What a gorgeous morning...thanks for spending it with us!

SPECIAL MESSAGE: We have postponed our Annual Farm to Table Potluck and are currently reviewing possible dates for the Fall. If you've already purchased tickets, we will refund your money, or you may hold on to your ticket for the future date. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your continued support.

We had a wonderful morning at Cheverly Community Morning and hope you did, too. We lucked into gorgeous weather, and with so many friends and neighbors spending time together, it would have been a real challenge to not have a good time. As always, special thanks to our fantastic vendors and volunteers -- the Market couldn't happen without you! Also, a big thanks to the Eleanor Roosevelt Dixieland Jazz Combo...we love you!

We'll post photos on flickr soon, but for now, we're enjoying the first peaches of summer, delicious cherries, challah with homemade preserves, and farm-fresh eggs. We're looking forward to a Fourth of July with real local wine, thick, juicy steaks, wonderful seafood, local fruits and vegetables and delicious cupcakes, cookies, ice cream and more! We'll be posting recipes on Pinterest throughout the week to get you fired up for holiday cookouts and picnics!

Don't forget, you can buy tickets to our Annual Farm to Table Potluck (August 10) online or at the big green Market tent during any Market. It's going to be a great celebration of local food and cooking, and we're really looking forward to it! And, if you haven't already done so, please take a moment to vote for Cheverly Community Market in American Farm;and Trust's 2013 America's Favorite Farmer's Markets Contest.

Saturday's Vine...

We're sort of head over heels with the Vine app -- we try to get what we're seeing at the Market into just six seconds! Here's what struck us this week... 

We'll continue to post these throughout the season -- follow us on Vine (@cheverlymarket) and post what you see!

What's good at the Market?

Fun new ways to follow Cheverly Community Market!

You know that Cheverly Community Market is a big fan -- and user -- of social media. We're always searching for new ways to communicate with you and share the Market with an ever-wider audience. We've found that people enjoy photos and things where they can get a sense of what Cheverly Community Market looks like and what to expect to find. So today, we've launched two new venues -- CheverlyMarket on Vine and CheverlyCommunityMarket on Instagram. We hope you enjoy both and explore them (and contribute by using the #CheverlyMarket hashtag in your own posts!)

So what are these new programs? Well, Vine is a mobile app by Twitter that enables its users to create and post short video clips. Video clips created with Vine have a maximum length of six seconds and can be shared on a variety of social networking services, such as Twitter or Facebook. Instagram is an online photo sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as media sites including Facebook or Twitter. A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to KodakInstamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. (Thanks to Wikipedia for the succinct definitions!).
Today, we posted a short video on Vine of the delicious items we picked up at the off-season pickup from Shlagel Farms and Waltz Family Farm (thanks to Eileen and Laurie for making the trek to Cheverly on a blustery early spring morning!) We also took a few photos and posted them to Instagram. We're looking forward to having fun with these apps in our upcoming season and really bringing you the sights and sounds of Cheverly Community Market as they happen!

Ways to follow Cheverly Community Market -- Explore them all!
Our website -- the biggest source of information for vendors and customers about Cheverly Community Market
Our blog -- the latest scoop on our vendors, interesting stuff, and more
Flickr -- Cheverly Community Market in nearly 10,000 photos and counting!
Facebook -- an ongoing conversation with you abuot all things Cheverly Community Market (also here)
Twitter -- links to our stories and ideas we think you'll find interesting
Pinterest -- recipes, food for thought, tips & techniques
Vine -- little direct-from-the-Market movies
Instagram -- off-the-cuff photos of fun Market sights