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The Davidson Farmer's Market
Saturday, June 30, 2012, 8 a.m.-noon
Breakfast of Champions ~ a Beer and Brats Brunch
and Our Fourth of July Market! |
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Help the Market - Volunteer!
Thanks to the DFM volunteers that help set-up 30 plus tents and tables every Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. and those that come out at noon to help break-down the Market and return the tents, tables and supplies back to the Market shed. There are countless tasks to be done each Market day and you make it all happen. We simply couldn't do it without you!
We are searching for more volunteers!
Volunteering at the Market is fun! |
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The main ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market!
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The Davidson Farmer's Market will host their first ever Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest on Sat., July 14. There will be multiple categories and prizes. Stay tuned for more details.
Be sure not to miss the 3rd Annual Salsa Showdown on Sat., July 28. Salsa-makers will use Market ingredients for this challenge and Market-goers get to judge. If you're interested in being a contestant, Email the Market manager here. More details coming soon. |
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This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market | |
It's the Market before July 4th! Stock-up on all your grilling foods and fixings for your holiday festivities.
Summer produce is in full force!
- Find figs at the Coldwater Creek Farm tent.
- Lookout for the Barbee Melon Truck. They'll have cantaloupes, sprite, canary, seedless and seeded. July 4th special - buy one cantaloupe, get one free! And last chance for doughnut peaches.
- KC Farm will have melons too.
- Twin Oak Farm will have blueberries, cantaloupes and peaches!
- You may find blueberries at the Imhoff tent too!
- C&O will have plump and juicy blackberries.
- Peaches & Cream will have succulent peaches and blackberries.
Correll Farm, Lomax, Big Jim's, Houston, KC Farm, Coldwater Creek, Barbee and Twin Oaks will have tables full of tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, onions, eggplant, beans, Swiss Chard...and more!
Breakfast of Champions - a Beer and Brats Brunch will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Tickets will be on sale when the bell rings at 8 a.m. for $10 each and only 100 tickets will be sold. Don't miss this farm fresh festivity with local brats, dogs and sausages and NC beer samples from our Summit Coffee friends. Cool lemonade will be served as an option. Chef Anthony from Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse will be our Breakfast of Champions Grill Master. Don't let the heat steal our fun. Lets beat it!
Our annual fundraiser continues. Please take a moment to donate to the Davidson Farmer's Market and help us to continue bringing local food, education and entertainment to our backyards. Donations are tax deductible, as the Market is non-profit, 501-c3. Access Paypal or Justgive. Thank you for supporting the Market!
Plan your shopping day by printing a list of Market offerings. View and print here.
Be cool,
Market Manager |
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Market Events this Week | |
* No Chef Demo this Week *
*Music: Work Release String Band
*WOW: Homemade Worm Bins
*Community Partners: Shake, Batter & Roll
* Growing Kids Club: Next Club Day is on Sat., July 7
*Sponsors of the Day: Flatiron, Mi-Connection and Wooden Stone |
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Chef Anthony's Seasonal Pasta | |
Chef Anthony from Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse made an impromptu one-dish meal was Spinach/Tomato Fettuccine in a white wine butter sauce with fresh seasonal vegetables. So yummy!
Thanks to these Market vendors for donating to Chef Anthony's demo last Saturday:
· Pasta Wench - spinach tomato fettuccine
· Elma C. Lomax Incubator Farm - yellow squash, zucchini, grape tomatoes
· Big Jim's Produce - sweet onion
· Coldwater Creek Farm - sweet corn
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Market Share
Jenny Brulé ~ chef, momma, writer | |
"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest." --Douglas William Jerrold
I've always loved that quote. Not being a gardener (in fact, quite the contrary), I admire the home gardener who is able to coax flowers, vegetables, fruits, even grass to grow on their plot. I am awestruck by men and women who actually make their living from doing so.
Simply stated, farms feed us and I am so grateful to live in a community that values farmers.
But it's not just the farmers who I am thankful for; the food crafters and cheese makers and bread bakers and honey producers and soap-smiths and plant purveyors and seafood vendors and flower designers and pasta creators and dog treat inventors and sweet-treat suppliers and savory stuffed pastry merchants and gourmet food chefs-they are the super stars of the Davidson Farmer's Market. They are the courageous ones who've chosen hard (satisfying) work over predictable, safe jobs.
It is doubtful that they are tending to, and schlepping their (mostly) culinary wares from around the region to Davidson because of the promise of great wealth. As much as I hate assumptions, it seems safe to assume that these men and women are doing so because, on some level, they love doing it. And we can feel that love in everything they make and sell.
*Really and Truly*
Like Tita in the novel, Like Water for Chocolate -their love and attention seep into what they grow, make, bake, cook and sell- resulting in products that taste, look and feel different. Better.
Don't believe me? Okay, try this out: Spend an hour (or two) at Davidson Farmer's Market, browse, listen to music, people-watch, shop, maybe get a coffee from Summit-take it all in. Then, go to Wal-Mart and do the same; browse, listen to elevator music and price-slashing announcements, people-watch (I dare you), shop, maybe grab a coffee at McDonald's-take it all in. Feel any difference? I'm betting that the anemic, Guatemalan-grown tomato doesn't hold the same appeal as the plump, rosy, ripe one grown in China Grove, NC.
I'm not altogether against Wal-Mart-style, rock bottom prices; they have their place, like at the gas station or carpet warehouse. I like a good deal as much as the next guy or gal, but when it comes to food, I truly believe that we get what we pay for, in every sense (literally and figuratively).
Farms feed us.
I support them.
I shop at Davidson Farmer's Market.
findingtasty.com
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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)
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