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"Give me a patch of beans and a little corn, red ripe tomatoes, work jeans that are well worn, dirt beneath my fingernails and muscles that are sore. Baby I know what ails us can be cured with beans and a little corn!" ~ The Bean Song - Crandall Creek  Come Buy Locally Grown & Eat Healthy with us - Rain, Shine or Heat of Day - at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, July 7, 3-7PM! 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 29, 2021! Parking is limited on-site. Convenient parking is available in the upper Bank Parking Lot across Main Street and up in the Municipal Parking Lot off of Park Avenue. We've got a lot happening in July ... look for some fun raffles with lots of prizes in the coming weeks! In the meantime, July brings us an abundant harvest! Peaches, Plums, Blueberries, Raspberries, Early Apples, Tomatoes, Corn, Cucumbers, Green Beans, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Radishes, Beets, Carrots, Potatoes and More!  MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM: Three-4-All will be performing "Old-Time" tunes at the Market on Opening Day. The songs will be from the period before 1925 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. Look for them to perform the first Wednesdays of the each month through September!  STORYTIME AT THE MARKET ~ 4:30-4:45 PM: Join us as local storyteller, Laura Zaborowski, reads Don Freeman's "Corduroy!" Corduroy is a story about a teddy bear that waits every day for someone to come into the department store and take him home. One day a little girl named Lisa wants to buy him, but her mother points out that he is missing one of the buttons on his overalls." Laura will read on select afternoons around 4:30 p.m. on the train station's platform stage at the 2021 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers’ Market! Great for Kids (of All Ages but great for those at age1 and older)! Sponsored by The Last Word Bookstore.  ADOPT A "RUBBER DUCK" TO WIN! The Rotary Club of Mount Airy, Maryland and Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company will be at the market promoting the September 12 #MountAiryDuckRace to raise money for the Fire Company, Rotary scholarships, and other community projects. All net proceeds from this event will be given back to the Mount Airy community.! Adopt a "Rubber" Duck to WIN! Make it huge, ADOPT A QUACK PACK TO WIN! So, what is this event all about? On September 12th, the second annual Mount Airy Duck Race will be held by the fire department activities building there are obstacles and lots of surprises in this race!* VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers and Producers, and passionate community members this Wednesday, July 7th, are slated to be:
 TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP! Rustic Raspberry-Peach Tart from 50 of Taste of Home's Best Peach Dessert Recipes; recipes sure to satisfy, from peach pie, to this raspberry-peach tart, to peach cobbler! Get ready for some extra sweet peach treats! Yum! Did you know? The Peach originated from the region of Northwest China, but today it can be found in many parts of the world. In fact, there are over 2000 varieties of peaches in the world. There are two two main types of peaches - Yellow Peaches are tarter - high in acid, low in sugar and White Peaches are sweeter, low in acid and high in sugar. Early varieties of peaches are known as Clingstone where the flesh clings to the stone (pit) and later varieties are Freestone. Peaches are extremely nutritious! They are high in Vitamins A and C! Learn more by reading this article, 40 Interesting Peach Facts from SeriousFacts.com.
COVID 19 Updates: Our patrons may still place preorders for pick-up at the market during 2021. While the statewide mandates set by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to mitigate COVID-19 have been relaxed and lifted as of July 1st, COVID-19 is still present and there may be variants. We are on the 45-day grace period. Therefore, we request that everyone entering the market show respect for our community. Our patrons, vendors and farmers' market team appreciate it. We encourage social distancing, and hand washing/sanitation while on-site at the market. Our vendors who are serving samples and prepared food will still wear masks to protect the public; however, we leave the choice to you to mask up. Patience is appreciated as we navigate health and safety practices as we recover from uncertain times. As Spock would say, "Live Long and Prosper." That's what we want for you, so come Buy Local and Eat Fresh and Healthy, and spend time outside with us at the 2021 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market!  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 2021 Sponsors and Partners: Fogle's Asphalt, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates, The Morgan Inn, Browning Reagle Insurance, Sheri Cates State Farm Insurance Agency and Community Partners, Walmart-Mount Airy in support of Mt. Airy Net, The Last Word Bookstore in support of Story Time at the Market, and Superfoods Cafe & Market in support of health and wellness educational programming. Interested in becoming a sponsor during the 2021 Market season, please email: Alice Settle-Raskin, Market Master, at MtAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket@gmail.com. The 2021 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market season runs Wednesdays, 3-7pm, June 2 through September 29. 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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