Farmer's Markets

Several farmer's markets operate in the District during the week, including:

Capital Harvest on the Plaza Farm Market
Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC
May-September
Fridays, 12-5 p.m.

Georgetown Market in Rose Park
26th & O Street, NW, Washington, DC
(202) 333-4946
April-October
Wednesday, 4-7 p.m

Historic Brookland Farmers Market
10th & Otis Streets, NE, Washington, DC
(202) 526-4848
May-October: Sunday, 10a.m.-2p.m.
June-October: Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.

Penn Quarter Freshfarm Market
North end of Eighth NW, (between D & E Sts.) Washington, DC
(202) 362-8889
May-October
Thursday, 3-7 p.m.

Farmer's markets can be fun in a lot of ways. The caregiver can use this opportunity to talk about where fruits and vegetables come from, and possibly give each child an allowance of a few dollars to choose a healthy fruit for a snack, using it as a teachable moment for decision making (i.e. "you can get two apples and have one later, or one watermelon to share with everyone"). A lot of discussion questions could come from a trip to the farmer's market

Where does this food come from? How does it get to the city? Do the farmer's drive trucks? How did the plants grow? How many different colors of fruits/vegetables do you see? Is that a fruit or a vegetable?