Last Day Of Farmers Market Week: Visit MOCO's Saturday Markets

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — The first week of August marks National Farmers Market Week, and there's no better time to visit farmers markets in Montgomery County and support local producers.

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.

Here are the Montgomery County farmers markets that operate on Saturday:

• Montgomery Village Famers Market
• Gaithersburg Farmers Market
• Derwood Farmers Market
• Rockville Farmers Market
• Pike Central Farm Market
• Kensington Farmers Market
• Downtown Silver Spring Fresh Farm
• Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative 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. Colleen Martin adapted it for Montgomery County Patches in Maryland.