the incidence of cancer in humans).</font></p>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">For storage tips and recipes, ask your farmers. They're very smart.</p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">Growers:</strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px"> Blades Orchard, Thanks God It's Fresh, Happy Hens Barnyard, Boxers Rest Farm, Musachio Produce, ECO City Farms, Groff's Content Farm, Red Chimney Flower Farm, and Jack Creek Plants. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px"><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">Tasty Treats: </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe, Geppetto Catering BBQ, Zeke's Coffee of DC, Ruben's Crepes, The Verandah Indian Food, Migue's Magnificent Mini Donuts, Stone Hearth Bakery, and Bonaparte Breads. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px"><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">Speciality: </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px">Mystic Water Soaps and Shine Massage & Wellness, and Prince George's Master Gardeners.</span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px">For tomorrow's listening pleasure: Maple Joint Venture--a jazz ensemble made up of veterans of the DC rock, bluegrass, and jazz scenes. Among them is RPFM-seasoned musician, Tom Alderson. Performing a lively selection of swing and bebop favorites featuring piano, lap steel, bass, and drums.</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.799999237060547px"><br>
</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Important Notices:</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">
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.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">Got ideas for improvements? Talk to or email Jim Coleman and share your thoughts! We can do it: change begins in Riverdale Park! <br>Bring Your Own Bag! <br>
We are also interested in making sure folks know about us on Yelp and Chowhound.<br>Shameless Promotion: Check us out on Twitter and Facebook!<br>Here's a sample of more top-quality, locally grown/made items available Thursday at the market: * Apples! * Sweet Corn, * awesome local seafood, * Sweet Corn, * delicious blueberries, * Sugar Snap peas, *kale, *greens, etc. * Spinach, Spring Mix, * Cilantro, * Free Range Eggs, * Fresh Chicken, * Cut & Potted flowers, * Baked Goods, * Grass fed Beef, * Pastured Pork and Lamb * Fresh Sausages * Breads & Pastries * Small Batch Roasted Coffee </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">Our favorite nationally known local food site, <a href="http://localharvest.org/" target="_blank">localharvest.org</a></p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px;display:inline-block;width:16px;min-height:16px">
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is always looking for more reviews of the market.</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">Send us your recipe with local ingredients and we'll put the best recipes in next week's newsletter and give you a $10 Fruits & Veggies gift certificate from the market! </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">Facebook is soliciting for reviews of our market. Please tell them what you love about our market! If there's something you dislike about our market, please tell me first so I can address it personally, <a href="mailto:rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com" target="_blank">rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com</a>. As one customer recently told us, "Riverdale Park is the fun market!" Each week we offer live music by award winning local artists, kids' entertainment, and a wide selection of fresh produce and specialty items sold directly by Maryland farmers. Held at our town center, 4650 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">Riverdale Park Farmers Market is supported in part by So Maryland So Good..</p></div>