(Updated at 12:30 p.m.) Arlington’s ninth and newest farmers market, at the Fairlington Community Center (3308 S. Stafford Street), will debut this month.
On Sunday, April 19, the Fairlington farmers market will debut at 9:00 a.m. and run until 1:00 p.m. returning every Sunday through November.
There are 11 confirmed venders, according to the Fairlington Citizens Association’s April newsletter, selling vegetables, fruit, eggs, meats, breads, flowers and coffee among others.
“This is Fairlington’s market,” FCA President Guy Land wrote in the newsletter. “It’s not intended to draw in customers from DC or the far suburbs of Northern Virginia. It was developed by Fairlington residents for Fairlington residents, and they will shepherd its operation.”
Every item sold will have been grown or made within 125 miles of Fairlington, the FCA wrote, and all of the vendors will be the producers themselves. Some of the vendors will accept SNAP benefits and senior checks. The market is still looking for volunteers from the community, and is hosting open houses at the community center on Tuesday, April 7 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 2, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Now that April is here, the other eight farmers markets are beginning to arise from their winter slumbers. The Columbia Pike Farmers Market is year-round on Sundays at the Pike and S. Walter Reed Drive and Wednesdays at Arlington Mill Community Center. Here are the other farmers markets in the county.
- Arlington Farmers Market (N. Courthouse Road and 14th Street); starts its April hours, Saturdays 8:00 a.m.-noon
- Clarendon Farmers Market (Clarendon Metro station); Wednesdays from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
- Westover Farmers Market (Washington Blvd and N. McKinley Road); Sundays from 9:00 a.m.-noon, starts at 8:00 a.m. in May
- Crystal City Farmers Market (Crystal Drive between 18th and 20th Streets S); Tuesdays 3:00-7:00 p.m.
- Ballston Farmers Market (901 N. Taylor Street); starts May 7 on Thursdays, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
- Rosslyn Farmers Market (Wilson Blvd and N. Oak Street); launches late May on Thursdays: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.