If you are interested in being a guest musician at market for the 2013/2014 market season please contact Mary Rocap at gathercreek@earthlink.net
2013-2014 Calendar of Events
Garlic and Onion Festival- June 8
Fresh Chef Competition- June 22
Tomato Festival- July 20
Summer Craft Market- August 17
Pepper Festival- September 28
Fall Craft Market- October 12
Halloween Harvest Festival- October 26
Pie Contest- November 16
Thanksgiving Market – November 26
MARKET CLOSED- November 30
Winter Hours begin- December 7
Winter Craft Market- December 14
+ much much more! Look for Chefs, organizations, and other events on a weekly basis
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VOLUNTEER!
Want to get involved with one of these great events? We could use your help! Check at the info table for more details or email me (Lindsay) at farmersoforange@gmail.com
Thanks!
What's at Market
SHIITAKI mushrooms◦Green Garlic ◦ PATTY PAN SQUASH ◦ zucchini ◦ cauliflower ◦ SNOW PEAS ◦ new potatoes ◦STRAWBERRIES ◦ Broccoli ◦ Collards ◦Coffee ◦ Kale ◦ Asparagus ◦ Lettuces ◦ Swiss Chard ◦ Arugula ◦ CARROTS ◦ Cilantro ◦ Spinach ◦Parsley ◦ Dill ◦ Salad Mix ◦ Fresh and dried Herbs ◦ Teas ◦ CHEESE ◦ Eggs- chicken and DUCK! ◦ Meats- Chicken, Pork, beef, LAMB ◦ fruit trees and shrubs◦ Plant Starts◦Baked Goods ◦ CRAFTS ◦ Worms ◦ Prepared foods ◦ SEAFOOD! ◦ And more!
(for a complete list of what to expect at market visit our market page)
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Notes from the field...
Before we get to market news and food, I ask you to please take a minute to remember what this weekend holiday is actually about- honoring all of those who have given any part of their lives to serve this country. Please pause with me (1 second per “period” )
Now, on to food… first, for your memorial day festivities- Make this a local celebration and get all your grillins at market! (in abc order)… Coon Rock, Ever Laughter, Fickle Creek, and T5 have all the cuts you could need!
Secondly, we need to talk seasonal… this may be my soap box platform for the year, but it is sooo important that people start to understand how our food is grown! A market goer on Tuesday gave out to me that we were out of strawberries. I tried to explain that it was a bad year for strawberries. He did not understand. The sun was shining and the local grocery stores had plenty. Well folks, it doesn’t work that way. Yes, the sun has been out a bit… but recall all that rain??
While our crops need water, too much in too little time is not good. The fields get soggy, farmers can’t get out, and fruits and veggies rot quickly. I know of many strawberry farmers who had pick-your-own fields open for over a month last year, they had to close in 2 weeks this year. Too much rain.
BUT… this has the makings for a great blueberry crop! Those fruits have been soaking up all that rain and warmth and making sweet berries! I won’t count the pints till they are in… but could be a bumper year. The agriculture world is contingent on so many factors... lucky for us, our farmers grow a multitude of crops! If you really want to gain some understanding, talk to the farmers- they can tell you the challenges and beneficial flip-sides to the weather.
What other items are in season? Turnips! And broccoli!! We are so used to seeing these staples in the stores year-round, we don’t always associate them with a season. Especially broccoli. Well folks, it has one, it is short, and it is here. Last week I was ecstatic to leave market with a full bag of broccoli. But also a bit sad. My personal rule is to not shop till the end of market, so I rarely get the choice goods. Customers first. So to have some left was a treat, but also a concern. Local, fresh broccoli will not last long… you should be buying it up! To encourage you, my recipe this week is a fantastic simple preparation for this staple, as well as a few ideas from Ever Laughter Farm on how to use the beautiful bountiful turnips that are at market.
Oh gosh... and don't forget the sugar snap peas (they will not be around much longer) and the shiitake mushrooms! Both have thrived in this weather! Of course, some summer veggies have started to make thier way into market... the first of the patty-pan squash and zucchini have started to arrive!
So this weekend, make sure to stop and give thanks to those who serve. And then stop and appreciate the bounty our farmers bring to us… rain or shine… whatever may grow.
See you at Market!
~Lindsay
Happy 4th Birthday Farmer FoodShare!
Thanks to the market shoppers and farmers at the Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market!
This week we ate kale in our breakfast eggs, beet greens in quesadillas, radishes and Swiss chard in a pasta salad, polished off the last of the sweet potatoes, and had lots of tasty lettuce in salads and on sandwiches!
Club Nova promotes and provides opportunities for individuals with mental illness to lead meaningful and productive lives of their choice in the community. Club Nova provides opportunities for meaningful work; socializing; and support in accessing housing, education, health care, and other community support services. The Club Nova Culinary Unit prepares 13 nutritious, low cost, and tasty meals per week, serving a total of 800 – 1,000 meals per month to our members.
Members are involved in planning, prepping, and serving meals, as well as maintaining our facilities. In the past year we've been able to incorporate more fresh produce into our menus, are cooking from scratch and using local produce, planted a culinary and herb garden, hosted a nutrition class with the Community Nutrition Partnership, and are making plans to renovate our building, including building a new kitchen.
Our members are thrilled to be eating healthier, fresher, local food. Your contributions to our meal program directly support our ability to create meaningful work opportunities in our kitchen and the sense of community we feel when sharing a meal around our dining room table.
Celebrate what is in season!! If you find new ways, let me know... I will post them! Contact me!
You will notice that most recipes will now link to their original web link.
Big Bundts and More
Howdy! The BIG Bundts tent will be set and ready to serve fabulous artisan treats. Drop in to say hi, grab goodies to-go, and pre-order Memorial Day, Graduation, and Birthday celebration sweets.
Boy Wood Farm will be bringing sustainably-produced sugar snap peas, lots of cabbage, scallions, radishes, curly & Dinosaur kale, Swiss chard, beets, Bibb head lettuce, and a bit of broccoli and cauliflower.
Let us know if you'd like us to hold any items for you. Contact us at boywoodfarmer@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Matt Ballard
Boy Wood Farm
Bread Uprising
Bread Uprising will NOT be at market this week. We will be back on June 8. See you soon!
Carrboro Coffee Roasters
Since 2004, Carrboro Coffee Roasters , with over 25 years of combined experience in roasting & the retail coffee industry, has been the Region’s premiere small batch coffee roaster. Carrboro Coffee is a local business with a worldwide reach that focuses on, works within, and gives back to the community they live in, and the world at large. The coffee is sourced with these ideals in mind.
Coon Rock Farm
Fresh produce as well as fresh label rouge style chicken, pasture raised and grass-only feed lamb, beef, and lots of pasture raised pork. Due to space limitations we are only able to bring the most popular meat cuts to market so be sure and email us at orders@coonrockfarm.com to pre-order if you want to make sure we will have what you want when you arrive at market.
We're looking forward to seeing you at market this week!
Veggies: We'll have plenty of Salad Mix, Swiss Chard, Beet Greens, Turnips, Garlic Scapes and more! Plants: We have several varieties of tomatoes starts available! Also, hot peppers plants, marigolds, nasturtiums, dill, spilanthes, and epazote! Eggs: Mixed colors from free ranging hens Pork: We have Mild Breakfast Links, Smoked Polish Sausage Links, Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Salted and Unsalted Fatback!
Feather Village Farm is a family-owned fruit and herb farm in Snow Camp, NC. Our goal is to provide our community with a variety of fresh-picked, seasonal, pesticide-free fruits; container-grown fruit trees and shrubs, as well as a wide selection of container-grown culinary herbs and other useful plants for the garden.
The fruit plants we have for sale this year are blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, elderberry, fig, mayhaw, spicebush, paw paw, native persimmon and grape.
Our herbs for sale are acorus, aesclepias, bee balm, Cardinal flower lobelia, catnip, ceanothus, chamomile, common and lemon thyme, coneflower, euthamia, Italian parsley, Great Blue lobelia, two varieties of lavender, lemon balm, tradescantia, tiarella, 5 varieties of mint, oregano, passion vine, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and yarrow.
Fickle Creek Farm
ALL our animals are raised without confinement on pasture/in woods.
PORK - Full range of cuts, including bacon and tenderloin!
PORK - tenderloin, bacon, loin chops, smoked boneless loin chops, St Louis ribs, Boston butt, bulk sausage (chorizo, country, hot extra sage), link sausage (smoked andouille, smoked jalapeno, bratwurst, hot Italian, mild Italian, sweet Italian, smoked Polish, smoked bell pepper and onion), fingerlink sausage (breakfast, maple), smoked hocks, meaty neck bones, feet, organ meats, rendered lard.
This week Funny Girl Farm will have green and yellow zuchinni, patty pan squash, salad mix, arugula, hakurei turnips, radishes, cauliflower, and cabbage.
Hillsborough Cheese Co.
We will be at market this week with a selection with goat and cow cheeses. Stop by for a taste!
Gather Creek
I'm bringing Pimiento Roja Bread with corn meal, dried onions, and dried red pepper flakes (it's got a little kick to it), Fresh Ginger-Chocolate Chip Bread, and Swedish Rye with orange rind, carraway, and anise; I'll also have my regulars: the Oat breads, Cinnamon-Raisin, and rolls
I can only say hi if you come!
Mary
Laurent Lavender
EXPLORE THE BENEFITS OF OUR ALL-LAVENDER AROMATHERAPY PILLOWS:
WARM, COLD OR AS IS, THEY WILL DELIVER RELIEF AND WELLNESS
AFTER JUST A FEW MINUTES OF USAGE.
ENJOY THE NATURAL FRAGRANCE OF OUR HOME GROWN LAVENDER ARTICLES.
Little Sprout Farm will be at market this week with delicious spring veggies- salad mix, chard, kale, boc choy, tat soi, and plenty of radishes! Stop by and say hello!
Locals Seafood
Fresh from NC Fishermen: LIVE SOFT SHELL CRABS Jumbo (large) + Prime (med). FRESH Jumbo Lump + Backfin CRAB MEAT. FRESH FISH FILLETS: Snowy GROUPER (fillet, cheeks, collar), Smooth Dogfish is a small shark, abundant in shallow coastal waters. Dogfish have a lean white BONELESS meat with a sweet, mild flavor and a fairly firm texture. We like them pan seared, fried and sautéed. Hybrid Striped Bass is raised by Eastern NC farmers without antibiotics or hormones. It has a mild, sweet flavor and firm flake texture; excellent pan-seared.
Locals favorites, Speckled Trout and Grey Trout, have a buttery flavor and flaky texture - delicious pan seared, fried or roasted whole (we scale + gut them for you). Greys have a little more flavor. Black Drum has a delicious firm, white meat and mild flavor. Bluefish and Striped Mullet are tasty full-flavored fish (perfect for tacos) that must be eaten when super fresh...these fish were swimming Thursday and will be cut Friday! ALSO: Swansboro Littleneck Clams, Fresh + SmokedRainbow Trout, Dry Pack Sea Scallops & Crab Cakes. WHOLE DRESSED FISH >> Selection Posted ONLINE
What does springtime taste like? Sugar. Snap. Peas. Come early, they’ll go fast! We’re also harvesting fresh shiitake mushrooms, lovely baby beets with beautiful greens, broccoli rabe, daikon radishes, “red” green onions, Japanese and Scarlet Queen turnips, potted herbs and other garden goodies. Thank you dear customers for your support! PlowGirl farm works with nature, not against it, to bring you fresh produce grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/PlowGirl-Farm/110858038994660?ref=hl
Pomegranate Kitchen
Pomegranate Kitche will NOT be at market this week. See you soon!
Fresh, local North Carolina produce with an international twist of flavors. That’s the concept of Pomegranate Kitchen. Stop by and try our tasty dishes.
You can also learn more about our Durham location and our catering business by visiting our website at www.pomkitchen.com
Prodigal Farm
We'll be at market this week with a variety of beautiful Loire Valley-style farmstead goat cheeses, an addictive marinated feta, seriously fresh chevre, Animal Welfare Approved goat meat, and some lime zest & coconut milk goat cheese cheesecakes.
Come have a taste! We're a farmstead dairy, using only the milk from our own rotationally grazed goats. Check out our facebook page to learn more about what this looks like at our farm, and for frequent dispatches from life at our bustling farm.
~ Kat and Dave
Red Tail Farm
This week we are excited to bring fresh no sprays strawberries, and shiitake mushrooms. We will also be bringing bountiful lettuce, greens, and elephant garlic scapes. See you there.
George and Elsa
Root Down Farm
We are excited to say that we will be at market this coming Saturday.
Root Down Farm will be at market this week with fresh delicious and pesticide free:
Hey Chapel Hill! looks like Saturday is going to be a really nice day, so come on out to the farmers market to get your local grown produce! S&H Farm will be there with our Certified Naturally Grown produce and we will be bringing:
lettuce mix
Swiss chard
kale
white onions
beets
bunching onions
basil
beet greens
dill
oregano
green garlic
and the first of our sweet green peppers!
Hope to see everyone out at the market this Saturday!
This week I will have salad mix, a little baby arugula, broccoli, cabbage, Swiss chard, beets, a few heads of buttercrunch lettuce, maybe some sugar snap peas and fresh cut herbs
Everything is naturally grown, with no synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Jeffry Goodrumseeingstarsfarm@gmail.com
T5 Farm
Strawberries are here! Get there Early!
Broccoli! Sugar Snap Peas! New Potatoes!
Special: Sirloin Steak $8.00/lb
Pastured Pork: Garlic Bratwurst, Mild and Extra Sage Breakfast Sausage, Chorizo, Shoulder Roasts, Ham Steaks, Neck Bones, Hot Italian links, Hot Extra Sage Breakfast, Spare Ribs, Loin Chops, Liver, and Fatback.
Produce: Strawberries! Broccoli, New Potatoes, Sugar Snap Peas, Chinese (Napa) Cabbage, Kohlrabi, "Dino" Kale, Winterbor Kale, Siberian Kale, Buttercrunch and Romaine Lettuce, Radishes, Spring Onions. We grow all our produce without the use of chemical fertilizers or sprays.
Eggs: from pastured hens fed a layer ration free of antibiotics or animal by-products.
Chicken: 1st Batch of the Season! Pastured Broilers raised without growth hormones, fed a ration free of antibiotics. Whole birds and cuts available.
Beef: Lean Limousin beef pastured throughout with a light grain supplement added the last few months to add flavor while maintaining the benefits of a forage diet. Steaks (NY Strip, Sirloin, Flat Iron, Flank), Roasts (Chuck, Shoulder, Sirloin Tip, Bottom Round, London Broil), Brisket, Kabob Meat, Short Ribs, Ground Beef, Stew, Cube Steak, Soup Bones, Dog Bones, etc.
Please e-mail special chicken and/or beef orders to
Wild Dog Farm will be at market this Saturday with duck eggs, chicken eggs, spinach, radishes, and maybe a few other things.
Wild Dog Farm is committed to sustainable, small-scale, conservation-based farming and no pesticides or chemicals are ever used in or on our feed, the fruits and vegetables, the bees, or the soil. The ducks and chickens free range on pasture and are a variety of rare and heritage breeds. See them on facebook (WildDog Farm).
Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market Animal Policy: Pets are not allowed in the market vendor area during hours of operation. We will gladly watch them for you! Official service animals are exempt from this rule. We appreciate your cooperation in making Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market a safe and friendly place for all.
minute to remember what this weekend holiday is actually about- honoring all of those who have given any part of their lives to serve this country. Please pause with me (1 second per “period” )
