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…BEFORE it hits the market or the grocery. We are sharing an article from CIVIL EATS this week that offers a good break down on specific gases and the role of fertilizer use on crops, in order to increase our awareness of what food production on large and smaller scales looks like in relationship to climate change.
Read MoreThis final SUMMER weekend could be the LAST weekend to SMASH your face into some of the best tasting WATERMELONS ever! And if that is not enough, the fruit options include figs, pawpaws and persimmons plus refreshing juices and concentrates to add some zip to your mock cocktails while firing up the grill!
Read MoreLike any artisan product, each maker has their own style and touch that is unique to their talents. With GOAT cheese and GOAT products, how the animal is raised, what it eats are key factors that determine some of the base flavor. Lucky for CFM, we have two of the NC award winning goat cheese producers on hand every week!
Read MoreThere is a LOT of Good Stuff going on in our community and a lot more in the works all over town, including the opening of bridges and roads, yippee! Seriously, some of our longtime environmental and education partners are rocking the good stuff…
Read MoreLet's do some MASSIVE MESSAGING about the many varieties of delicious, beautiful melons and maters that are orange, yellow, green, striped, purple, shades of white and combos of two or more spectrum colors, including red, that are available at farmers markets like Cobblestone and rarely make it to the grocery store!
Read MoreThe HEAT is on and we mean in the PEPPER arena! Once we get to a little kick in the season, it is time to BUST loose in the kitchen and the grill! Cheers to this season of summer!
Read MoreAlong with the crazy, ridiculously scrumptious EDIBLE offerings, there is MORE farm product that shout the season such as FLOWERS/FLEURS, sustainably grown. Did you know that 75% of the flowers sold in the United States (USA) are imported AND that all flowers coming into the USA are fumigated at the border before going through customs? So, what is the answer?
Read MoreDid you know that when you shop at a farmers market, 100% of your food dollar goes directly to the farmer versus 15 cents on the dollar at a retail grocer? Those direct dollars often translate into producers' business growth which means new jobs on the farm, in the bakery, in the winery or the cheese cave!
Read MoreSaturday, sunny cool morning in the 60's with an afternoon high of 85 degrees - mix that with an abundance of edible riches plus music by The Ones Improper to shop by or enjoy the morning sip and snack...market magic!
Read MoreIt is definitely that time of year where the eyes are bigger than the stomach because we want to eat ALL of the fresh food coming off the farms, orchards and inside the bakeries, kitchens and wineries! We think there are TWO great options to over eating...PUTTIN' UP!
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