Farmers' Bounty at Your Doorstep

Months of buzz and anticipation have finally come to a head: Montgomery Village’s farmers market debuts on Saturday, putting an emphasis on local, sustainable and organic.

The market will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday until Oct. 29 in the parking lot of Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, off the intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Centerway Road.

Eleven vendors are bringing all manner of produce, plus plenty of other good eats, including artisan breads, grass-fed beef and cheese from prize-winning goats.

• Abundant Grace Farm – a Damascus farm specializing in produce grown without chemical fertilizers
• Canela Bakery – artisan breads from Gaithersburg
• Caprikorn Farms – goat milk goods from their prize-winning herd of Saanen goats
• Fellowship Fields – organic vegetables and flowers from Damascus
• One Sweet Bite – tasty treats to tempt your taste buds
• South Mountain Creamery – yogurt, creams, hormone-free beef and pork
• The Zahradka Farm – a fourth-generation farm in Baltimore County that offers produce, jellies and jams, and free-range chicken, pork and turkey
• Pleitez Produce – a family-owned farm from the Northern Neck in Virginia
• SM Showers Fruit Farm – fruits and vegetables from southern Pennsylvania
• Penn Farm and Valencia's Produce – produce; potted herbs and flowers
• Tony Fetters Fruit Farm – fruits, apple butter and apple cider from Pennsylvania

Find more information at www.mvfarmersmarket.com or call 240-243-2337.