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2017/18 EDITION!
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission
P.O. Box 745 / 15045 Burnt Store Road / Hughesville, MD 20637
Tel. 301-274-1922 / FAX: 301-274-1924
[email protected]
SMADC is a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
©2017Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC)
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and
St. Mary’s Counties and the DC Metro Area
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Piney Orchard Farmers’ Market
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Anne Arundel County
Farmers’ Market
Late March – Mid December: Saturday, 7 a.m. –
noon, Sunday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Late May – Late
September: Tuesday, 7 a.m. – noon. Located at
Early June – Late October: Wednesday, 2 p.m. –
6:30 p.m. November: Noon – 4 p.m. (Thanksgiving
– Special Market Day, call for details.) Located in
the Piney Orchard Community and Visitor’s Center
parking lot on Stream Valley Drive off Route 170
in Odenton.
Manager: William Morris (410) 867-9162
[email protected]
www.aaedc.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
the corner of Harry S. Truman Parkway and
Riva Road in Annapolis.
Contact: Brenda Conti (410) 349-0317
[email protected]
www.aacofarmersmarket.com
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Anne Arundel Medical Center Farmers’ Market
Early June – Late October: Friday, 10:30 a.m. –
Severna Park Farmers’ Market
Late April – Late October: Saturday, 8 a.m. – noon.
Located in the park and ride lot on Jones Station
Road and Ritchie Hwy (Route 2), Severna Park.
Manager: Anita Robertson (410) 924-3092
www.aaedc.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
CALVERT COUNTY
1:30 p.m. Located at the 2001 Medical Parkway,
South Tower, Lower Level in Annapolis.
Calvert County Farmers’ Market
Contact: Laura Tenner (443) 534-4515
www.aaedc.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Brooklyn Park Farmers’ Market
Mid June – Late August: Monday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Located at Brooklyn Park Middle School,
200 Hammonds Lane in Brooklyn Park.
Early May – Mid November: Saturday, 7:30 a.m. –
noon. Located at the Calvert County Fairgrounds,
140 Calvert Fair Drive, Barstow.
Contact: Jennifer Pettko (410) 535-4583
[email protected]
www.calvertag.com
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Contact: Jodi Risse (410) 222-5900
www.aaedc.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Calvert Memorial Hospital
Farmers’ Market
Early May – Late November: Tuesday, 3 p.m. –
Crofton Farmers’ Market
Mid April – Late October: Wednesday, 3 p.m. –
7 p.m. Located at Crofton Country Club, 1691
Crofton Parkway in Crofton.
Contact: Chad Houck (410) 353-2861
www.aaedc.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
7 p.m. Located at parking lot adjacent to Route 4,
130 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick.
Contact: Jennifer Pettko (410) 535-4583
[email protected]
www.calvertag.com
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
North Beach Friday Night Farmers’ Market
Early May – Early October: Friday, 6 p.m. –
9 p.m. Located on Bay Avenue and 5th Street.
Contact: Stacy Wilkerson (410) 257-9618,
(443) 624-3156
[email protected]
www.northbeachmd.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Solomons Farmers’ Market
Early May – Mid November: Thursday, 3 p.m. –
6:30 p.m. Located in Riverwalk area parking lot,
north of Solomons Pavillion.
Contact: Jennifer Pettko (410) 535-4583
[email protected]
www.calvertag.com
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Spider Hall Farmer’s Market
June – September: 2nd and 4th Saturdays,
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Located on Route 231 at
3915 Hallowing Point Road, in Prince Frederick.
Contact: Catherine Hamilton/Amy Rippey
(410) 610-0094
[email protected]
www.spiderhallfarm.com
www.facebook.com/SpiderHallFarm
CHARLES COUNTY
La Plata Farmers’ Market
Early April – Late October: Saturday,
8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wednesday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Holiday Market Wednesday, Nov. 1. Located
on Talbot Street, La Plata, next to Charles
County Courthouse.
Contact: Seth Koons (301) 934-8421 x116
[email protected]
www.townoflaplata.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Maryland Farmers’ Markets!
Waldorf Farmers’ Market
Early May – Late November: Saturday, 9 a.m. –
1 p.m. Located at O’Donnell Street and
St. Patrick’s Drive in St. Charles.
Downtown College Park Farmers’ Market
Contact: Tina Eaton (301) 934 8571
Mid April – Late November: Sunday, 10 a.m. –
2 p.m. Located at the Market City Hall
Parking Lot, 4500 Knox Road.
[email protected]
Contact: Ryan Chelton
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Bowie Farmers’ Market
Mid May – Late October: Sundays, 8 a.m. –
[email protected]
www.downtowncollegeparkmarket.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Our Local Bounty, St. Thomas Church Farmers’ Market
Early June – Late September: Saturday 8 a.m. –
noon. Located at the corner of Croom Road and
St. Thomas Church Road, at 14300 St. Thomas
Church Road, Upper Marlboro.
Manager: Jeff Colburn (301) 627-8469
[email protected]
www.stthomascroom.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Greenbelt Farmers’ Market
Early May – Early December: Sunday, 10 a.m. –
noon. Located at 15200 Annapolis Road,
near Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.
2 p.m. (closed Labor Day weekend). Located
in the parking lot behind the Greenbelt
Municipal Building.
Contact: Matt Corley (301) 809-3078
Manager: Nancy Solomon (240) 476-8769
[email protected]
http://bowiefarmersmarket.org
[email protected]
www.greenbeltfarmersmarket.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Port Towns Farmers’ Mercado
Early June – Late September:
Saturday 10 a.m. –
1 p.m. Located at 4521 Kenilworth Avenue,
in the 3 Brothers Restaurant parking lot in
Bladensburg.
Manager: Jennifer Lumpkin (347) 657-0667
www.ecocityfarms.org/foodPTFM
www.facebook.com/PTFarmers Market/
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Cheverly Community Market
Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Riverdale Park Farmers’ Market
Early June – Late October: Every other Saturday,
Late April – Mid November: Saturday, 9 a.m. –
8 a.m. – noon. Located in the parking lot at the
Community Center, 6401 Forrest Road, Cheverly.
1 p.m. Located in the Hollywood Plaza
Shopping Center at 9801 Rhode Island Avenue.
Manager: Tim Fothergill (301) 773-1406
Contact: Christiane Williams (240) 421-2454
[email protected]
www.cheverlycommunitymarket.com
[email protected]
www.hollywoodmarket.org
www.facebook.com/HollywoodMarket
Contact: James Coleman (301) 586-5973
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
College Park Farmers’ Market
Early May – Mid November: Saturday, 7 a.m. –
noon. Located on parking lot of Herbert Wells Ice
Rink/Ellen Linson swimming pool, 5211 Paint
Branch Parkway (across from the College Park
Airport).
Manager: Phil Miller (301) 399-5485
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/CollegeParkFarmersMarket
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Hyattsville Farmers’ Market
Early June – Late September: Tuesday, 3 p.m. –
7 p.m. Located at 3799 East-West Highway and
Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville.
Manager: Ellarose Preston (301) 985-5000
[email protected]
www.hyattsville.org/591/farmers-market
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Year-Round: Thursday, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Located
in the MARC parking lot off 4650 Queensbury
Road in Riverdale Park (winter market is indoors).
[email protected]
www.rpfarmersmarket.org
The Farmers’ Market at Maryland
Early April – Mid November: Wednesday, 11 a.m. –
3 p.m. Located on-campus at University of
Maryland near Cole Student Activities Building.
Manager: Larry Tumlin
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/FarmersMarketUMD
Some vendors accept WIC and Snap
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USDA (Beltsville) Farmers’ Market
June – Late October: Thursday, 9:30 a.m. –
2 p.m. Located in parking lot B on 5601
Sunnyside Avenue.
Contact: Edward Hicks (301) 504-1776
[email protected]
gwcc.customerservice.dm.usda.gov
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
ST. MARY’S COUNTY
California Farmers’ Market
Late April – Mid November: Saturday, 9 a.m. –
1 p.m. Located in the BAE Systems parking lot on
Route 235 and Town Creek Drive in California.
Contact: Donna Sasscer (240) 309-4021
[email protected]
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Historic Sotterley’s
Farmers’ Market
Late May – Late September: Friday, 4 p.m. –
7 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Located at 44300
Sotterley Lane in Hollywood. When entering the
grounds, go right at the four-way; park by the
Visitor’s Center.
Contact: Valerie Grimm/Joe Goldsmith (301) 373-2280
[email protected]
www.sotterleyfarm.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Home Grown Farm Market
Spring Period: April – Mid June: Saturday,
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Peak Period: Mid June – Early
September: Wednesday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday,
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Winter Period: Early September –
Mid December: Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Located
at 21078 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park.
Contact: Abby Trossbach (301) 872-5003
[email protected]
www.homegrownfarmmarket.webs.com
www.facebook.com/HomegrownFarmMarket
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted.
North St. Mary’s County Market
April: Wednesday and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
May, September and October: Monday –
Saturday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. June – August: Monday
– Saturday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. November: Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Located in
the Charlotte Hall Library parking lot at the corner
of Route 5 and Route 6.
MARKETS AND EBTS
Contact: Donna Sasscer (240) 309-4021
[email protected]
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior) and FVC accepted
Many markets have Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT/SNAP) machines which help to increase access of local farm-fresh foods to
families on federal nutritional assistance
programs. The general public can also use EBT/
SNAP machines to buy foods using a credit
card. Ask the market vendors if they accept
credit cards and check the guide listings for
markets that offer EBT/SNAP.
Wholesale
Farmers’ AUCTIONS
Loveville Produce Auction
Produce auction for wholesale customers: Early
February – Early December: Monday, 11 a.m.,
Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. Small Lot Auction
begins half-hour after regular auctions. Fresh produce harvested daily from local farms, including
bedding plants, flowers and hay. Produce and hay
auction dates may vary according to product availability through the growing season.
These auction days are open to the general public:
Craft Auction: Saturday, May 6, 9 a.m.
Pumpkins Galore: Wednesday, September 27, 9 a.m.
Located in Loveville at 40454 Bishop Road off
Route 247 (Loveville Road).
To request a detailed schedule of auctions, write
to: Loveville Produce Auction, 25655 Lone Spruce
Lane, Mechanicsville, MD 20659.
Southern Maryland Regional
Farmers’ Market
(Cheltenham Market)
Auction for wholesale customers: horticulture,
produce and hay/straw. Packaging supplies
available for sale. Horticulture: Spring (mid April –
early June): Wednesday, 2 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.
Produce: Summer/Fall (mid June – late October):
June – August: Thursday, 7 p.m., September –
October: Monday and Thursday, 7 p.m.
Hay/Straw: Winter (November – April): 1st and
3rd Saturday of month at noon.Located at 11701
Crain Hwy (Route 301), Cheltenham, MD 20623.
Contact: Kris Williams 800-533-FARM (3276)
(301) 372-1066
[email protected]
www.smrfm.webs.com
Download the SMADC Farmers’ Market Guide and other
SMADC Farm Guides at www.smadc.com.
Maryland Farmers’ Markets!
Main Street Farmers and
Artists Market
Year Round: Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Located
Southern Maryland Meats...
fresh from the farm!
Ask for the So. Maryland Meats brand at your
local market! Find out more on the web!
www.southernmarylandmeats.com
A program of SMADC
Regional Markets
MARYLAND
at 301 Main Street, Gaithersburg, at the corner
of Main and Hart Streets.
Contact: Amanda Cornaglia (301) 258-6350 x162
Falls Church Farmers’ Market
January – March: Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon.
April – December: Saturday, 8 a.m. – noon.
Located at City Hall Parking Lot 300, Park
Avenue, Falls Church.
Contact: Howard Herman (703) 248-5027
[email protected]
www.gaithersburgmd.gov
[email protected]
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
WASHINGTON, DC
Olney Farmers’ Market
Early May – Early November: Sunday, 9 a.m. –
Chevy Chase Farmers’ Market
1 p.m. Located on the grounds of Medstar
Montgomery General Hospital on Route 108
and Prince Philip Drive.
Year Round: Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Contact: Janet Terry (202) 257-5326
Contact: Haroun Hallack (304) 839-1206
[email protected]
www.olneyfarmersmarket.org
www.chevychasefarmersmarket.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market
Located
at Lafayette Elementary School on the corner of
Broad Branch and Northampton Street, NW.
Crossroads Farmers’ Market
Takoma Park Farmers’ Market
Year Round: January – March: Sunday, 10 a.m. –
1 p.m. April – December: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. –
Late May – Late December: Wednesday, 11 a.m. –
Year Round: Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
3 p.m. Located on Anne Street at 1021 University
Boulevard E., in Takoma Park (across from Rite Aid).
Located in Old Town Takoma Park on Laurel
Avenue, between Carroll and Eastern Avenue.
[email protected]
www.takomaparkmarket.com
1:30 p.m. Located at 20th St. NW, between
Massachusetts Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.
Contact: Michelle Dudley (240) 601-5532
[email protected]
www.crossroadscommunityfoodnetwork.org
Contact: Megan Day (520) 203-6102
[email protected]
www.freshfarm.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
VIRGINIA
Foggy Bottom FRESHFARM Market
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Downtown Silver Spring
FRESHFARM Market
January – March: Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April – December: Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Early April – Late November: Wednesday,
Ballston FRESHFARM Market
3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Located at 901, 23rd Street NW,
between 23rd and 24th Streets.
Early April – Late October: Thursday, 3 p.m. –
Contact: Megan Day (520) 203-6102
Located on Ellsworth Drive between Fenton
and Georgia Avenue.
7 p.m. Located at 901 North Taylor Street in
Welburn Square, Ballston.
[email protected]
www.freshfarm.org
Contact: Pierre Grahn (301) 661-0691
Contact: Pierre Grahn (301) 661-0691
[email protected]
www.freshfarm.org
[email protected]
www.freshfarm.org
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC
and EBT/SNAP accepted
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted.
FMNP checks (WIC & Senior), FVC and EBT/SNAP accepted
Ask for genuine Southern Maryland farm
products at these regional markets!
www.facebook.com/SMADC.MD
www.instagram.com/southern_maryland_ag
www.twitter.com/smadc
Riverdale Park Farmers’ Market
Port Towns Farmers’ Mercado
Our Local Bounty Farmers’
Market
Hyattsville Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Greenbelt Farmers’ Market
Downtown College Park
Farmers’ Market
College Park Farmers‘ Market
Cheverly Community Market
Bowie Farmers’ Market
Waldorf Farmers’ Market
La Plata Farmers’ Market
Spider Hall Farmers’ Market
Solomons Farmers' Market
North Beach Farmers' Market
Calvert Memorial Hospital
Farmers‘ Market
Calvert County Farmers’ Market
Severna Park Farmers’ Market
Piney Orchard Farmers‘ Market
Crofton Farmers’ Market
Brooklyn Park Farmers’ Market
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Anne Arundel County
Farmers’ Market
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WASHINGTON
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The average distance that your food travels
from farm to plate is 1,500 miles. Buy truly local and
you can get your food faster and fresher.
The So. Maryland, So Good logo assures that
your purchase is really
Southern Maryland grown.
Local isn’t always local!
Did You Know?
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Map designed by
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Farmers’
Markets
featuring Southern Maryland Farm products
So. Maryland Regional Farmers’
Market (Cheltenham Market)
Loveville Produce Auction
North St. Mary’s Farmers’
Market
Home Grown Farm Market
Historic Sotterley Farmers’
Market
California Farmers’ Market
USDA (Beltsville) Farmers’
Market
The Farmers’ Market at
Maryland
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There is nothing more delicious than
fresh food at its peak! Use this chart
to find Southern Maryland farm
products year round.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMS
Supporting farms promotes fresher
air, cleaner water, healthier families,
stronger economies, safer food and a
greener planet.
Visit www.smadc.com
for information on how to support
local farms.
TAKE THE BUY LOCAL
CHALLENGE!
Pledge to eat at least one thing from
a local farm every day during Buy
Local Week (last full week in July)!
Visit www.buylocalchallenge.com to
find out more.