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Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter |
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Audrey's apples, photo by Patti McKinnon  |
SATURDAY, September 11th,
8AM - NOON
handmade tortillas & market fresh produce
Work Release String Band
*NEXT WEEK**
the 18th
Cooking Demo:
Let fallen leaves go to work in your yard this year...
check out leaf composting and other ideas!
Music by 3rd Saturday Jam
EAT BREAKFAST AT THE MARKET!
Bring a blanket, grab your coffee and enjoy some of the delicious baked offerings, fruits, savory and sweet tarts that
the DFM vendors offer each week, or bring your own.
We hope this becomes a lively tradition! Look for folks sitting on the grass off the Jackson St. (produce) lot, beneath the oak trees.
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Local Events & News Sept. 18th: Davidson Lands Conservancy's RUN FOR GREEN Half Marathon, 10k, 5k, and GREEN DAY event on the Town Green. Info and Registration at the DLC website.
Sept. 18th and 19th: 2010 Charlotte Area Farm Tour, Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th. 27 local farms! Get out and see these beautiful farms, meet the farmers. For info and tickets visit the Know your Farms website, or buy your tickets at the DFM any Saturday. Volunteers will receive a free car pass - sign up to work at one of the farms! September 25th: Can You Dig It Charlotte Community Garden Tour 11am - 4pm and Garden Gathering 4pm - 7pm. Community gardens, demonstrations, lunch from Harvest Moon Grille and more. |
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FALL AND WINTER PLANS at the MARKET
 3rd Annual
Celebrate the Market
Community Picnic
Saturday Oct. 16th, 12:30 .
Come celebrate a successful market season and the joys of eating locally grown foods. We supply the fabulous grilled meats from local farms and the drinks, you bring a side dish (last name A-P) or dessert (Q-Z). Local ingredients encouraged.
DFM will go YEAR ROUND again this year
Many of you have been asking about our plans for the Winter...Here they are:
1ST and 3RD SATURDAYS IN NOVEMBER and DECEMBER
November 6th and 20th (Thanksgiving market), December 4th and 18th (Christmas market)
2ND and 4TH SATURDAYS, JANUARY through APRIL
Did you notice we made the dates easy to remember??? 1st and 3rd, 2nd and 4th. Locally farmed foods are available in surprising variety year-round!
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FRESH AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK
Audrey's Produce Audrey Miller Mooresville, NC A few peaches this week , arrive early and get first choice, also plenty of great apples and pears, apple butter, and preserves and awsome figs this week , green beans and some corn Barbee Farms
Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee Concord, NC Squash, zucs, cukes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, lopes, sprite melons, damson plums, onions, potatoes, a few apples, farm fresh eggs, new butternut squash, fresh dug sweet potatoes, and while supplies last, pure Barbee Farms honey. Just in, arugula, young, tender mustard greens that are great in a salad, and plenty of new crop popcorn for that late nite snack!
Betty's Blooms Betty Brown Davidson, NC Assorted seasonal flowers and plants
Big Jim's Produce Jim and Chris Arthurs Troutman, NC Seasonal produce including onions and garlic, tomatoes, 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.
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.
Mooresville, NC
Fresh edamame (soybeans) in the shell, and okra.
hef Charles Catering Chef Charles Semail Charlotte, NC In addition to his regular charcuterie fare, Chef Charles will have 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.Baguettes are back along with Farmer's Market Tomato Gazpacho, Almond and Cream Peach Tart, Peach Flan Brioche Tart and Chicken Liver Mousse Pate.
Coldwater Creek Farm Brad Hinkley and Eric Williamson
Cabarrus County
Certified organic produce including a new crop of heirloom Transparent apples, garlic, bell and hot peppers, kale, pattypan and zucchini squash, carrots, okra and cucumbers.
From Cackleberry Farms: Eggs, Yogurt cheese, Queso Fresco, Feta, butter and coming back soon... aged Farmstead and Farmhouse cheeses.
Correll Farms David and Cheryl Correll Cleveland, NC We will have lots of tomatoes, red and green bell peppers (why not buy some for freezing for the winter?), sweet potatoes, garlic, grape tomatoes, cucumbers and few green and yellow wax beans.
Elliott Apiary John Elliott Davidson, NC Local honey from the hives in Harmony, NC
The Elma P. Lomax Incubator Farm Jane Henderson, Lynn McDougal-Fleming & other student farmers Cabarrus County Certified organic seasonal produce.
Essential Soap Company
Linda Alley
Charlotte, NC
Essential Soap Company will have a variety of soap and skincare products, handmade with all natural vegetable and pure essential oils. Featuring: Twinkle Toes, our pumice foot bar, Facial Ecstacy and Flawless for facial skin care, and our popular whipped shea butter. In addition, check out our Honey Lips lip balm, Hair Heaven shampoo bar and more!
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 breasts, leg quarters, wing packs, necks and backs for stock, ground chicken and livers. Beef: Steaks: (Ribeye, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, Sirloin, Flank and Cube.); Roasts: (Chuck, Brisket, Sirloin Tip, London Broil). Good Stuff: Ground Beef, Stew Beef, Liver, Dog bones. Soup bones, Breakfast Sausage, Jerry's Beef Jerkey, and our delicious deli products.
Grateful Growers Farm
Natalie Veres and Cassie Parsons
Denver, NC
We'll have lots of great stuff for the grill: chops, bratwurst, italian sausage, ribs, unseasoned ground pork (for the best burgers or meatloaf you've ever tasted), shoulder roast for BBQ, boneless ham roast for fabulous sandwiches. Chorizo, fresh bacon (awesome BLTs), and breakfast sausage will be back too!
David Meeks
Davidson, NC
Fresh, wild-caught fish and other seafood off the boat from the NC and SC coast.
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Henry's Wholesome Foods Henry Imhoff and Family Cleveland, NC THE IMHOFFS WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK, SEPT. 18TH Hippie Kitchen
Artisan Baker Dawn Beltrami
Cornelius, NC
Artisan Organic and Gluten Free baked goods including muffins, granola, tarts, cookies and cakes.
Jefferson and Nyia Herr and family Vale, NC
Seasonal flowers. Custom bouquets available.
Bobby and Patsy Houston
Huntersville, NC
Peach, Strawberry and Damson Plum Jams! Melons: Sprite, Cantaloupe and Watermelon. Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Peppers, Corn, Okra, Tomatoes... Inspired Garden
Kannapolis, NC
Seasonal certified organic vegetables and hand embellished dried gourds.
KC Farm
Chris and Kristi Goodrum
Mt. Mourne, NC
Figs, scuppernong grapes, Turnip greens, Mustard greens, Collard greens, Kale, Radishes, swiss chard, squash, cucumbers, Banana peppers, Habanero peppers, Bell peppers, chocolate cake with chocolate icing, lemon pound cake, banana bread.
The Lavender Garden
Rita Rodelli
China Grove, NC Lavender bouquets, Lavender Hand Wash & Hand Sanitizer; Rose & Lavender Potpourri; Lavender Essential Oil; Shower Gel; Lavender Spa Lotion; Bath Salts; Eye Masks; Bath Tea.
Andrea Morrell Deep Gap, NC
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.
Several gluten-free fettuccini flavors this week!
Twin Oaks Farm
Greg Hartsell and Tim Sloop
China Grove, NC Heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, corn, variety of squashes, onions, potatoes, and more.
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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