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 

Thank You Town of Davidson

The Town of Davidson lends space to the Davidson Farmer's Market so that local farmers, producers and gatherers may bring their goods to share with our community.

Please remember to recycle, dispose of trash and keep the Market green. 

Thank you everyone!

Free Tickets Every Hour

Davidson College Athletics will be at the Market tomorrow, promoting their fall sports.  Every hour, they will draw two winners for various home games including soccer and football. 

Be sure to visit their booth and enter to win!

3rd Annual Know Your Farms Annual Farm Tour

Be sure to purchase your tickets for the Annual Farm Tour, Sept. 17 & 18, 12:30 - 5:30 p.m. both days. 

Follow here to read more and to buy tickets!

Davidson College Local Food Club

On a mission to bring local, sustainable food to Davidson College, the Food Club is passionate in its support of nearby farmers, in eating seasonally, and in cooking communally.  In addition to hosting movies, panels, speakers, and cooking classes, the Food Club oversees the organic vegetable garden behind Vail Commons and the Food Cart, which sells local, sustainable food on campus. Food Club's work with Dining Services has led to transitions in food suppliers and improved choices at both dining locations on campus.

Emma Park, Davidson '14

Market Events this Week

*Chef Demo: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. with Chef Vera Samuels

*Music: Work Release String Band

Save the Date - Annual Community Picnic

Please join your DFM volunteers, vendors and community friends for the Annual DFM Community Picnic on Saturday, Oct. 22, immediately following Market take-down at approximately 12:30 p.m.  This special event honors all the folks that make the Davidson Farmer's Market come to life - and that means you too!

The main course and beverages will be provided.  Please bring a dish to share.  If your last name begins with a-k, bring a side dish.  If your last name begins with l-z, bring a dessert. 

Hope to see you there!  RSVP here.

Veggie Crepes with Vera

Chef Vera Samuels will be back to Market Saturday morning. Be sure to get a spot under the white tents to watch Chef Vera's demo and taste her scrumptious veggie crepes.  Take a recipe home with you and make these treats for a fun, Sunday brunch!

In preparation for fall and cool weather, the chef demos will begin at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Green Day in Davidson

People of all ages will enjoy Green Day, a festival by the Davidson Lands Conservancy (DLC) that celebrates sustainability and promotes environmental education and awareness. Held September 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Green Day will feature local entertainment, kid-friendly activities, and over 30 exhibitors on the Davidson Village Green, on Main St. at Concord Road.

The festival will kick-off with the release of a hawk by the Carolina Raptor Center to emphasize the message of environmental stewardship both organizations strive to convey.

"When we release raptors, those birds have come in injured or orphaned, and so we've raised them and it's time for them to go...it's a culmination of all the work we do in the raptor center, and it's very exciting for us," said Michele Miller Houck, Community Relations Director at Carolina Raptor Center.

Performances by Lake Norman Children's Choir, Toxic Spouse, and the Rusty Knox Band are scheduled, and visitors are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to picnic and enjoy the entertainment. Many of the exhibitors will feature activities for children, ranging from leaf splatter-painting to sand box games to a scavenger hunt on the Green. "Children," notes Pam Dykstra, DLC President, "love nature and want to protect the environment -- so we want to involve them too."

Green Day coincides with Run for Green 5K (run and walk), 10K, and ½ marathon, and all proceeds support Davidson Lands Conservancy's mission to preserve and protect natural areas. The title sponsor for Green Day is Ingersoll Rand Corporation. Other major sponsors include, Flatiron Kitchen and Taphouse, KOLA Construction, River Run Community of Davidson, Rusher Oil Company, and an anonymous donation "in honor of Sterling Martin."

All Green Day/Run for Green participants and visitors are also encouraged to stop by the Davidson Farmer's Market, across the street, for fall produce, fresh foods, and more informational booths - including a Master Gardener, the Blue Bird Society, and Know your Farms, Farm Tour.

For more information, to sign-up for Run for Green, or to volunteer, go to www.davidsonlands.org or contact Davidson Lands Conservancy by email here.

What are the Correll's Doing?

Since we haven't been at the Farmer's Markets for a couple weeks, I thought you all might like to see what we have been doing at the farm.  The last couple weeks we have been installing our Vertical Hydroponic System, to grow strawberries, lettuces, and other crops.  This project was funded in part by a grant we received from RAFI (check out their website rafiusa.org).  Today we planted strawberries, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, and arugula. 

Give us a call sometime and check it out!

See ya'll soon,

David Correll

Correll Farms, LLC

26th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference

Don't miss the 26th Annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Conference in Durham, NC, Nov. 11-13, 2011.

more here.