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Piedmont Farm Tour! Orange, Alamance, and Chatham Counties are home to many of the region's most innovative and diverse small farms that use growing systems ranging from conventional to permaculture to raise the food you eat. This is your chance to connect with the land and the people who provide your food! Pet goats, cows, and horses, ride a Mulch Mobile, see how fuel is "grown" for cars, or learn how cheese is made. Talk to farmers about pest control and organic growing techniques. Buy starters for the home garden and revel in beautiful flowers of professional growers. New this year . . . an old tobacco farm turned vineyard . . . a community garden . . . a 100 member CSA program . . . and more! |
OC Schools Health Expo! 3rd Annual Spring Wine Sale & Shows! Community Non-Profit Day |
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| Local Farmers' Markets Hillsborough Film Series Asheville Bread Festival Hoops to Haiti |
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| Farm Tour Buttons on Sale Piedmont Biofuels |
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| April Wine Dinner Patio Dining |
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| Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials |
Hot Cross Buns Return! |
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There are six new farms on the Piedmont Farm Tour this year and 3 wineries. Get up off the sofa and make a plan to get re-acquainted with the great, local agriculture of North Carolina.| Weekly Produce Specials | |||
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| White Seedless Grapes | $1.99 lb | ||
| Sweet Florida Grapefruit | 79¢ lb | ||
| Fresh Asparagus | $2.59 lb | ||
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Meyer's Beef Rump Roast | $4.29 lb | |
| Rainbow Trout Fillet | $8.99 lb | ||
| Spicy Pecan Trout Fillet |
$9.99 lb. | ||
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| Orange County Schools Health Expo | |||
 Saturday, March 24, 2007Grady A Brown Elementary 10am-2pm The Orange County Schools 4th Annual Health and Fitness Expo entitled "March into Health" is going district wide!!! Please join us for an exciting day of health and fitness classes, raffles, food samples, loads of information on health and fitness, fire trucks, a helicopter and much, much more. |
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| 3rd Annual Spring Wine Sale & Shows | |||
 Weaver Street Market's 3rd Annual Spring Wine SaleMarch 30-April 15 This sale will feature a selection of favorite and fine wines from around the world at discounts up to 44% off regular price! 10% regular case discount applies on top of sale price! This is a "no risk" wine sale - you can taste all these wines at the Wine Shows. Wine Sale Hours Weaver Street Market: Carrboro, 7:30 am - 9 pm M-F, 8 am - 9 pm Sat/Sun, 929-0010 Weaver Street Market: Southern Village, 7 am - 9 pm Daily, 929-2009 Wine Sale Shows: Saturday, March 31, 1 - 5 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Saturday, April 7, 1 - 5 pm at Southern Village Saludos Compay will provide lively, entertaining music while you sip over 40 fine wines from around the world. Tickets are $5 and are available the day of the show. All of the proceeds benefit WSM's Cooperative Community Fund. Enjoy...music, hors d'oeuvres, and your favorite wines at great values! |
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| Community Non-Profit Day | |||
 Sunday, April 1, 10 am - 2 pmon the lawn in Carrboro Every first Sunday of the month, March through November, from 10 am - 2 pm, Weaver Street Market will host nonprofit groups from our community. Space is limited and assigned on a first come basis so we ask that you sign up at least a week in advance and limit the number of times you sign up to three (3) per year. Also, your group must be a 501(c)(3). To apply, please email Kris Brannan at kris.b@weaverstreetmarket.coop or call 919-929-0010 ext 132. Your request will be confirmend by email or phone. Come out and let everyone know what your group is doing in the community! Stop by the Weaver Street Market Carrboro lawn Sunday, April 1 for our Community Non-Profit Day! Local, non-profit groups will have informational tables where you can find out about the good works of our local charitable groups. Come prepared to learn, to donate, and maybe find a group you'd like to volunteer with! |
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 Hooray! The local Farmers' Markets are opening soon!The Saturday Carrboro Farmers' Market opens Saturday, March 24. The Hillsborough Farmers' Market (open all winter on alternate Saturdays) resumes their every Saturday schedule on Saturday, March 31. |
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 Friday, March 30th7:00 pm at the Hillsborough Masonic Lodge (142 West King Street) "STUDENT MEDIA ARTS SCREENING AND EXPO" This screening is part of Hillsborough's "Winter Fridays" and is co-sponsored by the Hillsborough Arts Council, Weaver Street Market, and Sports Endeavors. Tickets are $5.00 at the door; children under 12 are free. This program is appropriate for all ages. There will be information available for local youth media arts programs and a reception with the filmmakers following the screening. For further information or questions, contact andreadegette@earthlink.net. Program: THE NAME ON THE LEASE, by Cary Youth Video Project, 26 mins., 2006 The Name on the Lease is a documentary produced by young teen-agers from the Cary Youth Video Project in the summer of 2006. It sheds light on the issue of homelessness in the Triangle and the experiences of formerly homeless men and women working on goals for a better life. FINDING THE BALANCE, MovieMakers, 20 mins. Free Will and Destiny face off in this touching comedy about a teenage girl, Julie, struggling to find her way. Movie Makers is an organization dedicated to helping children create art through digital film. Kids, ages 6-19, come together to become the writers, actors, directors, cinematographers, and crew to create their very own digital movies. BEST OF SUMMER 2006, The People's Channel, 10 mins. The Peoples Channel is Chapel Hill and Orange County's non-profit community media center and public access television station. The Peoples Channel has been working with local youth since its conception, and this is our 2nd Annual Summer Media Camp. CHRONICLES OF THE ARCTIC, Saturday School of the Arts, 5 mins., 2007 The story of a hungry arctic wolf, his polar bear sidekick, and the unlikely trio (an arctic hare, penguin, and tern) that thwart his desire for "foooooood"! See what the wolf-cam3000 can do to bring science closer to the secret lives of arctic animals. This world premiere by 2nd and 3rd graders as their "magnum opus" from their media literacy curriculum for Saturday School of Media Arts. |
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| Asheville Bread Festival | |||
 Look out, Asheville!Bread Festival this Saturday! This Saturday, March 24, our bread bakers will be coming to work extra early to get bread ready for shipment to Asheville. Asheville?!?! That's right—it's the third annual Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival, and once again, Weaver Street Market will be present, alongside bakeries from all over the state, with a table of goods. The festival is held at Greenlife Grocery and AB Tech Community College. It consists of two parts: from 10 AM to 2 PM, bakeries will be selling their breads at Greenlife Grocery. When you buy a loaf, you can take a ticket for one of the afternoon workshops. Workshop topics this year include desem bread, naturally leavened pastries, classic French brioche, classic French bread, bagels and bialys, exploring whole grain breads, baking in a Dutch oven, pie-making, and the science of bread, with WSM's own Emily Buehler, author of "Bread Science". Special guest instructors include Peter Reinhart and Jeffrey Hamelman. If you plan to go, get there early—the tickets for the workshops go fast! For more information, visit the website below or contact Steve Bardwell at 828 683 2902 or wakerobinfarmbreads@main.nc.us. |
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| Hoops to Haiti | |||
 Spreading Hope with Hoops!Hosted by Julia and Family Health Ministries Saturday, March 24th 5pm-sundown TOWN COMMONS in Carrboro Free!! Live Music by Jimmy Magoo and The Hoop Groove Band, Fire Hooping Performances. Raffle and Silent Auction for prizes donated by local businesses and artists. Come celebrate this local mission to take hoops and donate food to orphanages in Haiti. A fabulous time for the whole family!! |
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