Julia Rosier Final Project


The Farmers Market


The Farmers Market at the University of Maryland occurs each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. outside Tawes Hall. Many vendors come and sell their products to students and faculty each week. The vendors each week include the Maryland Dairy, Country Vittles from Critter Hill Farm, Cove Point Winery, Ravenhook Bakehouse, McCleaf's Orchards, Randalia Beehive, Beads by Bettina, Valencia's Produce and Pinkava Coffee Company.


At the beginning of the day, Juan Valencia, owner of Valencia's Produce, set up his shop at the Farmer
s Market outside Tawes Hall. While setting up for his afternoon at the Farmers Market, Valencia takes
inventory on his products and helps customers find what they’re looking for.


Elizabeth Butz, sophomore environmental science and policy and German major, browses for flowers
at the Farmer’s Market at the University of Maryland. Butz said that her favorite shop is Valencia's
Produce because she enjoys having plans and flowers in her apartment.


Juan Valencia brings his variety of fruits and vegetables to the farmers market each Wednesday. Valencia's Produce is a farm located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Valencia said that the farm uses Integrated Pest Management, an environmentally friendly and reduced-chemical method of pest management.


Jessica Grotenhuis, owner of Batter Up Patisserie, brings her shop to the farmers market each week. Grotenhuis sells baked goods such as banana breads, muffins, waffles and cookies.


Grotenhuis sets up her products before customers arrive at the farmers market. Grotenhuis said
that she bakes the products and places them in her freezing cooler for transport. She said she
loves interacting with students and faculty because it helps her connect with the campus.


Ryan Garey, an employee for Chocolate Moonshine Fudge, organizes and prepares the
fudge for the farmers market on Wednesday outside of Tawes Hall at the University of
Maryland. Garey is cutting the fudge in preparation to give to a customer.



Erica Engel, freshman international business major, shops for apples at the McCleaf’s Orchard shop at the farmers market at the University of Maryland. Engel said she stopped by the market on her way to her business class. She added that she loves attending the market to see all the different shops and products each one has.


While browsing McCleaf’s Orchard at the farmers market, Engel looks at the plants. She said that she purchases the fresh juice almost every week at the market.


Neil Volsters, owner of Randalia Beehives, helps Ben Rickles, a neuroscience graduate student, find soaps and products for a Mother’s Day gift to send to his mother. Randalia Beehive has a collection of beehives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and sells honeys and beeswax products such as candles, lip balms and infused oils.


Ashley Clifford, freshman letters and sciences major, explores the Randalia Beehives shop and took interest in the lip balms. Clifford said that she really likes the smells and fragrances of the different lip balms.


Around 3 p.m., Volsters begins to pack up his products and load them into his car.


Volsters packs up his honey products into a box to store into his car for the following week’s farmers market. Volsters said that it often takes him at least 30 minutes to pack up all of his products each week.


Emily Bennett, senior environmental science and policy major, helps Volster’s load his products
and transport them to his car. Bennett said that she enjoys helping out at the farmers market and
attends each week.


Bennett transports the products from Randalia’s Bee Hive at the end of the market. She said that
the cart was very heavy and although she had a difficult time transporting it, she was able to see
a little bit of what Volster sells.

Over at McCleaf's Orchard, Brad McCleaf packs up his fruits and plants at the end of the farmers market. McCleaf said that he often starts packing up around 3:15 p.m. because it takes him a long time to store it.


McCleaf finds it easiest to transport his apples to his truck on a cart because his car is parked across
the street from the farmers market. McCleaf said that he often has to take six or seven trips to his
truck and it’s sometimes difficult to fit everything in.

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