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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. 
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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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