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Vendor of the Week:
Open Door Farm
Jillian and Ross Mickens started farming at the Breeze Incubator Farm and are now farming their own land in Cedar Grove. They strive to be a source of healthy food that is produced in a manner that is sustainable for the environment and financially and emotional beneficial to them and their community.
Fun Facts
Jillian is a registered dietician with a Masters in Public Health from UNC. She focused her course of study on local food systems and how health professionals can help communities and individuals overcome the barriers to accessing local food. She now works full-time on the farm.
Ross is a full-time electrical engineer and a jack-of-all-trades who helps out on the farm before work and on the weekends.
They want to give customers the tools to eat more fruits and vegetables, so they usually have recipes on hand at Market, and have a great recipe archive on their website!
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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
Carrots
Greenhouse Tomatoes
Sugar Snap Peas
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!
A trip to Market to see your favorite friends, farmers, and artisans is the perfect cure for the rainy day blues! You all know a little bit or a lot of rain won't stop us from having a gorgeous spring Market, so grab the rain boots and an umbrella and we will see you there!
This Saturday is assistant manager Margaret's last day working with the Market, so be sure to tell her how great she is! Margaret has been planning Market special events and managing our food outreach programs for the last three years, but that doesn't even come close to describing the positive impact she has made. Margaret has been a mentor and a friend to me and a passionate advocate for the Market. Her positive attitude, humor, kindness and sincerity will be missed even more than her magical excel spreadsheet skills and superhuman attention to detail. We can't wait to see what incredible work she does for our friends at
RAFI. Congrats Margaret!
Last week we received the WCHL People's Choice Award for
"Best Locally Grown!" We are so grateful for this honor, and we sure do feel loved! Thanks to everyone that voted for us!
One of the BEST local food events of the year is coming up in just a few weeks on June 3-5. If you have not gotten your tickets yet to
Farm to Fork, get to it before they sell out.
The folks at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems sure know a thing or two about good food, and they bring out our favorite farmers and the finest chefs in the area for their events! The proceeds all go back to CEFS to support their programs that support new farmers like their Breeze Incubator Farm, and it's worth every penny.
Several of our farmers, including our vendor of the Week, Open Door Farm, have benefited from Breeze Farm! Here's a rundown of the weekend.
Friday, June 3rd
Sustainable Supper and Square Dance at the Haw River Ballroom - Tickets are just $35!
Saturday, June 4th
Dinner with James Beard Award Winning Chef Andrea Reusing and President Obama's former personal Chef Sam Cass at the Durham Hotel.
Sunday, June 5th
Farm to Form Picnic at Breeze Farm
The event also spotlights fourteen local food artisans and breweries; each providing samples of their products, and local wine, coffee and tea companies.
Click
HERE for ticket info!
Happy Shopping,
Erin Jobe, Market Manager
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FRUITS/VEGGIES:
beets, bok choy, broccoli, broccoli raab, blueberries, cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers, chard, collards, cut herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, green garlic, green onions,
garlic scapes, kale, kohlrabi, mustard greens
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ushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sweet potatoes, strawberries, spinach, sugar snap peas, 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
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amb
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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: lilies, snapdragons, sweet williams, bachelor buttons, peonies, dutch iris, 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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Chapel Hill Creamery
Chapel Hill Creamery will be at Market Saturday!
With greenhouse tomatoes, people are enjoying our Fresh Mozzarella and Dairyland Farmers for salads and sandwiches. These fresh, unaged cheeses really have the yellow color of carotene from the grass the cows are grazing. Use these for cooking or try the Smoked Mozzarella and Smoked Farmers for a stronger flavor. Add the Farmers to eggs or Mexican dishes. Other cheeses to sample and buy include 7 1/2 month old Calvander which is similar to an Asiago, ripe Carolina Moon, semi-ripe New Moon, and Pheta. Our Hickory Grove is mild but savory; it is a washed rind cheese that is not as strong as its stinky cousins but is still full of flavor. Good for snacking; it also makes a great grilled cheese or omelet. Hickory Grove is being used on a cheeseburger at Carolina Brewery.
Whey fed pork Wednesday includes Breakfast Country Sausage in bulk, Mild Italian sausage, spare ribs, bacon, ground pork. We hope to get our other sausages in for this weeks market as well. Try our flavorful ground beef. It makes a delicious burger, cheeseburger, or pasta sauce.
Portia McKnight & Flo Hawley
Instagram: @chapelhillcreamery
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Chicken Bridge Bakery
Chicken Bridge Bakery will be at Market!
The oven is hot from a week of baking and the sourdough cultures are bubbling away! With such momentum it seems silly to let some spring thunderstorms keep us from coming to market. We hope to see you there, rain or shine! We'll have:
Farmhouse Sourdough
Danish Seeded Rye
Multigrain Sourdough
100% Rye Sourdough
Sprouted Wheat
Fougasse w/ roasted shiitakes and herbs!!!
Naan and Bialys
Blueberry Muffins
Oatmeal Raisin Scones
Gougeres
NC Honey Pecan Granola
See you there,
Rob, Monica, Simon and Milo
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Dawnbreaker Farms
Dawnbreaker Farms will be at Market this week!
Hey there folks,
We'll be at market tomorrow with all of our pasture raised GMO Free animal proteins! We are fully stocked and loaded up with chicken in wholes and all the cuts including hearts, livers and bones and feet (for broth). Our latest batch of hens has begun laying and our egg table will be full. Called pullet eggs these first eggs from a new laying hen are small with large orange yolks. A seasonal treat so get them before they're gone!
We have a special going this week on our pork neck bones. Fantastic in soups and stews or roasted in the oven. These meaty bones are flavorful and tender and we want you to try them! They'll be on sale and we will have plenty of tips and ideas about how you can work them into your kitchens and meals.
See you
Saturday,
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Growers and Cooks
Growers and Cooks will be at Market!
 We make fresh stock for home cooks. We're on a mission to support responsible growers and bring real stock back into your kitchen. Nifty fact: A pound of bones/meat/vegetables goes into making each container of our stock -- that's approximately 85 times more than the industry standard!
By the Tub (24 oz frozen):
All-Purpose Chicken Stock
All-Purpose Vegetable Stock
Southern Smoked Pork Stock
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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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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
- A variation on the honey wheat: which adds sourdough cultured Rye
- Red Tail Grains Red Fife Bread w/optional Walnuts
- 100% Oat or Buckwheat round hearth loaves
- Cream Scones w/optional Dark Chocolate Chunks
Abraham Palmer, Box Turtle Bakery
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Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens
Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens will be at Market!
Cingh Neam and her family are very excited to begin selling at the Carrboro Market this summer!
Cingh Neam is a Chin refugee who comes from Burma, and she farms at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm. She is very happy to have the opportunity to fulfill her dreams of farming here in NC! This Saturday, she will be bringing a huge variety of greens and herbs, turnips, beautiful lettuces, spicy radishes, and some sweet strawberries, too. Come visit us!
Cingh Neam, Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens
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Open Door Farm
Open Door Farm will be at Market this week!
We'll be at market this weekend with tons of greens including Dino Kale, Green Curly Kale, Swiss Chard, Pac Choi, Red Leaf Lettuce, and super tender Buttercrunch Lettuce. Expect more Head Broccoli, Broccolini, Cauliflower, and Cabbage. Also the first of the Snap Peas and Snow Peas and the last of the strawberries. No microgreens or shoots this week but they will be back next week.
Jillian and Ross Mickens, Open Door Farm
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Wild Hare Farm
Sustainable Farming, Seasonal Produce, Beautiful Flowers
As soon as the sun makes an appearance, we will have some new floral additions like sunflowers.
Hopefully next week. For
this Saturday, we will have fragrant oriental lilies, pink saponaria
and mixed bouquets.
Many thanks and hope to see you
Saturday!
Leah and Mark
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Flat River Nursery
Flat River Nursery will be at Market!
 We will be at market with Greenhouse Tomatoes, herbs. sweet potatoes, cucumbers, bedding plants , vegetable starts and beautiful hanging baskets.
We will be at market with Greenhouse Tomatoes, herbs. sweet potatoes, cucumbers, bedding plants , vegetable starts and beautiful hanging baskets.
Charles and Joan Holeman
1548 Holeman Ashley Rd.
Timberlake NC, 27583
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Stanford Family Farm
Stanford Family Farm our 28th season at the Market!
The Sun has been playing hide and seek for several days and
Saturday would appear to more of the same.
Are you ready for the sunshine to return next week?
I have the plants ready to go from tomatoes, hot & sweet peppers, squash, okra, cucumbers, moon flowers, and herbs.
I do not use GMO seed in my production of plants or produce.
Baked goods available rain or shine:
Cinnamon Rolls, Oatmeal Raisin cookies, and Banana Nut Bread.
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Three Waters Farm
Three Waters Farm will be at Market!
Tender Lamb - Leg Roasts, 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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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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Two Chicks Farm
Two Chicks Farm will NOT be at Market!
We are busy fixing up our kitchen space and we thought a good rainy weekend would be the perfect time to tackle this project. See you next week where you never know we might have some dill pickles.
Audrey and Debbie
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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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