Mt. Vernon Farmers Market To Reopen April 16

The McCutcheon/Mt. Vernon Farmers Market will open April 16 for its 2025 season with more than 20 vendors offering fresh, locally grown produce plus baked goods, seafood, meats and other locally produced foods. The market will run from 8 a.m. to noon every Wednesday through Nov. 26 at the Sherwood Regional Library.

Please remember to bring your reusable bags to the market as the Fairfax County Park Authority wants to make Mt. Vernon and its other nine farmers markets plastic bag-free. If you forget, don’t worry – vendors will have compostable bags as a backup.

The vendors at this year’s market are:

• Arnest Seafood
• The Big Brine (pickles, pickled vegetables)
• Blackstone Honey Bee Farms
• The Fruitful Forest (mushrooms)
• Good Stuff Bakery
• Grace’s Pastries
• Great Harvest Bakery
• House of Empanadas
• Layla’s Lebanese Restaurant
• Linda Vista Farm
• Loza Pastry
• Memi’s Co. (Peruvian and other prepared foods)
• Misty Meadow Farm Creamery
• Ochoa Produce
• Pasta Ilgatto
• Pho From Home
• Pork Stork (heirloom pork)
• Salsa Las Glorias
• Sharkawi Farm (plants, herbs, spices)
• Suka Nuts
• Three Way Farm Produce
• Traveling Shepherd Coffee
• Twin Springs Fruit Farm
• Valentine’s Bakery & Meats

The market is strictly producer-only, meaning that all of the farmers and producers may only sell what they raise on their farms or make from scratch. The Fairfax County Park Authority, which runs the market, encourages vendors to use local ingredients in the creation of their products as much as possible. All of the farmers and producers come from within a 125-mile radius of Fairfax County, with a few exceptions for hard-to-find products.

The market accepts SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits and will match SNAP customers’ purchases by up to $40 with the proviso that the matching funds be used for fruits and vegetables only.

A compost tent at the market will accept food waste scraps to be turned into compost.

More information is available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets.