Today is the day! Please vote for Cheverly Community Market!

Today is the final day of voting in American Farmland Trust's I Love My Farmer's Market Contest. Cheverly Community Market is currently at #1 in Maryland, #18 in the United States, and we need your vote today before midnight!

By voting for the Market, you are making a pledge to spend at least $10 with our farmers each week, which you already, likely, do. By voting for Cheverly Community Market, you show that the Market has an important role in our community -- to the farmers and to the citizens who live in an area that has historically been a food desert. Cheverly and the surrounding areas need access to fresh produce, and Cheverly Community Market has provided that access since 2008.

Please, support Cheverly Community Market and our farmers by voting in the American Farmland Trust I Love My Farmer's Market contest today. It only takes a minute, and you'll start the week off on a very good note. Thank you for your support.

Thank you to our farmers!

The first local asparagus of the year.

We're extending a special thank you to Eileen Shlagel of Shlagel Farms and Laurie Waltz of Waltz Family Farms for making special off-season deliveries to Cheverly. They both make quite a drive to bring us absolutely gorgeous produce, eggs, and meats, and their efforts make these cold months while we wait for opening day a bit more tolerable.  This weekend, Eileen delivered the first asparagus of spring to us, as well as spinach, tomatoes and fresh brown eggs. What a feast!

Customers picking up orders from Eileen Saturday morning.

We probably won't have another off-season delivery before opening day on May 4, but, to get you thinking about farmer's markets and the increasingly important role they play in the community and farming industry, visit this great blog, Buy Local, which is supported by I Support Farmers Markets. It's one of our favorite sites for thought-inspiring pieces about farms and farmer's markets from a wide variety of sources.