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Farmers Market's 11th Season Underway!
On the Music Stage this week,
April 30th:
Eric Brooks
Jazz Sax

Join us every Thursday,

April 9 through November 19, 2009

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

@Prince George's County's Favorite

"Producers-Only" Farmers Market



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 starts earlier than ever this year: Thursday, April 9th, and will continue through Thursday, November 19th. As always, the hours will be 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Please join with me in welcoming J-Wen Farms & Dairy (w/grass fed whole, 2% and 1% milk, and farmstead cheeses added to the market this year.)

Chesapeake Greenhouse out of Sudlersville, MD will offer hydroponic lettuce throughout the season this year.

Neopol Savory Smokery will offer their fine family farm supporting products at our market this year.

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

WIC Coupons accepted

May and June:
Early crops, bedding plants, strawberries, flowers, baked goods, eggs, jams, and honey.

July to September:
Tomatoes, corn, potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, peas, cabbage, turnips, assorted berries, baked goods, eggs, baskets, honey, and peaches.

September and October:
Late summer crops plus along with apples, pumpkins, peppers, gourds, cider, mums, baked goods, and eggs.

VENDORS & VOLUNTEERSNEWSLETTER
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 our new 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.

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.


Location of Riverdale Park Farmers' Market

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