Farmer’s Market returns

Rappahannock County Farmer’s Market 2020 is soon to open: Every Saturday, May 23-Nov 21, 10 a.m. to Noon, rain or shine, in the parking lot of Pen Druid Brewing Sperryville.

“This year it will run a bit differently due to the current COVID-19 situation,” says Pen Druid’s Van Carney. “We will operate as a drive-thru where folks can preorder online — there will be links from our website (pendruid.com) — drive down into the Pen Druid parking lot, staff will greet customers at the entrance to the drive-thru, put the customers name tag on the back of their car and the vendors will pop the pre-ordered bags into the trunks of customers as they drive around!

“Mike Sands [Bean Hollow Grassfed] secured us a grant from the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation to hire the staff necessary to run check-in at the start of the drive-thru and buy them supplies like hand sanitizer, face masks and gloves,” Carney continues.

All orders must be placed by 7 a.m. Thursday morning. Drive-thru pick-up is Saturday from 10 a.m. to Noon. Those with surnames A-N please try to arrive from 10 to 11 a.m.; O-Z 11 a.m. to Noon.

Customers can pre-order and pay in advance for items from these participating vendors:

Bean Hollow Grass Fed (Grass fed beef, pork & lamb): bean-hollowgrass-fed.myshopify.com

The Farm at Sunnyside (Certified organic vegetables, eggs): store. thefarmatsunnyside.com

Flourish Root Floral Studio (Flower bouquets, seasonal goods): flourishroot. com/shop-farmers-market-flowers.com

Jackalope Ridge Microfarm & Bakehouse (Bread & microgreens): jackaloperidgeva.com/farmers-market. com

Madison Mushrooms Mushroom: madisonmushrooms.org

Pen Druid Brewing (Spontaneous, wild, barrel fermented beers, ciders, wines): pen-druid-fermentation. myshopify.com/collections/all.com

Wholehearted Health Foods : (Every other week starting 5/30, sourdough breads, granolas, and chocolates): keenansherwood@gmail. com

Number 1 Sons : (3rd Saturdays of each month, fermented goods): number1sons.com