<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Riverdale Park's Farmers Market</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:15.6pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">TOMORROW: July 17th, 2014 3PM - 7PM</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:15.6pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Get your tomatoes, peaches, 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 Summer. Don't miss it! Many new and enticing products will be coming to the market this year! Come and enjoy the festive early Summer atmosphere! Evening hours are fun at the market! We look forward to seeing you Thursdays from <span><span>3pm to 7pm</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> at the Riverdale Park Town Center, rain or shine. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">
<b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">WEATHER: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(57,57,57)">High 84F. Chance of rain : None. Warm & breezy.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Feature: <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/414791-what-are-the-health-benefits-of-cantaloupe/" target="_blank">What are the health benefits of canteloupes?</a></span></b></p>
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<b>(Courtesy of Livestrong.com)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Growers:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> 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, Jack Creek Plants, and Elk Run Winery.<br>
<br><b>Tasty Treats: </b>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. <br>
<br><b>Speciality: </b>Shine Massage & Wellness<b>, </b>Mystic Water Soaps, Master Gardeners & Anacostia Hours.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">
<br>For your listening pleasure, Piedmont blues legend <b>Rick Franklin</b> will be back at the market this week.</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Important Notices:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">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: * Peaches! * 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 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Our favorite nationally known local food site, <a href="http://localharvest.org/" target="_blank">localharvest.org</a></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> is always looking for more reviews of the market.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">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! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Riverdale Park Farmers Market is supported in part by So Maryland So Good..</span></p>
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