Living next to a big city, one may think that to get to fresh food and farms, you would have to drive miles and miles. Luckily for us, this is not the case. There are plenty of opportunities to experience freshly picked, seasonal, nutritious, organic veggies. But where do we find out how to get them? You have found the place to search! Do you grow your own as well? Then check out the Gardening page!

Check out the local Farmers Markets in our areas. There are more, just need to get them to add their info to the page.

- Hyattsville Farmers Market
- Riverdale Park Farmers Market - "the fun market"
- Cheverly Farmers Market - new this year!

Want to know more? Then check out this wonderful site - http://www.realpeopleeatlocal.com. This site was put together by two local activist. Check out what they say about why they started the site:

Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen and Renee Brooks Catacalos are the "real people" behind Real People Eat Local and Local Mix email newsletter. After we challenged ourselves (and our families) to eat solely local food for one month in August 2005, lots of friends and neighbors asked us where to get the best local food and what we did with it. Being both moms and freelance journalists, we saw an opportunity to indulge our passion for finding great local food and at the same time create a rich information source for anyone interested in getting closer to their food. We are personally excited about local food, have gathered a lot of information about it, enjoy shopping for it, cooking with it, and eating it. We want to share what we know and encourage others to explore the local food community, too!

Be sure to sign up for their newsletter at their site.

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