Common Market

Board Meeting - Everyone Welcome!
2024-12-12 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-23 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. To attend, please use this ZOOM link.
Early in the meeting agenda, the board reserves space to hear from owners who wish to address the board. Want to contribute to our next Board meeting? Click here and in the subject line put “Owner Comment” and let your voice be heard!

Winter Clothing Swap!
2024-12-17 12:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for our Winter Clothing Swap, refresh your wardrobe while promoting eco-friendly practices!
Here’s how it works:
1. Bring Your Items: Sort through your closet and bring clean, gently worn clothing and accessories, including shoes in good condition.
2. Swap and Discover: Browse through the items brought by fellow community members and take as many articles of clothing as you like!
By participating, you’ll make a positive impact on the environment while connecting with your neighbors. Let’s come together to share, reuse, and celebrate our community’s commitment to sustainability.
Any leftover clothing will be donated to the Frederick Rescue Mission.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Natural Relief: Homeopathic Cold and Flu Remedies
2024-12-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for an insightful presentation, “Natural Relief: Homeopathic Cold and Flu Remedies,” hosted by Martina Gallagher, D.Hom, a professional homeopathic practitioner trained at the prestigious Los Angeles School of Homeopathy.
In this engaging session, you’ll discover the gentle and effective world of homeopathic remedies for managing cold and flu symptoms. Learn how homeopathy offers relief from discomfort without the side effects often associated with conventional medications. We’ll explore:

The fundamental principles of homeopathy.
Common remedies for various cold and flu symptoms.
The individualized approach that makes homeopathy a powerful tool for holistic healing.

Empower yourself and your family with natural options to manage seasonal illnesses, promote faster recovery, and support overall well-being. Whether you’re new to homeopathy or already familiar with its benefits, this presentation will provide valuable insights to enhance your journey toward natural, holistic healthcare.

Holiday Food Tastings
2024-12-18 12:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-20 12:00 - 15:00 | MD
Join us December 18th and 20th from 12 – 3pm for food tastings and demos at both store locations! Sample snacks, desserts, fresh meats and more; everything you need for the perfect holiday gathering.

Holiday Hours
2024-12-23 07:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-24 08:00 - 18:00, 2024-12-31 08:00 - 18:00, 2025-01-01 09:00 - 17:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Monday, December 23 Store Open 7 AM – 9PM
Tuesday, December 24 Store Open 8 AM – 6 PM, Cafe open 8 AM – 4 PM
Wednesday, December 25 Common Market closed for Christmas
Tuesday, December 31 Store Open 8 AM – 6 PM, Cafe open 8 AM – 4 PM
Wednesday January 1, Store Open 9 AM – 5 PM, Cafe open 9 AM – 3 PM, No Hot Bar but Salad and Soup bar open

Holiday Hours - Store Closed for Christmas
2024-12-25 08:00 - 21:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States

Supporting Optimal Thyroid Functioning
2025-01-04 16:00 - 17:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
The thyroid gland is one of the most important organs in the body. In fact, it touches almost every single cell and can influence each organ’s functioning. For this reason, it’s essential to support healthy thyroid functioning in order to achieve optimal health. In this course, you’ll learn about the different root causes of dysfunction, how to investigate and assess your thyroid functioning, understand how specific nutrition and minerals support or hinder thyroid functioning, all about light and its impact on the thyroid, and how to implement simple strategies on your own to support your thyroid.

Holistic Support for Perimenopause
2025-01-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
If you are interested in learning about a holistic approach to supporting your health during perimenopause, this is your chance! Together with clinical herbalist Amy Boldt, MS, we’ll explore options for this natural (possibly challenging) transition in life. It’s time to dispel the old narrative and to shift the perspective, while at the same time learning about the changes that occur within the body. Find ways to naturally support common complaints such as hot flashes, mood swings, and disrupted sleep through herbs, diet, and lifestyle.

Kombucha 101
2025-01-18 12:30 - 14:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Come join us as we learn all about kombucha history and the science behind the brewing and fermenting process! This will be an in-depth, hands-on learning experience and there will be plenty of time for questions. We will make our own delicious kombucha infusion and you will take home all the necessary ingredients to keep fermenting your own kombucha.
Liz Dodson a.k.a The Kombucha Lady is a professional brew master based in Northern Frederick County. She has been making kombucha for 10 years, and since 2016 she has been producing kombucha commercially. She lives on her small farm in Rocky Ridge, MD where she grows many herbs and small fruits that are used in the Kombucha Lady brews. Liz specializes in hand-crafted, micro-brewed kombucha—just about as local as you can get!

Harmony in Healing: Monthly Homeopathy Exploration
2025-01-21 16:00 - 17:45, 2025-02-18 16:00 - 17:45 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Unlock the secrets of holistic healing! Join our Monthly Homeopathy Study Group – a vibrant community where curiosity meets knowledge. Dive deep into the world of natural wellness as we explore the principles of homeopathy, share insights, and empower each other on our journey to optimal health. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or just starting your holistic adventure, our study group is the perfect place to discover the transformative power of homeopathy. Ignite your curiosity, connect with like-minded individuals, and let’s embark on a path to well-being together. Every month promises a new exploration into the art and science of homeopathy. Be part of something extraordinary – your health journey begins here!
Hosted by Martina Gallagher, a professional homeopathic practitioner trained at the prestigious Los Angeles School of Homeopathy.

Both Cafes & Stores closing early for All Staff Town Hall meeting, at 4 PM & 5 PM respectively
2025-01-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Cafes closing at 4 PM and stores closing at 5 PM. Thanks for your understanding as we hold this important meeting, twice per year

Embracing Green Burial: A Return to Nature with Michael Judd [ZOOM]
2025-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Michael Judd is the Co-founder of Morris Orchard Natural Burial Park, Frederick’s first dedicated green burial ground. www.morrisorchardnaturalburial.com.
Michael has worked with agro-ecological and whole-system designs throughout the Americas for three decades, focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design. His projects increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. He is the founder of Ecologia Edible & Ecological Landscape Design, Project Bona Fide, an international nonprofit supporting agro-ecology research, co-founder of SilvoCulture, a Maryland based nonprofit which is helping plant 1 million nut trees in the Mid-Atlantic region, and Morris Orchard Natural Burial. He is also the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, and For the Love of PawPaws.
Michael lives with his family on a permaculture homestead nestled along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Frederick, Maryland. The Judds’ homestead consists of 25 acres of mixed woodlands, food forests, gardens, and a nursery designed for experimentation and education.
Are you curious about Home Funeral and Green Burial practices/options in Maryland? Join Michael Judd as he invites you to consider choices for end-of-life care, home funeral, home burial, and green burial practices. Michael will share information, resources, and personal experiences as he honors the wise traditions of natural burial and the relevance of these choices for us today.
Zoom Passcode will be sent 2/4 via email.

Fall in Love with Transit!
2025-02-13 14:15 - 15:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹: We know you’ve been seeing those big green buses driving around The City of Frederick and Frederick County, Maryland. We get it—we’re not mind-readers. But we do know that people often think “𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙.”
Well, we hear you, and we’re here to help! We’ll teach you how to read the schedule and how to use Google Transit to plan your trip. Join Transit Services of Frederick County and the Common Market for a quick and informal travel training session. We’ll learn about Google Maps to plan trips and we’ll hop onboard the 60 Connector right outside The Common Market. We’ll ride down to the Transit Center and transfer to the 61 Connector, returning to the Common Market shortly after.
We will start by sipping Hot Chocolate in the Community Room next to our Cafe!

Co-op Happy Hour with Mobilize Frederick!
2025-02-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Enjoy a delicious mocktail and tasty cafe appetizers while connecting with our community! This happy hour is the perfect opportunity to relax, learn, and get inspired. Join Karen Cannon, Executive Director of Mobilize Frederick, for engaging conversations about climate solutions and discover how YOU can make a difference in building a more sustainable and resilient planet. Don’t miss out on this enriching experience!

Presentation:
“Learn About Climate Change Solutions and How to Make a Difference with Mobilize Frederick”
Climate Change can seem like an overwhelming issue that’s too big for us to solve, but there’s a lot happening here in Frederick County and there are a lot of ways for us to make a difference. Whether you decide to make changes to your own home or lifestyle, become involved in community efforts, or advocate for local or state policies, it all adds up. We’ll share information on what Mobilize Frederick has been working on, our upcoming Climate Summit, and several other programs that we’re launching in 2025. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy a healthy happy hour, learn about climate solutions, and find out about opportunities to get involved. We hope to see you there!

Self Defense Series
2025-03-02 17:00 - 17:45 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
These classes will cover situational awareness, verbal de-escalation and physical de-escalation. In the physical de-escalation portions, the class will cover primarily “open hand” techniques, not the use of weapons or other tools of self-defense. Each 45-minute lesson will include review of the previous week, some core strengthening, some aerobic conditioning, proper use of hands, and one-on-one practice of each technique with a partner, with the goal of developing a “muscle memory” response to various aggressor holds such as front bear hug, double wrist grasp, lapel grab. Safety of all participants will be emphasized.
Class is open to all women and teen girls, including all identifying as women. Loose, comfortable clothing for class time is recommended. This class will be a time of confidence boosting and the building of community solidarity. Best outcome if present at all classes, but not required.

Plant-Based Lunch Bunch!
2025-03-07 12:00 - 13:15 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Looking to learn new ways to cook? Want to try out plant-based eating or be part of a fun food community? Join Common Market Board President and culinary coach, Alison Wexler, in the 7th Street Community Room on the first Friday of each month from 12:00 to 1:15 for a new Plant-Based Lunch Bunch! Alison will provide a cooking demo of a new vegan or vegetarian recipe each month, which the group will eat together afterward while getting to know each other and swapping tales from the kitchen. This is a great opportunity to meet new people, expand your cooking repertoire, and get healthy at the same time!

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Workshop! [OFFSITE]
2025-04-05 14:00 - 16:00 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
Grow your own mushrooms! It is easier to grow mushrooms at home than you think. You can grow delicious and nutritious culinary and medicinal mushrooms in your own garden or home (in apartments, on rooftops and patios, too!) In the workshop we will cover how to inoculate stumps, logs, wood chips, and burlap sacks while improving your garden ecology. In this interactive class you will learn the types of outdoor mushrooms that we can easily grow in our area, the conditions required and the tools you will need. The class will also cover the basics of mushroom science, how fungi functions in nature and how to work with fungi to help restore our local ecologies. The best part is the hands-on experience of inoculating a mushroom log that you get to take home!
Workshops will be outside- rain or shine, and will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Please wear comfortable shoes for walking and bring your own water. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole-system designs throughout the Americas for over two decades, focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design. His projects increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. He is the founder of Ecologia Edible & Ecological Landscape Design, Project Bona Fide, an international nonprofit supporting agro-ecology research, and co-founder of SilvoCulture, a Maryland based nonprofit which is helping plant 1 million nut trees in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is also the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, and For the Love of PawPaws.
Michael lives with his family on a permaculture homestead nestled along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Frederick, Maryland. The Judds’ homestead consists of 25 acres of mixed woodlands, food forests, gardens, and a nursery designed for experimentation and education.
**Long Creek Nursery Plant pick-ups available after workshop**
**These workshops sell out fast, if you would like to be put on a waitlist please email aharmon@commonmarket.coop**

ReWIND Wellness & Meditation with Sahaja Yoga [FREE]
2025-04-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
UNESCO Body and Mind Wellness is sponsoring a ReWIND wellness class featuring Sahaja Yoga Meditation. We will sit comfortably in chairs and work with our inner energy resources to bring balance to our emotional and mental state of being. In this class we will learn and experience how to work with our subtle energy system that is made up of mental and emotional channels and 7 energy centers. With one session, you will benefit from deep relaxation and an enhanced overall state of well-being.

A Children's Taste of African Heritage[FREE]
2025-04-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for an engaging introduction to A Children’s Taste of African Heritage (ACTOAH), a program by Oldways designed to celebrate and promote healthy eating through the rich flavors of African heritage foods. This class highlights how culturally-appropriate, plant-based meals—featuring ingredients like leafy greens, tubers, and okra—can support good nutrition. Participants will explore delicious, budget-friendly recipes and receive A Children’s Taste of African Heritage Student Handbook along with access to additional online lessons. Plus, kids will have the opportunity to tour the store, learning how to identify nutritious foods and make healthy choices while grocery shopping. For a wealth of healthy eating information visit oldwayspt.org
Tasha Manigo-Bizzell is a licensed dietician, nutritionist, certified nutrition specialist, and owner of Muse Wellness.
This workshop is suitable for ages 8 and up.

Tons Of Textiles Recycling Event [BOTH STORE LOCATIONS]
2025-04-18 15:00 - 18:00 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for another massive textiles collection event! We’re aiming to collect *ten tons* of textiles — that’s more than the weight of an elephant! Help Frederick County reach this goal by donating your unwanted textiles, including clothing, shoes, linens, and more! Your contributions will be diverted from landfills and given a second life through recycling and reuse.
Once collected our contracted partner Helpsy will collect the items and sort them. Some items are then sold for resale or donation organizations. Other non usable items are sorted further, non usable items can be remade into new clothes, blown insulation and other similar products. Helpsy works to find buyers both domestic and international. To find out more check out their website: https://www.helpsy.com/
The goal of this event is to keep worn textiles out of the landfill and support more mindful reuse. If you have clothing in good, wearable condition and would like it to go directly into the hands of someone in need, please consider donating to the Frederick Rescue Mission. A convenient drop-off bin is located behind Starbucks in the 7th Street parking lot.
Drop off your textiles at either Common Market Co-op location and help us make an impact in our community.
**Click here to review items we accept**

Hands-on Day with House in the Woods Farm!
2025-04-19 13:00 - 15:00 | House in the Woods Farm, 2225 Park Mills Rd, Adamstown, MD, 21710, United States
Visit House in the Woods Farm and get your hands in the dirt! We will start with a brief tour and get you busy with a farm task. Try your hand at planting or just come and observe how we grow our organic produce. The best way to appreciate how food is grown is to try it yourself!!!
House in the Woods Farm inspires people to explore the farm and connect to the land, food and community through farm memberships, farm-to-table experiences and harvest events. Lend a hand to plant and harvest produce and experience the delight of eating what you grow.
Age information will help us tailor tasks to ensure a fun and engaging experience for all. To complete your RSVP please email the number of people in your party and the ages of attendees to aharmon@commonmarket.coop
If you loved getting your hands in the dirt and want to get more involved check out House in the Woods work share opportunity. Help on the farm, 4 hours per week, ideally on Wednesday or Friday mornings in exchange to receive weekly vegetables, hands-on farm education, and some garden ZEN. Help plant the garden, harvest the crops, and prepare the farm for the season! For more information contact Ilene at 301-461-6575 or ilene@houseinthewoods.com

Earth Day: Tree Planting with Streamlink!
2025-04-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Daughters of Charity, 16840 S. Seton Ave, Emmitsburg, 21727, United States
Join us for an educational and fun opportunity to help reforest Frederick County! Stream Link Education has several tree flagging and planting volunteer opportunities that you don’t want to miss out on! Click here to sign-up!

National Arbor Day: Tree Planting with Streamlink!
2025-04-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Daughters of Charity, 16840 S. Seton Ave, Emmitsburg, 21727, United States

7th St. Spring Clothing Swap!
2025-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for our Spring Clothing Swap, refresh your wardrobe while promoting eco-friendly practices!
Here’s how it works:
1. Bring Your Items: Sort through your closet and bring clean, gently worn clothing and accessories, including shoes in good condition.
2. Swap and Discover: Browse through the items brought by fellow community members and take as many articles of clothing as you like!
By participating, you’ll make a positive impact on the environment while connecting with your neighbors. Let’s come together to share, reuse, and celebrate our community’s commitment to sustainability.
Any leftover clothing will be donated to the Housing Authority of the City of Frederick.
We can’t wait to see you there!
