While you are certainly able to find healthy options wherever you dine, the following are places where healthy food is prioritized. They're very local to College Park, too, so access is easy! Check them out!
Farmer's Markets:
In Front of Cole Fieldhouse, Campus Drive Entrance
Market time: Wednesdays 12PM-4PM
Season open: May 2nd through November 14th
USDA Beltsville Farmers Market
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Parking Lot B, Beltsville, MD 20705
Market time: Thursdays 10AM- 2PM
Season open: May 19th through October 2nd
Greenbelt Farmer's Market
131 Centerway, Greenbelt 20770
Market time: Sundays 10AM-2PM
Season open: May 13, 2012 through November 22, 2012
Phone 240-476-8769
Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market
Ellsworth Dr. between Fenton St. and Georgia Ave, Silver Spring
Market Time: Saturdays, 9 am to 1 pm (April to Dec.) Saturdays, 10 am to 1 pm (Jan. to March)
Email: silverspring@freshfarmmarkets.org
Crossroads Farmers Market
7676 New Hampshire Ave Takoma Park 20715
Market time: Wednesdays 2:30 PM-6: 30 PM
Season Open: May 18th through October 26th
Email: crossroadsmarket@gmail.com, Phone 301.891.7244
College Park Farmers Market- City Hall
4500 Knox Road, College Park 20742
Market time: Saturday 7AM- 12PM
Season open: May through October
Phone (301) 297-9370
College Park Farmers Market- Paint Branch
5211 Paint Branch Pkwy College Park 20740
Market time: Saturdays 7AM- 12PM
Season open: May through October
Phone (301) 297-9370
Riverdale Park Farmers Market
4650 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale Park 20740
Market time: Thursdays 3PM- 7PM
Season open: May through October
Contact Person: Jim Coleman
Email rpkfarmmkt@gmail.com, Phone 301-332-6258
Mount Rainier Farmers Market
Municipal Pl, Mt Rainier 20740
Market time: Saturdays 10AM-2PM
Email info@mountrainierfarmersmarket.com
Phone (301) 595-0379
Cheverly Community Market
6401 Forest Rd, Cheverly 20740
Market Time: 8AM to Noon.
Market Dates: *May 19, *June: 2, 16, 30, July: 14, 28 *August 11, 25 Sept. 8, 22 *October 6, 20, *November 17 *December 8
Email cheverlycommunitymarket@gmail.com,
Phone 240-205-1669
Grocery Stores:
B0203 Stamp Student Union College Park, Maryland 20002
Phone 301-314-8089
5331 Baltimore Ave Hyattsville, Maryland 20002
Phone 301-779-1205
4005 34th Street, Mt. Rainier, Md. 20712
Phone (301) 779-1978
9827 Rhode Island Ave College Park
Phone 301-220-1100
Community Supported Agriculture:
1600 Fedex Way, Greenbelt 20781
Contact: Shawn Shizer, Phone 410-798-4517
4913 Crittenden St, Hyattsville 20781
Winter CSA Only, volunteers welcome!
Email info@ecocityfarms.org, Phone 301-288-1125
Near Goddard/NASA, Greenbelt
Contact: Shawn Sizer Phone 410-798-4517
School of Public Health (255 SPH) College Park 20740
Email: publichealthgarden@gmail.com.
Local Restaurants
8300 Baltimore Avenue, College Park 20740
7356 Baltimore Avenue, College Park 20740
4926 Edgewood Road, College Park 20740
On Campus Restaurants & Food Options
Stamp Student Union
Cafes, Delis and Shops around Campus
- Applause - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
- BRBean - Biology Research Building
- Bytes - AV Williams Building
- Commons Shop - Ground floor of the South Campus Dinning Hall
- E+M Deli - Martin Hall
- Footnotes - 1st floor of McKeldin Library
- Kim Kafe - Engineering Building
- Leonardtown Shop - Leonardtown apartment complex
- North Campus Snack 'n' Shop (AKA the Incon) - Center of Cambridge Community
- The Dairy (Not just ice-cream!) - Turner Hall facing Route 1
- Union Shop - Ground floor of the Stamp Student Union
- Off the Record - Journalism Building
- Physics - Toll Building
- Rudys - Van Munching Hall
- Sneakers - ERC
Making Smart Choices at the North & South Campus Dining Halls