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From Peaches to Apples: Farmers Market
in its 11th Season Heads Toward Autumn


"The Farmers Market in Riverdale Park on Thursday afternoons ... is wonderful. There are all kinds of food, including meats and herbs as well as fruits and veggies. The best part is seeing neighbors and taking in the general atmosphere." --Delegate Anne Healey (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from our district, District 22)
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On the Music Stage this week,
September 24

Sounds of Riverdale Park's Own Archie Edwards Jambasadors

And Eric Brooks Jazz Sax

Join us every Thursday,

April 9 through

November 19, 2009

between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.


at Prince George's Favorite

"Producers-Only"

Farmers Market


Vignettes from this year's RP Farmers Market
Photos by Don Lynch

Support the market, rain or shine!

Fun @ the Market

Located in our historic town center
  • Great live music every week with award-winning local artists

  • A variety of great food vendors - shop and then stay awhile while, enjoy dinner while you take in the live music or chat with your neighbors!



  • More eggs, Maryland produced organic meats, and farm-raised oysters!!


  • Train displays every week by the RIVERDALE MODEL RAILROADERS!
Latest News


More Vendors Added,
Season Expanded for 2009

RP Farmers Market's 11th season runs from Thursday, April 9th, through Thursday, November 19th this year. As always, the hours will be 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

We are excited to have several new vendors this year, including J-Wen Farms & Dairy (grass fed whole, 2% and 1% milk, half-and-half, farmstead cheeses), Chesapeake Greenhouse (hydroponic lettuce throughout the year) and Neopol Savory Smokery.

More on these and all our other vendors below:

Fall is coming! So claim your Maryland-ness, Hon! Blue Crabs, Peas, You'll Say, "More, Please!" Also: Fresh Chicken! And Tomatoes!


Avis Turner (Thank God It's Fresh) is at the market again with delicious romaine, spinach, swiss chard, onions, radishes, beets, broccoli, baby yellow squash and zucchini! TGIF uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to further the future of the planet and minimize the need for pesticides.

Mike Musachio from Musachio Farms has lovely fresh shelled peas this week! Yum!! Also, the first tomatoes of the season! And try his lucsious leaf lettuce and other delicious vegetables!
Jack Creek Plants still has a few tomato varieties left -- including the heirloom Cherokee Purple; cherry and grape tomatoes; and a limited number of Big Boy and Beefsteak plants. Sweet and hot pepper plants, eggplants, squash and cucumber are also still available along with many herbs, annuals, and perennials

You can still squeeze in some planting! Richard's Hundred Farm will be on hand with seedlings to choose from so lettuce all grow and enjoy the fruits of our labors.

Chesapeake Greenhouse has hydroponic lettuces and microgreens this week and will be offering different varieties throughout the season!Each week they will bring their primary products, Boston Bibb and Salad Mix and a variety of other specialty products. All of their products are herbicide and pesticide free and have a longer shelf life with the roots still intact.


Jerry Worrell of Ferry Landing Farm and Apiary
will be back with his renowned eggs, perennials, and jams!Also look for Jerry's potted daylilies and cut flowers.

Groff's Content Farm
has fresh chickens now! Groff's Content is a family farm withfree range chickens, organic eggs, and grass-fed beef. Goat is now available -- look for upcoming recipes for ideas for preparing and enjoying goat meat. Coming in the next 2 or 3 weeks! Groff's Content Farm eggs and meat are delicious: taste the difference!

Eggs here, eggs there, eggs, eggs, everywhere! Yes, it's true, we now have TWO egg vendors. Quiche, souffle, cakes galore; scrambled eggs, French toast, egg salad sandwiches . . . try them all!

Master Peace Garden
will have fresh spring greens and other delicious vegetables this week. Look for an increasing variety of early summer vegetables as the season progresses!



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We have a new coffee roaster at the market! Check outZeke's Coffee!! ZEKE'S COFFEE of Baltimore offers small batch, fresh roasted coffee, using only high quality, arabica beans. We hope that you'll enjoy trying them as much as we enjoy roasting them! Zeke's believes in making a positive impact on the world!

Want something different for dinner?

Don't miss the Neopol Savory Smokery! They are famous for their smoked seafood, cheeses, poultry, game, and tofu. Owner Barbara Lahnstein uses locally grown ingredients whenever possible, smoked in high quality woods, and is well known in Baltimore for her savory cheese pies, curried chicken salad, and dozens of other seasonally changing smoked items.The smoked hummus is delicious and the savory pies make a lovely summer dinner!

Dinner for the family: enjoy Koh's Bulgogi Cart at the market! A family run business, they grow their own vegetables and feature delicious beef bulgogi and other authentic Korean dishes, including some delicious vegetarian options. Tofu Bibimbop! Delicious! They are a favorite in Rockville. No MSG-- no styrofoam! Yum! http://www.kohsbulgogi.com/

Did you know Crepes at the Market are made with many local ingredients, including peaches, honey, eggs, basil, cilantro, apples, tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, oregano, garlic-chive cheddar, horseradish cheddar, and onions. Don't forget to try their famous ranchito sauce! Excelente!

J-Wen Farms & Dairy is a wonderful vendor to have at the market-- we hope to see them again this week! Their chocolate milk is out of this world: the kids say it's like drinking chocolate ice cream! But better!

Kids' activities available at the market this week include sidewalk chalk and the Riverdale Model Railroaders!

Attention Patrons! In search of Volunteers to join our new grant proposal writing team! Email or talk to Jim Coleman for more information.

In A Pickle has Old World hand-crafted barrel pickles and pickled vegetables as well as the finest imported olives. The bread and butter pickles are crisp and flavorful, not too sweet, and the spicy pickles make a snappy addition to salads and sandwiches! Pickle lovers from far and wide rave aboutIn A Picklepickles-- taste for yourself and enjoy!

Mystic Water Soap
has some amazing perfume oils and facial masques as well as original handmade soaps. Michelle, whom some of you may know from Smile Herb Shop, makes Mystic Water Soaps from scratch using a traditional cold-process method and her own recipes and the purest natural ingredients.

For more information on the Riverdale Park Farmers Market, including complete list of vendors, musicians calendar, etc., please visit our website here.


Musical scenes from a day at the market:
Eleanor Ellis April 16th
Recording at the Farmers Market
Farmers Markets Make for a Greener, Happier Community

"Consumers have 10 times as many conversations at farmers' markets as they do at supermarkets—an order of magnitude difference. By itself, that's hardly life-changing, but it points at something that could be: living in an economy where you are participant as well as consumer, where you have a sense of who's in your universe and how it fits together. At the same time, some studies show local agriculture using less energy (also by an order of magnitude) than the "it's always summer somewhere" system we operate on now. Those are big numbers, and it's worth thinking about what they suggest—especially since, between peak oil and climate change, there's no longer really a question that we'll have to wean ourselves of the current model."
--Bill McKibben, "Reversal of Fortune: The formula for human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?"
Mother Jones,March/April 2007




Attention Patrons! In search of Volunteers to join our new grant proposal writing team! Email or talk to Jim Coleman for more information.

RECYCLE YOUR OLD YELLOW RECYCLING BINS & HELP MAKE THE FARMERS MARKET GREEN!
To our fabulous loyal patrons, RPFM's desire to do the right thing on recycling has bumped up against our interest in not squandering money on more equipment. We are wondering if you, our benefactors, would like to donate your old yellow recycling bins to us so we can place them in various locations around the market for recycling at the market, if your town has switched to the new larger recycling cans. You are welcome to decorate them if you so desire so we can show them off to other patrons too. We ask that your good taste, the retention of the original yellow color (to make it easier to spot and use), and your consciousness of their use (dirtiness on a rotating basis, cleaning, etc.) be the determining factors in your decoration of these necessary items for the market's use. Please contact Jim Coleman (rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com) with any other questions.

Got other ideas?
We are looking for small-scale, low-capital ideas for change. To paraphrase Gandhi, Be the change you want to see at the Market! Koh's Bulgogi cart sets a great example with their low-impact, earth-friendly packaging, an idea for composting at the Market is in the works . . . what else can we do to make a difference? Talk to or email Jim Coleman and share your thoughts!

We can do it: change begins in Riverdale Park!







WIC Coupons accepted.








VENDORS & VOLUNTEERS NEWSLETTER
Farmers Market has found some fantastic Volunteers
Craig Lindsay of Riverdale Park, retired from the FAA, has come forth to professionalize our bookkeeping and accounting functions. Please give him a pat on the back the next time you see him. Cynthia Mitchel, another stalwart customer, is in the process of being blessed to volunteer for graphic design work. Melissa Avery, from Music on the Rise, a non-profit supporting cultural arts in the Washington, DC area providing musician booking. Don Lynch, from Garret Room Studios providing sound engineering and photography, We are very lucky to have found such high caliber people to help us improve our functional operations. 		To sign up for the RP Farmers Market Newsletter (weekly e-mail list during the season):
Via e-mail: RPFarmersMarket@riverdale-park.org
Via the Web: http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/rpfarmersmarket

Newsletter Editor:
Joyanna Priest
jepriest@gmail.com
Riverdale Park Farmer's Market is
a volunteer-driven effort. To get involved,
e-mail Jim Coleman, coordinator, at rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com		 TOWN INFO

We love Riverdale Park!
Visit us at the town's website or on the RP Community Wiki.


How to Get There
The Riverdale Park Farmer's Market is held in our Historic Town Center, right next to the Riverdale Train Station (on the MARC Camden Line). This is at the corner of Queensbury Rd. & Rhode Island Ave., and is just three blocks from the intersection of Route 1 (Baltimore Ave.) & MD-410 (East-West Highway). There is free parking in the parking lots on both sides of the railroad tracks.

Riverdale Park is inside the Beltway on U.S. 1, a short drive from Washington DC (to the south) and the University of Maryland - College Park campus (just to the north). It is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Hyattsville, University Park, College Park, Edmonston and Bladensburg.

Commuters using the MARC Camden Line can easily take the MARC to Riverdale Park, get off, shop and enjoy the market, and then catch the next train home. Trains leave Riverdale Park headed north towards Baltimore at 4:49, 5:26, 6:53 and 7:45 pm.

The market is served by the F4 Metro bus, and "The Bus" Route 14. It is one mile from both Prince George's Plaza and College Park Metro stops on Metro's Green Line.

The market is just 6 blocks from the Northeast Branch Trail of the Anacostia Tributary Trails System, and looks forward to being directly on the new hiker-biker trail that will one day soon connect Hyattsville, Riverdale Park, and College Park along the old trolley trail alignment: The Green Alternative to Route 1!


Location of Riverdale Park Farmers' Market

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