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!
Tulip Poplar Honey
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