National Farmers Market Week: Support Prince George's Vendors

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — The first week of August marks National Farmers Market Week, and there's no better time to visit a Prince George's County market and support local producers. From Bowie to College Park, several towns have a place to buy fresh food.

This year, National Farmers Market Week from Aug. 1 to 7 celebrates the resiliency of farmers markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid challenges with conventional food supply chains at the start of the pandemic, farmers markets stepped up to meet a growing interest in local foods. Markets adapted to restrictions with social distancing, regulating traffic flow, advance ordering systems and more for the safety of vendors and shoppers.

These are the farmers markets in Prince George's County:

• Bowie Farmers' Market
• Cheverly Community Market
• Riverdale Park Farmers Market
• College Park Farmers Market
• Greenbelt Farmers Market
• Mount Rainier Farmers Market
• Hyattsville Farmers Market
• Farmers Market at Maryland
• Glenn Dale Farmers Market
• Prince George's Plaza Farmers Market
• Bloom Farmers Market
• Hollywood Farmers Market
• USDA Beltsville Farmers Market

The annual National Farmers Market Week celebration is coordinated by the Farmers Market Coalition, a nonprofit providing training, technical assistance and network-building to farmers markets nationwide.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Emily Leayman originally wrote this story for the Kingstowne-Rose Hill Patch in Virginia. Jacob Baumgart adapted it for the Bowie Patch in Maryland.