Foggy Bottom FRESHFARM Market

Great location! I wish there was a greater selection of fruits, but everything looked fresh. The vendors were friendly and the prices were reasonable.
Guess this will be my weekly stop on my way home from work! Too convenient to pass up.

Definitely one of the smaller farmers markets from the same organization. Due to its size there didn’t seem to be much off anything– just one vendor for produce, bread, two for specialty goods. It was pretty scant, but all I needed was bread. It’s good for a quick shop, but I wouldn’t suggest coming here if you like to wander around markets.

A great little farmer’s market next to the Foggy Bottom Metro Station on Wednesday afternoons. This year, vendors have included 3 different produce people — one with a fruit, honey and jam focus, one with a good mix of fruit and veggies and Blueberry Hill, which has more unusual fruits (gooseberries and currents were available in the early summer) as well as staples. Between these three, you can pretty much stock your kitchen.
You can also find a baker, a prepared foods vendor (Chris’ Empanadas, haven’t had but they’re supposed to be good), a pasta vendor (had their sausage tortellini — very good), cut flowers, chicken & pork vendor, and Gunpowder Bison. The bison is delightful — a pound of ground costs $ 6, compared with the $ 5 you’d spend for a pound of good chuck, and it’s a much leaner meat. The goat cheese vendor has left for the season due to staffing issues, which is sad because their cheese was to die for. Most of the vendors accept credit cards, but cash is always preferred.
Prices at the farmer’s market are high, but prices are always high at the farmer’s market. Still, the prices aren’t too outrageous and it’s always worth it to support local foods.

I love this farmer’s market. I think I would love it even if it only had one vendor, it’s so convenient! I live so closer that I can drag my feet down the block to get fresh-​from-​the-​field produce practically in my slippers. It’s GREAT. One of my favorite things about living in DC.
Fortunately, there is definitely more than one vendor — usually ten or so. It’s not as big of a market as Dupont or Penn Quarter, but there’s an ample selection of seasonal produce, pastries, preserves, cooked foods, meats (including both poultry, beef, and this year there’s even bison!), freshly baked breads, and cut flowers. For a while this spring, there was a small table with the most amazing goat cheese from Cherry Glen, but they haven’t been around recently. (Please come back! I’m hooked on that damn cheese!!!) There is definitely enough variety here to cook up a nice supper straight from the market, and it’s fun to mix and match your ingredients between the different vendors.
Prices aren’t necessarily «grocery store cheap», but that’s not why you go to the farmer’s market. You go for really FRESH and HEALTHY food that comes from a local farm and not from a massive operation thousands of miles away… to me, it’s worth the extra few dollars knowing that I’m helping a small farmer keep their farm running and producing high quality food for us to enjoy. I budget a certain amount weekly to pick up some nice greens and fruit that will last me ’til the next market. It’s fun too that there is a new and different variety of produce available pretty much every week; keeps you guessing!
The market is open 2:30pm-7pm on Wednesdays, April through November.