We will be at market Saturday with basil, tulsi, bell peppers, shisitos, fairy tale eggplant, and roselle hibiscus! 

We hope you make it out to see us! 

-Jackson 

Email: Jacksonholt@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phoenixfarmonline/

Instagram: phoenixfarmonline

Red Drum Roasters (Ben Dillon and Thomas Breedlove) are excited for their first market this Saturday.

Swing by for some hot coffee or New Orleans-style cold brew!

Instagram: reddrumroasters

We have CARROTS, and lots of them. They are holding well in storage and still crisp and delicious. We'll be offering large bags at a discount over the next few weeks for folks who may want to juice them.

Our summer lettuce is looking great and we will continue to have Head Lettuce, Salad Mix, Arugula, & Pea Shoots, plus Baby Kale coming back soon!

Sungolds, Sweet Onions, Sweet Red Carmen Peppers, and Cucumbers are continuing as well.

Add some herbs to the mix for flavorful dishes - Parsley, Cilantro, Dill, Chives, Mint, Tulsi, Basil. Roselle Hibiscus will be coming soon & Stinging Nettles will be back again in Fall!  

Pick up one of our Farm Grown Herbal Tea Blends for a delicious beverage morning, noon, or night! Check out our other Herbal Creations for daily skin, body and general healthcare - botanical Creams, Salves, Arnica Ointment, Natural Bug Spray, Aromatherapy Hydrosols, Fire Cider, and more coming soon!

All of our herbal products are made from herbs grown on our farm, distilled and infused into Organic oils, and carefully formulated with 100% natural ingredients. We never use anything synthetic or derived so everything you put on your skin (your largest organ!!) is good for your health.

See you Saturday!

Sunshine & Crew

I'll have lots of different NC Native plants this coming Saturday. Please stop by and say hello, and find out about Tree and Shrub Day, which will be Sept. 17.

Here are some of the plants I will bring this Saturday, Sept. 10. Shop early for best selection.

Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Licorice goldenrod (Solidago odora)

Eastern columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Seashore mallow (Kosteletskya virginica)

Blazing star (Liatris spicata)

Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida)

Little bluestem (Schizachrium scoparium)

See you at The Market!

Donna Deal, Owner

floweringearthnatives@gmail.com

@floweringearthnatives

In the last few years the question has frequently arisen: should honey bees be viewed as an invasive species and what is their impact on our thousands of native bee species. As a beekeeper I have my prejudices but have to acknowledge that this is a complex question. Speaking for the defense, I would point out that honey bees were introduced to North America about 400 years ago so they have co-existed with the native species for a long while. From an ecological perspective and one could imagine a balance has been reached.

A recent study in Florida found that honey bees compete somewhat with the larger pollinators, bumble bees and carpenter bees, but not with the many small pollinators who are often specific pollinators of native plants and are satisfied with meagre nectar offerings.

The importance of honey bees to crop pollination is huge. They can be transported to the monoculture fields of modern agriculture on semi trucks, unloaded with fork lifts, then removed when they’ve served their purpose and taken to areas where the can recover and make honey. Recovery areas like state parks and national forests are important to commercial pollinators. A successful move by “nativists” to ban honey bees in these areas would present serious problems for beekeepers in some parts of the country.

Honey bees are the gourmands of the pollinators; they only show up when nectar is rich in sugar and abundant. Native bees are less greedy and not to be scorned. Many species pollinate and take nectar from only one species of plant, one likely to be neglected by honey bees anyway.

Also, some species like bumble bees perform what is called “buzz pollination.” They vibrate their bodies and cause the anthers of some plants to release their pollen. Honey bees are useless on tomatoes which require buzz pollination. Invasive species views can be taken to extremes. There was an incident in New South Wales, Australia, a few years ago, Beekeepers had moved hives into a National Forest as they’d done for years. Some person or persons poisoned 300 hives. We are in an era of strong opinions.

Short Winter Soups makes inspired, high-integrity vegetarian soups using NC-grown produce. Most of our soups are vegan and gluten free too. Each week, we bring a variety of ready-to-eat and frozen soups by the pint. Come by for a sample! Here's our grab-and-go menu for tomorrow.  

Ready to eat:

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

ZUCCHINI BASIL (new!)

Frozen:

THAI ROASTED SQUASH

COCONUT RED LENTIL

PEANUT QUINOA

CREAMY BROCCOLI

ROASTED TOMATO

Preordering is available until 3:30pm on Fridays at shortwintersoups.com/order. Thanks so much for your support! 

-- Tova Boehm | @shortwintersoups

Chef and restauranteur Eric Ndiaye is cooking up a wealth of worldly delights in the comfort of your home via BOUQUET GARNI FOODS & CATERING: Services and Catering.

After studying the culinary arts in Lyon, France and New York City, he has delighted diners and catering patrons in Manhattan and Sacramento. With 25 years of experience working with LSG Sky Chefs (a worldwide in-flight catering company), Chef Eric is now offering his ample talents to tend to the palates of all food lovers, right in the heart of their home.

In addition to fine traditional American entrees, healthy salads & sandwiches, breakfasts and bakery treats, his menus offer various international flavors infused with French & West African flairs.

I loaded my glaze kiln last week, in hopes of bringing new pots this Saturday. Oh, woe is me! My kiln would not stay lit. Is it the thermocouple? The selinoid? I can’t budge the bolts to find out. So the kiln sits, loaded, waiting repair. 

A friend came today to help me sort and clean and store my inventory. I can turn pirouettes in the glaze shed now! But I won’t! Too many breakable things there. 

I’ll bring a colorful variety of functional pottery to market. Sparkle your life with unique wares. 

Special orders welcome. I’d love to fulfill your special requests!

QUILTS - If one of my quilts catches your fancy, know it’s the only one exactly like it ever. 

CAMPS - the final 4-years begin 

I’ve shared my studio with children for the past 27 years, offering teacher workday and school holiday camps as well as week-long summer camps. I believe I have four more years of camp energy in me. 

Let me know when your child would like to spend the day in the studio with me. I’d love to share my enthusiasm for mud!

http://sarahhouseofclay.net/camps_summer_2022

Thanks,

Sarah Howe 

Sarah@houseofclay.net

September is here and that means MUMS and FALL BEDDING PLANTS (pansies, violas, dianthus,

And snapdragons)!!!

Stock up on our tender young okra for eating now or freezing for soups or gumbos.

Beautiful Succulents and other flower sales including window boxes.



For orders call /text 

919-548-0977.

Thanks for buying from our family farm!!

Amy, Ray and Ramy Sugg

At Chocolatay Confections we make award winning handcrafted chocolates and confections using traditional candy making techniques and mindfully sourced ingredients. Visit our online store and pre-order for pick up at the market. We also ship nationwide.  Our online store is updated every week (sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know). This Saturday we will be offering a curated assortment of market favorites. If you are craving a specific Chocolatay treat pre-order online before Thursday at 5pm. 

www.chocolatayconfections.con

Follow us! @chocolatayconfections 

Thank you for supporting your local Chocolatiers!

Matthew & Danielle

www.chocolatayconfections.com

Chocolate makes people happy.

If you glanced over at our booth on a typical market Saturday morning, you may have casually remarked something like, “Oh, look at the tie-dyed shirts.”  We appreciate that. But here’s a little secret: Our shirts are only very rarely tie-dyed.  Oh, they’re dyed, of course.  But we very rarely tie.  Instead, we get our color variations by manipulating the dye chemistry and crumpling up the garments as we toss them into a dye bath. Not the same thing as tie-dyeing at all. (However, you are welcome to continue to refer to them as “tie-dyed,” and we won’t complain.) Most of the time, we decorate our shirts with silkscreened designs, appliques, or a batik process. But recently, we have been selling our shirts naked, which is to say, they don’t have a design on them; we let the color speak for itself. Not all colors are available in all sizes. You have to let the right shirt find you. We hope you enjoy.

T-shirts from Terra Clotha.  Dyed. But rarely tied. 

mkonvicka@aol.com

www.terraclotha.etsy.com 

Fricks Apiaries is a family farm based in Chapel Hill. We sell locally-produced raw honey and other beehive-sourced products. Our handmade beeswax candles are 100% beeswax with cotton wicks. We also supply queens and nucs to local beekeepers. Visit our website to learn more about us or to preorder for pickup at the market; choose "Delivery to Durham Farmers' Market" at checkout.

Preorder at our website. Please choose the shipping option that says "Delivery to Durham Farmers' 

Market": www.fricksapiaries.com

Farmhouse Cheese: We're bringing Paneer this week to go with all the greens that are available at the market. Fry Paneer to go with curried greens or add it to mixed vegetables. We also have fresh and tangy Dairyland Farmers’ Cheese, Thunder Mt. Swiss aged 7 1/5 months, Hickory Grove, Calvander, Carolina Moon, a little Danziger, and fresh YoYo. Check our board for Hot Farmers or other cheeses. Use our Farmers cheese like mozzarella- either fresh or melted. It's good for anything with tomatoes and melts very smoothly. Thunder Mt. Swiss is full of nutty, slightly sweet flavors with a smooth texture. Make a delicious ham and cheese with our Swiss; use Calvander for Pesto! 

  Pastured Beef:  We should have our ground beef back for the weekend. Check our sign or Facebook on Friday to see what's available.

  Whey Fed Pork: Portia and Flo are picking up sausages and pork on Tuesday, so we should have a good selection this Saturday.

Come by and see what's available. 

Flo Hawley & Portia McKnight

Facebook, Instagram, www.chapelhillcreamery.com

Pre-order: https://chapel hill creamery.square.site/ 

With a new fall schedule, I’m looking for easy meals to get on table quickly. How about kimchi carbonara? You basically add kimchi to a traditional carbonara pasta dish, and it melds beautifully into a hearty yet simple meal. You could use butternut squash and sub spinach in the recipe with kale instead - that would be a wonderful fall flavor combo!

Here’s the recipe: 

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023189-kimchi-carbonara

You can preorder for delivery or pickup at market. To get $2 off 2 or more jars — just use coupon code 2jars. You must have a minimum order of 2 jars. https://spicyhermit.square.site/

Current menu: Napa cabbage, green cabbage, green garlic, radish, mustard greens, turnip, collard greens, sweet onion, butternut squash

Good day, our wonderful Customers and Friends!

FIGS are slowing down... so come early to get the best selection. We have so many wonderful organic vegetables and natural meats! Our Italian Friend and 'Local Food' foodie, Francesco, is back this Saturday at the market. Many of you have been asking about him and his return visit from Italy. He is also here to help us with the almost SOLD out event, "Dinner in the Meadow", on Sunday, September 11th. We have just a few tickets left so buy yours today...www.dinnerinthemeadow.org

Summer evenings and outdoor cookouts are synonymous.. and we have your grilling cookout needs: from natural pastured meats to organic vegetables. This Saturday, we have thick LOIN CHOPS and sausages from the pork, lamb, beef and goat lists. Order your LEG of LAMB and LEG of GOAT (chevon) along with PORK Roasts: Boston Butt, Picnic, beef, lamb, and pork RIBS for smoking, and more.  This is Saturday's link for placing orders. Cutoff time to place an order using this link is Thursday, September 1st at 5:00 p.m.    When pre-ordering, please include a meat with your vegetable order; otherwise, come early and get cucumbers, OKRA (green or red), cabbage, baby 'Zephyr', eggplant (3 types), sweet Texas onions (white and red), and peppers (shishito, sweet bells (all colors), and spicy padrons).  "Sungold" tomatoes are limited now but a new crop is coming.

https://forms.gle/duwgKSYWwmUt46wGA

OFFERINGS this week:

Natural pastured MEATS:

         ** 21-day dry aged Angus Beef:

               -- Ground ($9/lb.); Ground Chuck ($10/lb.)

               -- STEAKS: New York Strip, Sirloin (bi), Flat Iron, Flank

               -- Cubed steak (tenderized); Stew Beef

               -- Beef Slabs of ribs

               -- Roasts (Chuck, Shoulder, Top Round, Rump Roast, Sirloin Tip)

               -- meaty Soup bones

               -- Shanks (Osso Bucco), Marrow Bones, Knuckle Dog Bones

          ** Yorkshire X Pork: 

                -- Pork Chops (2 per pack... 1")... perfectly cooked on the grill.

                -- Ribs (great bbq'ed on grill!)

                -- ROASTS: Picnic and Boston Butt 

                -- Smoked sliced BACON (1 lb./package) & bits

                -- Backbone "Pork Chops": similar to chops (more economical)

                -- Neckbones (wonderful meaty broth)

                -- pig tails/ears; fatback; pork skins, pig feet

                -- smoked hocks

                -- farm fresh PORK LARD buckets.. $8 per bucket (1.5/1.75 lbs.)

                -- 'Heat & Serve', eastern style NC BARBEQUE... $14.00/lb..from our pastured pigs.. delicious & easy for a quick meal!

                          Fresh PORK SAUSAGES

                -- PINKY links Breakfast Country X-sage Sausage - Mild

                -- Italian (Mild or Spicy Hot) --- 4- links

                -- Chorizo -- 4-links

                -- Bratwurst -- bulk

                -- Smoked Polish -- 4-links

                -- Smoked Green Pepper and Onion -- 4-links

             ** Dorset X Lamb:

               -- Ground Lamb .. 1 lb.

                -- LEG of LAMB (half and whole)

                -- LOIN CHOPS (2 per pack)

                -- whole SHANKS

                 -- Stew Meat (bi)

                 -- Denver-style slabs of Lamb ribs

                 -- organ meats & Bags of meaty soup bones

                  -- Bratwurst LAMB Sausage (4-links)

            ** Boer Chevon (goat meat):

                  -- LEG of CHEVON (half and whole)

                  -- LOIN CHOPS (2 per pack)

                  -- Whole Shanks

                  -- Stew Meat (bi)

                  -- organ meats & Bags of meaty soup bones.

** USDA Certified organic vegetables

      ** sweet "Sungold" tomatoes:  $5/pt (limited)

     ** Okra (green or red): $5/qt

        ** Fall CURED Sweet Potatoes: $2 per lb.; Available in 10 and 20 lb. boxes! .

        ** Summer flower bouquets: gomphrena, zinnia, blue statice, lisianthus.... $20/bouquet

        ** Fresh pulled sweet TEXAS Onions.. white and red... by the lb.

        ** new crop baby Zephra, by the lb.

        ** new crop pickling cucumbers ... by the lb.

        ** New crop EGGPLANT: 3 varieties

        ** New Crop PEPPERS:  shishito, spicy padrons, and a sweet large pepper.... and more varieties..

        ** SQUASH BLOSSOMS (50 per bag).. hope to have this week...

        ** FIGS ... are in... limited

       ** Spaghetti and Butternut Squash and Georgia Candy Roasters:

 are in... by the lb.

         ** FARM NEWS: 

Hay harvest continues this week... during this dry spell. This hay will be used for winter hay feeding for the livestock. Mario and Salvador continue to plant, hand weed, and harvest lots of wonderful organic vegetables. 

Thank you for your continued support of our Century Family Farm!

Martha L. Mobley

919-495-1305 (text or call if questions)

571 Leonard Farm Road

Louisburg, NC 27549

meadowlanefarm1@netzero.net -- farm's email

Honeygirl Meadery is an award-winning urban meadery in the heart of downtown Durham NC specializing in small batch seasonal meads. We ferment honey and local fruits, flowers and herbs to create delicious, nuanced, food-friendly mead. Every week we bring out a mix of our hand-crafted mead styles, so there is something for everyone!

This week we will bring our most popular meads of the season. NEW to the MARKET!!: PUMPKIN SPICE.  Forget the Latte’s our pumpkin spice is made with our own special blend of spices and will knock your fuzzy boots off! Avocado Blossom Mead! Barrel Aged Strawberry Peach Mead, Cranberry Rose, HOPPED MANGO Mead, and Spiced Apple along with a few others. These meads are ready to pair with brunch, a cookout, or just for hanging out and relaxing. 

We are happy to make recommendations for you in person at the market. You can also pre-order online from our entire line-up, and we will bring your pre-order to the Market for you. PLEASE NOTE: Pre-orders for DFM pickup must be placed by 6:00pm on the Friday before the Market. Simply select Durham Farmers Market as your pickup location when you place your order.

Honeygirl Meadery

105 Hood Street, Suite #6

Durham, NC 27701

Tasting Room Hours:

Friday & Saturday 12:00 - 7:00 PM

Sunday 12:00 – 5:00 PM

Visit our online shop for all your mead needs.

Thank you for your continued support! Bee Well!

Diane, Nicole, & Becky

Facebook | Website

Email: honeygirlmeadery@gmail.com

Phone: (919) 399-3056

This week look for more southern heirloom apples. Winesaps! And Kieffer pears! And lots of tasty field grown tomatoes.

Plenty of summer goodness from the fields too: more tomatoes, cherry tomato pints, peppers, eggplant, okra, scallions, and bitter gourd.

Also look for an abundance of blooms: dahlias, zinnias, marigold, gomphrena 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

www.wildscallionsfarm.com

Matt and Renee Clayton (@wild_scallions_farm) • Instagram photos and videos

By The Brook Tempeh will be offering plenty of tempeh and *NEW ADDITION* handcrafted sauerkraut at Market this weekend!

We are based in Saxapahaw, created by fermentation enthusiast Taylor Westbrook. Our specialty is non-soy tempeh, an artisan blend of legumes, peas, lentils, and seeds to create a well-balanced and highly digestible plant protein with a fantastic texture and versatile flavor. Now you can pair our tempeh with tasty, gut satisfying sauerkraut. 

This week we'll be stocked up with all of our signature blends. We will have a mix of burgers, ground tempeh, and a couple extra marinated specials. There will be four types of sauerkraut to choose from this week. 

Visit our website: bythebrooktempeh.com

Check out our recipes: 

bythebrooktempeh.com/recipes

Instagram: @bythebrook_tempeh

Contact: bythebrooktempeh@gmail.com

Order by Noon on Friday Sep 9th and we will bring your order to market on Saturday!

Preorder now for Saturday Market Pickup 

bit.ly/shopfcfnow

Text 'fcforder' to 855-737-2269 to sign up for a weekly reminder text that the order window closes in 2 hrs.

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FRESH LAMB this week!

Rib & Loin Chops, Frenched Racks

Leg & Shoulder Roasts, Sirloin Steak, Leg Steaks

Shanks, Stew Meat, Merguez Sausage, Ground

Livers, Hearts, Kidneys, Bones

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Chicken Garlic Rosemary Sausage Links are back!

Try them at least once!

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Whole Chicken, Wings, Cut up Whole Bird

Chicken Skin - only $4 a bag; Great for crisping up and eating with flavorful dips.

Also... Backs, Feet, and Necks

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Beef

Roasts: Chuck, Eye of Round, Osso Buco / Shank, & Short Ribs

Also kielbasa sausage, limited steaks, ground beef, and beef patties

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Pork

Sausage Links: Bratwurst, Garlic Bratwurst, Mild Italian, Hot Italian

Smoked Sausage Links: Kielbasa, Jalapeno, Green Pepper and Onion, Andouille

Bulk Sausage: Country, Hot Xtra Sage, Chorizo, Mild Italian, Hot Italian

Loin Chops, Shoulder Coppa Steaks, Boneless Loin Chops / Cutlet

Boston Butts, Picnics, Boneless Loins

St Louis Ribs, Baby Back Ribs, Belly

Smoked Ham Steaks, Smoked Hocks, Smoked Shanks, Smoked Neck Bones

Jowl Bacon, Belly Bacon, Whole Jowl Bacon, Whole Belly Bacon

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Bay Leaf

Lemongrass

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Stay tuned for our new and improved CSA enrollment!

Active Meat CSA members get a 7% discount on ALL products !

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Dry Cured Pork Items Made with 100% FCF Pasture & Woodland Raised Free Range Pork

Spanish Style Chorizo  *  Hot Sopressata Salami  *  Milano Salami

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OUR PRACTICES are Regenerative and Sustainable

Rotational Grazing Management & Annual Cover Crops

Pasture & Woodland Based & Organic Practices for all Vegetable

Perpetual Farmland Conservation Easements & Certified Living Wages

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**Beef & Lamb: Pasture Raised; 100% Grass Fed & Finished **

**Pork:       Pasture & Woodland Raised Free Range **

**Chicken:    Pasture & Woodland Raised, NON GMO Fed, Free Range **

**Hen Eggs:   Pasture Raised, **

**Veggies:    Never Sprayed **

We will have figs, summer squash, okra, classic and mini eggplant, potatoes, shishito and hot peppers, onions, garlic and jams. 

SPECIAL REQUEST: As always, we are happy to have any 8 ounce glass jam jars and metal rings you have been collecting as we can reuse them. Thank you!

Dearest Goat Cheese Lovers,

Try our French kiss log. Here we have our French Kiss with tomato, garlic and onion roasted in a lavender, basil, fennel and tarragon olive oil. Topped with balsamic reduction.  

We have a selection of goats milk items handcrafted with love in Siler City, NC! At our booth you'll find a rainbow of flavors displaying our spreadable cheeses, nestled in among our pure chevrè, aged bloomy rind cheeses, yogurts, gelato, fudge, and even soaps. As NC's pioneer farmstead goat dairy, we've been treating all our goats like celebrities since 1991, and strive to do the same for our customers! Help us limit contact and keep each other safe during market transactions by placing pre-orders through our website, https://celebritydairy.com/preorder! 

Spreadable flavor for September: Orange Marmalade

Lots of love from your cheese-makers,

 Elizabeth, Monica, Kelly, Ina & the Goats

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.

Lip moisture, bath treats and oh-so-many handcrafted soaps.

Visit us online at www.MoonDancesoaps.com for pre-orders or find us at the market entry!