Join us for a market Grill Out!

This week we’re highlighting all of the delicious grillables at market to get you ready for your weekend cookouts! Several DFM vendors will be offering samples of their meats and vegan grill options. You can take a sneak peek of what they’ll be cooking up below, and find their full selection of products on their websites!

By the Brook Ferments

BTB will be sampling smoked tempeh slabs with two options for finishing sauces, a Chimichurri (citrusy and herbaceous) and a Carolina Gold BBQ (sweet, mustardy, and tangy), adding a delicious offering to any 4th of July serving table. Brined overnight and smoked over coals, the tempeh is par cooked, making it easy for you to finish by tossing a sauce and heating up in any shape. We’ll also have tempeh burgers with a Korean BBQ marinade, brined with kimchi juice and sauced up with gochujang and white miso. To pair with your charred eats, we’ll feature some sauerkraut specials and discounts. Come by for a taste!

Chapel Hill Creamery

Sausage from our whey fed pigs at Chapel Hill Creamery is delicious and it includes the hams for an extra meaty flavor and less fat. We’re sampling our Smoked Andouille which is a little spicy and a great addition to any grain or vegetable dish. Make some gumbo or pick up some Bratwurst to grill.

Fickle Creek Farm

Noah and company will be sampling Mild Italian Pork Sausage & Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Pork Sausage Links!

Meadow Lane Farm

The amazing crew over at Meadow Lane will have a selection of pasture raised meats for purchase, including Sirloin and Flat Iron Angus beef steaks, ground beef, BBQ flat ribs, pork chops, and St. Louis Style pork ribs.

Misty Morning Ranch

The folks at Misty Morning Ranch will have a selection of their ostrich steaks and ground meats to sample!

Moon Belly Meat Co.

We’ll be sampling a variety of our pork sausages, including chorizo verde, Korean BBQ, pho soup sausage, and hot Italian. We’ll have small patties of each flavor that guests can buy cased for the grill!

Stoney Mountain Farm

We will have 2 kinds of grilled lamb sausage with various condiments for folks to appreciate the many flavors that work well with lamb. We’ll have lamb sliders made with our ground lamb, served with caramelized onion jam or tomato confit with feta. Extra bonus, we’ll also have lamb pâté to sample!

Sunset Ridge Buffalo

Jack will be offering samples of Bison Burgers & Bison Brats. Try then buy for your 4th of July!

 

It’s Melon Season!

Y’all it’s finally July and that means it’s summer fruit season! In addition to the scrumptious peaches that Kalawi Farm has been delighting us with the last few weeks, we’ve spotted Cantaloupe at Lyon Farms &  red, orange, and yellow flesh Watermelons at Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm and South Wind Produce! Hua Nong also has a variety of sweet asian melon. Also, Cindy from Deep River Farm is back at market for the season with her fresh blueberries and we can’t wait to see what other summer fruits she has in store for us this season. Pick up your freshly harvested, small-farm grown fruits tomorrow!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Gingery Grilled Chicken Thighs with Charred Peaches

This week’s recipe comes from Melissa Clark at NYT Cooking and will add a delicious little twist to your backyard BBQ. Accompanied by grilled thyme and honey butter-basted peaches and yogurt, the sweet and tangy balsamic glazed chicken is sure to please the taste buds. This Saturday, you can find chicken at Fickle Creek Farm, peaches at Kalawi Farm, Skyr (Nordic-style goat milk yogurt) at Celebrity Dairy, Honey at Fricks Apiaries, garlic at Hurtgen Meadows, Capritopia, and Abanitu Organics,  scallions at Wild Scallions Farm, Lil’ Farm, and South Wind Produce, and a selection of seasonal herbs at Harland’s Creek Farm and Maple Springs Gardens.

 

Market Music

This week, enjoy live music by local singer-songwriter Remona Jeannine! You can find her music and read her blog about music & life on her website!

 

Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3CZF7Od

 

When: Saturday, July 1st, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Summer is here and the sun is shining this week!

What better way to ring in the first (sunny) week of summer than with a trip to the midweek market to find all the locally produced veggies, meats, baked goods, entrees, and flowers you need for a wonderful backyard cookout? Find us under the Durham Central Park pavilion today from 3-6pm to enjoy friends, live music, yard games, kids Sprouts Club and, of course, so many good eats!

 

Vendors This Week

Click on the vendors below to find preorder info, products, and more!

321 Coffee

Bull City Farm

Celebrity Dairy

Harland’s Creek Farm

Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm

Hurtgen Meadows Farm

Loaf

Lyon Farms

Ninth Street Bakery

Seeds

Soul Cocina

Strong Arm Bakery

Tulip Poplar Honey

Wild Scallions Farm

 

Get your Grills Ready!

This week we’re highlighting all of the delicious grillables at market to get you ready for your weekend cookouts!

Wednesday Afternoon Market: Today! Visit Bull City Farm to check out all of the pastured raised meat they have on offer this week! Look for their Mangalitsa pork cuts, Black Spanish turkey sausages, Freedom Ranger chicken cuts, and lamb from their St. Croix sheep. Trust us, their turkey sausage does not disappoint!

Saturday Morning Market: Our meat farmers will be hosting a special Grill Day with samples of their pasture raised meats and vegan tempeh! Look for signs posted around market to find out where you can snack on your favorite grillables and try something new! They’ll have everything you need to be cookout ready this weekend.

 

Market Music

Local singer-songwriter Remona Jeannine joins us this week! Find her latest releases and read her blog about music & life HERE

Sprouts Club

This week at the Sprouts Club table, we’re exploring market and Durham Central Park! Take a scavenger hunt through market and find clues to answer our Farmers Market trivia, while learning a few new things about our farmers and the products they sell! When you’re done with that, explore the park to find all of their gardens while playing pollinator bingo, find all the hidden words in our Farmers Market word search, and enjoy bubbles and games on the lawn! Stop by anytime 3-6pm today at the Info Table for your activity, and don’t forget to buy something delicious with your Sprouts Club Bucks!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Gingery Chicken Thighs with Charred Peaches

This week’s recipe comes from Melissa Clark at NYT Cooking and will add a delicious little twist to your backyard BBQ. Accompanied by grilled thyme and honey butter-basted peaches and yogurt, the sweet and tangy balsamic glazed chicken is sure to please the taste buds. Today, you can find chicken at Bull City Farm, Skyr (Nordic-style goat milk yogurt) at Celebrity Dairy, Honey at Tulip Poplar Honey, garlic and scallions at Hurtgen Meadows and Wild Scallions Farm, and a selection of seasonal herbs at Harland’s Creek Farm.

 

Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter!  https://conta.cc/441EcZw

 

When: Wednesday, June 28th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Celebrate Bee Day at the Market!

Whenever we look around the market at vendor tables full of fruits, veggies, honey, and so many products made from plants, we feel grateful for the work of these tiny pollinators. Did you know that birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, and small mammals can be pollinators? But none more important than these little, life-sustaining bees. Bees and pollinators are on the decline, but there are ways we can help! When you walk around market this week, we hope you’ll take a moment to soak in all the beauty that surrounds us, thank a bee, and stop by our Bee Day booths to learn how you can help protect pollinators!

Although it may not feel like it with these rainy days, summer is officially here! And you can see it all around with so many summer fruits and veggies in season on our farmers tables. We spotted cantaloupe this week, as well as sweet and hot peppers, tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, bitter melon, green beans, and lots more. If you’re ever looking for something specific, or wondering when your favorite veggie is going to come into season, stop by our info table under the pavilion and we’ll geek out on all the new produce with you and point you to the right vendor tables.

 

2nd Annual Durham Bee Day

It’s here! Join us TOMORROW as we end National Pollinators Week with our Bee Day celebration! Talk to Durham Beekeepers & Master Gardeners, take home a free pollinator-friendly plant at the Keep Durham Beautiful Table, hear the Bee City USA proclamation, enjoy bee crafts, & help us lead the Bee Parade!

Grab your bee costumes & come party with Keep Durham Beautiful, Durham County Beekeepers, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Durham Farmers’ Market, and other friends!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Rustic Honey Cake

In honor of National Pollinators Week & our wonderful beekeepers, Fricks Apiaries, Fruchtenicht Honey, & Tulip Poplar Honey, we’re sharing a delicious recipe for Rustic Honey Cake, courtesy of Taste of Home.  This cake is not too sweet, and you can top it with all of your favorite seasonal fruits. In season now are blackberries, blueberries, peaches, the last of the late harvest strawberries, cantaloupe, and sweet asian melons. You can find a variety of fruits at Abanitu Organics, Lyon Farms, Wild Scallions Farm, Hurtgen Meadows Farm, Lil’ Farm, and Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm. You can also source most of the other ingredients at market! Find flour and other heirloom milled grains at Red Tail Grains, Tykk Skyr (yogurt) at Celebrity Dairy, and eggs at Fickle Creek, Harland’s Creek Farm, and others. Thanks, bees & beekeepers!

 

 

Market Music

The folks at Old North State Jam are going to bring their very danceable, toe-tappin music to market tomorrow to help us celebrate Bee Day! Don’t miss it!

 

 

Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3qWypGi

 

When: Saturday, June 24th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Happy National Pollinators Week!

What better way to kick off the first official week of summer than to celebrate all things bees, and learn about these important, life-sustaining pollinators! Join us this Saturday for the 2nd Annual Durham Bee Day, and kick off the celebrations with us TODAY at Wednesday Afternoon Market!

 

Vendors This Week

321 Coffee

Bull City Farm

Harland’s Creek

Hua Nong Ecorganic Farm

Hurtgen Meadows Farm

Loaf

Lyon Farms

Ninth Street Bakery

Seeds

Strong Arm Bakery

Tulip Poplar Honey

Wild Scallions Farm

 

Durham Bee Day – This Saturday, June 24th, 9am-12pm

Come celebrate all things bees and pollinators!

• Join us for a short reading of the Durham Bee City USA proclamation
• March in the Bee Parade
• Talk with a Master Gardener
• Paint your own flower pot and plant your own sunflower to take home
• Visit the Keep Durham Beautiful table to learn more about ways to care for our environment & protect our pollinators
• Learn all about beekeeping and enjoy some honey tasting with the Durham Beekeepers
• Take home free lip balm, thanks to Burt’s Bees
• Take a self-guided tour through Durham Central Park’s gardens & play Pollinator Bingo
• Enjoy a special live market music performance by Old North State Jam

Thanks to Keep Durham Beautiful, Durham Beekeepers Association, Bee City USA, Durham Master Gardeners, Toxic Free NC, NC Wildlife Federation, City of Durham, and Durham Central Park for making it all happen!

 

Sprouts Club

This week at the Sprouts Club Kids table, we are kicking off our National Pollinators Week activities! Want to put your mark on the Bee Day Parade banner? Stop by anytime from 3-6pm to help us decorate this year’s banner (and come back on Saturday to march with us in the parade!) and make a bee headband or crown!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Honey Roasted Heirloom Potatoes

This week, in honor of Bee Day and all of our wonderful beekeepers, we’re highlighting a tasty recipe using honey! You can pick up a jar today at Tulip Poplar Honey and experiment with so many different recipes online that utilize this flavorful sweetener – everything from the Bees Knees cocktail to scrumptious honey cakes. This drizzly first week of summer, we chose a comforting and hearty dish: honey roasted heirloom potatoes courtesy of Taste of Home magazine. Enjoy!

 

Market Music

Enjoy live music by Stephan Hermann!

 

Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter!  https://conta.cc/3NBs2Rr

 

When: Wednesday, June 21st, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Fresh produce, pastured-raised meats, local baked goods, handcrafted goods, and lots more awaits you this weekend at the market!

 

It’s going to be a gorgeous day for Saturday Morning Market! Join us from 8am-Noon and stock up on everything you need for delicious, locally sourced meals for the week! Bring the beauty of nature inside with fresh floral bouquets from farms like Bluebird Meadows, Wild Scallions Farm, Meadow Lane Farm, Harland’s Creek Farm, & Bonlee Grown Farm. Sunflowers are here and they are so bright and beautiful! Looking for some creative inspiration for getting more protein in your diet? Check out vendors By the Brook Tempeh, Stoney Mountain Farm, Fickle Creek Farm, Sunset Ridge Buffalo, Misty Morning Ranch, and Meadow Lane Farm – many of them offer helpful cooking tips and recipes at their booths or online!

 

2nd Annual Durham Bee Day

Join us NEXT WEEK Saturday, June 24th to celebrate all things bees & pollinators! Talk to Durham Beekeepers & Master Gardeners, hear the Bee City USA proclamation, see what Keep Durham Beautiful is up to, join the Bee Parade, make a bee crown & plant some flowers for the pollinators, and enjoy live music by Old North State Jam!

Grab your bee costumes & come party with Keep Durham Beautiful, Durham County Beekeepers, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Durham Farmers’ Market, and other friends!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Panzanella with Mozzarella and Herbs

This week, we highlighted a tasty salad recipe utilizing juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, and homemade panzanella! Check it out HERE

 

 

Vendors at Market this Week

Abanitu Organics

Bill Pope Photography

Bklyn Bakery

Bluebird Meadows

Bonlee Grown Farm

Botanist & Barrel

Bouquet Garni Foods

Boxcarr Handmade Cheese

By the Brook Tempeh

Capritopia

Celebrity Dairy

Chapel Hill Creamery

Chocolatay Confections

Cilantro Artisan Foods

Ever Laughter Farm

Family & Future

Fickle Creek Farm

Flat River Farm

Fricks Apiaries

Fruchtenicht Honey

Full Flower Herbs

Harland’s Creek Farm

Haw River Mushrooms

Homebucha

Honeygirl Meadery

Huanong Eco-organic Farm

Hurtgen Meadows

Isaac’s Bagels

Jewels of Health Farm

Kalawi Farms

LaKay Farm

Lil’ Farm

Loaf

Lyon Farms

Maple Spring Gardens

Meadow Lane Farm

Melina’s Fresh Pasta

Misty Morning Ranch

MoonDance Soaps

NewSoil Vermiculture

Ninth Street Bakery

Pamela Strand Photography

Phoenix Farm

Piedmont Microgreens

Rabbit Patch Baskets

Red Drum Roasters

Red Hawk Farm

Red Tail Grains

Roberson Creek Farm

Sarah’s House of Clay

Short Winter Soups

Soul Cocina

South Wind Produce

Speckled Bird

Spicy Hermit

Stoney Mountain Farm

Strong Arm Bakery

Sunset Ridge Buffalo

Terra Clotha

Washington Crab

Wild Scallions Farm

 

 

Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3NasUv0

 

When: Saturday, June 17th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Happy Wednesday, Durham!

It’s almost time for our favorite midweek event, so you know where to find us today from 3-6pm – down at Durham Central Park under the pavilion! We’ll have lawn games, picnic tables, and kids activities waiting for you. We hope the week has been kind to you and that those of you who are out of school for the season have been enjoying the sunshine and all the natural beauty that ‘summer’ in Durham provides. If you’re looking for an afternoon activity, we hope you’ll stop by the market to stock up on all your midweek groceries and hang out with some great folks.

We are very excited that Wild Scallions Farm is bringing some delicious berries with them this week, in addition to their seasonal flower bouquets, and veggies. Hurtgen Meadows still has some plants starts, so if you’ve been debating whether to get in on the veggie garden action this season, now is the time to get them while you can! Bull City Farm will be back in their usual spot with lots of pasture-raised meat and eggs available. Their turkey sausage is amazing. We’re also really excited that Celebrity Dairy will be back again this week with goat cheese spreads, chevre, and a variety gelato flavors!

 

Sprouts Club

This week, we have a bee-ry special visiter! A whole hive of them actually! We are so excited to have the Durham County Beekeepers Association are join us this week to teach us all about bees and pollinators! And they’re bringing a demonstration hive with them! Stop by the Sprouts Club table from 3-6pm for honey tastings, bee activities, and to learn all about these life sustaining insects. And don’t forget to that all kids who participate in the Sprouts Club activity get $5 to spend at market!

 

This Week’s Recipe: Panzanella with Mozzarella and Herbs

Check out this week’s recipe HERE in our newsletter! This recipe is perfect if you love picking up fresh bread and those beautiful new tomatoes at market, but may have a hard time eating them up before they get a little too hard or ripe. The panzanella provides a nice crouton like crunch in your salad, and the juicy tomatoes bring all the flavors together for a tasty and healthy meal. It includes cucumbers and herbs, and you can customize it with your favorite seasonal veggies. You can find all almost all of the ingredients at market, and we’ve included in the recipes notes which vendor tables you can find them at. Enjoy!

 

Market Music

Enjoy live music by local singer-songwriter, Remona Jeannine!

 

 

Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter!  https://conta.cc/3X9rOnJ

 

When: Wednesday, June 14th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Peaches are Back!

It’s beginning to look a lot like summer, especially in the seasonal fruit department! Kalawi Farm is back at market with peaches! Be sure to stop by for your weekly fix of fresh peaches and peach ice cream. Lyon Farms also has blackberries and blueberries available now, and while the season for strawberries is wrapping up, you can still find incredibly sweet, late season strawberries at Hurtgen Meadows, Lyon Farms, Lil’ Farm, and South Wind Produce while they last!

 

Meet the Market – Red Tail Grains

This week, we highlighted one of our amazing vendors, the folks at Red Tail Grains! Owners Danny Cowan and George Allen shared a little bit about how they got started, why sustainably grown grains are important to them, and who inspires them in the grain grower movement of no-till, organic grains. You can meet Danny and one of their awesome crew members, Izzy Pezzulo at the market on Saturdays! Check out the full Q&A with Red Tail Grains HERE

 

Recipe Highlights

Looking for some inspiration this week? Check out this this recipe for Kimchi Pizza from A Nourishing Plate, shared by DFM vendor Eunice Chang of The Spicy Hermit for dinner, and take a look at the delicious breakfast yogurt we shared on our Instagram page, using Tykk Skyr from Celebrity Dairy, Strawberries from Hurtgen Meadow, granola from Strong Arm Baking, and honey from Fricks Honey!

 

 

This Week

* Enjoy live music by The Durham Street Piano Player, Thomas Merrigan!

* The Poetry Fox is back with custom, live written poems

 

Upcoming Events

* Save the Date! 2nd Annual Durham Bee Day, Saturday June 24th

* National Pollinator Week, June 19th-25th

 

 

Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3N23r6O

 

When: Saturday, June 10th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

Life is good under the pavilion!

Rain or shine, you can be sure that Durham Farmers’ Market crafters and farmers will be here and ready to fill your shopping bag with delicious produce, honey, flowers, coffee beans, breads, meats, and take-home meals – every week from 3-6pm!

 

Vendors This Week

321 Coffee

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

 

In Season this June

Need a little inspiration? Check out all of the seasonal fruits, veggies, and flowers coming into season this month! In our growing region, Zones 7a & 7b primarily, we’re seeing a slow fade from the season of cold mornings and crisp leafy greens, to warmer temperatures with all the tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil, and peaches that love those hot sunny days. We look forward to the harvests to come, and look back on spring with gratitude for the harvests we have had and the hands that cultivated them. We are grateful, also, for our farmers who bring to their craft years of experience with all the tips and tricks that allow them to bring their summer weather produce, while caring for their cool-weather crops so that we receive bounties of kales, lettuces, bok choy, and so many other greens as long as possible. It really is a unique, colorful season at market! We hope you’ll drop by to enjoy it with us.

 

This Week’s Recipe: Kimchi Pizza!

Check out the this week’s newsletter for a recipe by A Nourishing Plate, shared by DFM vendor, Eunice Chang of The Spicy Hermit!

Totally customizable for unique diets and taste buds, this makes for a great dinner activity with the whole family, and a perfect option for using all your fresh produce from market in a flavorful new way. Try it out!

 

Sprouts Club

This week, stop by the Sprouts Club table to learn about the life cycle of plants, the parts of a plant body, and plant your own seed pot to take home & grow! Stop by anytime between 3-6pm to participate in the activity and receive Sprouts Market Bucks to spend on nutritious and tasty food at market!

 

 

Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter!  https://conta.cc/3J04DGx

 

When: Wednesday, June 7th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street

It’s officially June! And the market is full of fruits and veggies, showing us the coming of summer!

The month of June might be one of our favorites at the market. It’s hard to choose, every month is brings delicious surprises and there are plenty of year-round products to be build a full locally-sourced diet around. But the beginning of June holds that special time when it’s not quite so hot and humid, and yet late spring and early summer fruits and veggies abound. This week, we are excited to welcome blueberries and blackberries to market, while last season strawberries are still grace the tables. We also spotted sweet and hot peppers, yellow summer squash, green zucchini of multiple varieties, cherry and plumb tomatoes, while greens like kale, chard, fennel, green onions, and more spring produce are still here.

We hope you’ll join us to find some old and new favorites this season, and to find out just how many weekly staples can be found at market. Tempeh falafel balls; a variety of kimchi; flours, grits and cereals; ciders and natural wines; teas and medicinal tinctures; yogurt; soft and hard aged cheeses; locally and humanely raised meats and eggs; ready-to-eat meals, and the list goes on.

 

We’re grateful to be a part of the Durham community, every week. Thank you for shopping with us!

 

In case you missed it, check out this week’s recipe for Savory Stir Fried Garlic Scapes, in the Wednesday Newsletter!

Market Map, June 3rd

 

This Week

* Enjoy live music by the crowd pleasin’ Old North State Jam!

* The Poetry Fox is back with custom, live written poems

* Visit the folks of The Recollective at their community partner booth to find out more about their services for hard-to-recycle items. There are so many exciting reusable/sustainable initiatives to learn about!

* The Running of the Bulls 8k race is this weekend! Be sure to check out their website HERE to course maps and the best way to make it to market!

 

Upcoming Events

* Save the Date! 2nd Annual Durham Bee Day, Saturday June 24th

* National Pollinator Week, June 19th-25th

 

 

Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/42lLANY

 

When: Saturday, May 27th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street