YES! Cold running tap water, and sometimes a clean brush, are all you need to get your fruits and veggies clean!

It's market day at Crossroads Farmers Market! Grab some peaches (or nectarines) & cucumbers to make delicious Peach Salsa (go.umd.edu/5Po)--a perfect way to cool off on these hot days! Eat with baked tortilla chips as a snack or w/fish, chicken, or beans. Crossroads Community Food Network

Please join us to learn more about the amazing work that Crossroads Community Food Network does to create a more equitable food system for SNAP customers! Crossroads Community Food Network Register: go.umd.edu/ieK

Did you make it to Crossroads Farmers Market today for tomatoes? If so, put some of them to good use in our Watermelon and Tomato Salad--a quick meal for a hot day, no oven required! Crossroads Community Food Network

Celebrate Dia de la Independencia today 11:00-3:00 at Crossroads Farmers Market! Bring home some sweet potatoes 🍠to make our Black Bean & Sweet Potato Chili go.umd.edu/5jk to keep the celebration going at home!

EXCITING NEWS! Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd will be providing TRIPLE MEALS on Fridays at their meal sites--a total of SIX MEALS to help feed students over the weekend! Go to montgomeryschoolsmd.org/reopening/meal… for location information. E Jean-Philippe Merilyn Burroughs HHESHUSKIES BeWell Huskies Roscoe Nix ES

It's fall at Crossroads Farmers Market (today 11-3)! Stock up on apples, root vegetables, and winter squashes that last a long time and make a delicious Apple and Parsnip Soup go.umd.edu/5t8. SNAP benefits match to $50 through the market season! Crossroads Community Food Network

Visit your school meal site this week to pick up meals and see what local foods you can find! 🍎🍏🍎Elise Burgess Stedwick ES

Today is the last day of the Farmers Market season at Crossroads! Stock up on some last minute vegetables for your Thanksgiving table, like acorn squash which can be used to make our delicious and easy Spicy Apple-Filled Squash: youtu.be/dvGBWiGf9tM Crossroads Community Food Network

Thankful for amazing teachers & staff @ Arcola ES who always put our nutrition education resources to great use with students. We're looking forward to seeing your basil in just a few weeks! #growisasnap E Jean-Philippe Merilyn Burroughs

Looking for another way to use some extra school meal fruit cups--and for something you and the kids can do together in the kitchen? Join #MDSNAPEd for a FB Live cooking demo & transform them into muffins! This Thursday (12/17) @ 11am - facebook.com/EatSmartMD. Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd

Have some parts of your school meals left over? Make the most of them! Join SNAP-Ed TODAY at 11:00 am for a LIVE demo of Apple Cranberry Salad Toss, using several items from the awesome meals by Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd! Join here - facebook.com/EatSmartMD.

Don't miss our Facebook Live TODAY at 11:00am on facebook.com/EatSmartMD. We will be making "snacktivities" with peanut butter along with our friends from Manna Food Center! #mdsnaped #eatsmartrecipe #snacktvities #peanutbutter Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd

TODAY (3/11) at 11am, SNAP-Ed will be hosting a Q&A session with our friends NoKidHungry Maryland about Pandemic-EBT via Facebook Live. Please join us at facebook.com/EatSmartMD with your questions! EveryMind. Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd Manna Food Center MoCoFoodCouncil Crossroads Community Food Network MCPS

Try some asparagus this weekend with your family--our recipe for Fresh Asparagus, Tomato, and Feta Salad is quick and delicious! go.umd.edu/Sth

SOOO many great things @ Crossroads Farmers Market today! Delicious apricots, beautiful greens, summer squash...and did I mention COVID VACCINES??? Open today until 2:30! University Blvd & Anne St Takoma Park Crossroads Community Food Network Maryland Department of Health

Summer fruits and vegetables were in full swing at Crossroads today! Still plenty of fresh local greens and blueberries around to make a delicious salad for dinner--no oven required Crossroads Community Food Network extension.umd.edu/programs/famil…

Packaging & pricing with SNAP customers in mind! Farmer Lorien Fresh Mama Farms, Montgomery Co. MD sells a fresh side salad for shoppers on a budget and/or cooking for one. Maryland SNAP-Ed partners with farmers & markets to expand food access for SNAP recipients and increase SNAP market sales! NAFMNP