Ocean Pines marketplace to celebrate National Farmers Market Week

(Aug. 3, 2020) Ocean Pines is celebrating National Farmers Market Week from Aug. 2-8, as the bayside community shows appreciation for its year-round farmers and artisans market. 

The market, which has continuously run for nine years from its White Horse Park location, has become a destination shopping place for locals and visitors seeking locally grown and handmade products.  

During August each year, communities nationwide celebrate their local farmers markets during National Farmers Market Week. Farmers markets serve as anchors in many American communities, supplying access to fresh and nutritious foods. 

Gov. Larry Hogan has declared Maryland Farmers Market Week to coincide with the annual National Farmers Market Week. The Maryland Department of Agriculture encourages citizens to celebrate the week by visiting farmers markets and buying local products.  

The merchants of the Ocean Pines Farmers and Artisans Market hope that residents will help celebrate National Farmers Market Week by visiting the local market every Saturday, year-round, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

"Farmers markets are a unique incubator of small local businesses that allow for shoppers to circulate dollars within their community,” Market Manager David Bean said. "The Ocean Pines marketplace is a special event market meant to demonstrate all of the impacts that community-based farmers markets can have on local communities. 

"At the Ocean Pines market, shoppers can be found buying more than the average fruits, vegetables and bakery goods that one would think of when thinking of a typical farmers market,” Bean added.  

For more information on the Ocean Pines Farmers and Artisans Market, visit /web/pages/farmers-artisans-market.