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The Davidson Farmer's Market
Saturday, July 28, 2012, 8 a.m.-noon
The 3rd Annual Salsa Showdown is Here! |
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Vote for Your Favorite Farmer's Market | |
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The main ingredients for these recipes may be found at the Market!
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Saturday Salsa
Elle Gurskis, Davidson College 2013 | |
On Saturday nights, my friends and I crowd around a big table at El Paraiso, our favorite restaurant in Cornelius. We go there partly because my friend Katie's parents own the place, but mostly because we love the awesome Central American food. Especially the salsa. Without fail, every time we go, we scarf so many salsa-smothered tortilla chips that we're pretty much stuffed by the time our meals arrive. (But we always manage to make room.)
The salsa that the Cruz family makes at El Paraiso is classic and delicious, with a standard base of fresh red tomato. But the possibilities are endless when it comes to this Latin American condiment. Salsa can be just about anything you want it to be-mango-yellow or tomatillo-green, mind-blowingly spicy or subtly sweet. And you can use it as a sauce for sautéed pork chops, a topping for eggs in huevos rancheros, a filling for fish tacos, and more. With homemade salsa, it's easy to get creative and tough to mess up.
Get ready to taste some delicious salsa recipes at the Davidson Farmer's Market this Saturday. After the Showdown, stock up on the Market's fresh, local ingredients, like jalapeños, onions, garlic, cucumbers-even peaches. Then, head home, mix up your own salsa, and dig in.
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Hands-on Composting Session
Tomorrow | |
For those that are registered for the Composting Class tomorrow, please join Leslie Willis, Town of Davidson Healthy Living and Wellness Supervisor, under the Millstone tent at 9 a.m.
Class participants will learn the basics of backyard composting and other organic management practices, including bin options - what you can and can't compost, how to maintain your pile and other ways to handle organic debris.
If you aren't registered for the session tomorrow, but would like to check it out, please come by and see what's happening.
Save the Date! The next Hands-on Composting Session will be at the Market on Sat., Sept. 22. Stay tuned for more details and sign-ups. |
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This Week at the Davidson Farmer's Market | |
Tomorrow will be a fun-filled day of shopping and tasting. Don't miss the 3rd Annual Salsa Showdown!
Starting at 8 a.m., three teams will have 30 minutes to shop the Market for their salsa ingredients. For one and a half hours, they will slice, dice, chop, mince and blend their Market fresh ingredients. At 10 a.m. the tasting will open to all Market patrons and vendors. The winning team will be announced at 11 a.m. and awarded $50 in Market bucks!
Get your shopping done early so you can take a break and participate in the tasting. Or be in inspired by our community salsa-makers and buy some fresh and juicy produce to make your own signature salsa at home.
New this week, Houston Farm will have fresh diggings of New Sweet Potatoes. The Imhoff family is baking White Chocolate Craisin Oatmeal Cookies. Chef Charles will have Tomato Bisque, Tomato Jam, Tomato Thyme Tahini Vinaigrette and more!
In addition, our awesome vendors will be bringing the best goods to Market. You'll find tomatoes, peppers of all kinds, onions, sweet corn, carrots, acorn squash, potatoes, berries, peaches, a variety of melons, basil, eggs, cheeses, fish, farm fresh poultry, grass fed beef and pork, empanadas, fresh cut flowers, soaps, honey, plants, dog treats and more!
* Millstone will not be at Market in the morning.
Aug. 5-11 is National Farmer's Market Week. Celebrate the Market and our farmers who hold the knowledge of the land - that's been passed down generation to generation. Learn - grow - eat!
See you tomorrow at the Market,
For a full list of Market offerings this week follow here
Market Manager |
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Market Events this Week | |
* It's Salsa Showdown Day *
*Music: Barrie Howard
*WOW: Letterboxing at the Market
*Community Partners: Master Gardener and Master Composter
* Growing Kids Club: No Kids Club this Week - Back again on Sat., Aug. 4
*Sponsors of the Day: Carolinas HealthCare System, Flatiron, Mi-Connection and Wooden Stone |
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Big Jim is Famous | |
 Jim Arthurs, Big Jim's Produce, recently was traveling through the Chicago Airport. A man came up to him and asked, "aren't you a vendor at the Davidson Farmer's Market?"
He's famous! |
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Plant Your Fall Garden | |
When asked, Greg with Twin Oaks recommended the following for early August plantings:
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Collards
- Cucumbers
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Radishes
- Spinach
- Squash
- Turnips
 Just ask a farmer for more advice! Or ask the Master Gardener who will be on-site tomorrow to answer your home gardening questions.
And as Tommy Barbee says, "a little time now will create a lot of food later." |
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Salsa Showdown Schedule of Events | |
 7:30 a.m. - Contestant check-in.
8 a.m. - Market shopping begins.
Contestants have 30 minutes to shop for ingredients and get back to their stations to begin preparing their salsas!
8:30 a.m. - Salsa preparations will begin.
Contestants have 1.5 hours (8:30-10 a.m.) to prepare their salsas; have stations wiped-down and cleaned; with samples poured and displayed on the tables for judges.
10-10:30 a.m. - Judging takes place. Market-goers and vendors may enjoy free samples and vote for their favorite salsa!
11 a.m. - Winner will be announced. Winner and assistant each win $25 in Market bucks! |
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Farm-fresh Food During the Week | |
Barbee Farm - located off Poplar Tent Rd., on Shelton Road in Concord, you'll find lots of farm-fresh seasonal produce during the week. Follow here for Farm Stand hours and location.
KC Farm - located off Hwy. 115 North, on Midway Road (just minutes from Davidson), you'll find farm-fresh eggs, seasonal produce and grass fed beef. Call Chris for more information - 704.807.2900.
Flying Fish - located on Hwy. 115 North and Presbyterian Rd., just one mile from downtown Davidson, you'll find local NC seafood on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 3-6 p.m. Follow here for more information. |
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Vendors Speak | |
Barbee Farms is a small family farm in Cabarrus County that enjoys and benefits from the Davidson Farmers Market. We were one of the founding farmers of the market and have grown as a vendor and a farm from the experience. Our farm is based mostly on "direct to consumer" sales, and this market greatly helps us achieve this goal. We hire local folks to help us plan, plant, tend, harvest and prepare for market year round. We sell to local folks that love the freshness and quality of local. The Davidson market deserves your support. Without markets like this, local farmers are competing with food shipped from all over the world that supports large mono culture environments. Think local! |
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Letterboxing with WOW at the DFM | |
This Saturday, how about a treasure hunt called Letterboxing? This intriguing hobby started in 1854 when a Mr. James Perrot put his calling card in a bottle and then hid it. He invited people who found his bottle to do the same. The hobby has evolved over the years. Now, it is estimated that there could be up to 40,000 letterboxes just in England, with many thousands more around the world, including the U.S.
The Letterboxing treasure hunt at the Farmer's Market will be a simplified version of this activity designed for children and their parents. The goal will be to collect stamps from all the boxes hidden at the Market. We'll give you the first clue at the WOW table and a sheet on which you can collect the stamps. Each box will have a rubber stamp and ink pad as well as the clue for finding the next box. We hope you will find this a fun way to explore the Market. If you want to know more, go to the DLC website and read this article. |
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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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