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The Davidson Farmer's Market
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Saturday June 23, 2012, 8 a.m.-noon
Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer's year - it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul ~Author Unknown |
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We Accept EBT Cards | |
 Come by the DFM table to use your EBT Card!
Simple, fast and friendly! |
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Parking in Davidson | |
Have a plan A and B. Access public parking map here. |
| Quick Links Recipes | |
The main ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market!
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Breakfast of Champions | |
Don't miss our second Breakfast of Champions next Saturday, June 30, featuring four of our Market vendors: Big Oak, Chef Charles, Gilcrest Natural Farm and Wild Turkey Farms. Dog, brat and sausage samples will be available for 100 ticket holders. Each sample will be paired with a North Carolina beer sample, thanks to our friends at Summit Coffee.
Tickets go on sale the morning of the Breakfast at $10 each.
Questions? |
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Let's Move Gardening Guide | |
Follow here to learn more about starting your own kitchen garden; a school garden or community garden.
Learn ~ eat healthy ~ get active ~ take action! |
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On Cheval Farm | |
 Blueberry season at our farm marks the end of bottle feeding! YEAH! Our goat kids are bottle fed for about seven weeks after they nurse on their moms for about two weeks. It is a happy time but extra long days for us. We bottle feed about 40 babes three times a day so it is a bit exhausting. Our blueberries are just starting to come in and our blackberries will be done around the same time our delicious figs ripen. We use our berries for cheese making as well as our figs. We will however be offering a small to go pack of cheese, fresh figs & a disposable knife soon, for a limited time - great for boating & hiking. Eat well, be healthy.
~ Suzanne, Cheval Farmstead Dairy
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This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market | |
The first week of summer is here, with lots of juicy, ripe, delicious foods to prove it! Come out to the Market tomorrow morning and find our farmer's tables loaded with eggs, corn, tomatoes (pink, purple, red and yellow), sweet onions, zucchini, squash, potatoes, cucumbers, green beans, eggplant, peppers, carrots, beets, kale, tomatillos, cabbage, blackberries, peaches, plums and maybe a few melons.
Our protein farmers will be well stocked with a variety of chicken cuts, lamb, pork and red meat options.
Also at the Market, our bakers and specialty items vendors will have plenty of scrumptious crusty breads with local grains, seasonal tarts, jams, cookies, doughnuts, empanadas, chocolates, Brioche, croissants, muffins, quiche, lasagna, quiche, meat loaf, tomato pie, pizza, breakfast biscuits and wraps, honey, lavender, soaps and scrubs, and flowers.
Our cheese-makers will have a nice selection of goat and cow milk cheeses, including sweet and savory, spicy and simple.
Fresh and local. Everything you need is right here at the Davidson Farmer's Market.
Remember, our annual fundraiser continues. We need your support so we may continue delivering a top-notch Market each week, throughout the year. Please make a donation of any amount right here. Thank you!
Don't miss the seasonal chef demos tomorrow morning at 9 and 10 a.m. with Chef Anthony, Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse.
Find our list of Market offerings right here.
Market Manager
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Market Events this Week | |
*Chef Demo: 9 & 10 a.m. with Chef Anthony, Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse
*Music: Eclectic Mix
*WOW: Protect the Pollinators.
*Community Partner: Master Gardener
* Growing Kids Booth: Newman Brothers will have blueberries
*Sponsors of the Day: Carolinas Healthcare, Flatiron, Mi-Connection and Wooden Stone
*Save the Date: Sat., June 30, Breakfast of Champions ~ Beer & Brats Brunch
*No Growing Kids Club this Week |
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WOW! Tree Walk | |
Tomorrow from 10 to 11 a.m., take a closer look at plants and trees with Tree Walk guide, Pat Butt.
 To register and for more information and guidelines, connect with the Davidson Lands Conservancy here.
Plan your Saturday so you can shop the Market and take the Tree Walk! |
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Chef Joe and his Flank and Sirloin Crostinis | |
Chef Joe and Chef Mike from Roosters Kitchen, Charlotte, were grilling at the Market last Saturday.
Their impromptu menu delivered Grilled Open-face Crostini with Flank/Sirloin Steaks and Basil Aioli.
Thanks to these Market vendors for donating their goods to the chef demo. Please support them!
- Big Oak: sirloin steaks
- Gilcrest: flank steaks
- Big Jim: garlic
- Twin Oak: basil
- KC Farms: red onions
- The crostini bread came from King's Bakery.
The day featured a great demonstration on how to make aioli (mayonnaise) by Chef Mike, quite a skill to have; with just using egg yolks, neutral oil, garlic, kosher salt, water, lemon juice and adding chopped basil at the end.
See Chef Joe again at the 2nd Annual Market Chef Challenge in November! |
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On Correll Farm | |
The summer heat is hard on us, but it has been great on our crops (we just have to water them more often. This week we will have lots of sweet corn!!! We will also have plenty of tomatoes ripe and ready for your tomato sandwiches. try our pinks, purples, red and yellows. We will also have cherry and grape tomatoes for salads and green tomatoes for frying. And much more!
~ David Correll, Correll Farm |
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Cabarrus County Class Offerings | |
The Basics of freezing and dehydrating, Tuesday, June 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Register here.
Preserving tomatoes and salsa, Tuesday, July 26, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Register here. |
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Sweet Corn and Summertime
by Elle Gurskis, Davidson College, 2013 | |
 Sitting on the back stoop, I carefully peeled back the papery green husks that protected each fat ear of corn. The kernels beneath were shiny and white, arranged in perfect military rows. I wondered if the soldiers were aware that they would soon be plunged into a boiling bath or tossed onto the flame-licked metal of the charcoal grill. But I snapped back into focus. I was five years old, just big enough to understand that my duties as appointed Corn Shucker were not to be taken lightly.
Summer after summer, I resumed my post on the stoop to help prepare for our family meals outside. With fireflies dancing in the air around us, we would sit under the big maple tree and devour sweet corn from the local farm, as well as lobsters fresh from the waters of Long Island's Atlantic coast. My godmother would supply crisp greens and luscious tomatoes from her garden. We would eat and share stories and laugh until bright stars popped into the sky.
And here I sit on that same back stoop, my skin drinking in the early summer sunshine. I can't wait to take up my seasonal job, shucking corn for more backyard family dinners. For me, warm weather means eating outside, surrounded by nature while savoring its bounty. I'm looking forward to another summer of delicious local food and even more delicious memories. |
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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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