Farmer's market update for June 5, 2021
What’s happening at the Farmer’s Market?
Family and Consumer Science Agent, Kelly Tyndall is back with NC Cooperative Extension's Locally Delicious!! Come check out what she uses from the Market to make a "berry delicious beverage!'“
Carolina Greens is a non-profit with mission to grow, collect, and sell various greens for the benefit of local soup kitchens and food banks of Eastern, North Carolina. We started the 1 Square Yard challenge which challenges people of all ages to devote 1 square yard of their own space to grow nutritious vegetables for the local soup kitchens. We start the seedlings for this challenge within our greenhouse to then be distributed to anyone who wants to join. Carolina Greens also grows various micro- greens and pea shoots in which all profits go towards our mission. At this fundraising event, we will have seedlings available for people to join our challenge and microgreens to buy. $1 baby basil plants will also be sold. Lastly, there will be a $1 raffle held for a chance to win 6oz of your choice of micro-greens
Killen Harper will be our guest this week. She is shown here inside her greenhouse, where
she raises all kinds of greens. Read the story below and be sure to enter her raffle .
Happy Heart Elderberry Syrup is back for the season! Packed with antioxidants to support your immune system, and made with local honey. Happy Heart Elderberry offers handcrafted syrup in various sizes, DIY kits, and elderflower tea. We will plan to be at the market every 1st and 3rd Saturday each month.
Vendors at the Market
Above the Briery is back this Saturday with super-local, Kinston honey and a variety of native plants. There will be ferns, three kinds of milkweed, perennial sunflowers, climbing hydrangea elderberry, and lots more. See how many you can recognize!
B & B Eggs ... Fresh from the hen..no additives or hormones
Porter Farms ... garden peas and maybe okra ... local strawberries, pointed head cabbage, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, new potatoes & lots of bottled preserves, salad dressings & marinades also, from Florida, tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe & sweet corn
TC Smith Produce ... string beans, cucumbers, strawberries, Ivanhoe blueberries, zucchini, red potatoes, onions, sharp head cabbage, greens & collards. squash & an abundance of preserved fruits and veggies And from Florida...tomatoes, long green cucumbers, Vidalia onions.
Andria Mocek ... a delightful assortment of crocheted items both whimsical & useful
TJ Designs ... so many craft items, signs, block lights & many more expressions of Teri's ideas
Rodney Jarman ... the pork skins, pork rinds, fried peanuts
Holy Granola ... all natural treat that can be used as a topping for yogurt or ice cream, can be added to
oatmeal, sprinkled on fruit or just eaten by the handful as a snack
Family Craziness ... an eclectic collection of gifts and treats...candies, sugar free caramel balls. homemade biscuits... anything that strikes their fancy during the week.