Come Celebrate Maryland Buy Local Week at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market! Wednesday . July 27 . 3-7PM

"A berry is fine not far from its vine, Near the farmer's market stall.
Locally grown and locally eaten IS globally good, good, good for us all."
~ Locally Grown, Tom Chapin

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BUY LOCAL! EAT FRESH! Take the Maryland Buy Local Challenge this week at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market!  Find farm-fresh foods,  BRICK-OVEN PIZZA, Music and SO MUCH MORE LOCAL FARM FRESHNESS at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday, 3-7 PM,  July 27- Rain, Shine or Heat of Day!  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, June through September, 2022!  Convenient parking is available in the up in the  Municipal  Parking  Lot off of Park Avenue and along Main Street. 

Please note there  is limited parking on site and  that the upper and lower Bank Parking Lots - the future site of Liquidity Aleworks -  are not available at this time. ​EVERYONE - including Seniors and people of all ages and abilities - is  invited to ride on the MASTS Bus!  Park your vehicles or walk to the Mount Airy Senior Center. The Bus will depart when it is full and make a continuous loop to the market each market day, ​throughout the season, currently running 3:00-7:00 PM!

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​What is the Buy Local Challenge? The Buy Local Challenge is a personal commitment to support farms by eating local during July 22-31,2022!  And, we hope you will do just that at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers’ Market this Wednesday! Get recipes and learn more about the 2022 Maryland Buy Local Challenge by clicking here! Learn what's in season by clicking here: 

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FAMILY STORYTIME AT THE MARKET ~ 3:30-3:45PM:  Join us  at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market on the Platform Stage  for stories, songs, and movement inspired by the farmers' market provided by the Mount Airy Branch of the Carroll County Public Library.  This activity is great appropriate for ages birth through 5-years-old. 

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MUSIC AT THE MARKET ~ 4-6PM: Local Musician, Joanne Murphy, will fill the marketplace with some traditional old time Appalachian fiddle music, traditional Celtic music as well as waltzes, contra dance tunes and Irish Airs  (in the public domain).. She'll be serenading us as she plays her hammered dulcimer and fiddle! Often she brings others to play along with her! Look for Joanne to return the fourth Wednesdays of the month through September. 

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VENDORS AT THE MARKET: Our Farmers and Producers, and passionate community members this Wednesday,
​July 27th, are slated to be:

In the Cove:

• Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse:  Seasonal Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Plants, Herbs  & Cut Flowers & More
• Harvest Moon Bakehouse: Breads, Pastries, Pies, Cakes, Cookies
• Walker Honey Company: Local Honey, Jam, &  Beeswax Wraps, Bee products
• Pong's Orchard: Seasonal Fruit – Blueberries,  Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums & Citrus Trees
• DC Dills: Pickles, Krauts & Ferments
• Libertas Estates/Maryland Duck Co.: Duck Meat, Duck Eggs, Sample Wines to  Order for delivery.​
• Linganore Winecellars: Wines, Bottled,
• ​produced by Linganore 
• Twin Valley Distillers: Craft Distilled Bourbons, Whiskeys, Rums & Cocktails to go
• Dublin Roaster's Iced Coffee, and Mint Iced Tea served by Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market.
• ​Mount Airy Main Street Association: Information, T-Shirts, Give-Aways. 

R2T Food Court:

• CAMPfire Brick Oven Pizza - ​Homemade from scratch brick oven pizza ... on wheels!​
• ​The Caramel Kettle, Taneytown, MD (Carroll County): Gourmet Popcorn, Kettle Corn, Caramel Apples, Crab Mallet Items​
• Bold Love Bakery,  Naturally-Leavened Breads, Pastries made with Home-Grown and Locally Sourced ingredients plus bags of locally roasted Dublin Roasters whole bean and ground coffees

At the Platform Stage:

• ​​Chestnut Hill Farm:  Fruits, Vegetables, Cut Flowers, Cheese, Butter and More
• Mount Airy Sustainability Commission: Composting bins, Interactive Demos and Games
• Kid's Activity Tent: Play Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, and other Fun Games (for Kinds of all Ages!)
• Happy Bee Herbal Products: Herbal Products, Tinctures, Soaps, Salves, Bath/Body Products Made with variety of Organic Herbs, Packaged Teas, and Candles.
• Dirty Boots Boutique: Western-Style Jewelry
• Rotary Club of Mount Airy, Maryland: Purchase tickets & adopt a "Rubber Duck" to win  the Sept. 18 Mount Airy Duck Race.*

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TODAY'S RECIPE & NUTRITION TIP!   Italian Plum Ice Cream from MyRecipes.com. Italian Prune Plums give these stacked scoops their bright hue and tart taste. Looker for a sweeter scoop? Try Nectarine Ice Cream. Substitute 1 lb. nectarines for the Italian prune plums. Find your Italian Prune Plums this Wednesday  from Pong's Orchard. 

Did you know? 
It's Plum Season! Plums are the second most cultivated fruit in the world and plums symbolize good fortune in Chinese culture. 
  
Plums are a sweet summertime treat. The fruit is often used in baking and can be used to make jam, juice, and wine. Dried plums are called prunes and are also a delicious snack. But did you know that plums can be pickled? Check out Pleasant Plum Facts from AgHires.com. In addition, Plums are chock full of vitamins and nutrients! Learn about how PLUMS are good for you by reading Healthline's  7 Benefits of Plums and Prunes.

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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  2022 Sponsors and Partners:  Donnamarie Needle of Northrop Realty, 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 2022 Market season, please email: Alice Settle-Raskin, Market Master, at [email protected]. 

​The  2022 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market season runs Wednesdays, 3-7pm, June 1 through September 28.  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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