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Durham Farmer’s Market

By kendall ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Last Saturday, Mike and I visited the Durham Farmers Market to see how it’s faring in its new Durham Central Park Pavilion. It was good to see the place so packed. The new digs definitely seem to have attracted more vendors and buyers than I ever remember in its former parking lot location.
Of course, we […]

Vollmer Farms CSA

By kendall ⋅ April 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

On Tuesday, Mike and I picked up our third small share box from
Vollmer Farm. They are certified organic, and partner with some other sustainable (but not necessarily certified) farms to provide additional stuff. Notably, Vollmer is also the only place in North Carolina where you can pick your own organic strawberries. Strawberries generally […]

Piedmont Farm Tour

By rob ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Saturday, we headed out with our friends Kendall and Mike for the Piedmont Farm Tour. There are about 30 farms on the tour and I’m sure it’s impossible to see them all. We started with lunch at the fantastic Fiesta Grill outside Carrboro and decided to cluster our farm tour around the area where […]

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