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RFM opening April 27!
Welcome to the 27th season of the Reston Farmers Market!
As we open on April 27, nearly all your favorite farmers/vendors are back,
and we've added interesting new ones (see list of vendors
here). We look forward to an
even greater 2024 season and thank you all for being the
heart of the Reston Farmers Market.
Fran Lovaas, Keith and Anne Strange,
Ben
Miller
Co-Market Managers
Reston Farmers Market Managers
Awarded for Community Work August 2019.
The managers received the Elly Doyle Park
Service Award from the Fairfax County Park
Authority. Read more at link above.
Brief History of Reston Farmers Market
On Saturday, May 9, 1998 Reston Founder Robert E. Simon, Jr.,
Virginia Delegate Ken Plum, and Lake Anne Coffee House owner Alfredo
Melendez joined Market founder-manager John Lovaas to inaugurate the
Reston Farmers Market. The Market, which opened with 12 stands,
brought new life to a nearly deserted Lake Anne. Fast forward to
today. The Market has 34 farmer/vendors, has several times been
named the best in NoVA, and draws upwards of 2,000 customers each
Saturday as we enter our 27th season.
RFM Managers
Ben Miller is formally joining the RFM volunteer
management team this year. He joins Co-Managers Fran Lovaas and
Keith and Anne Strange. John Lovaas is retiring after 26 years of
volunteer work making the Market a huge success. Our current team will
carry on with this Award Winning Market and try to keep his legacy
going.
RFM Webmaster
Sue Merk,a former resident of Reston, has been the
RFM Webmaster since 2006. Although she has moved to a retirement
community in Loudoun Co., she still faithfully updates the website every
year.
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Five
Reasons to Buy Local
1. ENVIRONMENT:
Small-scale regional farming preserves green space and protects diverse wildlife
populations. Buy local also cuts global warming emissions produced by trucking food thousands of miles.
2. TASTE: Local produce is fresher and therefore tastes better.
3. HEALTH: Food grown close to where it’s consumed has better nutritional value because it
is fresh and has experienced less deterioration during transport.
4. MONEY: Buying local produce and meats keeps nearby farmers in business and puts your earnings back in the local economy. Additionally, the green space preserved by supporting regional agriculture keeps property taxes in check.
5. COMMUNITY: Farmers’ Markets are great places to meet
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