Abundant August Harvest, Master Gardeners, Music & More at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wed . Aug 21 . 3-7PM

Rain or Shine! Join us for Week 14 of the 2019 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market on Wednesday, August 21st, 2019, 3-7 PM!  We're in the Railyard behind the historic Mount Airy train station at 3 North Main Street, Mount Airy, MD 21771.  Convenient parking is available in upper and lower the Bank Parking Lots across Main Street and up in the  Municipal  Parking  Lot off of Park Avenue.

Have you had the chance to enjoy The Sweet Farm's Ginger Beer, Krautz, Pickles, and Dilly Beans? They're Probiotics, Fermented, and are Healthy Chum for your Tum! The Sweet Farm also sells a nice array of their tasty Pork Products. Find The Sweet Farm's Vibrant Truck and products towards the back of the market! Be sure to Say "HI" to Zoe and don't forget to get  your Ginger Beer Growlers filled!

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ASK A MASTER GARDENER: The Carroll County Master Gardeners will be at the Market to give you tips and answer all your gardening questions about the summer gardening season! This Wednesday, learn about how to collect and save your seeds!

MUSIC AT THE MARKET: 4:00 - 6:00 PM - Darla Jean and the Somethin' or Others will be serenading us with their down-home, old-timey music, plus some country and a little bit o' rock!
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FALL HARVEST COMING SOON!!! We're entering the last six weeks of the 2019 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market, when you'll soon say goodbye to summertime produce and when the beautiful, crispy fall produce will appear! This Wednesday,  we will say hello to the beginning of apple season. Look for early apples, such as Honeycrisp, Ginger Golds, and Galas in August.  For more information about varieties of Maryland Apples, estimated harvest times throughout the fall, please  click here. ​​

VENDORS AT THE MARKET:  The Farmers and Producers at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday,  August 21st - RAIN OR SHINE *or heat of day* - are slated to be:

The Cove

• Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse 
• Staffords Produce Farm
• Whispering Breeze Farm 
• The Meat Shack at Strohmer’s Farm*
• Pong's Orchard
• Cannon Apiary - Honey​
• The Dough Whisperer ​​​​
• The Garden Basket​​

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​Community Partner: Walmart-Mount Airy 
in support of Mount Airy Net!
Day's Sponsor: ExpressCare

Market Cafe​

• Mommy Magic Cakes ​
• Dragon Distillery
• Carol's Corner
• Mount Airy Main Street Association
• Ask  a Master Gardener
  - Carroll County Master Gardeners
• ExpressCare - Spin the Wheel!

​Savory Row​

• ​Pizza Llama ​
• Furnace Hills Coffee
• The Sweet Farm ​​

*Find Bud Strohmer of The Meat Shack between Furnace Hills Coffee and Pizza Llama on Savory Row.

​Be sure to visit all of our amazing farmers and producers as listed above, and cool your core with a Jessica's Snowball while you're at the Market this Wednesday!

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 TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP! ​Stir-Fried Pork with Eggplant, Chile, and Runner Beans from Bon Appétit- 32 of Our Favorite Eggplant Recipes. Find your Pork Products from Strohmer's Farm, The Sweet Farm and Whispering Breeze, and your Eggplants from any one of our veggie vendors!

Did you know? Culinarily, Eggplant is a vegetable, as it’s used in main dishes and not eaten for sweetness. Its origin is considered to be India where it continues to grow wild. This spiny, bitter, orange, pea-sized fruit has been cultivated throughout India and China for more than 1500 years.(Source: Just the Facts - Interesting Facts about Eggplants)

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Remember to Make it Memorable on Main! Shop. Dine. Tour & Enjoy! 
Find time to visit Main Street, from merchants such as Ben Gue's Collectables and Gifts, Blossom and Basket Boutique, Déjà Vu Boutique or George's Girls, to Creative Array, the Mount Airy Commons, S&K Printing & Gifts;  Restaurants ...Laurienzo Brick Oven Cafe, Olde Town Restaurant, Cryin' Johnnies, SuperFoods Cafe & Market, Concetta's MainStreet Bistro,  and The Upper Deck ... AND SO MUCH MORE! We've got it all!  Check out the FULL DIRECTORY  on the Mount Airy Main Street Association's Website.

The Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market is a production of the Mount Airy Main Street Association in partnership with the Town of Mount Airy and made possible in part by the generosity of our Sponsors and Partners: Carroll Health Group, Health Unlimited, ExpressCare, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates, Shakthi Health and Wellness, The Music Cafe in support of ICARE, The Morgan Inn, Carroll Community Bank,   and Community Partners, Walmart-Mount Airy in support of Mt. Airy Net, SuperFoods Cafe & Market and Fogle's Asphalt.
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The Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market was formed in 2007 and is a production of the Mount Airy Main Street Association in partnership with the Town of Mount Airy.   The 2019 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market runs on Wednesdays, May 15-September 25, 2019,  3 - 7 p.m. It is located in the historic Town of Mount Airy, Maryland in the Railyard behind the historic Mount Airy Train Station at 3 North Main Street, Mount Airy, MD 21771. To learn about the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market, please visit MountAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket.org or follow us on Facebook.