DFM Accepts SNAP Benefits |
The Durham Farmers' Market proudly accepts SNAP benefits. To use your EBT card at the Market, please visit the Market info table at the center of the Pavilion.
The Double Bucks Program allows SNAP customers to receive double the amount of money they spend on tokens for purchases up to $10.
The Market is working
closely with RAFI as our fiscal sponsor. Read more about
the program and our partnership
HERE.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Double Bucks program! We couldn't do it without you!
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Farmer Foodshare Donation Station |
The Donation Station
Program collects donations
of fresh food and cash from customers at the Durham Farmers' Market.
The money is used directly
at the Market to purchase food from farmers for
those who are hungry
in our community.
Farmer Foodshare's mission
is to connect our local
farmers with those
who need food!
Please visit or volunteer at our Durham Farmers' Market Donation Station!
And don't forget to participate in the Donor Rewards Program. Give a suggested donation of $3-$5 and receive a stamp on your card. Once you've collected enough stamps, you will proudly earn your Farmer Foodshare T-shirt! Swing by the Donation Station for more information!
SUPPORT YOUR FARMERS!
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NOW AVAILABLE AT THE MARKET |
CABBAGE
GREENS
MUSHROOMS
BEETS
SQUASH
FLOWERS
COLLARDS
TURNIPS
CARROTS
KALE
RED RADISHES
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
PASTURED MEATS
GLUTEN-FREE BREADS
& PASTRIES
MEAD
EGGS
ARTISAN BREAD
SOAP & BODYCARE PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
CHEESE
FERMENTED FOODS
HOMEMADE PASTA
HOMEMADE JAM
HOMEMADE CHIPS
SALSA
RICE & BEANS
SOUP
TAMALES
GREENHOUSE TOMATOES
POPCORN
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10% Campaign
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The 10% Campaign is a project of the Center For Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS). The campaign encourages you to spend 10% of your existing food dollars to support North Carolina food producers, businesses and communities. Why 10%? In North Carolina, we spend $35 billion on food every year. If we spend 10% of our food dollars on local product, we can infuse over $3.5 billion into the local economy. As avid supporters of the Durham Farmers' Market, you already know the many advantages to shopping locally. So, why join the campaign? It will re-affirm your commitment to shopping locally and it sends a strong message to policy makers about the importance of local foods! For more information visit: www.nc10percent.com |
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Are you looking for tasty recipes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? You can find almost all the ingredients you need to enjoy the holiday at the market, including meat, potatoes, cabbage, other veggies, and much, much more. Check out these recipes for inspiration and we look forward to seeing everyone wearing green at the market tomorrow. We'll have a special children's activity at the Info Table so be sure to bring your little ones by for some coloring fun!
Big news - mark your calendars! The Main Season Market kicks off on Saturday, April 7 and we'll return to our regular hours of 8 am-12 pm. We have a special treat on opening day as chef Kyle Wilkerson and Candace Crank of Heirloom Restaurant (Roxboro, NC) will be serving breakfast samples on the lawn from 8-10 am. We know it's early but you don't want to miss the beginning of the main season! Also, don't forget to re-stock on your mid-week grocery needs at our Wednesday Market, which begins on April 18
from 3-6 pm. We have spring fever and cannot wait to jump back into the main season with you!
PS - If you're wondering what's up with construction, check out this
blog post
from our friends at Durham Central Park. We appreciate your patience in advance and are thankful for the hard work of the City and its team of engineers.
See you tomorrow!
Follow Durham Farmers' Market:
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Become a friend of the Durham Farmers' Market!
The Durham Farmers' Market has been a community destination in downtown Durham since 1999 thanks to YOU, our loyal customers and supporters. Over the years we have grown the Market and continue to provide Durham with an event that nourishes the soul of our wonderful city.
You may not know that the Market operates primarily off of the weekly stall fees from our farmers and artisans. Despite this modest budget, we are constantly working to make fresh and healthy food accessible to our entire Durham community.
We want to continue expanding the offerings of our Market and need your help to make this happen.
The Friend of Durham Farmers' Market program provides an opportunity for you to invest in the future of the Market by making recurring or one-time contributions via PayPal or check. Examples of how we will use the funds include expanding our children's programming, continuing our outreach efforts to underserved communities in Durham, developing our nutrition education programs, and increasing staff hours. In addition to being part of a community effort to support others, a friend of the Market will receive a button to proudly display on their trusty Market tote.
We know that for some, resources are tight. If donations are not an option and you do not have time to volunteer, you can share what we do or visit us on Facebook or Instagram. If you would like to volunteer, we have several opportunities available including assisting at the Information Table, leading cooking demos, fundraising, and much more.
If you are interested in sharing your time with the Market, please e-mail us.
We invite you to invest in your Market. Please continue stimulating our local food economy and join our effort to build a stronger, healthier Durham. Thank you!
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VEGETABLES:
Beans, Beets, Cabbage, Collards, Dried & Fresh Herbs and Spices, Garlic, Kale, Lettuce, Potatoes, Radishes, Turnips, Winter Squash, and much more!
MEATS AND EGGS:
Pork, Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Bison, Chicken, Duck, Goat/Chevon/Cabrito, Veal, Duck Eggs, Chicken Eggs
FLOWERS
CHEESES:
Fresh and Aged Goat and Cow Milk Cheeses
DAIRY: Skyr and Gelato
SPECIALTY ITEMS:
Pasta, Flour, Cornmeal, Baked Goods including Pies, Breads, Cookies, Pastries, Empanadas, Gluten-Free Baked Goods, Teas, Beer, Wine, Meade, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Preserves, Fermented Foods, and more!
CRAFTS: Photographs, Body Butters, Lotions, and much more!
Produce availability depends on weather conditions.
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Guest Vendor: Caballo Rojo Coffee
Note: Guest vendors will not be present at the market every week. We will always include an entry in the newsletter if the guest vendor is attending the market this week.
M
y name is Gabriela Kavanaugh and I am owner and roaster for Caballo Rojo Coffee, roasting locally here in Durham. My grandfather was a leading coffee roaster in Venezuela and I wanted to continue this family tradition in my local community. My goal is to create moments involving coffee that connect the international community and that provide us with coffee. We are excited to be able to foster this vision by being at the Durham Farmers' Market, providing you with cups of brewed coffee and bags of whole bean coffee.
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Guest Vendor: Salty Catch Seafood
Note: Guest vendors will not be present at the market every week. We will always include an entry in the newsletter if the guest vendor is attending the market this week.
Salty
Catch
Seafood Company will be driving from the N.C. Coast Saturday morning to bring the Market community fresh caught NC Seafood. Stop by and see Steven and Renee and chat with Steven, a commercial fisherman.
Know that when you buy Salty Catch Seafood you're getting the freshest N.C. seafood available. Salty Catch believes in offering a superior product along with exceptional customer service. We look forward to seeing you!
FROM THE SEA TO YOUR TABLE...DON'T MISS OUT!
Renee Perry & Steven Goodwin
Cedar Island, NC
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Meadow Lane Farm
Spring babies are coming every day... that is, our Animal Welfare Approved meat sheep and meat goat flocks are having LAMBS and KIDS now...lots of them! For the upcoming Easter holiday, reserve you Leg of Lamb and Leg of Cabrito (goat)
on Saturday
. They are so delicious and a very tender cut of meat. We also have beautiful LAMB and Cabrito Loin Chops, Riblets, Stew Meat, Ground Lamb, Leg slices, and bags of soup bones. Try our Lamb Brats sausage... divine!
Our pastured Berkshire X Pork includes lots of sausages...Country X-sage (both mild and hot), Brats, Holiday Blend (w/ apples, pecans), Italian, Smoked Andouille (great in Gumbo!) Sausage.
We have Picnic and Boston Butt Roasts; thick Pork Chops, Whole Tenderloin, Rendered Lard from our pastured pork, St. Louis Slab of Ribs, and more.
Our 21-day dry-aged ANGUS BEEF... and you can taste the difference in the dry aged process...include GROUND BEEF (including G. Chuck & G. Round), STEAKS (Flat Iron, London Broil, Ribeye, New York Strip, Sirloin); Chuck Filet Steaks, ROASTS (Sirloin Tip, Eye of Round, Chuck), Brisket, Oxtail, Cubed Steak, Stew Beef, Soup Bones, DOG Bones, Calves Liver, all BEEF HOTDOGS, and more!
USDA Organic Veggies: few Brussel Sprouts remaining to be harvested; Collards, lots of CARROTS, and POPCORN.
Thank you for your continued support of our family farm! We appreciate and cherish your friendship and support. Visit our farm near Louisburg on the CFSA's "Piedmont Farm Tour"
on Saturday
&
Sunday, April 28 & 29 -
we would like to have your visit us and see the animals and vegetable area!
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Fickle Creek Farm
Warm Season CSA
signup now OPEN!! Get Full Farm share and save 10%. Mid-March through August!
MARCH Specials!
100% Grass Fed & Grass Finished Beef
- Ground Beef: 10 lbs for $64 (20% off) OR 20 lbs for $120 (30% off). Pre-order only!
- Stir fry and braising steaks 20% off - Bottom Round steak, Eye of Round steak, Top Round steak, Sirloin Tip steak
Pasture & Woodland Raised, Free Range Pork
- Canadian Bacon: 20% OFF at $10.40 per pound. Pre-order only!
- Sweet Potato Pork Liver Pate: 20% OFF at $5.60 for 3 ounces. Pre-order only!
Smoked Pork Sausage
- Polish Kielbasa or Green Pepper & Onion: 40% OFF at $6 per pound. Pre-order only!
- Pasture & Woodland Raised, Free Range ** PORK **
- Free Range, Pasture Raised ** CHICKEN ** fed only USDA Certified Organic Feed
- 100% Grass Fed and Grass Finished, Pasture Raised ** BEEF ** (never fed any grain!)
- Deli Meats: Bologna (Pork or Beef), Salami, Pate, Roast Beef & Hot Dogs
- Free Range and Pastured Hen Eggs
- No Nitrate Beef Snack Sticks, Bites, & Jerky
- Soup, Stew, & Stock Ingredients; Whole Stew Duck
- Never Sprayed Produce
10% off purchases of $100 or more!
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Honeygirl Meadery
Honeygirl Meadery is a small urban meadery in downtown Durham, making an ancient craft beverage for modern days. Mead is essentially wine made from honey, with many different styles that include additions of fruits, flowers and herbs. Our meads are hand-crafted libations made in small batches, using both local and global true source honey, local fruits, herbs and flowers. They are naturally gluten free. Our downtown Durham Tasting Room is open on Saturdays from 1-6 pm and Sundays from 1-5 pm.
This week we will be sampling: our Honey Chai Mead, like a warm mug of chai tea, our Honey Chai Mead is a loaded infusion of exotic spices, mingled with honey. Smooth, semi-sweet, and especially comforting in chilly months.
We will also be sampling our
Vanilla Mead, an infusion of Madagascar & Tahitian vanilla beans in our orange blossom semi-sweet traditional mead creates creamsicle bliss.
And we will also be sampling our
Hibiscus Lemonthyme Mead, floral, earthy and herbal dry-style mead with NC wildflower honey, dried hibiscus petals and fresh lemonthyme. Come by for a taste!
We will also have bottles available of our Orange Blossom Mead, summery and lightly sweet traditional mead made with orange blossom honey; and our Blueberry Mead, made with local blueberries and NC wildflower honey.
Diane Currier
919-399-3056
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Melina's Fresh Pasta
We will be at market
this Saturday
with a variety of fresh pasta! We will have everyone's favorite ravioli, including new seasonal flavors - Sausage & Peppers, Roasted Cauliflower, and Loaded Baked Potato Pierogi! Or pick up one of our take-and-bake lasagnas for an easy and delicious meal.
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Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm
Jack will be at DFM
on Saturday
with a good selection of delicious and nutritious bison meat. Stop by and visit with Jack and make a selection for weeknight dinner or fun weekend gatherings and grilling.
See you at the market!
Jack & Sandy Pleasant
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Four Leaf Farm
FOUR LEAF FARM will NOT be attending market this week and plan to plant potatoes instead. Next week we will be back and bring herbs and bedding plants so please think about getting your gardens ready if not already done.
SPRING please come and stay awhile.
Helga & Tim
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Chapel Hill Creamery
We are bringing various cuts of delicious beef
this Saturday
. Jersey meat is know for its tenderness and flavor and we think you will like it. Because Jerseys are smaller animals, the cuts of meat are smaller as well, which is a plus for people who enjoy beef as part of their meal.
Pick up some to try.
We will also have ground beef that is a customer favorite.
All our beef and cheese comes from our Animal Welfare Approved herd of Jersey cows, born and raised on our farm.
Cheeses this week are Hickory Grove, Dairyland Farmers, Carolina Moon, and Calvander. Pick a cheese to use for cooking, or use one or two for an appetizer or to serve with soup and bread. Make tacos with Dairyland Farmers and Chorizo, omelets with Hickory Grove, roasted vegetables with grated Calvander, Carolina Moon in a grilled cheese with sautéed mushrooms.
We have bacon back in 12 ounce packages; it is naturally cured and smoked with no nitrates added.
We also have
Spare Ribs, ground pork, and smoked ham hocks. Sausages include Mild and Hot Italian, Polish Bratwurst, Sage and Maple Breakfast, Country Breakfast, and Mexican Chorizo.
See you at the market!
Porti
a McKnight & Flo Hawley
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Hurtgen Meadows Farm
PRODUCE
This week we'll have the last of our winter carrots along with collards, celery, lettuce, leeks, sweet potatoes and watermelon radishes.
JAMS AND JELLIES
Current varieties include Peach Mango, Kiwi, Strawberry, Peach, Apple, Apple Butter, and Pepper Jam (mild, medium, and hot). Our award winning jams and jellies are made in small batches using local ingredients whenever possible. Our family has made jams for multiple generations and we are happy to share this with our customers.
WOODWORKING
Tom has been back in the workshop producing a variety of maple/cherry cutting boards. Stop by to check out his new selections.
All of Hurtgen Meadows produce, plants, fruits and flowers are naturally grown using sustainable practices - no synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers are ever used on our farm.
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Catbriar Farm
We will bring sweet potatoes, collards, turnips, dried cayenne peppers, dried cayenne pepper flakes, dried cayenne pepper powder, paprika powder and fresh and dried herbs as well as daffodils and pussy willows.
We will bring a selection of our USDA inspected, frozen, vacuum sealed angus beef. If you have a cut you would like to try, please e-mail or call us and I will bring it for you. The cuts we have available are steaks - (sirloin, rib eye, NY strip, porterhouse, t-bone, filet mignon), roasts - (brisket, top round, bottom round, chuck, rib, sirloin tip, London broil, eye of round), stew beef, short ribs, liver, marrow bones and soup bones.
Graham and Sara Broadwell
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Elodie Farms
This Saturday
we'll have original and flavored chèvre (jalapeno, garlic + herbs, sour cherry and fig + honey), Fleur Verte (chèvre marinated in olive oil, bay leaves, pink peppercorns, garlic and herbs de Provence), whey crackers (sea salt, rosemary and fennel), blackberry goat cheese mousse and cajeta (goat milk caramel).
Upcoming events:
Our next FARM DINNER is
March 17 at 6PM
. Get your tickets here. Dinner tickets include a meet-and-greet with the goats, a tour of the dairy, a cheese tasting, and a 5-course locally sourced menu for only $70 (+ tax) per person, BYOB. Coffee, tea and Colombian canelazo (alcohol-free version) are complimentary!
eGIFT CARDS to any of our farm dinners are available for purchase here! Gift cards do not expire and they can be used for any of our dinners.
Our next FARM TOUR is
March 24 at 2PM
. Get your tickets here! Tours take approximately 1.5 - 2hr and include a cheese tasting on the porch of our 1914 Victorian farmhouse. Most of the time will be spent playing with the goats, but we will also visit the cheese room and milking parlor. Please wear comfortable closed-toe washable shoes.
Follow our goats on social media! Like us on
Facebook and follow us on
Instagram.
Sign up for our monthly newsletter online to get info about events at the farm.
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Terra Clotha
You might remember that I created this design from a story my wife Annamarie told me about growing up in East Tennessee. For a couple of summers during her childhood, the kids of her town participated in a scientific study. They gathered fireflies for scientists who planned to use them in medical research. Each evening, just after twilight, she and her friends would go out with their nets and find as many fireflies as they could, and then transfer them to large canning jars. Once a week, the scientists would meet the children at the school parking lot, weigh the insects they had caught, and pay them accordingly. One month, Annamarie was recognized as the second-best firefly catcher in Anderson County, Tennessee. Her name was in the paper and everything. To recreate the firefly design, I dyed the garment yellow, then dropped warm wax onto it. When it was overdyed blue, and the wax removed, I had a green garment with a bunch of firefly "glows." The jar was silkscreened on some garments, batiked on others. The insects were added by rubberstamping the final product.
T-shirts from Terra Clotha. Colorful and bright.
Like our Facebook page
and while you're there, find a 10% off coupon to use with your next Terra Clotha purchase.
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Sarah's House of Clay
Berry season's coming! Get a berry bowl for you and one for a friend!
When I'm not at market I offer Pottery Camps for children on most Teacher Workdays and School Holidays.
New This Year - Adult Pottery Camp from
April 23-27.
Camp details at my
website
.
Sarah Howe
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Soul Cocina
Soul
Cocina
is a combination of eco-friendly philosophy and cutting-edge, dynamic approach to plant-based cuisine. We draw inspiration from Latin-American traditions and the availability of locally grown produce to create imaginative concepts.
We offer delicious tamales made the artisan way: with love, care and attention to detail. To ensure we respect tradition, we source wholesome ingredients before steaming them in banana leaves, creating a flavorsome and aromatic product. We pride ourselves on taste and quality, and it won't go unnoticed. Every bite you take will give you a taste of the rich Colombian heritage our tamales are built on.
We will also have soups and pasteles de yuca: delicious roasted yuca pockets filled with red lentils, brown rice and spinach. A handheld food very similar to empanadas, only gluten-free and made with wholesome ingredients!
Take home our ready to eat tamales and pasteles de de yuca or come hungry to the market because we also offer them warm to eat while you shop!
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Stoney Mountain Farm
Join us at Stoney Mountain Farm for our 9th annual Shearing Day event on the farm. Each year we open the farm as our sheep lose their woolly coats. This year we plan to have lots of activities for the kids and good food. Mark your
calendars
! Check out our website for all the details and take advantage of the early bird rates. We hope to see you there!
Sto
ney Mountain Farm
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Celebrity Dairy
W
e will be coming to market with our award winning Goat Cheese, Skyr, Gelato, Fudge, and Soap - all made with milk from our lovely celebrity Alpine goats.
Brit & Fleming Pfann
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Bonlee Grown Farm
Party dips, pepper jelly with y
our cream cheese or goat cheese, b
ean dips, pickles or jams!
Lettuce baskets and succulents!
Come check us out!
Thanks from our family to yours,
Amy & Ray Sugg
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Farmer's Daughter Pickles & Preserves
Farmer's Daughter will be back at market this Saturday! As in every March, we will be running our annual pre-season sale to empty our shelves before the 2018 season! Come by for lots of jams, marmalades, krauts, pickles and even hot sauce on sale up to 40% off.
What's Available?
Live-Culture, Barrel-Ferments - Raw, Probiotic-Rich, Made with local, organic produce
On Sale:
Red Rooster Hot Sauce (Perfect for those Super Bowl Hot Wings!)
Muscadine Grape Jam
Ruby Red Grapefruit Marmalade
Muscadine Marmalade
Charleston Gray Watermelon Jam
Spicy Green Tomato Pickles
Nettle Kraut
Horseradish Beets & Rutabagas
Plenty More in Stock!
Who says you can't eat local all winter long? Come see us and we'll fix you up!
Thank you for shopping local & handmade,
April
Find recipes & serving suggestions for Farmer's Daughter products on Pinterest.
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Boxcarr Handmade Cheese
We are a small, family-operated creamery in Cedar Grove making Italian-inspired Cow and Goat-milk cheeses. We hand craft all our artisan cheeses, packing each with love. We bring the whole family to the market so get ready to meet the kids and our cheese-makers!
Come taste all of our delicious cheeses including our
Freshen (cow
milk),
Pimento, Herb Garlic, and Chive flavored; our bloomy-rind cheese,
Cottonbell
(
cow milk)
; our lightly smoked, meltable fan favorite,
Campo
(cow milk)
; our decadent ash ripened and award winning,
Rocket's Robiola
(cow milk)
; our milder take on a beer washed Taleggio,
Lissome
(cow milk)
;
Nimble
,
beer washed
(cow & goat milk)
; and our aged, bees wax dipped, Winsome (cow
& goat milk)
.
For more about our cheeses, creamery, and us, please visit our
website
and join our newsletter mailing list. E-mail questions and special orders
or call 919-732-9079.
Austin, Dani, Samantha, Alessandra, & Lily
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Parking & Street Information
The Market is located at 501 Foster Street in the Pavilion at Durham Central Park.
Parking can be found on the street around the Market, in the Ballpark Parking Lot on Corporation Street and in the Measurement Inc. lot, 423 Morris Street (look for the Durham Farmers' Market Parking sign). There is a path at the bottom of that parking lot that leads you to the Market. There are also public parking lots along Foster Street and on Morgan Street near the Carolina Theatre.
Handicap parking is available on Foster Street, right next to the south entrance of the pavilion.
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Durham Farmers' Market Animal Policy
Please note that the Durham Farmers' Market does not allow dogs or other pets in the Market area during Market hours.
Service animals are exempt from this rule.
Leashed pets are welcome elsewhere throughout Durham Central Park.
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