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Photo By: John Arundel/WHG

Crystal Farms returns to Crystal Drive in Crystal City every Tuesday from 3 to 7 pm. Stop by, shop healthy, and enjoy locally produced food.

Photo By: John Arundel/WHG

Do you have dozens of eco-friendly, reuseable shopping bags at your house but always forget them before heading out to the Farmers’ Market? Do you feel guilty when you find yourself taking multiple plastic bags to carry your plentiful farm bounty home with you?

The Crystal City BID team knows how you feel! To help fix this problem, the Crystal City BID has a Bag-Sharing Program.

Area residents, employees and shoppers are invited to donate any extra reusable bags they have lying around the house at designated locations at Crystal Farms (please only clean, gently used bags).

The donated bags will then be made available to shoppers who have forgotten their bags or are looking for a green tote alternative.

Photo By: John Arundel/WHG

The Crystal City market features the following farmers and producers.

• Atwater's Bakery: artisan breads, scones, cookies, organic ingredients
• Baguette Republic: baguettes, boules, challah, focaccia, rolls
• Barajas Produce: beans, beets, broccoli, herbs, salad mix, mustard green and more
• BIGG Riggs Farms: apple butter, hot pepper jelly, vodka sauce, fruit jams
• Four Seasons Nursery: cut flowers & herbs, culinary and medicinal herb plants
• G. Flores Produce: seasonal fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and herbs, container plants
• Graces Pastries: quick cakes, breads, scones
• Great Harvest Bread Co.: breads, cookies, baked goods
• Guata Java: premium Guatemalan coffee
• J-Wen Farms (Dairy): farm fresh milk, cheese and yogurt
• Kuhn Orchards: fruits and vegetables, herbs, flowers and plants, fruit butters, jams jellies, canned peaches
• LynnVale Studios: over 100 different kinds of specialty cut flowers and culinary herbs
• Meat Crafters: all natural hand-crafted meats, cured, fresh and smoked
• Mount Vernon Farm: 100% grass-fed beef, lamb and pastured pork
• Red Apron Butcher Shop: bacon, pastrami and hotdogs
• Salsa Las Glorias: Salsas and Pico de Gallo made with locally grown ingredients
• St. Ambrose Apiaries: Honey, honey related products, 100% beeswax candles
• Teaco: wide varieties of loose leaf teas
• Toigo Orchards: apple sauce, apple/pear butter, pasta sauce, honey and fresh fruits
• Tysons Farms: wide varieties of seasonal fruits and vegetables including peaches, plums, cherries, berries, beans, zuccini, peppers, cabbage, beans, eggplants and much more
• Walnut Hill Farm: seasonal vegetables including corn, potatos, beans, kohlrabi, onions, watermelon and more
• Westmoreland Produce: seasonal vegetables and fruits, container plants, cut herbs and flowers