RSS FeedUSDA Farmer’s Market Opens Tomorrow (12th and Independence SW)
We heard from the USDA’s (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Agricultural Marketing Service that their farmer’s market is starting the retail season tomorrow, June 7, at 9:45 am when Acting Agriculture Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo will ring the opening bell. The market runs during the midday hours between 10 am and 2 pm at 12th St and Independence Ave SW and it’s been running for an amazing 17 year stretch. The 2013 season runs every Friday until November 22.
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WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 – Acting Agriculture Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo will ring the opening bell this Friday for the 18th season of the USDA Farmer Market. Many special guests, from the Columbia Heights Educational Center Band to a cookbook signing by the Beekman Boys, winners of the 2012 Amazing Race, will be present.
This year’s opening ceremony will celebrate farmers markets as a place for communities—rural and urban, farmer and consumer—to come together. From residents to tourists to the Federal workforce and other professionals, the activities planned will bring together all facets of the D.C. community to enjoy fresh produce and other goods from local farms. The USDA Farmers Market is part of USDA’s continued effort to encourage everyone to eat healthy and provide nationwide access to healthy foods every day via more than 7,800 farmers markets across the nation.
WHO: Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse and AMS Administrator Anne Alonzo
WHAT: Opening of the 2013 USDA Farmers Market
WHEN: Friday, June 7, 9:45 a.m.
WHERE: 12th and Independence Ave., S. W. (Smithsonian Metro)
Opening day activities include:
• Cookbook signing by the Beekman Boys, winners of the 2012 Amazing Race
• Cooking demonstration with Amanda Barnes, Registered Dietician, IL Creations
• Fuel Up to Play 60 with Reed Doughty, Washington Redskins player
• Photo opportunities with Smokey Bear, Woodsey Owl, Thermy, Fight Bac, and the USDA Dairy Cow
• Music by Columbia Heights Educational Center Band
• Educational activities from the D.C. Truck Farm
• Gardening activities
• Tomato plant giveaway, and more
Featured vendors include:
Grace’s Pastries – Herndon, VA
Owned by Grace Banabene. Fresh baked breads, brownies, cookies, fruit-filled pastries and empanadas
C&T Produce – Fredericksburg, VA
Owned by Craig and Tracy DeBernard.
A wide variety of seasonal produce, eggs, bedding plants and hanging baskets
Calvert Kettle Corn – Huntingtown, MD
Owned by Tom and Paulette Peterson. Kettle Popcorn in lots of different flavors
Hondo Coffee Company & Oh! Pickles – Manassas, VA
Owned by Arondo Holmes. A variety of fresh-roasted coffee blends and pickles
So Very Special – Frederick, MD
Owned by Alexandria and Melissa Hopko. Fresh herbs, plants, handmade soaps and skin care products
Swover Creek Farms – Edinburg, VA
Owned by Lynn St. Clair. A wide variety of produce, baked goods, jams/jellies, goat cheese, meats and prepared foods
Union Street Soaps – Fort Meade, MD
Owned by Nate Whaley. An assortment of handmade herbal soaps and more
Wild Mountain Honey Inc – Manassas, VA
Owned by Theodore Pratt III. A wide variety of honey and beeswax products
Penn Farm – Colonial Beach, VA
Owned by James Smith. A huge selection of fresh produce
Harris Orchards – Lothian, MD
Owned by Bill and Peggy Harris. Jams/Jellies, baked goods, cherries, nectarines and other fruits
Uptown Bakers – Hyattsville, MD
Owned by Jean Luc Calvet. An assortment of breads, muffins, croissants and other baked goods
Spider Hall Farm – Prince Frederick, MD
Apple Cider, Cheese, Meat, Milk, Ice Cream
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