Huge thanks to the Cleveland Park Library and everyone who came out for our Tuesday Talk on Food is Medicine and @aspenfood Leaders Fellowship. The questions were sharp, curiosity and expertise real, and the energy in the room everything a speaker could hope for—plus some celebrities in the room, including @freshfarmdc’s wonderful new director, Cat Oakar, and a wonderful new fellow we’ll be announcing soon!

🥘 Looking for fresh produce, artisan foods, and the perfect weekend outing? Washington, DC has some incredible farmers markets! Here are a few local favorites: @FRESHFARMDC @MtPFarMar @EasternMarketDC @14thU_Market What is your favorite? Learn more: ow.ly/OXtz50Z0zHT

It's time for #CSA bags! In partnership with @FRESHFARMDC, we are providing bags of vegetables and fruits to CentroNía DC families. Log into your Market Share account to resubscribe or to create a new one. Read our flyer to learn more! 🍎🥦 #centronia #familyservices #freshfarm

Tmrw is the LAST DAY to double your gift for @FoodPrintsDC 🥬 Derek Bowley, FoodPrints Lead Teacher, says it best: "I watch students light up when they harvest a vegetable they've grown or cook a recipe together for the first time." Donate ➡️ freshfarm.org/donate?segment…

Peak farmers market season is just around the corner. Whether it’s your first trip or your hundredth, a refresher on navigating a farmers market is in order to help you make the most of your visit — and get the most bang for your buck. wapo.st/497i84h

Parents and staff, interested in fresh veggies? In partnership with @FRESHFARMDC, we are offering #CSAbags once again! 🍅🥕🍓 Log into your marketshare account to subscribe once again or make an account. Read our flyer for more information! 🔗bit.ly/4sos2FI

Councilmember @charlesallen was honored to join @FRESHFARMDC FoodPrints last week to celebrate its 20 years of hands-on food education for DC students! (1/2)

.@FRESHFARMDC FoodPrints has helped thousands of kids connect with what they eat through learning in the garden and kitchen, which is why CM Allen has been proud to champion funding year after year, ensuring this important work continues. (2/2)

FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Market has been nominated for @USATODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Award for Best Farmers Market — and voting is closing soon! 🥕🌸🍎 🗳️ You can vote once per day, every day, through April 13. 👉 Vote now: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/f…

It’s officially farmers market season! Thank you to @FRESHFARMDC, ANC 4E, and all our small business and vendors for keeping our community healthy and strong.

Uptown showed up this morning! 🍓🌽🌱 As of today, the @FRESHFARMDC Uptown Market is open Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. Grateful to join neighbors, vendors, and community leaders to ring in another season of fresh, local food.

❤️‍🔥 Do you LOVE the FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Market? 🌷 We've been nominated for USA TODAY’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Award for Best Farmers Market — and voting is officially open! 🥕🌸🍎 🗳️ You can vote once per day, every day, through 4/13. 👉 Vote now: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/f…

FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Market has been nominated for @USATODAY @10Best Readers’ Choice Award for Best Farmers Market—and voting is officially open! 🥕🌸🍎 🗳️ You can vote once per day, every day, through April 13. 👉 Vote now & share! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/f…

CentroNía Community: @FRESHFARMDC is hosting the Columbia Heights Saturday Farmers Market Opening Day on 4/4 at 9AM! 🥕🍅 Shop fresh, locally grown fruits, veggies, & more. 📍 Civic Plaza (14th St NW & Park Rd/Kenyon St NW) #centronia #freshproduce #familyservices #freshfarm

“Food needs to be at the grassroots. Food needs to stop being the problem. It’s the environment. It’s the economy. It’s health.” –@JoseAndres This week @FreshFarmDC, the organization that runs farmer’s market throughout Washington, DC, and supports farms, farmers, and food educators in numerous mid-Atlantic states, welcomed its new executive director, Cat Oakar. Cat took a leading role in Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, and as a Special Assistant to the President for Public Health and Disparities in the Biden administration brought together representatives from industries and nonprofits to make the second White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health the catalyzing success it was. She’s a magnet—a nonstop source of energy, ideas, and support. I say FreshFarm welcomed her, and it did, at a reception at the splendid @PhillipsCollection beside Dupont Circle, home of the original and still huge and vibrant farmer’s market I go to every Sunday there isn’t a blizzard. But José Andrés, a FreshFarm guiding force from its very start, 30 years ago, was able to attend the welcome reception and inspired to speak. Which meant every person who attended was galvanized to give—as he did, at the end of the remarks, with a spontaneous six-figure donation intended to spark every person there to support FreshFarm’s programs on food access and education, which many attendees including I confess me didn’t know about. “Every president should have a national food security advisor,” José said. “I’m happy Cat is taking this role because the best is yet to come. Maybe she'll be the first food president!”

Mission-forward Food is the environment. Food is the economy. Food is health. Chef @chefjoseandres welcomes @FRESHFARMDC's new Executive Director Cat Oakar. She has spent her career acting on exactly that. @CKummer on a remarkable evening. Follow this thread🧵

Go to your farmers market! @CentralFarmMKTs @FRESHFARMDC support your local farmers market! Our farmers need you!

❄️ WINTER WEATHER UPDATE ❄️ Unfortunately, due to the ongoing winter storm cleanup efforts, the following markets will be closed this week: 📍Ballston, Thursday 2/5 📍Monroe, Saturday 2/7 📍All other markets will be open. Stay warm & safe!

Late Breaking: FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Market will be open this Sunday (2/1). Be prepared for a reduced market footprint. See you this Sunday! FRESHFARM . . . . #DupontCircle #SundayMarket #DupontCircleFarmerMarkets

‼️ Due to the ongoing winter storm cleanup efforts, several of our markets will be closed this weekend‼️ Thank you for your patience during this challenging time & for supporting our farmers & producers. Dupont Circle status? Stay tuned!