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Vendor of the Week:
Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens
Tri Sa and Cing Neam were both farmers in Burma before coming to North Carolina. They grow at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm without chemicals, using cover crops and mulch to protect the soil, save water, and increase fertility. They work the land by hand or sometimes with a walk-behind tiller. Tri Sa's daughters Tha Dah Wah and P'saw Wah also help out on the farm and at the Market.
Fun Facts
"Mu Tar K'Paw" roughly translates to, "Everything comes from sunlight. Everyone needs sunshine."
Tri Sa's biggest accomplishment of her life in the U.S. is seeing her daughters going to college.
Cing Neam's family had a large farm in Burma where they grew wet rice, as well as many other vegetables such as corn, potatoes, and yellow beans. She used to drive to Maryland to sell her vegetables to the Chin community there and is excited to be selling in Carrboro now!
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We ACCEPT WIC, SENIOR and SNAP/EBT benefits!
Double Your Dollars Up to $10
When You Shop
at the Market!
Spend $10 or more on your EBT card and the Market will match you an extra $10 in tokens for FREE. WIC and Senior customers that come to the Market also get matched an extra $10 in tokens when they spend over $10 with their vouchers.
Stop by the information booth for more details.
Market Match is made
possible by:
With additional support
from:
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Carrboro Farmers' Market Memorial Scholarship Fund in Memory of Gary Murray of Sunset Farms
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A FEW ITEMS IN SEASON:
Broccoli
Greenhouse Tomatoes
Asparagus
Collards
Strawberries
Green Onions
Radishes
Bok Choy
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Carrboro Farmers' Market Printing Donated by
Durham, NC
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What's Happening at Market
Happy Friday!
It is looking like a beautiful sunny morning at Market! With Mother's Day and UNC Graduation all in one weekend, we are looking forward lots of smiling faces this Saturday! We hope your weekend includes some quality time with your grads and moms, and what better way to kick it off than a family trip to the Market!
We've got gorgeous flowers, all the
ingredient
you need for a special home-cooked meal, tons of plant starts for a weekend of fun in the garden, and lots of sweet and savory treats and artisan goods.
The INDY just released its 2016 guide to dining in the triangle, called EATS, and you'll notice a Carrboro Farmers' Market vendor on almost every page! Essentially the whole issue about local food, and here are a few of the articles featuring our Market vendors. Be sure to pick up a free copy soon around town!
Till 'Em All - A candid, no fluff look at what it is like to be a small scale farmers from the perspective of John Soehner of Eco Farm and George O'Neal of Lil Farm.
Root Grafts
- This article showcases the ingenuity of local farmers that are growing ingredients you've never heard of for immigrant populations and adventurous chefs and artisans! It features Alex and Besty Hitt of Peregrine Farm and Tri Sa of Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens.
Our Favorite Things - No surprise to us, Two Chicks Farm made the INDY's top ten list of favorite artisans in the triangle!
In Good Brine - Here's a great background on how April Mcgreger of Farmer's Daughter got started and how her business has evolved!
In other Market news, guest vendor Soul Cocina will be joining us on Saturday serving up tamales, empanadas, and more! Be sure to stop by an check it out! Also, the first of the sugar snap peas have arrived, along with broccoli and even a few zucchini and yellow squash! There are also tons of incredible herbs at market as well, including mint for your derby day mint juleps!
Happy Shopping,
Erin Jobe, Market Manager
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Upcoming Events:
Strawberry Jamboree
next Saturday,
May 14th
Join us for samples of local berries served with homemeade whipped cream and
The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering's signature yellow cake! Recipes, U-pick info, live music, activities for kids, and tons of local berries!
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FRUITS/VEGGIES:
Asparagus, beets, bok choy, broccoli, broccoli raab, chard, collards, cut herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, green garlic, green onions,
kale, kohlrabi, mustard greens, microgreens
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ushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sweet potatoes, strawberries, spinach, summer squash, turnips, zucchini, winter squash and more!
MEAT
FISH, POULTRY:
bison, bacon, beef cuts and ground beef, breakfast links and brats along with various other cuts of pork, fresh chicken
,
l
amb
, l
ocal hot dogs, pork sausage, prosciutto,
v
eal cutlets and more!
CHEESES and EGGS: goat and cow cheeses, fresh and aged, farm fresh eggs (duck, chicken and goose) FLOWERS and PLANTS: sweet williams, bachelor buttons, peonies, dutch iris, snapdragons, native and medicinal Plants, Trees, shrubs, and other perennials! Spring and summer plant starts and herbs for your garden. SPECIALTY ITEMS: bagels, baguettes, breads including whole wheat and sourdough, fermented foods, granola, honey, cinnamon rolls, hot sauces, jams and jellies, muffins, pies, pizza crusts, potted plants, pound cakes, stone ground grits, vegan and gluten free offerings, whole wheat flour, wines. Handmade craft items including woodwork, metal work, baskets, pottery, hand woven rugs, and more. |
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Farmers's Daughter
Farmer's Daughter will be at Market this Saturday!
Spread some love this Mother's Day with Farmer's Daughter jam! We'll have lots of jam and marmalade favorites for the perfect Mother's Day brunch at home.
Here's a peek at the rest of the cupboard:
Live-Culture, Barrel-Ferments
Korean-style Pickled Radishes & Jalapeno
Cajun Kraut
Atlantic Sea Kraut
Collard Kraut
Tacqueria-Style Pickled Carrots
Curry Apple Kraut
Plain Jane Kraut
Juniper Kraut
Horseradish Beets & Rutabagas
Aji Limon Hot Sauce
& More
Jams/ Preserves
Strawberry Preserves
Strawberry Honeysuckle
Peach Jam with Vanilla Bean & Bourbon
Blueberry Jam
Blubarb
Ruby Red Grapefruit Marmalade
Orange Marmalade with Rye Whiskey
Fig & Muscadine Jam
Scuppernong Grape Jam
Tomato Jam
& More
Relish/ Pickles/ etc.
Carolina Chow Chow
Watermelon Rind Pickles
Thank you for shopping local & handmade,
April, Phil & Moe
Find recipes & serving suggestions for Farmer's Daughter products on Pinterest.
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Wild Hare Farm
Sustainable Farming, Seasonal Produce, Beautiful Flowers
Yay for mom! Congratulations to the graduates! We will have lots of beautiful, old fashioned
flowers to help celebrate this special weekend. Gorgeous peonies in varying shades of pink and
red. Spicy scented stock in pink, purple, apricot and cream. Long snapdragons in orange and red.
Two sizes of mixed bouquets and maybe more. We should have some dill and cilantro as well.
Many thanks and hope to see you
Saturday
!
Leah and Mark
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Chicken Bridge Bakery
Chicken Bridge Bakery will be at Market!
What a rainy, stormy week it's been! Looks like the sun is coming out for the weekend though and we've got our fingers crossed for a beautiful market morning. Stop by and see us, we'll have:
Farmhouse Sourdough
Multigrain Sourdough
Danish Seeded Rye
100% Rye Sourdough
Sprouted Wheat Loaves
Naan and Bialys
Gougeres
Strawberry Jam Scones
Sourdough Raisin Bran Muffins
NC Honey Pecan Granola
See you soon,
Rob, Monica, Simon and Milo
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Stanford Family Farm
Stanford Family Farm will be at Market!
Stanford Family Farm our 28th season at the Market!
Happy, Happy Mother's Day!
Baked goods:
Blue Ribbon Yeast Rolls for
Sunday dinner table.
Cinnamon Rolls (plain and with raisins).
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.
Banana Nut Bread.
Time to plant those summer veggies!
Zucchini, yellow Crookneck squash, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Swiss Chard, Herbs (including Basil). A few Moon flower, Zinnias and Sunflowers(4-packs).
Look for Specials.
I do not use GMO seed in my production of plants or produce.
Email if you have questions or a request.
Patrick & Robin Mulkey
919-942-3814
[email protected]
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Growers & Cooks
Growers & Cooks will be at Market this Saturday!
 We're excited to participate in our first
Saturday market in Carrboro! We make fresh stock for home cooks. Stop by to taste what we're all about, to ask questions, or just to say hello. We're on a mission to support responsible growers and bring real stock back into your kitchen.
By the Tub (24 oz frozen):
All-Purpose Chicken Stock
All-Purpose Vegetable Stock
Southern Smoked Pork Stock
This week's tip sheet:
Cooking greens with stock!
The market is bursting with different shades of green -- spinach, bok choy, kale, mizuna, just to name a few. We'll provide some basic techniques for cooking some of our favorite spring greens in healthy, flavorful stock.
Sign up for our fun bi-weekly newsletter, The Simmer, to receive recipes, product updates, and grower and cook profiles direct to your inbox! You can also follow our progress on
Instagram or
Facebook.
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Flat River Nursery and Farm
Flat River Nursery will be at Market this week!
We will be at market with Greenhouse Tomatoes, herbs. sweet potatoes, bedding plants and vegetable starts.
1548 Holeman Ashley Rd.
Timberlake NC, 27583
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Blessed Earth Farm
Blessed Earth Farm will be at Market!
Blessed Earth Farm will be returning to market
this Saturday
! I will be in my new permanent space on the corner next to Lyon Farms. I'll have my best sellers Cayenne Pepper Jelly & Summer Squash Curry plus dilly Beans, Pickled Beets, Garlic Dills & Bread & Butters. I also have all three fruit butters: Apple, Pumpkin-Apple & Caramel Pear plus Pears & Ginger, Cranberry Marmalade, Pear Chutney & Cranberry Orange Chutney!
Please stop by and say hello! I look forward to seeing everyone and beginning a new season!
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Box Turtle Bakery
Box Turtle Bakery will be at Market!
Selections:
- 2lb Sourdough Red Fife/Golden Wheat Blend Hearth Bread Bread w/optional Apricots, Olives, or Pecans
- English Muffins
- Sourdough Rhymin Dark Rye w/optional Caraway
- Cohen Farm Honey Wheat Yeast Bread (with optional Cinnamon Raisin) and Rolls
- Red Tail Grains Red Fife Bread w/optional Walnuts100% Oat or Buckwheat round hearth loaves
- Sweet Potato Pecan Scones
- Chocolate Beet Snack Cake
Slogan of the week: Every bread is exactly right or else it's another bread
Abraham Palmer, Box Turtle Bakery
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Chapel Hill Creamery
Chapel Hill Creamery will be at Market Saturday!
We have fresh and aged cheeses this week. Tomatoes are coming in and we'll have
Fresh Mozzarella to go in Caprese salad or on a pizza.
Our
Hickory Grove is mild but savory; it is a washed rind cheese that is not as strong as its stinky cousins but has a lot of flavor. Good for snacking; it also makes a great grilled cheese or omelet. Other cheeses to sample and buy include fresh
Dairyland Farmers,
7 1/2 month old Calvander which is similar to an
Asiago, ripe
Carolina Moon, semi-ripe
New Moon, Smoked Farmers, and
Pheta.
Our popular and flavorful sausage include
Breakfast Country Sausage in bulk,
Sage and
Maple Breakfast in links,
Bratwurst, Hot Italian, Mild Italian. We'll also have our spare ribs, bacon, and flavorful ground beef.
Everything we sell comes from our farm where we tend to the pastures, the young calves, the adult cows, and the whey fed pigs. Try the
Hickory Grove or the
Smoked Farmers for a cheeseburger, or grill our sausage for a delicious Italian sub or to add to greens and polenta.
Portia McKnight & Flo Hawley
Instagram: @chapelhillcreamery
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Dawnbreaker Farms
Dawnbreaker Farms will be at Market this week!
Hey there folks,
I hope you all have had a fabulous week! Dawnbreaker Farms will be at market this week with abundance of GMO Free meat and eggs from our pigs, chickens and turkeys.
I personally will have to leave around
7:30 am so I will miss many of you but you will get to see our good friend Mike who covered for me a few weeks back.
See you
Saturday,
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Open Door Farm
Open Door Farm will be at Market this week!
We'll be at market this weekend with more greens including Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Pac Choi and three types of Kale (Dino, Scarlett and Green Curly). We'll have Radishes and more Broccolini and the first of the Fennel and Kohlrabi. As always, we'll have Rainbow and Spicy Microgreens and Sunflower and Pea Shoots. We will be taking a break from the micros and shoots for two weeks so stock up this week and expect their return on
May 28th
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Three Waters Farm
Three Waters Farm will be at Market!
Tender Lamb - Whole Loins and Shanks now available.
Hearty Cracked Wheat Bread - Stop by and try a sample!
Delightful - Goat's milk soap
Luscious - Hand-painted knitting yarn
New Spring colorways!
Fabulous - Hand knit garments
(We are located next to the Info booth, under the shelter)
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Two Chicks Farm
Two Chicks Farm will be at Market!
This week we have a great selection of ferments: Classic Sauerkraut, Caraway Kraut, Jalapeño Kraut, Kimchi, Dill Kraut 'n Pickles, Cortido, Beet & Ginger Kraut, Spicy Ginger & Garlic Kraut, Indian Spiced Kraut, Spicy Banana Peppers, and Jalapeños. We will also have water kefir soda ( flavors: strawberry, ginger, and sunshine). In addition we will have Pickled Ginger, Pickled Beets, Bread 'n Butter Pickles, Mild Pepper Jelly, Ginger Pepper Jelly and Spicy Pepper Jelly. As always thank you for supporting local food.
Audrey and Debbie
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McAdams Farm
McAdams Farm will be at Market!
McAdams Farm strawberries are in! We're open at the farm for strawberry picking, Monday through Saturday 8am to 7pm.
This week at market, we'll have strawberries, lettuce, spinach, and kale. We know Zephyr squash is always a favorite, and we have that in season as well as zucchini. We will also have lamb and beef. See you at market!
See you at market!
Howard McAdams and Family
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Melina's Fresh Pasta
Melina's Fresh Pasta will be at Market!
Melina's Fresh Pasta will be at market this week with some new ravioli flavors as well as old favorites - Ravioli - Spring Pea & Mint, Caprese Fig Gorgonzola, 3 Cheese & Roasted Garlic, Lemon Ricotta and more! Plus spaghetti, spinach fettuccine, tomato basil sauce, pizza dough, gnocchi, veggie shells and lasagna. We will be sampling our veggie shells with a yummy spring pea recipe - come and try it! Also check out our post Mother's Day Pasta Making class on May 11 - tickets on sale now! Great gift for mom!
Carmella Alvaro, Melina's Fresh Pasta
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Carolina Farmhouse Dairy
Carolina Farmhouse Dairy will be at Market this week!
 A first generation dairy in North Durham, milking a small, Animal Welfare Approved herd of Jersey cows and making Grade A yogurt. We are transitioning to Certified Organic which means all of our practices must be organic for two years - at which point our first generation of calves start producing milk. Meanwhile, you can be sure that these cows get the bulk of their nutrition from grazing on pastures, and are supplemented with Non-GMO, Certified Organic feed from Reedy Fork Organic Feed in Elon, North Carolina. All of our toppings use certified organic ingredients as well. For more about us, please find us on Facebook,
Carolina Farmhouse Dairy and our website is
www.carolinafarmhousedairy.com
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Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm
Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm will be at Market this Saturday!
 Sandy will be at CFM
on Saturday
with a good supply of delicious bison meat. Stop by and select something to grill out this coming weekend or for Mother's Day!
Jack and Sandy Pleasant
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