Finally! Must be spring if the Mt Pleasant farmer's market is starting. And the first one is this Saturday. The market is held at Lamont Park, right next to the first stop of the 42 bus, in the heart of Mount Pleasant. It's every Saturday from 9am-1pm. The final market is a ways off, in November. Trying not to think about that day right now. Focusing on tomorrow...A few changes, some good, some meh. From Mount Pleasant Main Street:
New this year: A free weekly drop-in bike clinic; yeasted breads from Atwater Bread of Baltimore; Cherry Glen Goat Cheese Company from Boyds, Maryland; humanely raised goat meat and veal from Painted Hand Farm; and more.
Bikes, yea! Veal, why??? I'm definitely bummed about that. Was there a market for veal? At the farmer's market? I'm confused. Well, up the veggies. And up the bikes. See you there.
5 comments:
i miss the buffalo meat guy. i ran into him at penn quarter fm last year and he said that parking in MtP was just way too difficult. i'd much rather buffalo meat than veal. yuck.
beer and veal are proof that god loves us.
I'm also disappointed in the coice to bring on a veal vendor. We need to create a dialogue with the community and the Mt Pleasant Farmer's Market Committee to establish what's acceptable and not in our neighborhood. It does trouble me if there is a draw for that type of inhumane meat, grass-fed or not, it's unecessary.
i hope they'll be selling the bones for stock - did anyone notice if they were or not?
I am the vendor with the veal and it is NOT commodity meat. I, personally, hand-raise each & every one of my calves. Please feel free to visit my blog post to learn more about how and why I raise veal at:
http://paintedhandfarm.blogspot.com/2008/08/hate-mail.html
As like many other farmers dedicated to sustainable agricultural methods, I have a 100% transparency policy so my customers know about the food they choose to purchase.
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