Be Local! Come for July's Bountiful Harvest - Rain or Shine - at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wed . July 5 . 3-7PM

"Daddy, there's a lot that I don't know, but don't you ever dream about a life where corn don't grow?" ... "Son I know at your age it seems like this ole world is turnin' slow and you think you'll find the answer to it all where corn don't grow"
~ Where the Corn Don't Grow by Travis Tritt

Celebrate July's Bountiful Harvest & More! Come Buy Local with us - Rain or Shine - at Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, July 5, ​3-7PM! We've got a full market this week!!! Check out our featured producer, BOLD LOVE FARM! Farmer Kim Anderson will have some Organically grown produce, Ready to Heat Vegetarian Soups  & Quiches, Salad Kits, Flat Breads, Spreads & Sauces, Sweets & Sides, and locally sourced Iced Coffee and Iced Tea!  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, July 5, 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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​MAMSFM KIDS! CLUB -  4PM & 6PM -  Kids 5-15 who go through our educational program this Wednesday, July 5, will get a "My Plate" and a $5 voucher to use at the market towards healthy locally grown and produced foods! This Wednesday, we'll have local University of Maryland nutrition educator, Terry Serio, at the market who will teach kids about "My Plate" and the value of "Eating the Rainbow." MAMSFM Kids! Club is free and presents an opportunity for children 5-15,  to engage in the local food system through educational games and demonstrations and exposure to new locally-grown foods.  Running on the 1st Wednesdays, kids are invited to the Farmers' Market for fun & games!*Limited to 25 kids per scheduled MAMSFM Kids! Club day.

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MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM: Welcome Back, Steven Gellman! 
Steven is a local folk singer/song writer who is recognized by BILLBOARD MAGAZINE as an “Essential for fans of sensitive acoustic music.... Gellman has sort of a John Denver-ish voice in the way he hangs on to a note and floats the vibrato and carries the sentiment of his lyrics. ​

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VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers, Producers and amazing Community Members at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, July 5th, are slated to be:

​In the Cove:

• Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse:  Seasonal Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Plants, Herbs  & Cut Flowers & More
• Homewood Farm: Organic "Rainbow" Eggs, Plant Starts, Organic Veggies (Kale, Arugula, Radishes, Turnips, Beans, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant), Blueberries, Culinary & Medical Herbs, Soaps & Soy Candles
• Chesapeake Fungi Farm: fresh mushrooms and mushroom grow bags. Varieties  today include Oyster Mushrooms and Lion's Mane Mushrooms!
• Raize the Bar:  Artisan Brownies, Blondies & Other Bar Goods.
• DC Dills: Pickles
• Twin Valley Distillers: Craft Distilled Bourbons, Whiskeys, Rums & Cocktails to go,
• K.I.C. Kares: Homemade merchandise and other goodies. Proceeds from sales go to fund the K.I.C. Kares project. ​
• ​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 (Coming soon . .  . 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 
• 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.
• Stem & Stone: Field-Grown Flowers by the Stem
  ​and Prearranged Bouquets plus Handmade Pottery with a focus on vases to accompany the cut flowers!
• Poopsies Pastries: Gluten Free Scones (variety of flavors), gf/dairy-free mini-muffins & More!
• Elderberry Cabin - Bees Wax Candles, Handmade Soap, Dried/Freeze-Dried Elderberry, Jelly, Loose Tea
  
• MAMSFM Kids! Club (on the Platform Stage)
  
• 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! ​  Mom's Beef Shish Kabobs from AllRecipes.com.  "This shish kabob is made with chunks of marinated beef, mushrooms, and vegetables and cooked on the grill. This recipe is the one my mom has cooked for as long as I remember," reminisced contributor Mike Hearne. "She would probably be upset that I shared the recipe, but it is so delicious that I think everyone should have a chance to experience it!" Find your beef from The Stafford Farms, mushrooms from Chesapeake Fungi and veggies from our amazing farmers, Bold Love Farm, Homewood Farm, Scenic View Orchards and Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse!

Did you know? "When it comes to beef and your health, you can rest easy knowing that along with being delicious, beef contains important nutrients that your body needs.," according to BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com. "In just one 3 oz. cooked serving, you’re getting 10 essential nutrients, including about half your Daily Value for protein! Big Nutrition, Small Package!" Beef contains several essential nutrients including protein, iron, zinc, selenium, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, phosphorus, pantothenate, magnesium, and potassium. 

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​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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