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Davidson Farmer's Market Newsletter |
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JOIN US! Saturday, January 22nd,
9am - 12pm
Last winter tailgate was lively with twice as many vendors and customers as last year this time. Chef Charles is back, and we'll have Coldwater Creek's fresh pressed hot apple cider to warm you up. Plan some special meals this week from the market- salad and cooking greens and Winter storage crops, local pastured meats,
handcrafted cheeses, breads, pasta & ravioli and a lot more.
~SEE BELOW FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MARKET OFFERINGS~ **Sign up for the Davidson College Women's Leadership Conference, Shaping a Self and a Life - March 18 & 19 - information at the market on Saturday.**
TAILGATE MARKET DATES - 2nd & 4th Saturdays 9-12
January 22nd, February 12th & 26th
March 12 & 26th
April 9th - weekly market begins
USE YOUR CREDIT, DEBIT or SNAP CARD AT THE DFM BOOTH
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
The Dirty Life
by Kristin Kimball
"As much as you transform the land by farming," she writes, "farming transforms you." In her old life, Kimball would stay out until four a.m., wear heels, and carry a handbag. Now she wakes up at four, wears Carhartts, and carries a pocket knife." - Jeanette Walls, the Glass Castle.
ENJOY, and if you other book recommendations about food and farming , let us know at the DFM table at the market.
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NC 10% BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN
DID YOU KNOW? If NC citizens spend 10% of their food budget from local sources - about $1.05 per day - 3.5 billion more dollars will be available in the NC economy.
SIGN UP TODAY!
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FRESH AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK
Barbee Farms
Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee Concord, NC
For this week we will have butternut and spaghetti squash, sweet potatoes, white irish potatoes, pumpkins, popcorn, bok choi, arugula, romaine lettuce, salad mix lettuce, collards, carrots and a few dried beans.
Big Jim's Produce Jim and Chris Arthurs Troutman, NC
Seasonal produce, loaf breads, pound cakes and fruit preserves.
Big Oak Farm
Mike and Dawn Smith
Denver, NC
We will be set up and ready to go on Saturday, with beef and now pork:
Beef: Pastured beef ribeyes, skirt steak, flap meat, cubed steak, ribeyes, sirloins, N.Y. strips, kabobs, ground beef, shoulder and rump roasts, stew meat, delicious beef jerk.
Pork: chops, ribs, roast, uncured bacon, boston butts, and real old fashioned sausage using my Grandpa Johnston's recipe.
Weather permitting I will have some for you to sample. Email your order by 6pm and we'll have it ready for you Saturday: mikesmith1859@yahoo.com.
Mike Todd and Pat Roberts
Sherrills Ford, NC Fresh ostrich eggs (hopefully), 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. Fresh artisan goat cheeses from Kilby Farms goat milk.
Chef Charles Catering
Chef Charles Semail
Charlotte, NC
Coq au Vin, Beef Bourguignon, Sausate: Pork and Apple, Merguez, Roman Style, Assorted Pate, Baguette, Pear Ginger Chutney, Eggplant Dip and more!
Coldwater Creek Farm Brad Hinkley and Eric Williamson
Cabarrus County
Certified organic produce including spinach, collards, kale, swiss chard, radish, turnips and garlic, apples: Red and Golden Delicious and Virginia Beauty; fresh pressed apple cider 1/2 gallon.
From Cackleberry Farms: Eggs, Yogurt cheese, Queso Fresco, Feta, butter and (NEW) Tomme au Marc aged farmstead cheese
Flying Fish Seafood
David and Peggy Meeks
Davidson, NC
Fresh caught NC and SC seafood: Red Snapper, Jumbo Flounder, possibly Cobia, Shrimp and dry pack Scallops, and oysters by the pint. Crab by pre-order only, check the website for contact information.
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 split breasts, leg quarters, wing packs, heritage chickens, necks and backs for stock and livers. Beef: Steaks: (Ribeye, Flat Iron, Sirloin, Flank and Cube.) Roasts: (Chuck, Sirloin Tip, Shoulder, Eye of Round). Good Stuff: Ground Beef, Stew Beef, Stir Fry Strips, 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 be at the market with the following pork items: boneless loin roasts, boneless chops, bone-in chops, boneless ham roasts, bone-in shoulder roasts, sliced proscuitto, 6 flavors of sausage, unseasoned ground pork, ribs, shanks & backbones for the slowcooker too! Come stock up, and don't forget Bess' delicious sorghum molasses-YUM!
Henry's Wholesome Foods Henry Imhoff and Family Cleveland, NC
We plan to be at the market with honey oat and 60% wheat loaf breads, homemade salsa and handmade noodles, apple pie, doughnuts, Cookies; peanut butter, chocolate chip oatmeal, oatmeal whoopie pies, and coconut cookies
Houston Farm
Patsy and Bobby Houston
Huntersville, NC
Houston Farm will return in a few weeks.
The Inspired Garden
Colleen McDaniel
Kannapolis and Concord, NC
Cosmic Purple carrots, cilantro, and an assortment of hand-crafted tote bags.
KC Farm
Chris and Kristi Goodrum
Mt. Mourne, NC
KC Farm will be returning in April.
Millstone Meadows Farm
Mark and Sara Hord
Morganton, NC
Artisan breads, tarts, veggie lasagna, biscotti and other delectables. 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 and sundried tomato "chips" from local tomatoes.
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. Get there early for our all natural, free range eggs.
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WE THANK OUR SPONSORS MI-Connection Davidson Lands Conservancy DavidsonNews.net
McIntosh Law
Main Street Books Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce
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
With in-kind support from: Brenda Pressley, CPA, PA
5th/3rd Bank Town of Davidson
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