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The Davidson Farmer's Market
Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, 8 a.m.-noon
Change Begins With a Whisper ~ The Help |
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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!
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 | |
The main ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market! If the recipe calls for a non-market ingredient - just substitute with what's in season.
How to Cook Spaghetti Squash Herbed Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti Squash and Pork Stir Fry Acorn Squash Stir Fry Ginger Beef See our meat vendors for your beef and produce vendors for hot peppers!
Happy Shopping, Cooking and Eating!
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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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Know Your Farms Tour | |
Get your tickets now for the Third Annual Know Your Farms, Charlotte Area Farm Tour, Sat. Sept. 17 & Sun., Sept. 18, 2011.
For more information and tickets - follow here.
Truly fun for the entire family! |
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DFM Volunteers Rock | |
Indeed this is true. During every rainstorm here in Davidson, the Market tents take a beating. Whether it's massive rain pools in the tent tops or dismantled tents from wind and heavy rain, DFM volunteers help repair the damages in time for the next Market.
Thank you volunteers! We need you and appreciate you! United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack reported that since 2010, the number of farmers markets has grown 17 percent, from 6,132 markets to 7,175 in 2011. Rapid growth means that many farmers markets are young organizations, powered mostly by volunteers. |
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Meet the Produce Lady | |
Meet Brenda Sutton, The Produce Lady, of the NC Cooperative Extension (NC State and A&T).
The Produce Lady program teaches farmers and consumers the wonders of locally grown fruits and veggies. The program shares nutritional details, demonstrates how to prepare fresh produce as tasty meals and snacks, and advises how to preserve them to use throughout the year.
Read more here. |
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Run For the Green | |
2011 Run For the Green half-marathon, 10K and 5K will be held Saturday, Sept. 17; starting on the Village Green in Davidson.
Don't miss the fun! Register for Run For the Green Here! And when you finish the race, bring your crew to the market! |
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This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market! | |
Some of our community families already are back to school or enjoying their last few days of summer. Routines, school supplies, clothes, teachers, friends, healthy snacks and lunches fill our busy minds.
Davidson College students and families begin arriving to campus this week. Freshmen and upper classmen travel by plane, car or train, packed with clothes, dorm gear and toiletries; not to mention aspirations and butterflies. Parents hope that their scholars will take good care of themselves - eat well, get enough sleep and exercise.
Fresh, local food is available right here in Davidson, at the Davidson Farmer's Market. Taking good care of yourself is most convenient - an easy walk or bike ride from campus and surrounding neighborhoods.
Our produce vendors are well stocked with seasonal harvests. This time of year they are bringing to Market - zucchini, squash, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, okra, eggplant, peppers, onions, tomatoes, cantaloupes, watermelon and peaches. Soon, fall crops will begin rolling in...apples, beans, greens and nuts.
Students both old and young are able to enjoy the Market and become part of this community - food, freshness, music, farmers, shoppers, children, laughter, sharing, learning, tasting and experiencing - all together strengthening our fabric.
Instead of filling your pantries and dorm rooms with other choices, stop by the Market and fill your bags with nutritious deliciousness like melons, peaches, apples, cucumbers and peppers. If you're a college student - you may need a knife for slicing. Best wishes for a great start to the school year! Chef Wes Choplin is back for his second Market demo. Join Chef under the tents at 9 and 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
See you at the Market! |
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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. |
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Market Events this Week | |
*Music: 3rd Saturday Jam
*WOW: Celebrating Sunflowers
*Community Partners: Master Gardener & Lions Club
*Sponsors of the Day: Mi-connection, Flatiron, Wooden Stone, JJ Wade |
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Flying Fish | |
 A typical week for Flying Fish Seafood begins with several phone calls to our fishermen - sometimes as early as Sunday - to determine if anyone is fishing, if anyone is catching and what, if anything, is being caught. Monday and Tuesday same thing, I'll speak to the boat captains directly again (if in range). Most of the time our shrimpers are in range and they can tell me how the trawl is going. I often check a few weather buoys on line for water conditions, wind speed and so forth. Not that I can change anything, but if conditions are rough, I know that it will be a tight week for seafood. By Wednesday we have a pretty good idea of who's catching what and where they will be bringing it. I call my contact at whichever fish house or dock seems most productive and have my name put down for what we will most likely be wanting. This is basically a "wish list" because nothing is certain until it is in my cooler. (Sometimes we actually have to go fishing, like last week. It didn't look like there were going to be any bottom fish available so Mac went out and came back with Black Bass, Carolina Snapper and Vermillion Snapper by midnight Wednesday. We sold it all at the Farmers Market last Sat.)
We make the run to the beach on Thursday leaving around 2 a.m. - hit the dock at around 6 a.m. where we pick what we like. A typical bottom boat will bring in 6,000 pounds of bottom fish. We can't use all that, of course, so we pick what we need, all whole fish. We make it back to our cleaning facility about 11:30 a.m. where everything is broken down for market - everything from Yellow Fin Tuna to shrimp (heads off). Sometimes there are good surprises at the dock like finding Hog Snapper we weren't expecting. Sometimes there are disappointments- like finding the Tuna we wanted was not iced properly.
Every week is different and unpredictable in this business, which, I guess is why they call it fishing and not catching...
~ David Meeks, Flying Fish Seafood |
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Farmers, Producers and Weather | |
The weather is perfect for us - not too hot. Good rain for our pastures and hay ground. ~ Mike, Big Oak
We have been loving the rain! ~ Patsy Houston, Houston Farm
Lower humidity makes for a lovely day out weeding and such. ~ Lynn, Elma C. Lomax
Cooler temperatures are nice and the rain is great for the fall crops. Low humidity is also great for us farmers. ~ Chris, KC Farm |
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Chef Choplin's in the House | |
Chef Wes Choplin is back at the Market tomorrow with demos at 9 and 10 a.m. He'll be grilling and making Market Vegetable sandwich - the kind of mouth-watering heartiness you'll want to sink your teeth into after a 5K, mowing the lawn, a long day at work or a lazy Sunday afternoon.
And be sure to visit Wes at his restaurant in Cornelius, Choplin's. |
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Fresh at the Market this Week | |
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, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, sweet corn, cantaloupes, fresh basil, garlic, red and yellow sweet onions, and free advice for the home gardener on fall planting for lots of enjoyment. Ask for Tommy.
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. Susan will be back next week!
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), Cured Chirizo.
Coldwater Creek Farm
Brad Hinkley & Eric Williamson
Cabarrus County
Certified organic produce including Basil, peppers, beets, green beans, okra, onions, cucumbers, squash 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
Correll Farm is taking a break for a bit, but will be back when they have more goods to sell. They are looking forward to being at the Market more this winter. Back soon!
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 - cukes, peppers hot and sweet, basil garlic, potatoes, carl pless's corn, tomatoes and eggplant. And maybe some eggs.
Flying Fish Seafood
David & Peggy Meeks
Davidson, NC
Red Snapper, Grouper, Tilefish, Flounder, Hog Snapper, as well as Dry Pack Scallops (super sweet) and Jumbo Shrimp. All North Carolina caught!
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 have sauerkraut, salsa and canned tomato chunks.
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
Tomatoes, Potatoes, Acorn, Butternut and Spaghetti Squash, Garlic, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Peppers, Egg Plant, Cucumbers.
KC Farm
Chris & Kristi Goodrum
Mt. Mourne, NC
This week we will have watermelons, cantaloupes, eggs, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, beets, red onions, 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
We have a variety of herbs. And of course Kris' Tussie Mussies.
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 will be back next week!
The Pasta Wench
Andrea Morrell
Deep Gap, NC
The Pasta Wench is excited to have gourmet dried pasta in large 12 oz bags....always vegan, always fresh! I will be bringing a variety of flavors this Saturday. Also, for the first time this summer, I will have frozen pierogis. I'll have two flavors; potato and onion and potato and cheddar. This will be in addition to my usual frozen raviolis and sauces.
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. |
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Thank you DFM Sponsors
DavidsonNews.net, Media Sponsor
Woods Stone Gallery, FlatIron Kitchen & Taphouse, Mi-Connection
5th/3rd Bank (office space); Baybridge Management; Bragg Financial; Brenda Pressley, CPA, PA; Campagnia Cafe; 'Cats on Main; Cocoon Salon; Davidson Chocolate Company; Davidson Family Medicine; Davidson Lands Conservancy; Davidson Village Inn; Downtown Davidson Inc.; Edmond Morgan Massage School; Home Careolina; Ingersoll Rand; JJ Wade Agency; John Marshall Custom Homes; Know Your Farms; Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce; Lake Norman Realty; Lake Norman Embroidery and Screen Printing; Lake Norman YMCA; Little Fish Marketing; Main Street Books; Mayes, Wilson and Associates; McIntosh Law Firm; North Carolina Medical Specialists; Our Town Cinemas; PiEs - Project for Innovation, Energy and Sustainability; PostNet Davidson; Prudential Carolinas/Mary Lib Richards and Julie Lopez; Robinson, Bradshaw and Humphrey; Sandy and Rex Kragh and Family; Smarthiking PR; The Cycle Path; The Stewart Group; The Village Store; Town of Davidson (market site and storage); and Triple Play Farm. |
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