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Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter |
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Barbee Farms leaf lettuce. Photo by Li Jane Genson  |
SATURDAY, Sept. 25th,
Music by The Work Release String Band
Davidson College Theater Department on hand with information and tickets for their upcoming productions
This week's market sponsors are Mi-Connection and Cocoon.
**NEXT WEEK OCT. 2ND**
Music by Barrie Howard
Davidson College chapter of the Timmy Foundation
Chef Karl shops the market |
**SAVE THE DATE**
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 12:30
COMMUNITY LUNCH for volunteers, vendors and patrons of the market
RSVP at the market table
**EAT BREAKFAST AT THE MARKET**
Bring a friend, bring a blanket, grab your coffee and enjoy some of the delicious baked offerings, fruits, savory and sweet tarts from the market, or bring your own.
There is a gathering spot on the grass beside the Produce lot. |
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JOIN US
3rd Annual Celebrate the Market Community Picnic
Saturday Oct. 16th, 12:30 at the market
Come celebrate the joys of eating locally with the community
DFM provides a mixed grill from the DFM farms,
and you bring a side dish (last name A-P) or
dessert (Q-Z). Local ingredients encouraged.
1ST and 3RD SATURDAYS IN NOVEMBER and DECEMBER
November 6th and 20th, December 4th and 18th
Holiday gifts...plan to spread your local food joy to your friends and famiily. Many vendors have special gift baskets or package deals, gift certificates, soaps crafts and more. Market tokens make great stocking stuffers too!
TAILGATE MARKET
2ND and 4TH SATURDAYS, JANUARY through APRIL
What's available in Winter? A surprising variety of produce, meats, breads & baked goods, soaps and a few craft items from our farmers
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 CHEF VERA SAMUELS COOKS WITH FRESH APPLES & PEARS
Chef Vera delighted market patrons last Saturday with two creative and beautiful dishes using apples, pears and other market ingredients. The textures and flavors were amazing!
Recipes - click on the title:
Vera used apples and pears from Audrey's Produce, Coldwater Creek Farm, greens from Barbee Farms and Coldwater Creek Farm, Goat cheese in place of Gorgonzola from Calico Dairy, and Brioche from Chef Charles. Local pecans are a good local substitute for the walnuts in the first recipe.
Join us for Vera's final cooking demonstration of the season on October 23rd. It's been a delicious journey through seasonal produce with Vera this year! We've been fortunate to have her sharing her time and talent with us at the market.
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Local Food Events
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.
Carolina Farm Stewardship Conference
If you want to learn more virtually everything about sustainable food, from permaculture gardening to cheesemaking, soil fertility to farm legislation, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Sustainable Agriculture Conference is for you...December 2-4 in Winston Salem. Discounts for early bird registration. Kris Reid will be doing the cooking again this year.
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Ellliot Apiary honey- get it while it lasts! Photo by Li Jane Genson |
FRESH AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK
Audrey's Produce
Audrey Miller
Mooresville, NC
11 varieties of Apples this week , 3 new Autumn Red, Brandy Red and Kasey Lee, also freshly dug sweet potatoes, great jams and jellies and Apple Butter, asian pears and a few more peaches.
Barbee Farms
Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee
Concord, NC
Squash, zucs, cukes, bell peppers, eggplant, popcorn, tomatoes, arugula, mustard greens, sweet corn, lopes, honey, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, Winesap apples, pinkeye peas, farm fresh eggs, and the first of the fall lettuce is ready for a salad bowl!
This time of year is a bonus, you get summer stuff and fall stuff in one stop!
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 beef jerky.
Email your order by 7pm and we'll have it ready for you Saturday: mikesmith1859@yahoo.com.
by Lucille
Laura Lucille Benoit
Charlotte, NC
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.
Mooresville, NC
Fresh edamame (soybeans) in the shell, and okra.
Chef 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 garlic, green bell peppers, jalapenos, red and purple peppers, pears, red and golden delicious apples, winesap apples, okra, basil, some radish and a few sunflowers.
From Cackleberry Farms: Eggs, Yogurt cheese, Queso Fresco, Feta, butter and aged Farmstead cheese
Correll FarmsDavid and Cheryl Correll
Cleveland, NC Correll Farm will not be at the market the next two weekends.
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 CountyCertified 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 be back this week with a full load of our award-winning pasture-raised pork. Come by for chops, roasts, ribs, and an array of delicious sausages.
Henry's Wholesome Foods
Henry Imhoff and Family
Cleveland, NC
The Imhoff family is back this week with honey oat and 60% wheat loaf breads , zucchini bread, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, and 6 kinds of cookies, and also canteloupes.
Hippie Kitchen
Artisan Baker Dawn Beltrami
Cornelius, NC Organic granola, chocolate chip cookies, blueberry mini muffins, gluten-free "chicken" pot pie, GF apple sour cream cake, GF Tuscan bean soup, GF yeast rolls, GF, EF, DF chocolate cake
Jefferson and Nyia Herr and family
Vale, NC
Seasonal flowers. Custom bouquets available.
Bobby and Patsy Houston
Huntersville, NC
Pumpkins! Yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, okra, bell peppers, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, basil plants, corn, various hot and mild peppers, eggplant. Thanks for supporting local farming!
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.
Millstone Meadows Farm
Mark and Sara Hord
Morganton, NC
Artisan baked breads, sweet and savory tarts, fresh potato chips and green tea lemonade
The Pasta Wench
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 walnuts. 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.
Wild Turkey Farm
Lee and Domisty Menius
China Grove, NC
704-202-9348
As usual we'll be there with great products from our own Pasture Raised Berkshire Pork and our 100% Grass fed Angus Beef. All of our products are 100% Rowan County Born and Raised. |
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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