Biel is executive director of D.C. Greens, a nonprofit that manages the Glover Park-Burleith Farmers’ Market. The market, located in the Hardy Middle School parking lot on Wisconsin Avenue, opens this weekend. It runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday. Proceeds go to school garden programs in the District. What makes your market different?

I think one of the things that’s really exciting about our market is that we really cater to families and kids. We have a lot of space and we really try to make it a place where people can come and spend the whole morning with us. We put out hula hoops; we have face painting; we have live music. People come and bring their bikes for free tuneups. We have a large open space in the middle of our farmers market where people really congregate and come to meet their neighbors. People bring their dogs. What we found is it really creates a space where people come and hang out.