Info on Mushroom Lady at JFX Farmers Market

[cbarry06]

I was just wondering if anyone had information on the Mushroom stand at the JFX Farmers Market.. is there a website or phone number to order anything?

[Lydia R]

Ferial Welsh is the Mushroom Lady. She is also at a couple of Freshfarm's markets in the DC area. Their Dupont Market is every Sunday year-round.

Here's an article profiling her and includes a nice video clip:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093000541.html

The Freshfarm site includes information on where in Pennsylvania her mushrooms are grown:
http://www.freshfarmmarkets.org/farmers_producers/meet_our_farmers_producers.php?fpindex=7&fpgroup=k_o

The Pennsylvania farms:
www.organicmushrooms.com

[cbarry06]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it! Happy New Year

[chefdilettante]

Caveat emptor--check your goods before leaving the stand. Last year, I bought fresh porcini mushrooms ($$$), got home and discovered most were well, well past prime. When I mentioned it a few weeks later, there was no interest in any gesture, verbal or in goods, to make it right.

I know it's a farm stand and they don't give receipts. But I wasn't going to hold on to the rotting mushrooms for a week or two until I came back to the JFX Farmer's Market. It would have been nice to see some sense of pride behind their products. I still buy from the stand--but now I inspect all the mushrooms in the bag before I walk away.