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Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter |
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SATURDAY, July 24th 8AM - NOON
Come early for the best selection!
See below for a full list of vendors and their offerings.
**THIS WEEK'S MARKET EVENTS **
Davidson Farmers Market's 1ST ANNUAL SALSA SHOWDOWN! Come on down, grab some chips and vote for your favorite - 4 local contestants will use fresh market ingredients to make fresh salsas.
Judging is from 9:30-10:15
Chef Vera Samuels will demonstrate how to prepare refreshing summer soups - sessions at 9:00 and 10:00 am.
Music by Billy Jones
DFM Sponsors at the market this week include Mi-Connection and Fifi's.
**NEXT WEEK **
Chef Kris Reid will be cooking using Birdbrain Ostrich Ranch products and produce from the market
Music by one-man-band Barrie Howard.
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Chef Demo Catch-up!
Did you miss Saturday's cooking demo with Chef Kris Reid? Do you want to try her recipes at home?Here are the recipes for the stove-top frittata and summer salad Kris Reid prepared at the market this past Saturday:Frittata
8 eggs
1 cup of chopped seasonal vegetables
1 tbsp local butter
1 tbsp grape seed oil
2 oz of Cackleberry Feta
salt and pepper to taste
Chopped basil for garnish
 Chop vegetables and saute. Set aside. In the same nonstick pan, melt butter
and add grape seed oil. While butter is melting and pan is warming over medium
high heat, beat eggs. Add eggs to hot pan. Put a tight fitting lid on the pan
to help egg cook. After a few minutes, use a heat resistant spatula to loosen
the egg from the pan. Egg should still be wet on top at this point. Add sauteed
vegetables to the top, in one quick flip, turn the egg to the other side to
cook for 30 seconds. If you are uncomfortable "flipping" the
fritatta, use two spatulas to carefully turn it. Once it's cooked, slide the
frittata onto a plate, season with salt and pepper. Finish with crumbled feta
and basil. Cut into wedges. This is great severed hot, room temp or cold. Also
makes awesome picnic food;)
Summer Salad
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil or other quality salad oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 Cucumbers, skin removed and sliced
3 medium size tomatoes, 1 sliced, 1 diced, 1 rough chop
1 small red onion
2 cloves garlic
4 leaves of basil, chopped
Beat the first 4 ingredients in the bottom of a bowl you will serve the salad
in. Add remaining ingredients, and stir with a large spoon until everything is
coated with the dressing. Serve immediately, or refrigerate to marinate
for a few hours. Delicious served on it's own or on toasted bread.
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DFM NEWS!
The Davidson Farmers Market recently received a grant from the Sunshine Lady Foundation! This grant will support Davidson Farmers Market in its mission to educate the community about the value and pleasure of consuming fresh, local, and healthy produce through programs like the SNAP program, which lets consumers use their EBT cards to purchase fresh produce at the farmers market each weekend.
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BUY ONE, GIVE ONE CONTINUES!!
YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE PURCHASES FEED 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 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.
Do you have extra produce in your home garden? 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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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.
by Lucille will have a selection of organic artisan baked goods, with many wheat free options including organic breads,muffins, scones, cookies, cinnamon rolls, a variety of granolas and Lucille's Signature Jams.
Calico Farmstead Cheese
Jackie and Larry Gerringer
Gibsonville, 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
We will be selling soybeans!
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, Artichokes, A few Raspberries and Blackberries, 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), Cucumbers, New Potatoes (red, yukon gold and blue), Celery Root, Celery, Beets, Savoy Cabbage, Swiss Chard, Kale, Sweet Onions, Leeks, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Cut Basil, Lemon Basil, Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Oregano, Dill and Cilantro. You can find us next to the Town Hall Parking Lot.
We also have beautiful Orchardgrass hay available at the farm, why not let your horses eat local as well!! Please e-mail or talk to us at the market if interested. correllfarm@yahoo.com
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 have fabulous pasture raised chicken and beef. Get Dad's favorite steak or chicken to put on the grill! We will have, 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. Chicken: Whole Chickens, Split Breast, Leg Quarters, Wing Packs, Necks and backs for stock, and Livers.
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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.
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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 60% whole wheat bread, honey oat bread, cookies, zucchini bread, and tomatoes!
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 31st.
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 be having a sale on FRESH TOMATO JUICE! Also, tomatoes, potatoes, squash, zucchini,
spaghetti squash, eggplant, various peppers, onions, and hopefully corn! 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.
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
Weathers Creek will be back with more hydrangea bouquets, onions, variety of herbs and more.
Wild Turkey Farm See us at our new spot near Town Hall
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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