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OPEN Wednesday May 31st

Wednesday 3-6pm

Saturday 8am-12pm

501 Foster Street

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Sprouts Club is back!



Become a member of the kids Sprouts Club! Visit us tomorrow and every Wednesday through Mid-October to have hands-on fun learning all about food, nutrition, earth science, farming, and more!



Join the Museum of Life + Science for this week's activity from 3-5pm!


Learn more about the Museum of Life + Science Here!

Market Info + Recipe of the Week!

Vendors Attending this Wednesday

321 Coffee

Bouquet Garni Foods

Bull City Farm

Harland's Creek

Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm

Hurtgen Meadows Farm

Loaf

Lyon Farms

Ninth Street Bakery

Soul Cocina

Strong Arm Bakery

Tulip Poplar Honey

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.

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We would love to say hi!

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Stir Fried Garlic Scapes

By Drive Me Hungry

Have you been curious about the bright, crispy bundles of Garlic Scapes on market tables this season? Here's a little info from the Drive Me Hungry food blog on these delicious spring shoots, along with a tasty recipe for stir fried garlic scapes!


What are garlic scapes? Garlic scapes are thin, green, curly stems / stalks / shoots of the garlic bulb that are harvested during late spring and early summer.



Where do I buy them? (spoiler alert, right here at the DFM on Saturdays and Wednesdays!) They're commonly sold in farmers markets or Asian grocery stores during the months of May to July. They're usually packaged in bundles and held together like a garlicky boutique.


What's the best way to store them? They stay fresh for about two weeks in the fridge in an airtight container. You can also cut the ends and place them in a glass jar to keep them fresh for even longer.


What parts of the garlic scape are edible? The entire part is edible - the stems and even the bud at the top! The bud of the garlic scape eventually turns into a flower if you let it continue growing. If you slice it in half, you can see the very early stages of it forming into a flower. This is totally edible and fine to eat at this point. The texture of the bud is similar to a green onion or chive.The flavors are a combination of garlic and scallions. It has a very mellow, fresh garlic flavor with the texture of an asparagus stem. It's a great way to get in garlic flavor without actually using garlic.



Stir Fried Garlic Scapes


Ingredients:

  • 2½ cups garlic scapes - cut into 2 inch long pieces
  • 1 Tablespoon avocado oil

Sauce Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoon brown sugar - packed brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Korean red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon toasted white sesame seeds


Instructions:

  • Mix all the ingredients together for the sauce and set it aside.
  • Heat a pan over medium high heat and add the oil. Wait until the pan gets hot and then sauté the garlic scapes until it turns a bright green color. After about 4 to 5 minutes, taste one to see if it's tender enough to bite through. It should still have a crunchy texture. Depending on how thick the stems are, you may need to sauté them some more.
  • Once the stems are cooked through, add the sauce and stir fry it together for one minute or until the sauce coats the garlic scapes. Serve immediately.


Serves: 4, as a side

Cook Time: 10 mins


Nutrition

Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g |

Protein: 8g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 103mg | 

Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 213mg | Iron: 2mg

VENDORS AT MARKET THIS WEDNESDAY
Visit 321 Coffee Online

321 Coffee

Join us for 321 Coffee's market debut!


About Us: 321 Coffee is a coffee shop and roaster built on inclusion. Based in Raleigh, NC, 321 currently employs over 50 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). They are the ones roasting the coffee, taking the orders, and making the lattes. We are demonstrating the value of an inclusive business model. 


The company was founded in 2017 by Lindsay Wrege and Michael Evans. The two met during their freshman year as Park Scholars at NC State University. They had the vision to build a company founded on inclusion. 


The Roastery: We roast our coffee on our very own Loring S15 Falcon. Loring is known in the coffee industry for the advanced technology it offers and the high-quality coffee it is capable of producing. The best part? Our Loring roaster uses 80% less energy than a typical coffee roasting machine because it continuously recirculates hot air.


Our Coffee: Transparency is key in coffee supply chains. At 321 Coffee, we partner with De La Finca Coffee Importers for all of our coffees. Started by a fifth-generation coffee farmer from Honduras, Nelson Amador, De La Finca specializes in direct-trade relationships with coffee farmers like his family.


Direct-trade coffee aims to eliminate the intermediaries between consumers and producers. By creating real relationships with coffee producers in countries like Honduras, Guatemala, and Colombia, Nelson and his team aim to empower coffee farmers and their communities.


Visit Bouquet Garni Foods Online

Bouquet Garni Foods

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.

Visit Bull City Farm Online

Bull City Farm

We've had a busy start to the week with our first chicken processing of 2023. This Wednesday we'll have fresh, never frozen chicken wholes and parts. We'll also have our pasture raised turkey sausages and cuts, pork, lamb and beef cuts, dog treats and our beautiful eggs.



See you Wednesday!



You can learn more about us on our website: bullcityfarm.com and on IG and FB @bullcityfarm

Visit Harland Creek Farm Online

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.

Visit Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm Online

Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm

Hua Nong 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!

Visit Hurtgen Meadows Online

Hurtgen Meadows

This week we'll bring potatoes, pesticide-free strawberries, spring carrots, sugar snap peas, chard, kale, fresh garlic, kalette greens, parsley, jam, and our remaining plant starts for your home gardens. 


Our online store is open for pre-orders Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. through Thursday at 8:00 p.m. (hurtgenmeadows.com/order). 


As always, you can bring us your empty 8 ounce glass jam jars and metal rings. Thank you!

Visit Loaf Online

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.

Visit Lyon Farms Online

Lyon Farms

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.



Visit Ninth Street Bakery Online

Ninth Street Bakery

This Week: Whole Wheat Levain; Country Loaves; Hot Cross Buns


About Ninth Street Bakery: Determined to change the bread landscape, Ninth Street Bakery was founded by two brothers in 1981 fresh from a stint baking at the Tassajara Zen Center with monk Ed Espe Brown. They brought with them recipes for wholegrain goodness and a mind for doing good works in Durham. Known by many for its seeded sliced pan loaves, NSB now has crusty artisan bread products that burst with the flavors of natural levain, and flaky pastries that slow rise to perfection. Helmed by baker Ari Berenbaum 

since 2013, NSB sits at Five Points in Durham, an anchor business in an ever-changing city. We have a full service café, as well as a robust wholesale program that covers the Triad from Greensboro to Raleigh, Durham to Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We give back to the community via our Bakery- and donor-supported Durham Neighbors program, an in-house experiment in Universal Basic Income whereby we Cashapp 100+ low-income local families every month $50 which goes to much-needed groceries, utility bills, or diapers. We are psyched to be now an official member of the Durham Farmer’s Market, joining an illustrious crew of artisans and purveyors who are dedicated to local, independent, small business, and Southern gastronomical culture.


You can follow us at Instagram.com/ninthstreetbakery or read Ari’s musings on bread and Durham at blog.ninthstbakery.com.



Visit Soul Cocina Online

Soul Cocina

We are very excited to announce that we will be attending the Wednesday market this season! Stop by the market from 3-6 and take home some of our delicious Latin-inspired offerings such as tamales, pupusas and meals made from scratch using local & seasonal ingredients. Our meals come ready to heat & serve, to make dinnertime a breeze!


Soul Cocina

Plant based & Latin inspired

www.soulcocinatriangle.com

@soulcocinatriangle


Visit Strong Arm Baking Online

Strong Arm Baking

Strong Arm Baking is located in the rolling hills outside of Oxford, North Carolina. Founders, Julia and Thomas Blaine, care deeply about the products they produce for their customers, who make up a wonderful, colorful and vibrant community. You can connect with them directly through their website and place pre-orders for pick-up at the market.

Tulip Poplar Honey

Sheri Gant's bees fly from a sunny spot on Karen Woods Road just outside Chapel Hill, collecting nectar in the spring from the many plants blooming on her family's property and on an adjacent tract of Duke Forest. Tulip Poplar honey, very slow to crystalize, has a red-amber color and a mild rich flavor with a caramel undertone. 100% beeswax candles are unscented, clean-burning, and longer-lasting. Lotion bars made with beeswax, plant butters, and oils provide concentrated moisturizing.

Visit Wild Scallions Farm Online

Wild Scallions Farm

This week more spring produce: garlic scapes, scallions, escarole and peas.


For flowers enjoy lots of bright blue bachelor buttons, larkspur 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

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