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The Davidson Farmer's Market
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8 a.m.-noon
It's our Father's Day Market |
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The main ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market!
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C & O Farms - U-Pick! | |
DFM Vendor, C & O Farms, Mix and Match Berry Patch is open Tues. - Sat., 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sun., noon - 6 p.m.
Visit C & O Farms- only about an hour away from Lake Norman, in Hickory. You can't miss their roadside stand and berry patch. Affordable, friendly and delicious. And a great summer adventure for the kids! |
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KC Farm Store Open Now | |
Wednesday night, at the KC Farm store, located off Midway Rd., on the right, heading on Hwy. 115 south, there was a variety of fresh produce including zucchini, squash, greens, onions, cucumbers, corn (by Barbee), tomatoes (by Twin Oaks), farm fresh eggs and a selection of grass fed beef.
Get your mid-week groceries here. Fast, friendly and reliable.
You'll know you are at KC Farm when you see the softball field in the front yard (Chris built it for his girls!).
For more info, contact Chris at KC Farm, 704.807.2900. |
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Finding Tasty Tomatoes
Chef, Momma, Writer ~ Jenny Brulé | |
Last week, summer officially arrived in Davidson. You may be thinking that my calendar is two weeks off, but friend, it's not the day of the month (or a solstice) that marks summer for me. The reign of summer begins (in my book), when local tomatoes are plucked from their stiff, fragrant, green vines and plunked onto the vendor's tables at Davidson Farmers' Market. This all began last weekend-Hallelujah!
The King of summer vegetables (fruits?) has arrived-Let the feasting begin! Salad Caprése, with just four ingredients (thick, ripe tomato slices, creamy slabs of fresh mozzarella and pungent basil leaves, luxuriously drizzled in a cascade of olive oil), tomato concassé (simply diced, ripe tomatoes with more deep green olive oil-fabulous spooned over thin slices of country ham), homemade salsas of all sorts, BLT sandwiches (hubba-hubba!), pomodoro fresco (with tomatoes this ripe and flavourful, chopped and raw tossed with hot pasta is a summer treat) and of course the queen of Spanish soups, gazpacho!
Don't even get me started on the tomato's health benefits (like cancer-preventing Lycopene, as well as properties that fight heart disease, even high blood pressure).
The new color for summer foodies: Tomato red, smeared all over a white, cotton napkin (and the corners of your smiling mouth).
Read more about my affection for tomatoes (and search for more recipes using tomatoes) right here. |
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This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market! | |
It's Father's Day Weekend. Bring your dad, your honey or your friend to Market for a fun-filled experience with local food, music, chef demonstrations and more!
All dad's love to eat! DFM vendors will have their tables piled high. You will find green beans, corn, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, tomatillos, leeks, potatoes, herbs, peaches, berries, cheese, bread, sweets, protein, eggs, honey and more! And new this week...blueberries!
Kids Club is back; making local beet dye and veggie stamps. Make a card for dad or create your own local veggie art. The garden is overflowing - some veggies need more time to ripen, but some are ready now. See if you can find ready-to-pick veggies. Finders keepers. But don't forget to pull some weeds while you're searching.
Chef Joe Kindred, Roosters Kitchen, Charlotte, will be at the Market tomorrow with demos at 9 and 10 a.m. Chef Joe will come, shop the Market for local goods and prepare an in-season dish, right on the spot! Chef Joe is the reigning champ of the 2011 DFM Winter Chef Challenge. Don't miss him - he's good stuff!
Our Annual Pea Pod Fundraising Campaign continues. Your donations are needed and will help the Market purchase new tents, equipment, supplies and more! Stop by our Pea Pod Table tomorrow and give what you can. Donations of all amounts are appreciated. Thank you!
Here's a list of what you will find at Market tomorrow.
Market Manager
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Market Events this Week | |
* Chef Demo: 9 & 10 a.m. with Chef Joe Kindred, Roosters Kitchen, Charlotte
* Music: Under the Tree
* WOW: Tadpoles, frogs and our Ecosystem
* Growing Kids Club: Beet Dye and Veggie Stamps
* Sponsors of the Day: Cocoon Salon, Flatiron, McIntosh Law Firm and Wooden Stone
*Save the Date: Breakfast of Champions, a Beer and Brats Brunch, June 30, 10:30 a.m. to noon |
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Construction on Main Street May Cause Congestion | |
Main Street is being re-paved over the course of the next few weeks. Please be mindful as you plan your Market day.
More info from Davidsonnews.net here. |
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Massages and Bang Trims | |
DFM Sponsor, Cocoon Salon, will be trimming bangs and massaging shoulders tomorrow. Does dad need a little TLC? This is a perfect treat...and it's free! Stop by the Cocoon to start or end your Market day! |
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Davidson Community Players | |
Our community partners, Davidson Community Players were at Market last Saturday, giving Market-goers a taste of Crazy For You, a high-energy musical, hitting the main stage on June 21. Gershwin music, dancing and plot twists, make this performance a must-see!
You may buy tickets here. Appropriate for ages seven and up! |
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The Imhoff's are Picking | |
 My sisters and I are quickly baking our cookies this forenoon so our whole family can go to Booneville this afternoon to pick the blueberries. We all enjoy getting out there to pick and eat the yummy, pretty berries! Usually we pick several hours in the afternoon and then towards evening we spread out our picnic supper under the shade tree. After we're done eating we pick a little more before heading home.
~ The Imhoff Family |
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National Food Day - Oct. 24, 2012 | |
Food Day is a celebration of real food and a campaign to help solve food-related problems in our homes, on our farms, in our schools and in our communities. Food Day helps to educate the nation on how to eat health food, how food should be affordable and produced with care for the environment, animals, and the women and men who grow, harvest, and serve it.
Eat Real - Food Day Recipe Book
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Thank you 2012 DFM Sponsors
Wooden Stone, Title Sponsor & DavidsonNews.net, Media Sponsor
FlatIron Kitchen + Taphouse & Carolina HealthCare System, Presenting Sponsors
Baybridge Management, Inc.; Bragg Financial; 'Cats on Main; Charlotte Pediatric Dentistry; Cocoon Salon; Davidson Family Medicine; Davidson Lands Conservancy; Davidson Village Inn; Edmund Morgan Massage School; Home Careolina; Ingersoll Rand; JJ Wade Agency; John Marshall Custom Homes; JJ Horton Photography; Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce; Lake Norman Magazine; Lake Norman Realty; Lake Norman Embroidery and Screen Printing; Lake Norman YMCA; Little Fish Marketing; Main Street Books; Mayes| Wilson & Associates, LLC; McIntosh Law Firm; Mi Connection; Moliver Chiropractic; Our Town Cinemas; PiEs - Project for Innovation, Energy and Sustainability; PostNet Davidson; Restroom Direct; Sanctuary of Davidson; Sandy and Rex Kragh and Family; South Main Square; The Cycle Path; and The Village Store.
5th/3rd Bank (office space); Brenda Pressley, CPA, PA (accounting services); Town of Davidson (market site and storage)
You help to make it happen! |
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