Barbee Farms will be back again this year. These carrots were from a previous year’s crop. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net file photo)

Vera Samuels will give cooking demonstrations at the market’s opening day Saturday.

By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net

DAVIDSON – Eight new vendors ranging from food trucks to poultry and vegetable farmers to a scuppernong winemaker will join the Davidson Farmer’s Market for the 2013 spring and summer season. After a winter of twice-monthly tailgate markets, sales shift back to a weekly schedule this Saturday, April 6, from 8am to noon at the market ground next to Davidson Town Hall.

Shoppers will find a slightly revised layout, with the same popular features as past years, including cooking demonstrations (with a new roster of chefs), live local music, and kids’ activities, along with new workshops on gardening and composting. Read the full story

Davidson Farmer’s Market is back again Saturday for the first of three winter tailgate markets during March, including an extra market added at the month’s end. Meanwhile, the dining calendar is busy in March, with wine dinners, beer tastings and live music at Ass Clown Brewery, a Russian food and music festival at Davidson College, and a big two-day St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Galway Hooker. Read on for the details. Read the full story

Tommy Barbee of Barbee Farms talks about his fall tomato crop during the 2010 Know Your Farms farm tour. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Davidson-based Know Your Farms LLC and other local-food promoters will host the fourth annual Charlotte Area Farm Tour the weekend of Sept. 15-16, at 40 area farms, including 13 new stops. The tour runs 1-6 p.m. both days, giving visitors a chance to meet farmers, tour farms, and a learn about where our food comes from. Read the full story

Strawberries at the Davidson Farmer's Market.

DAVIDSON – This Saturday, April 28, Davidson Farmer’s Market will hold its annual Strawberry Shortcake Day from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. – or whenever the shortcakes run out! Read the full story

By CAMILA DOMONOSKE
CorneliusNews.net

Get ready for a packed couple of weekends as we head towards summertime. Pretty soon it will be prime strawberry-picking season and all you local foodies can take advantage of delicious local fruits and vegetables – whether you’re cooking them up at home or enjoying them at area restaurants. Between trips to the Davidson Farmer’s Market and local farm stands, check out Art on the Green (and the Concert on the Green!) this weekend, and Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby parties next weekend. Music, art, mint juleps, and margaritas – for the next few weeks, this area’s got them all. Read the full story

The 2012 Davidson Farmer's Market season begins Saturday, with six new vendors joining returning favorites. (Davidson Farmers Market and CorneliusNews.net file photos)

By KATIE LOVETT
CorneliusNews.net

DAVIDSON - Davidson Farmer’s Market will come out of winter mode and return for its fifth year of full weekly markets this Saturday, April 7, in downtown Davidson. As the new spring/summer season begins, the market will feature favorite veteran vendors and welcome new ones selling everything from gourmet chocolate to cheese to breakfast sandwiches.

The market is open every Saturday 8 a.m. to noon through October on the market ground, off South Main Street next to Davidson Town Hall. This Saturday’s events include chef Vera Samuels, who will be demonstrating how to cook Easter Brunch French Toast and Moroccan Kale Salad. Read the full story

Joanne Weir

TV chef Joanne Weir will be at Davidson College on Wednesday, Feb. 8, for a talk and Mediterranean lunch. Ms. Weir is host of the public television series “Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class” and a new series titled “Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence.”

She’ll be here to meet fans, talk about cuisine, and offer a Mediterranean luncheon she has inspired. The event will continue from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. in Davidson College’s Vail Commons dining hall.

The cost of the luncheon is $9.75. For information call 704-894-2600 or email crmombert@davidson.edu.

Third-grader Hannah Mills won the market's recent poster contest. Here it is!

Davidson Farmers’ Market will kick off a new season of winter tailgate markets this Saturday, Nov. 5, when it hosts a Winter Market Chef Challenge – a sort of local food “Iron chef” competition.

The market also is promoting its winter schedule with a new poster, including an image by the winner of its winter market poster contest. Hannah Mills, a third-grader at Community School of Davidson, took the top prize with her drawing of a colorful owl.

Her winning artwork and other entries are on display for the next few weeks in the rotunda gallery at Davidson Town Hall. Davidson Town Hall is at 216 S. Main St., and is open weekdays during business hours.

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2011 market poster, image by Dione Goyette

2011 summer season begins Saturday next to Town Hall

Davidson Farmer’s Market kicks off its third summer of weekly markets this Saturday, April 9, with a lineup of more than 40 farmers, bakers, cheesemakers, chefs and other vendors from around the area.

Open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, the market has become a weekend destination for residents and visitors. The market has kept a twice-monthly schedule over the winter, and now returns to weekly markets through Thanksgiving.

“Our farmers and vendors have been working hard this winter to plan their offerings to meet the expanding customer demand at the Market,” Market Manager Mary Jane Leach said. Read the full story

Davidson Farmer’s Market will host a pre-holiday market this Saturday, Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon next to Town Hall in downtown Davidson. Also below: Info on New Year’s dinners and other events coming up at area restaurants, and about the Town Board’s vote on urban chickens.
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Tim Groody, Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse

Davidson Farmer’s Market is open again Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon next to Town Hall, and this week’s market features Tim Groody, of Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse as guest chef. The market also will have music and other special events.

Mr. Groody opened Flatiron Kitchen in the Stowe’s Corner building at South and South Main Streets this summer with two partners. He favors local ingredients and plans to search the market Saturday morning for something to cook at his tent. Stop by at 9:30 and 10:30 at the Town Hall end. Read the full story

The 2010 Taste of Charlotte festival comes to downtown Charlotte this weekend, with more than 30 restaurants serving everything from tiramisu and BBQ sliders to “dragon puffs” and reuben bites. Read the full story

“You Don’t Eat Grass – Grow What You Eat!” That’s the title of a free brown-bag lunchtime discussion on Thursday, March 18, at Davidson Town Hall. The event features Christy Shi (founder of Know Your Farms) and Mary Jane Leach (director of the Davidson Farmers Market). They’ll talk about growing food in the home landscape.

It’s at 1 p.m. in the Davidson Town Hall Board Room, 216 S. Main St. The event is one of a series leading up to the town’s first Arbor Day celebration Friday, March 20, on the Village Green. Read more, March 15, 2010, “Greenway tour, local food class and Arbor Day celebration.”