Local Pork, Beer, Veggies and Flowers

The fabulous vendors include:

Cane Creek Farm: Eliza blew us away with the beautiful lands (some 500 acres) that she has been running only since July. Each of the 30 sows has two litters per year, resulting in some 400-500 pigs per year. There are also chickens, goats, cows, sheep and ducks. We’re gonna go back for another tour in May!

Coon Rock Farm: More than 20 types of lettuce planted?!? Lettuce, kale, collard greens, onions, garlic and leeks. We gonna U-pick the produce that we need from Coon Rock and bring it back for all of our cooking, baking and eatin needs.

Carolina Brewery: we’re going with the Chapel Hill location, just down the road from UNC.

Custom Light and Sound: this is where we’ll get our speakers, soundboard and turn tables for mixing. Thanks to Jonathan for the references.

Carolina Farm Stewardship Asssocation: It’s a good think that the Farm Stewards Assocation has written the 2007-2008 Carolina Guide to Local and Organic Food. Without it, we would not have known where to get the bluberries for pies, greens for salads or veggies for roasted veggies. Carolina has systems of support for small, sustainable farms and town-country inter-connectedness unlike any other state I’ve been to in all my years. Many of the small farms are formerly tobacco plantations.

Local Harvest (in 27302): a listing of all sorts of produce, farms and farmers. There are farmers markets throughout the week during the growing seasons (typically April thru October or Thanksgiving weekend):
Wednesdays

• Carrboro Farmers Market (3:30-6:30pm)
  
• Hillsborough Farmers Market (4-7pm)

Saturdays

• Durham Farmers Market (8am-noon)
• Hillsborough Farmers Market (8am-noon)
• Saxapahaw Farmers Market (5-8pm)