Join us from Thursday, May 1- October 30, 2008 between 3pm and 7pm @

Prince Georges County's Favorite "Producers Only" Farmers Market

Located in our historic town center

• Great live music every week with award-winning local artists
• More eggs, Maryland produced organic meats, and farm-raised oysters!!
  
• Train displays every week by the RIVERDALE MODEL RAILROADERS!

"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

Latest News
Busking (impromptu street music for tips) between 6pm and 7pm is now being encouraged by the market. Please contact: rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com for more info.

Asparagus and strawberries are still in season. Refreshing and delicious local strawberries are now plentiful.
Groff's Content Farm has pasture raised whole chickens for your enjoyment.
Thank God It's Fresh, LLC is featuring zucchini and yellow squash. Mystic Water Soap now has many new products including perfume oils, facial masques, new bath soaps, and new lotion bars. Vinnie Bevivino and Adam Schwartz of the Engaged University will bring bike blended pedal power smoothies on June 5!
Green Guild Biodiesel will be launched later this summer. They will also have a trial run for distributing fuel, an information table about biodiesel and the coop, sell fuel in 5 gallon containers and one-day memberships in the near future.
Ole Pioneer's Kitchen has added beef bacon and Italian meatballs and turkey breakfast sausage to its menu of fine bacons and sausages.

Our new pickle vendor, In a Pickle,features Old World Hand-Crafted Barrel Pickles and Pickled Vegetable Products and the finest Imported Olives.
Vinnie Bevivino, Community Garden Educator from UMD's Engaged University,
recently demonstrated the following recipe:

Springtime Asparagus Soup

serves 4 to 6

1 1/2 lbs asparagus
1 large leek, white part chopped
6 cups vegetable stock or water
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion
2 tablespoons raw white rice
salt and pepper to taste

1. Trim the asparagus into three sections: ends, middles, and tips. Use the bottom ends to make stock, finely chop the middles and set aside, and set aside the tips for garnish.
2. Heat the oil in a soup pot. Add the leek, onion, and rice and saute for about 8 minutes, until the onion is slightly cooked. Add 1 cup of the stock or water, and stew for 10 minutes. Add the chopped asparagus and the remaining stock and simmer partially covered for 12 to 15 minutes. If desired, pass the soup through a food mill or slightly blend to thicken. Add salt and pepper to taste
3. Add the asparagus tips to the soup and cook for until tender, about 4 minutes. Serve.




2008 June to July Music Schedule Announced

Date	Musician 1	Musician 2	Event Name
6/5/2008	Suzanne Brindamour		Music @ the Market
6/12/2008	David Lafleur		Music @ the Market
6/19/2008	Doug Alan Wilcox		Music @ the Market
6/26/2008	Michelle Swan		Music @ the Market
7/3/2008	Sara Nade		Music @ the Market
7/10/2008	David Lafleur		Music @ the Market
7/17/2008	Michel Baytop	Rick Franklin	Piedmont Blues Jam
7/24/2008	BanjerDan		Music @ the Market
7/31/2008	Paint Branch Ramblers		Music @ the Market

For more info on these great musicians, check our website:
http://www.rpfarmersmarket.org/musicians.html

Our favorite nationally known local food site, localharvest.org, is now soliciting for reviews of our market. When you get the chance, 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, rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com.

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. Riverdale Park Farmers Market is a producers only market located close to NE Washington DC. Products include top quality locally grown asparagus, arugula, strawberries, carrots, eggs, cut and root flowers, garlic scapes, jams and jellies, kale, head, leaf and mixed lettuce, spring onions, flower and vegetable plants, radishes, rhubarb, artisan bread and other baked goods, and more, plus local vendors that produce items that complement farm products, like fresh sausages, locally roasted coffee, pickles, pottery, soap, and more. Eat dinner at the market while you shop!

New in 2008, Groff's Content Farm will be providing organic eggs, chicken, turkey, pork, and lamb at our market. Groff's uses no hormones, no antibiotics, and feed their cattle and sheep on green grass and hay only. We will also be welcoming farm-raised mercury free fresh oysters from Circle C Oyster Ranch on May 22.

We will also have biodiesel in Riverdale Park, courtesy of Green Guild Biodiesel, a non-profit biodiesel buyer's club beginning on June 15, 2008.

We look forward to seeing you from May 1 - October 30 on Thursdays from 3pm to 7pm.

Held at our town center, 4650 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD 20737

Here's a sample of our vendors:
Groff's Content Farm
Circle C Oyster Ranch, coming June 12, 2008
D & S Farm
Ferry Landing Farm and Apiary
Richard's Hundred Organic Farm
Jack Creek Plants
Master Peace Community Garden
Musachio Produce
Red Chimney Flower Farm
Thank God Its Fresh (TGIF)

A Little Pottery
Crepes at the Market
Miguel's Magnificent Donuts
In a Pickle
Cosmic Bean Coffee Company
Gracie's Gotcha Gingers
Mystic Water Soap
Profusions of Glass Jewelry
Stone Hearth Bakers
Sweet Nuthouse
Green Guild Biodiesel Coop


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.

Town Center is located at Queensbury Road and the Riverdale MARC Station