Market News & Updates
OPEN Wednesday July 13
Wednesday 3-6pm
Saturday 8am-12pm
501 Foster Street
We are thrilled to have this week's musical guest,
the wonderful Remona Jeannine. You won't want
to miss it, today from
3pm-6pm!
It's time for the annual America's Farmers Market Celebration! Love DFM? You can help by voting us the best market! $10,000 in cash prizes for top markets!

Visit the Info Table at Market to Receive Your Double Bucks! We would love to say hi!
Market Info + Recipe of the Week!
Vendors Attending this Wednesday
Botanist and Barrel
Harland's Creek
Huanong Ecorganic
Hurtgen Meadows
Loaf
Lyon Farms
Misty Morning Ranch
Moonbelly Meat Co.
Ninth Street Bakery
Piri
Wild Scallions Farm
PARKING AND 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 parking lot on the corner of Hunt and Foster Street (across from Rise Durham and Urban Durham Realty), 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 are also public parking lots along Foster Street and on Morgan Street near the Carolina Theatre. 
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.
How Can I Support the DFM?

  • Volunteer to help us maintain our safety guidelines and run our food donation station. Sign up here. 

  • Continue buying from our vendors in the way you feel safest. 


  • If you are able, make a  donation here or mail a check (P.O. Box 1903, Durham NC 27702) and help us fill the gap between the cost of meeting new requirements and the reduction in revenues as we operate with fewer vendors at market.
Pan Fried Bitter Gourd
with Turmeric
By Matt Clayton

This week's recipe comes to us from Wild Scallions Farm! Matt was kind enough to send us a recipe for one of their favorite ways to prepare their go-to summer staple. It sounds scrumptious and nutritious and we can't wait to try it!

Look for bitter gourd at one of the market's veggie farmer booths. And scroll down to Wild Scallions' weekly update below for more information on this fun vegetable and other cooking tips!


Pan Fried Bitter Gourd with Turmeric

*Rough recipe guide; feel free to adjust, experiment, season, and enjoy the way you like it!

Ingredients:

  • 3 bitter gourds
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon powdered turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)


Preparation:

  1. Slice bitter gourds lengthwise and scoop out spongy insides and seeds.
  2. Rub with salt and let sit for 2 hours. Rinse off salt in cold water.
  3. Slice bitter gourds into half moons about 1/4" thick.
  4. Fry in oil over medium heat for about 20 minutes, until their color turns a dull green.
  5. Add turmeric and mix for a couple of minutes.
  6. Add lemon juice - if you must :)


Matt's tips: Add some rice and lentils to this dish for a super healthy and satisfying meal!


Enjoy!
VENDORS AT MARKET THIS WEDNESDAY
Botanist & Barrel
Botanist & Barrel crafts real southern ciders, sours, and dry fruit wines. We are the Souths only natural cidery focused on spontaneous and wild cultures. We craft healthy adult lifestyle beverages for any occasion. We support our local farmers using local sustainably and organically sourced fruits, including blueberries, apples and more from our no spray estate farm. Only tree ripened apples are used in our ciders with a focus on traditional southern heritage cider apples.

All of our ciders and wines contain little to no residual sugar and are low calorie. As an experimental winery we have almost no rules with the exceptions being we never add additives like sulfites and we do not fine, filter or pasteurize any of our ciders or wines.
Harland's Creek Farm


Harland's Creek Farm is committed to the health of the earth and its people. Water and soil, sun and warmth, seeds, animals, and plants-the essential ingredients-combined with work and planning allow us to feed people.
Huanong Eco-organic Farm
Huanong Ecorganic Farm grows and sells high quality asian vegetables.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on Facebook, phone (540) 553-6188, or ask in person at the market!
Hurtgen Meadows
We will have blackberries, cabbage, cucumbers, cherry and slicer tomatoes, beets, leeks, okra, eggplant, summer squash, chard, kale, new potatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and garlic scapes, basil, and strawberry, blueberry, peach mango, and onion jams.

SPECIAL REQUEST: As always, we are happy to have any 8 ounce jam jars and metal rings you have been collecting as we can reuse them. Thank you!
Loaf
Located in the heart of downtown Durham, NC, Loaf focuses on hearth baked sourdough breads and pastries. What started out of a backyard brick oven, as a hobby to share with friends and neighbors, very quickly grew to a stall at the Downtown Durham Farmers Market, and settled as a brick and mortar shop in 2011. Throughout the years Loaf has expanded it's offerings, and partnered with local growers, and makers to provide you with as many seasonal treats from right here in the NC Triangle.
Lyon Farm
We are a family owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm. Whether it is pre-picked items to shop for or pick your own berries, we offer a variety of produce for everyone's needs. Open seasonally during the summer months.

Misty Morning Ranch
Misty Morning Ranch raises ostriches in beautiful North Carolina. Raising only the highest quality birds by focusing on care from chick to adulthood.


Moonbelly Meat Co
Moonbelly Meat Company is a woman-owned sausage and charcuterie business serving locally sourced, humanely raised pork products in Durham, North Carolina.



Piri
Piri is a Black family owned business based out of East Durham, we make food influenced by our Southern and Afro Diasporic roots. Our current market offerings include a variety of vegan and vegetarian soups and prepared side dishes that are easy to reheat at home.

Wednesday's Menu:

Soups
Red Lentil Coconut Curry (vegan, GF)
Golden Beet & Apple (vegetarian, GF)
Summer Veg & Kidney Bean (vegan, GF)

Sides
4 Cheese Mac (vegetarian)
Sweet Potato Corn Cakes (vegan)
Cowboy Caviar (vegan, GF)


Don't forget to place your pre-orders on our website www.piridurham.com to secure your items at market this week!
Wild Scallions Farm
Plenty of summer goodness this week: field tomatoes, cherry tomato pints, blueberries, peppers, eggplant, garlic, scallions and bitter gourd. 

Bitter gourd is a summer staple for us, we have loved it since living in Nepal (the very hot part of Nepal). Try rubbing the sliced vegetable with salt, waiting an hour or two, then pan frying with lots of turmeric for a super healthy super satisfying meal with rice and lentils. Ask Matt for more cooking tips.

Also look for an abundance of blooms: dahlias, zinnias, marigold, sunflowers, lisianthus and plenty of mixed bouquets.


All our produce, flowers and plants are certified naturally grown for healthful foods from healthy fields!

Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Matt and Renee
Durham Farmers' Market | durhamfarmersmarket.com