Demystify the Menstrual Cycle and Support Your Health [Online; Recorded]
2022-01-22 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | 5728 Buckeystown Pike B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Menstruation shouldn’t feel like a mystery! A menstruator’s reproductive health is closely tied to the state of their general health and to the delicate interplay of hormones that create all of changes that occur during the menstrual cycle. In this hour-long workshop, you’ll get an informative overview of the complete hormonal cycle, the specific hormones at work and what your menstrual cycle can tell you about your health. You’ll also learn some practical ways to help keep your hormones happy and running smoothly. Get ready to understand your health from a new and empowering perspective.
Students will receive a Zoom link via email. This class will be recorded and sent to those who sign-up so they can watch it again, or later!
Led by Sarah Kurtanich, Integrated Nutrition Health Coach & Fertility Awareness Method Educator.

Chalsa Tasting by Panibus, a flavor company
2022-01-22 14:00 - 18:30 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Taste Chalsa salsa, and meet the founder, at our Rt. 85 store between 2-4 PM, and at our 7th St. store between 4:30 – 6:30 PM – weather permitting!

Born out of a Jersey City kitchen not much larger than a walk in closet, Chalsa is a function of curiosity and creativity.
After spending one too many late nights in the lab i.e (kitchen) modifying the 1000th batch of my fresh roasted tomatillo salsa, I realized it wasn’t lacking flavor but meaning. I needed something that transcended the concept of salsa and conforming to my mantra of never following a recipe, it needed to embrace what made cooking so special to me. The inherent ability to draw from the cultural food palette to invent flavors that were universally consumed across a spectrum of dishes irrespective of cuisine.
Having an existing love for Indian food and culture, I was inspired by chutney, a staple meal compliment in Indian cuisine which already shared several of the ingredients with the salsa. Once infused with 7 peppers and 25 fresh ingredients including peaches & mangos, Chalsa was born. Versatile in use, delicious in taste, the mystique of Chalsa has driven me on a life pursuit to explore the global food landscape and create multidimensional culturally inspired flavors that could be applied to other product staples as well.
Ultimately, I realized that if you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.
-Tommy Penaherrera,
Founder, Pancibus

Grilled Cheese Please Food Truck @ Route 85!
2022-01-26 11:00 - 14:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
The Grilled Cheese Please food truck will be at our Route 85 store today from 11-2pm. Everyone welcome!
We hope to see you there. Indoor cafe seating is available!

Food for Thought and Board of Directors Meeting; Everyone Welcome! [Online; Free; RSVP]
2022-01-27 18:00 - 21:00 | 5728 Buckeystown Pike B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP here by noon on that Thursday to receive your Zoom link. Your Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the meeting.
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!
This meeting will start with our “Food for Thought” speaker series presentation! These 20-minute Ted Talk style speeches will take place at the beginning of each board meeting and highlight presenters from diverse and marginalized groups within the Frederick community. Our hope is to center different voices in order to learn about the joys, struggles, and experiences within Frederick and emphasizes our co-op principles of education and concern for community. Due to limited meeting time, there will be no Q&A but contact information and resources will be shared for follow up conversations.
This month’s Food for Thought Speaker is Aaron Stephens, Special Projects Director with The Arc of Frederick County!
Aaron Stephens serves as the Special Projects Director with The Arc of Frederick County. He has worked with The Arc for more than 20 years. Aaron enjoys using creative habits to create enviable lives for people with developmental disabilities. Aaron has worked to support an author with autism to publish books, established inclusive college opportunities, and directs the day-to-day operation of The Arc’s employment supports. Aaron is currently collaborating with wonderful co-workers who have opened a coffee shop, large event space, and culinary training program to bring the community together at The Arc at Market Street.

Stone's Throw Hash Tasting!
2022-01-29 10:00 - 14:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Delicious hashes sourced from farms only a stone’s throw away! Found in Common Market’s freezer department, join us in a weekend sampling, meet the dynamic owner and hear his story.

The Garage Food Truck @ Rt. 85
2022-01-29 11:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Come sample some delicious local fare in the parking lot of Common Market’s Rt. 85 store, dine on our patio or in our café! We can’t decide between the BLT and the Greet Salad! Yum!

Maka Tasting
2022-02-04 10:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
MāKā® superfood drinks are a delicious combination of wheatgrass, herbal tea, and fruit juices. Lightly carbonated and +Energized+ by yerba mate and guayusa.
Our drinks are nutritionally equivalent to 8 one-ounce shots of wheatgrass.
MāKā® is USDA organic certified, non-GMO, gluten free (<5 ppm), and vegan.
MāKā® is a Māori term for being active. MāKā® supports your active lifestyle & provides a palate pleasing experience.

Stone's Throw Hash Tasting
2022-02-05 10:00 - 14:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States

Three Daughters Food Truck!
2022-02-09 11:00, 2022-03-16 11:00 - 14:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Greek & Mediterranean Specialties!
https://www.facebook.com/Three-Daughters-Food-Truck-100875725209863/

Catoctin Coffee Company Tasting
2022-02-09 11:00 - 14:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Located in the beautiful foothills of Lovettsville, VA, Catoctin Coffee Company is a family run small-batch roaster of the world’s finest specialty coffee beans. Our goal is to create for you the ultimate coffee experience. Since 2011, we have worked only with ultra-responsible providers of superb, sustainable, ethically sourced coffee beans. Then we roast only enough to fulfill daily orders. Try samples of these delicious brews today!

Green Skies: How to Fight Climate Change while Saving for Retirement [Free; Online; RSVP]
2022-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Many of us are personally concerned about climate change. And many of us invest for retirement. Investment companies want you to believe that your retirement accounts are making a difference on the climate change front, but are they really? The answer is a resounding “maybe” – IF you know what to look for.
Join us for this virtual event to talk about what is real and what is “greenwashing” when investing to improve climate change, and to find out what you can do to make a real difference.
This event is free, please RSVP below! You will receive your Zoom link the week of the class.

Health Ade Tasting
2022-02-12 15:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Health-Ade kombucha was founded in 2012 by a husband, a wife, and best friend in a true farmer’s market start-up story. Try this low-sugar, high probiotic, gut wellness beverage in store today!

Beekeeping 101
2022-02-19 10:30 - 12:30 | Common Market 7th Street Location, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
So! You’ve decided you’ll become a beekeeper, or you want a better understanding of honey bees! Natural Beekeeping 101 will afford attendees a sufficient grasp of the basic tenets of beekeeping. All ages welcome.
We hope you can join us as we learn about honey bee biology, honey bee gear, honey bee management, care, and so much more! Tastings of various bee products will also be available!
This class will be led by Josh of Sol Nectar Farm. You can check out their website here!

Celebrating Black Owned Businesses Market!
2022-02-23 16:00 - 19:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
In honor of Black History Month we want to celebrate some of the Black Owned Businesses that keep our community strong!
We hope you can join us between 4 and 7pm to celebrate these great chefs, makers, and bakers!!

Food for Thought and Board of Directors Meeting; Everyone Welcome! [Online; Free; RSVP]
2022-02-24 18:00 - 21:00 | MD
Your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP here by noon on that Thursday to receive your Zoom link. Your Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the meeting.
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!
This meeting will start with our “Food for Thought” speaker series presentation! These 20-minute Ted Talk style speeches will take place at the beginning of each board meeting and highlight presenters from diverse and marginalized groups within the Frederick community. Our hope is to center different voices in order to learn about the joys, struggles, and experiences within Frederick and emphasizes our co-op principles of education and concern for community. Due to limited meeting time, there will be no Q&A but contact information and resources will be shared for follow up conversations.
This month’s Food for Thought speaker is Hongwei Xu, Site Director of Partners In Care, Maryland!

Maka Tasting
2022-03-06 10:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States

Green Burials and Home Funerals in Maryland [Hybrid]
2022-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Are you curious about Home Funeral and Green Burial practices/options in Maryland? Caring for loved ones in the dying time at home, even a generation ago, was the way families traditionally made their farewells. This age-old wisdom is available to us today. The recognition that families may care for their loved ones at their time of transition offers great comfort and solace. 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 past home funeral care and the relevance of these choices for us today.
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.

Maka Tasting
2022-03-11 11:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
MāKā® superfood drinks are a delicious combination of wheatgrass, herbal tea, and fruit juices. Lightly carbonated and +Energized+ by yerba mate and guayusa.
Our drinks are nutritionally equivalent to 8 one-ounce shots of wheatgrass.
MāKā® is USDA organic certified, non-GMO, gluten free (<5 ppm), and vegan.
MāKā® is a Māori term for being active. MāKā® supports your active lifestyle & provides a palate pleasing experience.
On top of all this, MāKā® is a member of 1% for the Planet, a local business, and Russ wears the coolest pants you’ll ever see!

CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW - Grilled Cheese Please Food Truck @ Rt. 85!
2022-03-12 13:00 - 17:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Due to the cold, snowy & windy weather, the Grilled Cheese Please Food Truck will be rescheduled – check back for new schedule!

Happy Being Tasting
2022-03-16 11:00, 2022-03-17 11:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Healthy fruit & veggie plant-based phytonutrients infused into 12 oz bottles of white tea!
Each bottle has as much of the blueberry antioxidant (called Tero) as 962 cups of blueberries, plus 4 other powerful nutrients: EGCG (green tea antioxidant), Vitamin D3 (we’re all deficient), Elderberry (immune support) and Turmacin® (bioavailable turmeric compound).  next, we make it taste great in all both flavors: peach rose, & blueberry.
The end result? a drink that boosts immunity, promotes gut health, and fights inflammation. Doesn’t that sound happy?!

Garden Planning and Seed Starting
2022-03-17 18:30 - 20:30 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Whether you are an experienced vegetable gardener or just getting started, it’s never too early to start planning your garden! It takes just a bit of knowledge and intentionality (and sometimes a bit of luck!) to produce your own food. This course will help participants gain an appreciation for planning, preparing, and participating in a gardening experience in addition to some seed starting basics! Don will also guide us through what we may need to consider before getting started, including the costs of growing in our space, suggested tools, and commitment required to maintaining your own garden.
Don Ludke has been a certified Master Gardener for over 13 years, a public-school teacher in Maryland for 40 years, and a home gardener for 50 years. He has taught adult gardening classes on a variety of practical gardening and landscape topics throughout the state. His gardening areas of interest and knowledge include companion planting, crop timing and garden design. He appreciates sharing his experience and knowledge with all who will listen and who are interested in learning about the benefits of gardening.

Food for Thought and Board of Directors Meeting; Everyone Welcome! [Online; Free; RSVP]
2022-03-24 18:00 - 21:00 | MD
Your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP here by noon on that Thursday to receive your Zoom link. Your Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the meeting.
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!
This meeting will start with our “Food for Thought” speaker series presentation! These 20-minute Ted Talk style speeches will take place at the beginning of each board meeting and highlight presenters from diverse and marginalized groups within the Frederick community. Our hope is to center different voices in order to learn about the joys, struggles, and experiences within Frederick and emphasizes our co-op principles of education and concern for community. Due to limited meeting time, there will be no Q&A but contact information and resources will be shared for follow up conversations.

Employee Artisan Fair!
2022-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
We hope you can join us as we celebrate and explore the creative talents of Common Market employees!
Art and handmade items will be available for sale.
Light snacks will be available as people peruse.
This is a great way to support local artisans and get to know the folks you love to see at the Market!

Southeastern Roastery Tasting!
2022-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States

Grilled Cheese tasting from A Friendly Bread!
2022-04-02 11:00 - 13:00 | The Common Market, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, 21704, United States
Homemade sourdough with extra sharp cheddar & mozzarella, these gems can be found in the freezer section at both stores, pop in a toaster oven for 8 minutes and meal is served! Try at both locations Saturday April 2! Rt. 85 starts at 11 AM, 7th St starts at 1:30 PM.

Maka tasting!
2022-04-03 11:00 - 15:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States

Paint Your Pet’s Portrait!
2022-04-03 12:00 - 16:00 | The Common Market 7th Street, 927 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Paint Your Pet’s Portrait events are a great way to hang out with friends and unleash your creativity. If you haven’t painted before- never fear! Founding artist of Wagging Tail Studios, Sherry Kendall, and founding artist of Wet Nose Greetings, Natalie Kendall, will lead us through this creative, hands-on experience!
After registering for class below, you will receive an email to send a close-up photo of your pet. The Wagging Tail artists will then sketch each pet’s likeness onto your canvas. When you arrive at our 7th Street store your canvas will be ready to paint your pet’s portrait! You can get extra creative by adding your own special touches to your pet’s portrait masterpiece!
Ticket sales will close Saturday, March 26th to give artists time to create the sketched canvases. Register ASAP, space is limited!!

Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms Class! [Offsite]
2022-04-03 14:00 - 15:30 | 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.
