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Buy Local! Enjoy the Local Flavor of the Colors of Fall Harvest at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wed. Sept. 20 . 3-7 PM

9/20/2023

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"Mother Nature paints her picture all across the mountainside. She's got a special box of crayons and doesn't stay within
​the lines; the red and gold of autumn against a bluebird sky, a Blueridge Mountain Backroad is music to the eyes."
Colors and Crossroads by Sideline


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BUY LOCAL, EAT HEALTHY! WE HAVE FRESH FRUIT, VEGGIES MUSIC AND MORE! Come Buy Local with us and enjoy the bright bluebird sky this Wednesday, September 20th,  2023, 3-7 PM!   Find farm-fresh foods, autumn fruits & veggies, and more for your fall parties! Enjoy a bit of Mind Body & Spirit this Wednesday . . .  Our featured Vendor is Poopsies Pastries - Gabrielle is returning for the last two markets of the season with her Gluten and Dairy-free pastries! We will be in the Railyard behind the historic Mount Airy Train Station, at 3 North Main Street in Mount Airy, Maryland, this Wednesday and every Wednesday, 3-7 PM, through September 27,  2023!  Convenient parking is available in the lower lot of Liquidity Aleworks, in the new Municipal Lot at the corner of Prospect and N. Main St., and  up in the  Municipal  Parking  Lot off of Park Avenue.  You may even enjoy a nature walk by parking at Watkins Park & walking down the Rails-to-Trails path to the market! 

Wish to hop the  bus to the market?  The Mount Airy Senior Task Support (MASTS) has their final bus service of season running today, Wednesday, September 13th, 3-6PM. They will be leaving from the Mount Airy Senior Center in Carroll County and from ​the American Legion Gold Star Post #191  in Frederick County.  


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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 fall/winter gardening season! Try to stump them!​

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​MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM: Darla Jean and Friends  will be serenading us with their down-home, old-timey folk and bluegrass tunes (in the public domain). 
​Thank you to Darla Jean and all of her friends for performing at the market this season, and many seasons since 2007!

​VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers, Producers and amazing Community Members at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, September 20th, are slated to be:
​​In the Cove:
  • Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse:  Seasonal Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Plants, Herbs  & Cut Flowers & More
  • Pong's Orchard:  Seasonal Fruit – Asian Pears, Peaches, Apples & more!
  • Walker Honey Company: Local Honey, Jam, &  Beeswax Wraps, Bee products
  • Raize the Bar:  Artisan Brownies, Blondies & Other Bar Goods.
  • DC Dills: Pickles
  • Libertas Estates/Maryland Duck Co.: Libertas Estates Wines & limited availability - Duck Eggs & Whole Ducks.​
  • Twin Valley Distillers: Craft Distilled Bourbons, Whiskeys, Rums & Cocktails to go
  • The Urban Winery: Maryland's only urban winery, has an excellent selection of varietals, both bottled and canned.
  • ​Mount Airy Main Street Association: Information & Give Aways.
R2T Food Court:
  • Bold Love Bakery,  Naturally-Leavened Breads, Pastries made with Home-Grown and Locally Sourced ingredients such as Breads (Sourdough loaves, baquettes, and sandwich loaves), Cookies, Scones, Pies, Croissants, Donuts, Jelly Sticks, Cinnamon Buns, Chocolate Buns
  • Bold Love Farm: Produce, Ready to Heat Vegetarian Soups  & Quiches, Salad Kits, Flat Breads, Spreads & Sauces, Sweets & Sides, Coffee, Tea 
At the Platform Stage:
  • Scenic View Orchards: Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Greens, Herbs 
  • Poopsies Pastries: Gluten Free Scones (variety of flavors), gf/dairy-free mini-muffins & More!
  • Kelly's Homemades: Bath Bombs, Body Butter, Lip Scrub, Shower Steamers, Sugar Scrubs, Bath Salt, Beard Balm & More!
  • Carol's Corner and Wayne's Wood Tattoos: Embroidered Towels and Totes & Chef's Towels;  Hand-Carvedand/or Wood-Burned Wooden Signs & Plaques​
  • Patapsco Bicycles - Free Bicycle Safety Check
  • Carroll County Master Gardeners
*Please note that Stafford Farms will not be at the market today, but will return for the final farmers' market of the season on Wednesday, September 27th. 

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TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP! Dried 5-Spice Asian Pears from InsanelyGoodRecipes.com. This is a delicious and healthy snack that is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth. The pears are first coated with a mixture of Chinese five spices – cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, ginger, and star anise. The result is a sweet and savory treat that is perfect for snacking on or using as a topping for yogurt or ice cream.

Did you know? According to SURPRISING BENEFITS OF STAR ANISE YOU SHOULD KNOW, "Star anise contains essential oils known for their antimicrobial and antiviral properties, making it a valuable spice for supporting a healthy immune system. Incorporating star anise into your diet, especially during cold and flu seasons, can provide a natural boost to your body's defense mechanisms."


​​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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​​​Remember to Make it Memorable on Main Street! Shop. Dine. ​Tour & Enjoy!  Find time to support a Main Street business when you can.  A list of Main Street merchants can be found on the  Mount Airy Main Street Association's Website. 
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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,  and made possible in part by the generosity of our  2023 Sponsors and Partners: Catonsville Homes, Liquidity Aleworks, Health Unlimited, Browning Reagle Insurance Company, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates,  The Morgan Inn,   and Community Partners, Walmart-Mount Airy in support of Mt. Airy Net, and SuperFoods Cafe & Market  in support of educational programming. Interested in becoming a sponsor during the 2023 Market season, please email: Alice Settle-Raskin, Market Master, at MtAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket@gmail.com. 

​The  2023 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market season runs Wednesdays, 3-7pm, May 31 through September 27.  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. 

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Celebrate Local! Find the Fall Harvest Season, Music & More at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wed . Sept. 13 . 3-7PM

9/13/2023

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"Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah! Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah! 
Underneath that tree, There's just gonna be you and me. Underneath that apple suckling tree, oh yeah!"
- Apple Suckling Tree by Bob Dylan and The Band

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BUY LOCAL, EAT HEALTHY! WE HAVE FRESH FRUIT, VEGGIES MUSIC AND MORE! Come Buy Local with us - Rain or Shine this Wednesday, September 13th,  2023, 3-7 PM!   Find farm-fresh foods, autumn fruits & veggies, and more for your fall parties and  cookouts and for your kids school lunches and after school snacks!  Enjoy a bit of Mind Body & Spirit this Wednesday . . .  Our featured Vendor  is new to the market,  Pillar 2 Wellness; stop by to see Patrick who will introduce you what he offers - Vibracoustic and Massage Therapy sessions! ​ We will be in the Railyard behind the historic Mount Airy Train Station, at 3 North Main Street in Mount Airy, Maryland, this Wednesday and every Wednesday, 3-7 PM, through September 27,  2023!  Convenient parking is available in the lower lot of Liquidity Aleworks, in the new Municipal Lot at the corner of Prospect and N. Main St., and  up in the  Municipal  Parking  Lot off of Park Avenue.  You may even enjoy a nature walk by parking at Watkins Park & walking down the Rails-to-Trails path to the market! 

Wish to hop the occasional bus to the market?  The Mount Airy Senior Task Support (MASTS)  is continuing their bus service on the first and third Wednesdays, 3-6 PM,  from  the Mount Airy Senior Center in Carroll County and from ​the American Legion Gold Star Post #191  in Frederick County.  The next and final bus service this season will run this Wednesday, September 13th, 3-6PM.


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ADOPT A DUCK/DUCKS FOR THE 4th ANNUAL MOUNT AIRY DUCK RACE! 
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Come Adopt a Duck this Wednesday, September 13th, 3-7PM! ​ The Rotary Club of Mount Airy will be at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market for the last time before the September 17th Mount Airy Duck Race! 

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MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM:  Sara Horsfall ... Enjoy listening to  Sara on the classical guitar playing some old time classics  (in the public domain). Her music and the market just go together like Grapes to Wine; and Wine goes with everything! It'll be a treat to have her music back at the market once more. Find Wines at the Market today by visiting The Urban Winery and Libertas Estates/Maryland Duck Company!

VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers, Producers and amazing Community Members at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, September 13th, are slated to be:
In the Cove:​​
  • Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse:  Seasonal Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Plants, Herbs  & Cut Flowers & More
  • Walker Honey Company: Local Honey, Jam, &  Beeswax Wraps, Bee products
  • DC Dills: Pickles
  • Libertas Estates/Maryland Duck Co.: Libertas Estates Wines & limited availability - Duck Eggs & Whole Ducks.​
  • Twin Valley Distillers: Craft Distilled Bourbons, Whiskeys, Rums & Cocktails to go
  • The Urban Winery: Maryland's only urban winery, has an excellent selection of varietals, both bottled and canned
  • ​Mount Airy Main Street Association: Information & Give Aways.

R2T Food Court:
  • Bold Love Bakery,  Naturally-Leavened Breads, Pastries made with Home-Grown and Locally Sourced ingredients such as Breads, Cookies, Scones, Pies, Croissants, Donuts, Jelly Sticks, Cinnamon Buns, Chocolate Buns
  • Bold Love Farm: Produce, Ready to Heat Vegetarian Soups  & Quiches, Salad Kits, Flat Breads, Spreads & Sauces, Sweets & Sides, Coffee, Tea 
At the Platform Stage:
  • Scenic View Orchards: Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Greens, Herbs 
  • The Stafford Farms: Natural Fed, Field Raised Beef, Pork, Poultry and Seafood (Crab Pretzels, Crab Cakes,) Eggs, Cheese, Preserves, Honey, Pickles, Salad Dressings, Sauces, Old Fashioned Sodas.
  • Elderberry Cabin: Bees Wax Candles, Handmade Soap, Dried/Freeze-Dried Elderberry, Jelly, Loose Tea
  • Stem & Stone: Field-Grown Flowers by the Stem
    ​and Prearranged Bouquets plus Handmade Pottery with a focus on vases to accompany the cut flowers!
  • Pillar 2 Welless: Patrick Borlik of Pillar2Wellness who offers private Vibracoustic and Massage Therapy sessions!
  • KIDS TENT: Play Checkers! Enjoy Time after school!​​
  • Rotary Club of Mount Airy, Maryland: Purchase tickets & adopt a "Rubber Duck" to win the September 17th Mount Airy Duck Race.*
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TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP! Crispy Butternut Squash Spinach Salad with Bacon-Shallot Vinaigrette from 30 Butternut Squash Recipes To Make This Fall. What a colorful & flavorful fall salad full of nutritious goodness! This bacon dressing is incredible on anything, particularly sweet, roasted butternut squash. Make extra and serve it over your fall salads all season long. Find your Butternut Squash, Shallots (or onions) and Salad Greens or Spinach at the market today from Five Points Farm Market and Greenhouse, Scenic View Orchards or Bold Love Farm (Certified Organic) and your Bacon from The Stafford Farms!

Did you know? 
Butternut squash is loaded with Vitamin A, in fact one cup provides more than you need for the whole day! According to NIH, "Vitamin A is important for normal vision, the immune system, reproduction, and growth and development. Vitamin A also helps your heart, lungs, and other organs work properly." Check out  5 Facts about Butternut Squash  from   Daily Harvest Express.com! 


​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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Remember to Make it Memorable on Main Street! Shop. Dine. ​Tour & Enjoy!  Find time to support a Main Street business when you can.  A list of Main Street merchants can be found on the  Mount Airy Main Street Association's Website. 
​

​​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,  and made possible in part by the generosity of our  2023 Sponsors and Partners: Catonsville Homes, Liquidity Aleworks, Health Unlimited, Browning Reagle Insurance Company, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates,  The Morgan Inn,   and Community Partners, Walmart-Mount Airy in support of Mt. Airy Net, and SuperFoods Cafe & Market  in support of educational programming. Interested in becoming a sponsor during the 2023 Market season, please email: Alice Settle-Raskin, Market Master, at MtAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket@gmail.com. 

​The  2023 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market season runs Wednesdays, 3-7pm, May 31 through September 27.  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. 

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Buy Local! Farm-Fresh Fruits, Veggies, Music & More Await You at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wed . Sept 6 . 3-7PM

9/5/2023

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"I'm a-gonna raise a fuss. I'm a-gonna raise a holler about working all summer, just -a trying to earn a dollar!
. . . Sometimes I wonder  w
hat I'm a-gonna do, but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!"
Summer Time Blues by Eddie Cochran


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BUY LOCAL, EAT HEALTHY! WE HAVE FRESH FRUIT, VEGGIES AND MORE! Come Buy Local with us - Rain,  Shine or Heat of Day this Wednesday, September 6th, , 2023, 3-7 PM!   Find farm-fresh foods, fruits & veggies, and more for your Labor Day Weekend cookouts and for your kids school lunches and after school snacks!  Our featured Community Member this Wednesday is the Rotary Club of Mount Airy, MD - adopt a Rubber Duck, a Quack Pack or a Quack Attack - to Win at the Mount Airy Duck Race taking Place on  September 17th!!! There's less than a couple weeks away until the rubber duckies race , so you need to get your "ducks in a row" while you can and adopt some!!! We will be in the Railyard behind the historic Mount Airy Train Station, at 3 North Main Street in Mount Airy, Maryland, this Wednesday and every Wednesday, 3-7 PM, through September 27,  2023!  Convenient parking is available in the lower lot of Liquidity Aleworks, in the new Municipal Lot at the corner of Prospect and N. Main St., and  up in the  Municipal  Parking  Lot off of Park Avenue.  You may even enjoy a nature walk by parking at Watkins Park & walking down the Rails-to-Trails path to the market! 

Wish to hop the occasional bus to the market?  The next bus service will run this Wednesday, September 6th,
3-6PM. 
The Mount Airy Senior Task Support (MASTS)  is continuing their bus service on the first and third Wednesdays, 3-6 PM,  from  the Mount Airy Senior Center in Carroll County and from ​the American Legion Gold Star Post #191  in Frederick County. 


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MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM: Karen & Otis from Three-4-All will be performing "Old-Time" tunes at the Market. The songs will be from the period from before time began ... no, not really, but before 1927 and within the public domain! They'll be playing a little Ragtime, Folk, American ballads, Blues and more! It'll be a treat to have music back at the market once more. Let's thank them for a summertime full of music (and for coming out to join us on such a sizzling day!)!

VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers, Producers and amazing Community Members at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, September 6th, are slated to be:
In the Cove:
  • Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse:  Seasonal Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Plants, Herbs  & Cut Flowers & More
  • Walker Honey Company: Local Honey, Jam, &  Beeswax Wraps, Bee products
  • DC Dills: Pickles
  • Libertas Estates/Maryland Duck Co.: Libertas Estates Wines & limited availability - Duck Eggs & Whole Ducks.​
  • Twin Valley Distillers*: Craft Distilled Bourbons, Whiskeys, Rums & Cocktails to go
  • Linganore Winecellars:  Wines, Bottled, produced by Linganore. 
  • ​Mount Airy Main Street Association: Information & Give Aways.
R2T Food Court:​
  • Bold Love Farm: Produce, Ready to Heat Vegetarian Soups  & Quiches, Salad Kits, Flat Breads, Spreads & Sauces, Sweets & Sides, Coffee, Tea 
At the Platform Stage:
  • Scenic View Orchards: Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Greens, Herbs 
  • The Stafford Farms: Natural Fed, Field Raised Beef, Pork, Poultry and Seafood (Crab Pretzels, Crab Cakes,) Eggs, Cheese, Preserves, Honey, Pickles, Salad Dressings, Sauces, Old Fashioned Sodas.
  • Elderberry Cabin*: Bees Wax Candles, Handmade Soap, Dried/Freeze-Dried Elderberry, Jelly, Loose Tea
  • KIDS TENT/COOLING TENT: Play Checkers! Enjoy Time before school starts!​​
  • Rotary Club of Mount Airy, Maryland: Purchase tickets & adopt a "Rubber Duck" to win the September 17th Mount Airy Duck Race.
​Please note that Bold Love Bakery's George will not be at the market this Wednesday and he asks you to support all the vendors at the market on this hot day!!! His other half, Kim, will be selling her ready to eat salads, and ready to heat quiches and soups! She has a beautiful array of certified organic veggies grown on Bold Love Farm, too!
 
​*Tentative

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TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP!  Sesame, Tomato, and Cucumber Salad from Southern Living's 25 Cool Salads For Hot. Take advantage of fresh summer produce by mixing up this bright, juicy salad. The flavorful vinaigrette elevates mere vegetables to works of culinary art.  Serve a slice of summer with a tomato and cucumber salad. The vinaigrette is made with salty soy sauce, but berfore serving, sprinkle a pinch of flaky sea salt to add texture to the fresh tomatoes.
Find your tomatoes and cucumbers today at Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse and Scenic view Orchards. 

Did you know? 
The largest ever tomato on record was picked in Oklahoma, USA, in 1986. In Ohio, USA, they love tomatoes so much that tomato juice is the official state drink! There are around 10,000 varieties of tomatoes worldwide! The first tomatoes in Europe may originally have been yellow. Learn more, including nutritional information regarding of the Fabulous Fruit, TOMATOES by reading, National Geographic Kids Top Ten Tomato Facts!​


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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Remember to Make it Memorable on Main Street! Shop. Dine. ​Tour & Enjoy!  Find time to support a Main Street business when you can.  A list of Main Street merchants can be found on the  Mount Airy Main Street Association's Website. 
​

​​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,  and made possible in part by the generosity of our  2023 Sponsors and Partners: Catonsville Homes, Liquidity Aleworks, Health Unlimited, Browning Reagle Insurance Company, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates,  The Morgan Inn,   and Community Partners, Walmart-Mount Airy in support of Mt. Airy Net, and SuperFoods Cafe & Market  in support of educational programming. Interested in becoming a sponsor during the 2023 Market season, please email: Alice Settle-Raskin, Market Master, at MtAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket@gmail.com. 

​The  2023 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market season runs Wednesdays, 3-7pm, May 31 through September 27.  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. 

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