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Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter |
SATURDAY, July 17th 8AM - NOON
Come early for the best selection!
See below for a full list of vendors and their offerings.
**THIS WEEK'S MARKET EVENTS **
Chef Kris Reid prepares a stovetop frittata using farmstead cheeses and free-range eggs from Cackleberry Farms.
Music by the 3rd Saturday Jam!
DFM Sponsors at the market this week include Mi-Connection
and the NC Farm Bureau
Learn about Watershed protection with Mecklenburg. Co. Stormwater
We'll draw for the four Salsa Showdown contestants- deadline for entries is 11am on the 17th! Be sure to get your entry forms in before then!!!
BUY ONE, GIVE ONE - Put your produce donations in the coolers at each end of the market - it will go a long way to provide fresh foods to
underpriveledged folks in our area.
**NEXT WEEK **
Master Gardener Susan McCray will be at the market to
answer all of your gardening questions.
Davidson Farmers Market's 1st Annual Salsa Showdown! Come to the market to be a judge and have some real, fresh salsa!
Music by Billy Jones
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BUY ONE, GIVE ONE CONTINUES!!
YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE FEEDS THE HUNGRY IN OUR AREA
With the help of SOSA (The Society of St. Andrews), the Davidson Farmers Market will collect and distribute fresh produce to food insecure individuals
and families in Davidson and surrounding areas, July - Sept.
DFM gave over 6,000 pounds of produce last year to elderly and low-income families in Davidson.
Here's how it works:
1. Buy produce for yourself, and buy a little extra for someone else.
2. Place it in one of the produce coolers marked "produce donations" at the market.
3. Fill out your tax-deductible receipt at the DFM table
for the amount you donated.
4. At market's end, SOSA volunteers pick up the food and take it directly to local churches, Mooresville Christian Ministries and other aid agencies.
HOME GARDENERS, BRING YOUR SURPLUS!
Bring it to the market and we'll make sure it gets distributed with the rest.
~~FRESH FOODS FROM LOCAL FARMS ARE GOOD FOR EVERYONE
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Do you think you have the best salsa in Davidson?
Bring it on!
1st Annual
Davidson Farmer's Market
Salsa Showdown
Saturday, July 24
Deadline for entries- July 17th
-The Salsa Showdown is free and open to Market patrons.
- Market customers (you) will be judges to choose the favorite salsa
-Only four contestants will be selected through a blind drawing.
-Deadline for submitting your one-and-only entry form is 11 a.m., July 17.
-Contestant drawing will take place at the DFM Table at 11:30 a.m., July 17.
-The Davidson Farmer's Market Salsa Showdown Winner will receive $25 in DFM bucks and bragging rights for 12 months!
Stop by the DFM table, check the website or email info@davidsonfarmersmarket.org to obtain an entry form. Submit your form at the DFM table on or before July 17th!
Sample chips donated by Harris Teeter
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WE WANT YOU!
Volunteers are needed for take-down on market days, the site committee, and marketing committee!
Stop by the DFM tent or email info@davidsonfarmersmarket.org to find out how YOU can help!
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Camp Food Scouts
Grow-Prepare-Preserve
Know Your Farms still has open slots for our summer kid's camp!
Camp Food Scouts is a day camp for kids between the ages of six and twelve focused on building awareness of local food systems and food preparation.
Camp activities will include:- Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Nutrition and Food Preparation
- Community Service
- Local History
- Recycled Arts and Crafts
- Environmental Awareness
- Local Food Production
- In Town Field Trips
The camp is located in Davidson, NC, but
transportation can be provided from Charlotte.
DATES:
Jul 26-Jul 30, 8:30-12.30, (6-8 year olds)
Aug 9-Aug 14, 8:30-4:30, (8-12 year olds)
Extended hours by special arrangement.
For the most up to date camp information, and to see what we've been doing, head over to: knowyourfarms.com/camp
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Photo by Patti McKinnon |
FRESH AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK
Audrey's Produce
Audrey Miller
Mooresville, NC
Blue berries, black berries, green beans, eggs, and a little squash and cucumber.
Barbee Farms
Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee
Concord, NC
Squash, zucs, cukes, eggplant, peppers, sprite melons, canary melons, seedless and seeded watermelons, peaches, plums, onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, cabbage, swiss chard, leeks, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and a few apples from our new orchard for this week.
Barbee Farms has on-farm pick up during the week. Check the website for availability and give them a call. Gift certificates are available.
Betty's Blooms
Betty Brown
Davidson, NC
Assorted spring flowers and plants
Big Jim's Produce
Jim and Chris Arthurs
Troutman, NC
Seasonal produce including spring onions and garlic, eight-ball squash and zucchini, several types of cucumbers, loaf breads, pound cakes and fruit preserves.
Mike Todd and Pat Roberts
Sherrills Ford, NC
Fresh ostrich eggs (while supplies last), ground ostrich, italian sausage, breakfast sausage, necks (great for soups & stews!), soaps and dog bones.
Big Oak Farm
Mike Smith
Denver and Kannapolis, NC
Pastured beef ribeyes, skirt steak, flap meat, cubed steak, ribeyes, sirloins, N.Y. strips, kabobs, ground beef, shoulder and rump roasts, stew meat. We will have plenty of roasts, and some 3 and 4 rib standing rib roasts. Delicious new beef jerky.
Email your order by 7pm and we'll have it ready for you Saturday: mikesmith1859@yahoo.com.
Lucille will be back next week, the 24th
Calico Farmstead Cheese
Jackie and Larry Gerringer
Gibsonville, NC Calico Dairy is proud to provide handmade, artisan goats milk cheese from Kirby Farms Dairy milk (Snow Camp, NC). Butter, fresh and aged cows' milk cheeses - ricotta, queso fresca, havarti, Colby, aged cheddar, mozzarella, farmer cheese, fromage blanc, feta, camembert, cheese curds, skillet cheese, and farm fresh eggs.
Carrigan Farms
Doug Carrigan
Mooresville, NC
Plenty of fresh-picked Edamame
Chef Charles CateringChef Charles Semail
Charlotte, NC
In addition to his regular charcuterie fare, Chef Charles will have New Fresh Homemade Sausage (Great for Summer Cookouts!), Provencal Chicken Sausage with Fresh Herbs, Roman Chicken Sausage with Fresh Grated Parmesan, Fresh Chorizo, Merguez - North African Beef and Lamb Sausage, Dried and Cured Spanish Chorizo. Chef Charles 2 Go is now open in Davidson at 300 Mock Circle next to the Ada Jenkins Center - 11am to 7pm M-F (cash only). Pick up a menu at the market! See the Davidson News.net article about the opening.
Coldwater Creek Farm
Brad Hinkley and Eric Williamson
Lettuce/mizuna Mix, pak-choi, beets with greens, green onion, collards, garlic, spinach and from Cackleberry Farms: Eggs, Yogurt cheese, Ranch dressing, Queso Fresco, Feta, Farmstead cheese, Farmhouse cheese (similar to cheddar made with low fat milk). Lots of Spring vegetable plant starts for the home garden!
Correll Farms
David and Cheryl Correll
Cleveland, NC
We will have Field Grown Tomatoes (Heirlooms, Reds, Yellow, Green for Frying, and Romas)!!!! Cherry and Grape Tomatoes, Red and Green Bell Peppers, Mini Bell Peppers, Assorted Hot and Sweet Peppers. A few Brussel Sprouts, Eggplant (Italian, Japanese and Mini), Squash (zucchini, yellow, patty pan, papaya pear), Garlic individual cloves and braids, Cantaloupes and Watermelons.
Elliott Apiary
John Elliott
Davidson, NC
New crop of local honey
The Elma P. Lomax Incubator Farm
Jane Henderson, Lynn McDougal-Fleming and others
Cabarrus County
Dragon tongue and filet beans, more freshly dug potatoes, lots of basil, arugula, assorted cukes and squash, carrots, cosmos, and hopi red dye amaranth (anybody work with naturally dyed fibers?) some of jane's gladiolus...all organically grown from start to finish from the Elma C. Lomax incubator farm
Gilcrest Natural Farm
Gil and Amy Foster
Iron Station, NC
Gilcrest Natural Farm will be on hand with pasture raised chicken and beef. We will bring along: whole chickens, split breast, leg quarters, wing packs, necks and backs for stock, ground chicken and livers. Beef: Steaks (Ribeye, NY Strip, Filet Mignon, Sirloin, Flank, Cube. Roasts (Chuck, Brisket, Sirloin Tip, London Broil. Good Stuff (Ground beef, Stew Beef, Liver, Dog bones. Soup bones, Breakfast sausage, Jerry's Beef Jerky and our delicious deli products.
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This Saturday, Grateful Growers Farm will feature great stuff for the grill and crock pot: unseasoned ground pork for the best burgers ever, bratwurst, Italian sausage, chops, ribs, and hams and shoulders for BBQ. In addition, we'll have uncured bacon for fabulous BLTs, breakfast sausage, shanks, backbones and more. Amazing proscuitto - aged 14 months without nitrates - mellow and delicious, especially with the season's melons. Also at the Grateful Growers booth: locally produced Rocky Face Farm sorghum molasses (Hiddenite, NC)
Greenfingers
Mary Howard
Mooresville, NC
A plentiful supply of figs, seasonal vegetables, and plants.
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Half Moon Gardens
Tricia and Patrick Poitras
Mooresville, NC
Perennial and herb plants, and handmade soaps
Henry's Wholesome Foods
Henry Imhoff and Family
Cleveland, NC
This week we will bring tomatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, baked goods, including doughnuts, and freshly made mint tea.
Hippie Kitchen
Dawn Beltrami
Cornelius, NC
Organic Granola, Organic Orange coffee Cake, Funkadelic Brownies, GF Maple Cookies, GF Zucchini Muffins and GF Mac & Cheese
Please note: Hippie Kitchen will be away for four weeks beginning June 26th and returning July 24th
Herr's Fresh Flowers
Jefferson and Nyia Herr and family
Vale, NC
Seasonal flowers. Custom bouquets available.
Bobby and Patsy Houston
Huntersville, NC We'll have white corn, fresh tomato juice, a variety of peppers, garlic, red and white onions, tomatoes, spaghetti and butternut squash, yellow and zucchini squash, eggplant and okra! Thanks for shopping at the market...see you on Saturday!
Kannapolis, NC
Seasonal certified organic vegetables and hand embellished dried gourds.
KC Farm
Chris and Kristi Goodrum
Mt. Mourne,
Corn, Peppers, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Radishes, Blackseed Simpson Lettuce, Butter Crunch Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Kale, Collard Greens, Rape Greens, Swiss Chard, Red/Yellow/White Onions, Squash, Zucchini, Bannana Bread with Pecans, Chocolate Cakes and Lemon Pound Cakes. We will also be offering CSA's if anyone is interested for 2010. We will also be offering produce everyday starting June 1st at our "Certified Roadside Farm Market" by the State of NC Dept. Of Agriculture. Go to NCFarmFresh.com and type in KC Farm in Iredell County for directions and hours.
The Lavender Garden
Rita Rodelli
China Grove, NC
Lavender Hand Wash & Hand Sanitizer; Rose & Lavender Potpourri; Lavender Essential Oil; Shower Gel; Lavender Spa Lotion; Bath Salts; Eye Masks; Bath Tea.
Millstone Meadows Farm
Mark and Sara Hord
Morganton, NC
Artisan Breads: Tuscan Sea Salt, Crusty European and Crusty Sourdough, Heirloom Tomato Pie with fresh Basil, Black berry and blueberry tarts with Lavender, Sour Cherry and organic Peach tart, Farm Quiches with greens and smoked gouda, Just dug potato salad with french green beans and provence mustard sauce, Organic Pharro and local rice salad with fresh picked lima beans, herbs, Homemade potato chips with sea salt and rosemary.
The Pasta Wench
Andrea Morrell
Deep Gap, NC
The Pasta Wench offers handmade pasta and ravioli in the following varieties: Ravioli-
Portabello asiago with vidalia. Fire roasted garlic with spinach, Goat cheese with sundried tomato, Smoked gouda, Courviosier Lobster, Spinach portabello with walnut.
Fettuccini-Spinach, Basil, Cracked black pepper, Roasted tomato. There will also be several gluten-free fettuccini flavors this week!
Twin Oaks Farm
Greg Hartsell and Tim Sloop
China Grove, NC
Greenhouse tomatoes, lettuces, onions, vegetable plants, asparagus and strawberries.
The Farm at Weathers Creek
Susan Campbell
Cleveland, NC
Susan and Weather's Creek farm will not be a the market the rest of the eyar due to on-farm events and writers workshops. Check them out!
Lee and Domisty Menius
China Grove, NC
704-202-9348
We'll be there Saturday and this week we'll be restocked on pork chops and hotdogs. We'll also have plenty of 100% our grass fed beef hamburger patties which are perfect for the grill.
As usual, from our own Bershire Pork selection: chops, tenderloin, ribs, ham, 6 kinds of breakfast sausages, 2 kinds of bratwurst, 3 kinds of Italian sausages, chorizo, seasoning meats and fresh rendered lard made from our pasture raised hogs. Our 100% Grass Fed Angus beef will be available- No Grain Fed At All. For those adventurous cooks come by and pick up a pack of ground or stew goat meat. There will also be plenty of our fresh free range eggs available so come by and load up. All of our products are 100% Rowan County Born & Raised.
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WE THANK OUR SPONSORS
MI-Connection Davidson Lands Conservancy DavidsonNews.net
McIntosh Law Firm JJ Wade Agency Wooden Stone Gallery
Chef Charles Catering Littlefish Marketing
Mayes, Wilson and Associates Lake Norman Embroidery Knox Realty 'Cats on Main Jorel Association Management Zimmerman Family Wellness Lake Norman Embroidery and Screen Printing Baybridge Management Cocoon Salon Fifi's Fine Resale John Marshall Custom Homes Bragg Financial
Wellbeing Natural Health
Farm Bureau of North Mecklenburg Lake Norman YMCA
Davidson Family Medicine The Cycle Path
Davidson Village Inn Lake Norman Realty
Nucentric Solutions Davidson Chocolate Company
Money With a Mission-First Affirmative Financial Network
Our Town Cinemas Snap Fitness WDAV
PiEs - Project for Innovation, Energy and Sustainability
Smarthinking PR Sandy and Rex Kragh and Family
Know Your Farms, LLC Pilates Studio at the Lake
Main Street Books Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce
Market Properties Barker Designs
With in-kind support from: Brenda Pressley, CPA, PA
5th/3rd Bank Town of Davidson
Robinson, Bradshaw and Humphrey
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