Current Hours:
Saturdays:
7am-12pm
Wednesdays:
3-6pm
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We hope you'll consider investing in our Market, in your Market. Help us ensure that the Carrboro Farmers' Market continues to be a place for our farmers and artisans to thrive and a place for our community to come together around fresh and healthy food. Click here to join!
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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:
and
With additional support
from:
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Carrboro Farmers' Market Printing Donated by
Durham, NC
The Market also receives support from
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Carrboro Farmers' Market Memorial Scholarship Fund in Memory of
Gary Murray of Sunset Farms
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I will be announcing the Tomato Day Raffle to each individual winner later today! We had over 2000 raffle tickets turned in last Saturday, and we've randomly selected the lucky winners! You will receive an email from us with instructions for picking up your prize if you won. A huge thank you to all the local businesses and market vendors that donated raffle prizes this year.
We still have Tomato Day T-Shirts for sale. Stop by the welcome booth area tomorrow to purchase a cool 2017 Tomato Day t-shirt. They are only $10 and supply is limited.
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Meet Our Guest Vendor
Govinda's Catering
Govinda's Catering will have:
Moroccan Red Lentil Soup
Butternut Squash Mung Dal
Colombian Rice with Jackfruit
Black Bean Tamales
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Carob Orange Date Squares
Banana Bread
Yellow Squash Muffins
Love Your Body Bites
& a variety of pies
All GF and vegan, as usual
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The Market Bunch
Stop by to join!
Kids (ages 5-14) can stop by the Market Bunch
table each week to do a quick activity and earn
prizes including market bucks to spend on fresh
fruits and vegetables! Look for the Market Bunch table near the market entrance!
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Carrboro Farmers' Market gets amazing designs
& brand new t-shirts!
2017 T-shirts are now available -- stop by tomorrow to purchase your new shirt. Long and short sleeved shirts available! We have tote bags and hats too!
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The Farmer Foodshare Donation Station program collects donations of fresh food and cash from customers at the Carrboro Farmers' Market. The money is used directly at the Market to purchase food from farmers. That food is then directly donated to those who are hungry in our community. The Carrboro Farmers' Market Donation Station is partnered with TABLE, IFC Food Pantry, Immigrant and Refugee Community Partnership, and PORCH.
Look for the Donation Station at the Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and visit
www.farmerfoodshare.org
to find out how to volunteer!
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Food Waste Drop Off Program
Market visitors can bring all of their food waste from home and drop it off at the Carrboro Compost Collection during SaturdayMarket hours! The Carrboro Farmers' Market, Orange County Solid Waste Management, and a team of compost monitor volunteers set up a collection site for visitors to drop off compostable food waste year round, every Saturday. This isn't your run of the mill backyard compost! The Compost Collection goes to a commercial composting company, Brooks Contractor, who accepts a wide range of materials. All food scraps and food related paper can be composted at the market, including fruits, vegetables, meat, fat, bones, and dairy products as well as soiled napkins, paper towels, and plates. Look for the sign, the cart, and bring us your food waste! No plastic, metal, UPC produce stickers, or other non-compostable items, please.
If you are interested in getting involved with compost collection and education, please contact Muriel Williman at Muriel@orangecountync.gov.
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A FEW ITEMS IN SEASON:
Peppers
Tomatoes
Herbal Vinegars
Corn
Cantaloupe
Eggs
Jams and Jellies
Oyster Mushrooms
Artisan Cheeses
Herbal Teas
Onions
Cucumbers
Snow Peas
Summer lettuces
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| What's at Market? FRUITS/VEGGIES:
apples, beets, bok choy, braising greens, cabbage, carrots, celery, cut herbs like dill, fennel, garlic, green beans, onions
, kale, kohlrabi,
m
ushrooms, new potatoes, tomatoes, peas, green beans, sweet and spicy peppers, spinach, turnips, winter squash (acorn, butternut, spaghetti) sweet potatoes
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!
DAIRY and EGGS: goat and cow cheeses, fresh and aged, pasteurized milk, kefir, and yogurt, farm fresh eggs (duck, chicken and goose) FLOWERS and PLANTS: Native and medicinal Plants, Trees, tropical plants, shrubs, and other perennials! SPECIALTY ITEMS: hard cider, 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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What's Happening at Market
Happy Friday Everyone!
Wednesday's Melon Tasting was such a great event -- thanks for your support. My watermelon salsa was a big hit, so I will sample more tomorrow during market. Stop by the gazebo to say hello and try a delicious Summer treat!
Next Wednesday we will have our First Wednesday Evening Eats food truck and music event following market -- we hope you will come out to enjoy the Carrboro sunset with us!
Upcoming Events at market!
Wednesday 8/2/17 - First Wednesday Evening Eats
People's Pepper Festival - TBA
8/6-8/12/17 - National Farmers' Market week
Thursday 9/21/17 - Annual Harvest Dinner
See you tomorrow at market!
LaShauna W. Austria
Market Manager
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Gardener's Corner -
Picking Watermelons
Name a food you tap on before you eat it? Watermelon of course, but what does the sound mean? Picking the perfectly ripe watermelon out of the patch is always a challenge but here are some tips.
1. Look for a change in color of the skin as watermelons blush when they ripen.
2. Examine the curled tendril where the stem meets the vine. It should be completely withered away.
3. Lift the melon up gently and examine the underside. There should be some yellowing where it sits on the ground.
4 Thump the melon and listen for a reverberation like your tapping a stretched spring. An under ripe melon will have a short high pitched sound and an overipe melon will have a dull thud. The more spring like sound you hear the sweeter the melon.
5. The final and best test is to tug gently on the stem to see if it separates from the vine. A ripe melon will "slip from the vine" with ease. If it does not slip off then give it a few more days
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
(From Celebrity Dairy)
*Blueberry Yum Yum*
3 cups blueberries
1 cup sugar
1 package raspberry jello
1 cup white grape juice
1/2 pound soft fresh goat cheese
2 tablespoons Gran Marnier or any orange flavored liquer
1. Bring the grape juice and sugar to a boil and add the Jello stirring to dissolve completely,
2. Add berries and let cool.
3. Whip the goat cheese and liquer together adding a bit of water to get a consistency that is easy to spread. Then spread this on the graham cracker crust.
4. Pour on the berry mixture over this and chill for at least four hours. Overnight is better.
5. Serve in pie-shaped pieces topped with whipped cream.
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Wild Hare Farm
Wild Hare Farm will be at Market!
Sustainable Farming, Beautiful Flowers
More stately glads and fragrant tuberoses for
Saturday! We will also have two sizes of bouquets and
the last of the lisianthus. There will be more of the bright orange plume celosia.
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!
Looks like another great summer market this week! We'll be there with lots of bread:
Farmhouse Sourdough
Multigrain Sourdough
Danish Seeded Rye
100% Rye Sourdough
Sprouted Wheat Loaves
Yeasted Corn Bread
Orange Blossom Brioche
Sandwich Buns
Naan and Bialys
Gougeres
Jam Scones
Blueberry Muffins
NC Honey Pecan Granola
See you soon!
Rob, Monica, Simon and Milo
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Two Chicks Farm
Two Chicks Farm will be at Market!
This week have a great selection of ferments: Salsa, Classic Sauerkraut, Caraway Kraut, Jalapeño Kraut, Kimchi, Dill Kraut 'n Pickles, Dill Pickles, Cortido, Beet & Ginger Kraut, Jalapenos, Carrots & Ginger, and Spicy Beet Kvass, Banana Peppers. In addition we will have 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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Chapel Hill Creamery
Chapel Hill Creamery will be at Market!
Fresh Mozzarella
this Saturday! Use for Caprese salad with tomatoes and basil or for melting with your favorite squashes or eggplant dishes. We will also have Dairyland Farmers cheese, Hickory Grove, Carolina Moon, and Pheta. The Dairyland Farmers is a fresh, unaged cheese that is moist and a little tart; use it on tomato sandwiches or in Chile Rellanos. Carolina Moon which is in the family of Camembert and Brie is a favorite for an appetizer.
Hickory Grove Cheese is our own recipe and has a luscious texture at room temperature and is fabulous for melting. Great for snacking or melting. Pheta adds punch to any dish whether it's tabouli, a green salad, or in our recipe of green beans and pheta. All our cheese comes from the milk of our Animal Welfare Approved cows, and since they are Jersey cows, we have rich, delicious milk to use for flavorful cheeses.
Our delicious ground beef is back! Add some Hickory Grove cheese for a wonderful cheeseburger. We also have bacon, spare ribs, ground pork, and Mild Country Breakfast sausage. Stop by for meat or cheese for your summer menu or a picnic. See you Saturday.
Portia McKnight & Flo Hawley
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Peregrine Farm
Peregrine Farm will be at Market!
Tomatoes starting their slow decline but still plenty for market. Red Big Beefs, Cherokee Purples and Green Cherokees. Yellow Kellogg's Breakfast and the high acid Russian Azoychka. The big bi-colored and sweet Striped Germans and pink German Johnsons. Sungolds, Black Cherries, Juliets a small sweet roma type and the sweet bi-colored Blush. Lots of Oxhearts and Romas for sauces.
More peppers every week. Shishitos and Padrons for appetizers. Jalapenos and Anaheims (New Mexican) too! As smattering on Passilla, Poblanos, Cayennes and more. Sweet red onions, cucumbers, heirloom eggplant along with the mini-fairytale eggplants, and sweet fragrant basil, too!
In greens this week we'll have some summer crisp lettuce on the table early, and our favorite summer cooking green, callaloo, AKA Jamaican spinach.
Crested celosia, bright sunflowers, and stunning Limelight Hydrangea in the flower department this week.
If you haven't been there yet, or stopped by lately, check out the website and blog for lots of good info about the farm and what we are up to. You can also subscribe to the blog there and receive the newsletter that way, along with other updates. Or follow us on Facebook!
See you at market!!
Alex & Betsy Hitt and Jennie Rasmussen
peregrinefarm1981@gmail.com
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Carolina Farmhouse Dairy
Carolina Farmhouse Dairy will be at Market!
Have you tried all of our smoothies? You should. There's Strawberry Banana, Orange Cranberry, Vanilla, and Very Berry. We'll have them all
on Saturday
, plus 5 flavors of kefir and 11 kinds of yogurt! Milk supplies will be limited, so come early.
See you Saturday!
Cindy Hamrick,
Carolina Farmhouse Diary
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Maple Spring Gardens
Maple Spring Gardens will be at Market!
Have you stopped by to check out our Herbal Teas and Herb Infused Vinegars? Please do! Our teas a blended from high quality farm grown medicinal teas with taste and health benefits in mind. We have teas to support healthy brain function, teas for stress to help you sleep, and yummy teas with Tulsi and Hibiscus, which make great summer iced teas. Our Vinegars and Sweetums (similar to a shrub but no sugar) are great for salads, sauteed veges and even soups and pies!
We will also have tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions, potatoes, lettuce, salad mix, melons, parsley, cilantro, shiso, and the last of the basil!
See you
Saturday!
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Open Door Farm
Open Door Farm will be at Market!
We'll be at market with Carrots, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Sweet Peppers, Shishito Peppers and lots of Potatoes. Microgreen and Shoots are a little limited this week so grab them fast.
See you at market!
Open Door Farm, North Carolina
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Perry-winkle Farm
Perry-winkle Farm will be at Market!
Saturday will be another FRESH CHICKEN morning at the Carrboro Farmers' Market. Michael will have coolers full of whole birds, all your favorite cuts, and plenty of organ meats too. These Freedom Rangers birds are raised on pasture in three of these range houses. They get plenty of fresh air, lots of exercise which means they develop great flavor; moving them every day ensures that they have fresh forage and a clean environment.
We are celebrating that all of our potatoes are out of the ground.... our "potato barn" is now full with a number of excellent varieties. Stop by, check out all our offerings and please let us know which varieties you like the best. Soon it will be time to order our next year's seed crop and we really want to know which ones are your favorites.
gratefully,
Mike Perry and Cathy Jones
Growing for our neighbors since 1991
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Box Turtle Bakery
Box Turtle Bakery will be at Market!
Don't worry about me, my bakery oven is outside where it should be:
-Sourdough Spelt Hearth Bread w/optional Olives or Apricots
-Sourdough Spelt and Brinkley Farm Corn English Muffins
-Sourdough Dark Rye w/optional Caraway
-Honey Wheat Yeast Bread (optional Cinnamon Raisin) and Rolls (Now w/Brinkley Farm Hard Red Wheat)
-100% Buckwheat or Oat hearth loaves
-Spelt Tortillas
-Tart Cherry Pecan Scones
-Chocolate Beet Snack Cake
-Dry Goods Available: Chocolate Almond Biscotti, Golden Wheat Crackers, Cracked Oats, Sourdough Oat Granola Bars w/Sunflowers and Raisins
Abraham Palmer, Box Turtle Bakery
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Dawnbreaker Farms
Dawnbreaker Farms will be at Market!
Dawnbreaker Farms - Good food, raised right!
Dawnbreaker Farms is your source for all of your local, sustainable pasture-raised meats! We raise our animals the right way - out on pasture with plenty of green grass and sunshine. No chemicals, antibiotics or GMO's, ever! Safe and healthy meat for you and your family. This week we will have Bratwurst, pork chops, bacon plus other pork cuts and sausages from our herd of non-GMO forest-raised pigs. Our pasture-raised chicken is fully in stock with whole and half chickens plus all the different cuts including boneless and bone-in breasts, thighs, drumsticks, wings, backs and feet. For a full selection of the products we carry and to pre-order for market pick up visit our online store.
Now you can support the Farm every day of the week by doing your Amazon shopping at our Amazon Affiliate link
www.dawnbreakerfarms.com/amazon
. Use this
link
to shop as normal and a portion of the sale will go to our Farm at no cost to you. It's a convenient and easy way to help us out without any extra effort, time or money on your end.
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Turtle Run
Turtle Run will be at Market!
The hot dry weather this year is the perfect pepper growing climate and the patch is loaded with fruits. Some of the plants are six feet tall! Our flagship pepper we grow called Marconi is a good stuffer and makes a fantastic presentation on the plate because it's long, blocky and so sweet.
Along with Sweet Peppers
, we also will have T
omatoes,
Watermelons, Chili Peppers, New Potatoes, Okra and Garlic.
Turtle Run
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James Creek Ciderhouse/Orchards
James Creek Ciderhouse/Orchards will be at Market!
Stargazer's Prowling Peach is back! We will release this year's blend of delicious peachy cider on Saturday at the market. This amazing cider is fruit-forward and peachy with balanced sweetness and so delightful on a summer's day. It has a full mouthfeel, since we started with a cider crafted from Pink Lady, Stayman, Honeycrisp and GoldRush apples and then finished it with a pressing of fresh, ripe peaches. Come by to try a sample. We will also have a few white and yellow free-stone peaches and blueberries, but our season of summer fruits is drawing to a close, and soon we'll be picking apples. Come by and see us.
Ann Marie & David
James Creek Cider House
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Blessed Earth Farm
Blessed Earth Farm will be at Market!
Blessed Earth farm will be at market. We'll be next to the welcome booth.
We're looking forward to seeing you at market.
Best, Rose Shepherd
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Carrboro Tropicals
Carrboro Tropicals will be at Market!
Carrboro Tropicals has been bringing locally grown high-quality orchid plants to the Carrboro Farmers Market for more than a decade, and weather-allowing, presents each Saturday the best flowering orchid plants available anywhere and at competitive prices. We offer orchids that you won't find anywhere else, yet they all are plants that you should be able to grow and rebloom yourself. Bob has been cultivating orchids for more than 30 years and is always happy to share his knowledge to help you grow your orchids more successfully. We offer plants, supplies, and repotting at the market (not to mention free advice that applies to our local growing conditions). So come by and see what we have and at the very least, let our blooming orchids brighten your day. See us also at CarrboroTropicals.com or on Facebook.
Bob Davidson
Carrboro Tropicals
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Three Waters Farm
Three Waters Farm will be at Market!
Lamb All cuts available!!
Tasty Cinnamon Buns
Hearty Cracked Wheat Bread - Stop by and try a sample!
Delightful - Goat's milk soap
Luscious - Springtime hand-painted knitting yarn!
Fabulous - Hand Dyed Silk Scarves
(We are located next to the Info booth, under the shelter)
https://www.threewatersfarm.com
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Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens
Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens will be at Market!
Cingh Neam and her family are excited to be at the Carrboro Farmers' Market this winter! Cingh Neam is a Chin refugee from Burma. This is her first year farming in the winter because seasons in North Carolina are different than in Burma. Cingh Neam is a farmer at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, a non-profit educational farm for refugees, located on Jones Ferry Road. She is thankful to have the opportunity to continue her agricultural traditions and pursue her dreams of becoming a full-time farmer.
This Saturday, Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens will bring a variety of beautiful and delicious greens, radishes, turnips, Asian vegetables (swiss chard, mustard greens, tatsoi), and eggs from healthy, free-range chickens. Cingh Neam, her husband, Maung Pau, and son, Thawng, are more than happy to answer any questions and about their organic growing practices or offer recipe suggestions. Come visit us and learn about new vegetables!
Cingh Neam,
Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens
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Flat River Nursery and Farm
Flat River Nursery and Farm will be at Market!
We will be at market with Greenhouse Tomatoes, Sungolds, a few field tomatoes, squash, cukes, Bedding Plants, Vegetable Plants, Hanging Baskets, Herbs, Potted Flowers, Ferns, and a few Greens. Green Tomatoes to make your favorite fried Green Tomato recipe dish.
Charles and Joan Holeman
1548 Holeman Ashley Rd.
Timberlake NC, 27583
336-364-2460
frnandfarm@gmail.com
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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 Saturday with all of your
favorite pastas and ravioli flavors. Ravioli - Spring Pea & Mint, Greek, 3 Cheese & Garlic, Spinach & Cheese, Fig Gorgonzola, Roasted Red Pepper & Feta, Mushroom, Pimento Cheese, Artichoke, Lemon Ricotta, Pierogi Cheddar & Onion, & our NEW Cheese Pizza Ravioli! We will also have cut pastas - spaghetti, spinach linguine, fettuccine; gnocchi, lasagna, pizza dough and our freshly made Tomato Basil Sauce. Come learn how to make ravioli at our spring pasta making class on
April 19th
- click
HERE
for more info.
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Homestead Harvest Farm
Homestead Harvest Farm will not be at Market!
We will be back soon.
Check us out
on the web
to learn more about the farm and to get our weekly newsletter. You can s
ign up at our table or contact us through
Email
to get on the list.
Jan Campbell, Head Chick
Homestead Harvest Farm
Facebook
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Farmer's Daughter
Farmer's Daughter will not be at Market!
Thank you for shopping local & handmade,
April
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SAVOR THE SOUTH: SWEET POTATOES (UNC Press, Fall 2014)
http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/books/10107.html
UNC PRESS FALL 2014 CATALOG:
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Stanford Family Farm
Stanford Family Farm will not be at Market!
Stanford Family Farm our 29th season at the Market!
we will not be at market this week.
Under the 1 st shelter on the end
Patrick & Robin
Mulkey
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