Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter

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 SATURDAY, December 4th
 Open at 9-12
 
Note:  Main St. will close
at noon for the Holiday Parade, and some vendors will be packing up early - so plan accordingly.
 
 **AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK**
  
Fresh foods for your table or a party - a great selection of cheeses from Calico Dairy & Cackleberry Farm, or
the ingredients for
antipasto including mushrooms  from Landis Gourmet Mushrooms.  Tender greens may be nipped by the heavy frost so get
these while they last.

Holiday Greenery  - wreaths, garland and table arrangements
available at the market in December.  

 Handmade gifts - a wide array of soaps and handcrafted gifts, certificates and special offerings from the farms, bakers and artisans
 
peapod shirt
Peapod design by local artist Dione Goyette (see her work at Sanctuary of Davidson)
**NEW** Long sleeved DFM Peapod Shirts in grey, and a new batch of
DFM pocket aprons.  
$20 each
 
~SEE BELOW FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MARKET OFFERINGS~

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MARKET EVENTS THIS SATURDAY


WOW - WORLD OF WONDER
Be creative for the holidays using items commonly found in nature!

 RECIPE SWAP BOARD
 Bring some of your favorite seasonal recipes and take one of ours.  

DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS with a petition to save NC coastal forests and reduce waste in our community!   Sign the petition to get fast food companies to use recycled paper
instead of cutting down trees in NC.

 

 

apple boxes

 

10% BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN

 

 

DID YOU KNOW:  If NC citizens spend 10% of their food budget on local food - about $1.05 per day -  3.5 billion dollars will be available in the NC economy. 

 

It's easy to set and track your goals for local food purchasing at the 10% campaign site.

  

NC State's Center for Environmental Farming Systems is tracking local food

spending across the State.   SIGN UP TODAY!

 

canned goods   



FRESH AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK

 
Audrey's Produce
Audrey Miller
Mooresville, NC
Several varieties of apples, pears and preserves, fresh eggs and sweet potatoes.

Barbee Farms 

Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee
Concord, NC

For this week at the market  we will have the following:  lettuce (both head and salad mix), spinach, arugula, micro greens (new for us), kale, collards, lots of beautiful carrots, beets, green onions, cauliflower, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, popcorn, shelled pecans, and the last bell peppers for the  year.  Also we will have the lperfect gift for that person who has everything...a Barbee Farms gift certificate, which has no expiration date and can be used at the market or at our farm stand. Enjoy local foods.

 

 

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. 

 

Big Oak Farm

Mike and Dawn Smith

Denver, 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.
Place your holiday orders now for standing rib roasts:  $12 per pound in 3, 5 and 7 -rib cuts.  These sell quickly so order soon! 

 

Mike Todd and Pat Roberts
Sherrills Ford, NC
Fresh ostrich eggs (only two left for the year), ground ostrich, italian sausage, breakfast sausage, necks (great for soups & stews!), soaps and dog bones.  
 

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. 

 

Chef Charles Catering

Chef Charles Semail
Charlotte, NC 
CHEF CHARLES WILL BE BACK IN JANUARY

 

Coldwater Creek Farm
Brad Hinkley and Eric Williamson

Cabarrus County 

Certified organic produce including  lettuce, spinach, mizuna and mustard greens, kohlrabi, radish, turnips and garlic, apples:  Red and Golden Delicious and Virginia Beauty

From Cackleberry Farms: Eggs, Yogurt cheese, Queso Fresco, Feta, butter and aged Farmstead cheese and (new) cream cheese.

 

Elliott Apiary
John Elliott
Davidson, NC  

Elliott Apiary will return next honey season.  Renn Apiary (below) will be at the market through April.   

  

Essential Soap

Linda Alley and Phyllis

Charlotte, NC

Essential Soap Company's all natural, handmade soap and skin care products make great gifts.  And we will create a beautiful custom gift basket for you with the products you choose.  We have handmade soaps, lip balm, after bath oil,  moisturizing creams and more!

Flying Fish Seafood

David and Peggy Meeks

Davidson, NC

Fresh caught NC and SC seafood:  Snapper, Tilefish, Flounder,  Shrimp and dry pack Scallops, and oysters by the pint.  Fresh Frasier fir greenery  - wreaths and garland

 

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 and livers.  Beef:  Steaks:  (Ribeye, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, Sirloin, Flank and Cube.); Roasts:  (Chuck, Brisket, Sirloin Tip, Shoulder).  Good Stuff:  Ground Beef, Stew Beef, Shish Ka Bob Cubes, Liver, Dog bones, Soup Bones, Breakfast Sausage, Jerry's Beef Jerky, and our delicious deli products.

  

Grateful Growers Farm

Natalie Veres and Cassie Parsons

Denver, NC

 

GRATEFUL GROWERS WILL RETURN ON THE 20TH

 

Henry's Wholesome Foods
Henry Imhoff and Family
Cleveland, NC

The Imhoff family will be at the market with honey oat and 60% wheat loaf breads,homemade salsa and handmade noodles, apple bread, sweet potato pie and apple pie, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, 6 kinds of cookies including glazed, soft walnut cookies,and new this week are glazed ginerbread cookies and Pfeffernusses (Peppernuts, the little German cookie).

  

Hippie Kitchen

Artisan Baker Dawn Beltrami

Cornelius, NC

Organic granola, Organic baked items including muffins, cakes, tarts and holiday treats.

  

Herr's Fresh Flowers

Jefferson and Nyia Herr

Vale, NC 

THE HERR FAMILY WILL RETURN IN SPRING

  

Houston Farm

Bobby and Patsy Houston

Huntersville, NC  

JAMS AND JELLIES - Peach and Strawberry Jam and Holiday Pepper Jelly!  COLLARDS AND TURNIP GREENS, pre-chopped for your convenience.  Butternut, Acorn and Spaghetti squash.  Pie pumpkins, Turnips, Looseleaf lettuce, Peppers and Sweet Potatoes.  See you Saturday! 

 

The Inspired Garden

Colleen McDaniel

Kannapolis and Concord, NC

Certified organic Bull's Blood beets, Neon orange beets, collards, arugula, cilantro, parsley, kale, Cosmic Purple carrots, Vulcan swiss chard, gourds and organically grown bay leaves and rosemary.

 KC Farm

Chris and Kristi Goodrum

Mt. Mourne, NC 

Collard greens, turnip greens, turnips, kale, rape greens, beets, beet greens, iceberg lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce, romaine lettuce, spinach, broccoli, swiss chard, radishes, chestnuts, lemon pound cake, chocolate cake with chocolate icing, banana bread, party mix. Also available, pickup at the farm...3 miles from Davidson! Order at KCfarm22@gmail.com or at the farmers market this weekend.


The Lavender Garden

Rita Rodelli

China Grove, NC
Lavender lotion, candles, assorted soaps and perfumed moisturizers.  Great gifts for teachers and other special people.

 

Millstone Meadows Farm

Mark and Sara Hord

Morganton, NC

We will be back with our croissants - butter, dark chocolate and almond.  Apple or brown sugar rustic tarts, sweet potato honey hand pies, savory last of the harvest veggie pies.  Assorted Farmstead quiches as well as our artisan breads and homemade potato chips. 


The Pasta Wench

Andrea Morrell

Deep Gap, NC

Pasta Wench has seasonal Pumpkin Sage, Apple with Brie and our famous Pierogi Squared this week - stop on by!   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. 

 

Renn Bee Farm

Marcel Renn

Cleveland, NC 

Local wildflower honey.


Wild Turkey Farm     
Lee and Domisty Menius
China Grove, NC
704-202-9348 
   

WILD TURKEY FARM WILL BE LEAVING AT 11AM ON SATURDAY SO SHOP EARLY 

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.  Get there early for our all natural, free range eggs.



   

 
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