Davidson Farmers Market this Saturday

The Davidson Farmer's Market

Pasta Wench

Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, 8 a.m.-noon

Tomorrow marks the last day of National Farmer's Market Week!

Come by the DFM Booth This Saturday and Tell us What You LOVE About The Davidson Farmer's Market - We'll Proudly Display Your Thoughts on Our Farmer's Market Board!

In This Issue

* Il Bosco Shops the Market

* Barbee's 411 on Home Planting

* Growing Kids

* Eggs

* Weekend Events

* DFM Farm Visit with Big Oak

* Crop Mobs Spread

* Chef Andres Recipes

* Chef Wes Back Next Week

* Still Gleaning

* Fresh at the Market this Week

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The DFM accepts SNAP, Debit or Credit. Come by the DFM Booth to buy tokens to shop the Market!

The DFM booth is located at the heart of the Market - stop by!

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Help the Market - Volunteer!

Jill and Li from the Demo Team

Love the Market?

Vote for us in America's Favorite Farmer's Market Contest!

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Lost and Found

If you lost it - we may have found it.

Come by the DFM booth.

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Quick Links Recipes

Most of the ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market!

27 Juicy Tomato Recipes Right Here!

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We love dogs!

Help us to keep the DFM dog-friendly by adhering to our Pooch Policies.

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Il Bosco Shops the Market

Il Bosco Ristorante and Bar, Depot St., Davidson, shops the Market every Saturday! If you haven't experienced Il Bosco, check it out! You won't be disappointed.

Thank you, Il Bosco, for supporting your local farmers and for shopping the Market!

Barbee's 411 on Home Planting

Tommy Barbee, spring 2011

In about two weeks home gardeners should be planting any crop that they enjoyed in the early spring. Fall plantings have a very narrow window of opportunity between soil temps being too hot for germination and being warm enough to mature before cold weather. Fall can be very tricky. Successful farmers keep very good notes from one year to the next to record what worked and what didn't. We advise home gardeners to do the same. Soil prep needs to be done when moisture levels are compatible for such, not when you have time. This is a very important step in being successful any time of year.

~ Tommy, Barbee Farms

Did you know that the the Barbee's have a road-side stand, open Mon-Fri. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. 3-6 p.m.? It's worth a mid-week ride to stock-up on your fruits and veggies! Approximatley 11.5 miles from Davidson.

Are you a Growing Kid?

If you are a kid and like to plant and grow things...you could be a "Growing Kid" at the DFM. Come sell your home grown fruits and veggies two times during the Market season.

Stop by the DFM booth for more information or Email info@davidsonfarmersmarket.org

This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market!

Embrace the tomato! Don't stop buying them and don't stop cooking and eating them. Once you've tasted a vine-ripened tomato, eating anything else is darn right tasteless.

Try this! Slice a Market tomato of any kind; lay it gently on a slice of Market fresh bread; then sprinkle with salt and pepper. If you're feeling sassy, drizzle a little balsamic vinegar, top with a few basil leaves or add a thin spread of mayo (Yikes! The mayo is not very "Market-like," but very good!). Now you're ready - 3, 2, 1...devour!

Unfortunately mother nature's gift doesn't last year round. Come late fall through early spring, you can't slice a summer Market tomato for your sandwiches and fajitas. And suddenly your dreams turn from sugar plums and sheep to juicy and delicious, dancing tomatoes.

How do we savor the flavor and fresh experience throughout the off-season so that our marinara sauces, stews and salsas can taste just like the warm days? A wise farmer gal recently told me that there's a quick and easy way to store your farm fresh tomatoes, without losing the flavor and nutrients. These are not her sites, nor did she direct me here, but these show step-by-step how to freeze your tomatoes, as she described. Check it out here or here.

With a high of 89 degrees and a chance of rain in the afternoon, it will be a great Market day. The vendors are bringing the best of their best. Stock up for the week!

Best wishes for juicy and delicious tomatoes throughout the year.

See you at the Market,

~ Market Manager

Eggs!

If you want eggs - come to the Market early! Typically, eggs sell out within the first 45 minutes of the Market.

These vendors will have eggs this week: Calico Farmstead Cheese, Coldwater Creek Farm, Gilcrest Natural Farm, KC Farm and Wild Turkey Farms.

Market Events this Week

*Music: Work Release String Band

*WOW: The McConnell Family - pick a rock, paint it and bring it home
*Community Partners: American Heart Association
*Sponsors of the Day: Mi-connection, Flatiron, Wooden Stone, JJ Wade

Farm Visit with Big Oak

Mike, Big Oak - Farm Visit or Field Trip?

Mike Smith, Big Oak, recollects an old photo of his grandfather standing beside an oak tree behind the farm house on Beaver Road, Kannapolis. In the photo, Mike's grandfather and the oak tree stood at the same height. Today, as Mike shows us around his 70 acre farm, this oak tree towers above him, shading the old farm house and much of its surroundings; hence the farm name.

For 150 years Mike's family has been farming this land. And now Mike, a one-man-one-woman-show (Mike's wife Dawn) continue to farm; managing hundreds of acres of hay fields and cow pastures.

A smart, kind, determined, forward thinking farmer and business man, Mike takes pride in bringing his beef and pork products each week to the Market. Also, his beef may be found in the Commons on the Davidson College Campus and the Conover Market near Hickory.

Mike's focused on maintaining quality and taste year-round.

Thank you Mike and Dawn!

Crop Mobs Spread

from www.cropmob.org

Mrs. Rita's Lavendar

A Crop Mob is primarily a group of young, landless, and wannabe farmers who come together to build and empower communities by working side by side. A Crop Mob is also a group of experienced farmers and gardeners willing to share their knowledge with their peers and the next generation of agrarians. The membership is dynamic, changing and growing with each new mob event.

Read full story here. Want to hear more in person? Visit the Lavender Garden booth tomorrow. Mrs. Rita will give you the Crop Mob scoop!

Chef Andres Recipes are Here

Some of you have been asking about Chef Andres, FlatIron, recipes from his July demo.

Citrus Tabouleh, Basil Goddess Dressing and Za'atar seasoning - here they are!

Chef Wes Back to Market Aug. 20

Chef Wes Choplin from Choplins Restaurant, Cornelius, will be back next Saturday, Aug. 20, for another DFM Chef Demo. Mark your calendars - 9 and 10 a.m.

Gleaning at the DFM

Patsy's Butternut

The DFM is gleaning!

At Market closing, the Society of St. Andrews will come out and gather farmer donations to distribute to our local community in need. That's right, this farm fresh food will feed our Davidson and surrounding area families.

Thank you DFM farmers and Society of St. Andrews for making this happen!

Fresh at the Market this Week

One of Mike's calfs, soon to be weaned (Aug. 11, 2011)

Many of our DFM Vendors may be contacted by phone or Email pre-ordering before the Market. Click the farm names below to see if they have websites available.

Audrey's Produce
Audrey Miller

Mooresville, NC
704.663.3472
audreysproduce@aol.com

Audrey will be back in the Fall with a beaucoup of apples!

Barbee Farms

Tommy, Anna & Brent Barbee

Concord, NC

980.521.1395

For this week we will have, squash, zucs, cukes, butternut squash, all types of peppers, eggplant, sweet corn, melons for any taste, white potatoes, red and white sweet onions, honey and the first of many new crop sweet potatoes.

Big Jim's Produce

Jim & Chris Arthurs

Troutman, NC

Seasonal produce, loaf breads, pound cakes and fruit preserves.

Big Oak Farm

Mike & Dawn Smith

Denver, NC

mikesmith1859@yahoo.com

Beef & Pork products. Beef - pastured beef ribeyes, skirt steak, flap meat, cubed steak, ribeyes, sirloins, NY Strips, kabobs, ground beef, should and rump roasts, stew mean, beef jerky. Pork - chops, ribs, roast, uncured bacon, Boston butts, Grandpa Johnston's real old fashioned breakfast sausage, kielbasa, ground pork and Cajun sausage. Email your order by 6 p.m. Friday and we'll have it ready for you on Saturday.

By Lucille

Lucille Benoit

Charlotte, NC

Lucille will have a selection of organic artisan baked goods, with many wheat free options including organic breads, muffins, scones, cookies, cinnamon rolls, as well as Lucille's Signature Jams and hand-thrown pottery by Susan Benoit.

Calico Farmstead Cheese

Jackie & Larry Gerringer

Gibsonville, NC

landjdairy@aol.com

336.516.0750

Butter, fresh and aged cows' milk cheeses - ricotta, queso fresca, havarti, mozzarella, farmer cheese, fromage blanc, feta, camembert, cheese curds, skillet cheese, several varieties of spreadable cream cheese and farm-fresh eggs. Several varieties of fresh artisan goat cheeses made by us from Wilderness Trail Farm goat milk.

Caroline's Chocolates

Caroline's Chocolates will be back in the fall!

Chef Charles Catering

Chef Charles Semail

Charlotte, NC

Handmade sausage (Roman, Provencal, Pork & Apple, Chicken Cordon Bleu & Merguez). Vanilla Custard Peach Pie, Brioche, Croissants, Focaccia, New Homemade Pizzas, BBQ packages, Herb Vinaigrette, Pear & Ginger Chutney, Green Tomatilla Jam, Pate (wild mushroom & green peppercorn) and Cured Chirizo.

Coldwater Creek Farm

Brad Hinkley & Eric Williamson

Cabarrus County

Certified organic produce including peppers, beets, green beans, okra, onions, cucumbers, squash, black-eyed peas and garlic scape pesto. From Cackleberry Farms: eggs, yogurt cheese, Queso Fresco, Feta, butter and specialty farmstead cheeses.

Correll Farm/Red Barn Market

David & Cheryl Correll

Cleveland, NC

Tomatoes, peaches, artichokes, peppers (sweet and hot), eggplant, tomatillos, garlic, summer squash, cantaloupes and melons!

Elliott Apiary

Glenda & John Elliott

Davidson & Harmony, NC

Local wildflower honey.

Elma C. Lomax

Lynn MacDougall-Fleming & students of the Incubator Program

Cabarrus County

Seasonal organically certified produce - summer tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, squash and more!

Flying Fish Seafood

David & Peggy Meeks

Davidson, NC

All NC caught - Red snapper, flounder, dry pack scallops, jumbo shrimp and more!

Gilcrest Natural Farm

Gil & Amy Foster

Iron Station, NC

amyjofoster@yahoo.com

704.308.1431

Gilcrest Natural Farm will be on hand with our pasture raised meats (no hormones or antibiotics). Chicken: whole birds, split breast, boneless/skinless breast, wings, leg quarters, drumsticks, ground chicken. Beef: steaks - ribeye, sirloin, flank, philly and cube. Roasts: chuck, sirloin tip, shoulder, eye of round, brisket. Good stuff: ground beef, hamburger patties, stew beef, stir fry stips, liver, dog bones, breakfast sausage, Jerry's beef jerky and our delicious hot dogs!

Grateful Growers

Natalie Veres & Cassie Parsons

Denver, NC

Grateful Growes will be back the first weekend in September! Round pork (amazing burgers), bratwurst, chops, shoulder roasts (great BBQ), italian sausage. We'll also have breakfast sausage, chorizo, and uncured bacon for the best BLT ever. Be sure to try our thin-slice dry cured ham...aged 9-months, this ham is not quite prosciutto, but is still amazing with peaches, melons, figs, fish, grits, beans, eggs, rice, and anything else you can come up with.

Half Moon Gardens

Trish Raglin & Patrick Poitras

Mooresville, NC

This week we'll have herbs, sun and shad perennials and handmade soaps.

Happy Hound Bakery

happyhound@roadrunner.com

Stacey & Keith Ulaszek

Mooresville, NC

We will have our usual treat flavors: Barkberry, Gingerbark, Carob Nip, Peamutt Paradise and Pawfect Pizza. We will also have extra large specialty bones in Peamutt Paradise, Pawfect Pizza by the Slice and miscellaneous specialty cookies. Handmade reversible dog scarves in a variety of cute fabrics will be available again (xs, s and m/l).

Henry's Wholesome Foods

Henry Imhoff & Family

Cleveland, NC

henryandritaimhoff@juno.com

704.278.0503

Freshly baked loaf breads: Honey Oat, 60% Whole Wheat, cookies, fresh-made doughnuts, lemon bars and more. We will also tomatoes, canned tomato chunks, tomato juice, sauerkraut, and sweet potatoes!

Herr's Fresh Flowers

Jefferson Herr & Family

Vale, NC

828.308.3074

Custom or pre-order flower bouquets.

Houston Farm

Patsy & Bobby Houston

Huntersville, NC

Potatoes, Acorn, Squash, Butternut and Spaghetti Squash, Garlic, Zucchini, Peppers, Egg Plant, Cucumbers, Okra and Watermelons.

KC Farm

Chris & Kristi Goodrum

Mt. Mourne, NC

This week we will have watermelons, cantaloupes, eggs, squash, zucchini, cucumbers,beets, red onions, eggplant, tomatoes and corn. For baked goods we'll have banana bread, lemon pound cake and chocolate cake with icing.

Landis Gourmet Mushrooms

John & Kris Herron

China Grove, NC

Blackberries and a variety of herbs.

Laughing Llama

Robert & Kia Mulligan

China Grove, NC

Laughing Lama will be back in the fall!

The Lavender Garden

Rita Rodelli

China Grove, NC

I will be bringing Lavender/Sage Astringent; Lavender Spa Lotion; Lavender Bud Sachets; Lavender Wands; Linen Spray; Goat's Milk Soap; Olive Oil Soap; and SKY Perfume to the Farmer's Market on Saturday, July 9th, as well as the Lavender Dried Stems for Flower Arrangements. See you there! .

Millstone Meadows Farm

Mark & Sara Hord

Morganton, NC

828.433.7126

mhord828@bellsouth.net

Artisan breads, beer breadsticks, homemade potato chips with Rosemary and sea salt, Heirloom tomato pies, veggie stratas, sweet and savory tarts.

Outdoor Feasts

Dan Huntley

803-487-6876
danthepigman@mac.com

Dan the pigman is back with ribs, pulled pork BBQ, beef brisket and frozen fruit lollies.

The Pasta Wench

Andrea Morrell

Deep Gap, NC

A variety of raviolis - come by and see our usual and new, fun flavors!

Peaches & Cream Farm

Calvin Phillips

Wadesboro, NC

Fresh peaches!

Renn Bee Farm

Marcel Renn

Cleveland, NC

Local wildflower honey.

Twin Oaks Farm

Greg Hartsell

China Grove, NC

A beautiful variety of fresh produce and herbs.

Wild Turkey Farm

Lee & Domisty Menius

China Grove, NC

704.202.9348

Great products from our own Pasture Raised Berkshire Pork and 100% Grass Fed Angus Beef. Restocked with Lamb and Free-range whole chickens. All of our producets are 100% Rowan County born and raised.

Thank you DFM Sponsors

DavidsonNews.net, Media Sponsor

Woods Stone Gallery, FlatIron Kitchen & Taphouse, Mi-Connection

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