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Limited-Supply ‘Lopes and a Band Called Brûlée at the Riverdale Park Farmers Market

Vendors offer exclusive produce and jazz-infused music at today's market.

Delicious treats and a band that takes its name from a dessert will be at today’s farmers market in Riverdale Park.

The market will also begin to accept nutritional assistance checks, including SNAP (formerly food stamps), WIC, Seniors, and Fruit & Vegetable checks at this week’s market. The Riverdale Park Farmers Market became one of the first in the county to accept SNAP benefits, which enable low-income families to purchase groceries, earlier this summer.

Stop by the town center parking lot Thursday from 3-7 p.m. for the Riverdale Park Farmers Market.   

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This week's lineup:

  • Harris Orchard will have peaches, plums, blackberries, nectarines, blueberries, jams and fresh honey. (Loathian, MD)

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  • Blades Orchard will have Red Haven peaches (Federalsburg, MD)

  • Musachio Produce will have corn, field peas, collards,spinach, sweet potatoes, onions, beets, green beans, and flowering plants (Ridgely, MD)

  • Peach Punch, jerk chicken meal and spicy jerk chicken patties will be on offer by Cakes by Ruthann (Landover, MD)

  • Pickles and kimchi from Number 1 Sons (Arlington, VA)

  • Fresh veggies from ECO City Farm, including salad mix, scallions, radishes, chard, baby arugula, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, mustard greens, lettuce heads, green beans, and more! (Edmonston, MD)

  • Herb plants, fresh cut herbs, colorful annuals and perennials—including natives—from Jack Creek Plants (Shady Side, MD)

  • European style-artisan breads, pastries, and cookies from Stone Hearth Bakery (Frederick, MD)

  • Soaps and more from Mystic Water Soap (Riverdale Park, MD)

  • Java—beans and brewed—from Zeke's Coffee, plus the new DC area only RIA (Rhode Island Avenue) Roast (Baltimore, MD)

  • Fresh from the water soft shell & pre-steamed crabs, jumbo lump crab cakes, crab gazpacho, and other crab based dishes from Shells Yes! (Chester, MD)

  • French orange cantaloupes, in limited supply, from Thank God it's Fresh (Upper Marlboro, MD)

  • Fresh whole free range chickens and chicken parts from Groff's Content Farm (Rocky Ridge, MD)

  • This week’s market musical guest is Brûlée, a “jazz-infused, Americana-marinated alt-pop” group from Washington DC.

    For more information on the market, visit the RPFM Facebook page. Suggestions and feedback can be sent to rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com.

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