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Farm-to-Fork Picnic: 2009 Local Food Made Good Youshouldabeenthere. That is, if you like eating creative and fantastic food prepared by passionate local chefs with ingredients grown by equally passionate local farmers. And of course hanging out in the pasture across from the family farm with the opportunity to get a tour of the operations. The event, the second Farm to Fork Picnic was a chance for like-minded foodies and their families to get together and commune with the flesh and spirits that make up a local food system. Of course it was a picnic and it was pretty hot; and there were the grills loaded with pig, lamb, goat, pizza, shrimp, buffalo burgers and more. More |
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 The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), the Orange County Cooperative Extension, and our local Slow Food Triangle group sponsored the picnic, which was held at the Breeze Farm, just a few miles north of Hillsborough. All proceeds from the event will be used to benefit the farmer apprentice programs sponsored by CEFS and the People Learning Agriculture Now for Tomorrow (PLANT) @ Breeze Farm program, a recently developed farm and farmer incubator in Orange County. (Future farmers - you can find an application and more information here.Okay, so back to the picnic. There were really two parts. First, each local farmer (and there were about 30) was paired with a chef who transformed the fruits of their labors into something very special. You would wander around and sample the wares, chat with the farm folks and/or the chefs and move on. Then there was the 'Craft Food' tent which highlighted local food artisans, many not associated with a restaurant. Here you could walk through and sample from the local producers of cheeses, cured meats, breads, pickles, preserves, vinegar, honey, beer, and chocolate, again with a chance to linger and compare notes. Weaver Street Market was well represented at the picnic by both Jim Nixon, our chef at Panzanella, who worked with the folks at Castlemaine Farm, to create a Vegetable Rollatini made with Red Chard, Radicchio, Dandelion, Fennel and goat cheese, and Rob Nichols, who brought Weaver Street's artisan breads to sample in the Craft Tent (you might note that I am also writing this article). Weaver Street Breads (made from locally milled organic flour) were also found surrounding the bison burgers served by Weathervane Restaurant using meat from Orange County's Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm. I could go on, talk about the Tuscan-style Porchetta, the Banh mi sandwich, the cabrito and country ham, the sweet carrot lassi, onion marmalade, strawberry and honey-marshmallow snoballs. But if you were there you'd have your own favorites, and if you weren't, well, you'll just have to sign up next year. |
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| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, June 23 through Monday, June 29. |
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| Organic, Northwest Sweet Cherries |
$3.99 lb |
super low price product of Washington |
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| Organic Packham Pears | $1.29 lb |
product of Argentina |
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| New crop! Organic Red or Russet Potatoes | 5 lb. Bags $3.99 each |
product of Florida |
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USDA Choice, Boneless Petite Sirloin Steaks |
$8.99 lb |
All Natural save $2.00 lb |
| Grady's Breakfast Sausage | locally produced at $3.99 lb |
the WSM Food House save $1.00 lb. |
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| New item! Mahi Mahi Fillets | $7.99 lb |
(previously frozen) super low price, |
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| June Newsletter & CAP Flyer | |||
 The Weaver Street Market print newsletter will no longer be direct mailed. Instead, you will find a link to it here. |
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| Value Recipe | |||
 Turkey Minestrone INGREDIENTS: • 2/3 cup chopped onion • 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil (WSM's special: Bella Famiglia Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 liter sale: $7.99, reg. price $13.99) • 1/2 pound ground Turkey (This week's WSM feature: Plainville Farms all natural dark ground Turkey, 1 lb. pkg., $4.59/ea) • 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 1 teaspoon dried oregano • 1 teaspoon dried basil • 2 (14.5oz) cans Italian stewed tomatoes (This Month's Co-op Advantage Special: Muir Glen's variety of tomatoes in a can, sale: 2/$3.00/14.5oz) • 6 cups chicken broth • 1 medium zucchini, sliced (This week's WSM's Seasonal pick: Local Organic yellow or zucchini squash, $1.79/lb) • 1/2 lb of potatoes (This week's WSM special: Organic new crop red or russet potatoes, 5 lb. Bags, $3.99/ea) • 1 (16oz) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained • 1 1/2 cups cooked elbow macaroni (This Month's Co-op Advantage Special: Bionaturae variety of pastas on sale $1.99/16oz, otherwise on Every Day Low Price for $2.85/ea) • 2 tablespoons cider vinegar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 pinch pepper *** VEGETARIAN OPTION: Substitute chicken with Firm Tofu. (This Month's Co-op Advantage Special: Nasoya Firm/Extra Firm Tofu, on sale: $1.99/14oz reg. $2.59) DIRECTIONS: 1. In a large kettle over medium heat, saute onion in oil until tender, about 4 minutes.2. Add the next five ingredients; cook until meat is no longer pink. 3. Add tomatoes, broth, zucchini and diced potatoes; cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes. 4. Add beans, macaroni, vinegar, salt if desired and pepper; simmer for 3-4 minutes or until heated through. |
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| Sunshine Burgers | |||
 On Sale!No one wants to give up their favorite veggie burger. "My partner likes Boca Burgers!" my officemate replied when I raved about Sunshine Burgers in the office. With Sunshine Burgers on sale this month, I'd been eating them regularly. Unlike most burgers, they're made of sunflower seeds, one of the best whole food sources of Vitamin E, known to reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. The burgers are full of protein, fiber, healthy unsaturated fats, minerals and phytonutrients. They are soy-, dairy-, wheat-, and gluten-free. Then it dawned on me: I eat two veggie burgers per meal, so why not make a double-decker sandwich combining the tastes of Sunshine Burgers and Boca Burgers? It could be an all-natural, vegetarian sort of 'Big Mac,' reaping the benefits of the Sunshine Burger AND the soy-based Boca Burger at once! With locally baked Weaver Street Market hamburger buns and so many delicious toppings to choose from, one sandwich could be an entire meal. Sunshine Burgers in original flavor, barbeque, southwestern, and garden vegetable are sold in the freezer case. Through June they are on sale for $2.99 ($2.79 for original flavor). |
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| After Hours! |
 Every Thursday6:00 - 8:00 pm Weaver Street Market's After Hours on Thursday nights is one of Carrboro's hottest events. Favorite local bands create an intimate musical show in the heart of the crowd and an impromptu dance for kids and adults alike. Relax, watch the sunset, and meet friends...come to After Hours! This year's entire After Hours series will be broadcast live by the friendly folks over at WCOM Community Radio. Tune in to 103.5FM or visit their website for a streaming link! Weaver Street Market is proud to partner with your community radio station to bring After Hours live. June 25: Milagro Saints - Sweet Rugged Folk Music July 2: Southern Routes - A new mix of folk, rock, blues, and country from the South and south of the border July 9: The Tim Smith Band - Original Jamaican-style ska and reggae July 16: Great Big Gone - Pop twang with bluegrass sensibilities July 23: Equinox - Jazz and Pop Standards July 30: Mebanesville - The best roots music from yesteryear to tomorrow! August 6: The Guilty Pleasures - Traditional American music August 13: The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, Folk, & Traditional August 20: JAAFAR - Middle Eastern Jazz August 27: Gravy Boys - American acoustic |
| View more Weaver Street Market events here. |
| Hillsborough Open Mic |
 The Lilac Lounge: Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-MicEvery Thursday 6:30-8:30 pm Friends of the Lilac Lounge visiting during the coming weeks: June 25: Taz Halloween & Stu Cole - Southern-fried bombshell Taz Halloween sultrifying up the Lounge to the point of no return, with Squirrel Nut Zippers' bass supremo Stu Cole. June 26: Last Friday with Red Rover - Lilac Lounge favorites Tim and Susan Wells, David Hughes and Chris Mankoff, helping your Friday night go off with a bang, not a whimper. July 2: New River Rock Skippers and Friends - Local pals hosting the lounge with their old-time charm and numerous houseguests. July 9: Shacktown - Regular Lounge friends of the Vallejo family hosting for the night. Expect wine, Wilco and more wine. July 16: Tad Dreis - Our Carrboro pal Tad brings his capo collection and his hummable hit tunes to sweeten your night. July 23: Doctor Oakroot - Sanford's own Beefheartian blues ubermeister bringing back his homemade cigar box instruments and oblique songwriting talents. Expect free gifts! July 30: Shawn Deena - Soulful and reflective, handcrafted songs from Durham's own Mr. Deena. July 31: Last Friday with Charles Pettee - Scorching bluegrass and euphoria-inducing mandolin playing from returning pal Pettee. Performing slots are limited! Performers should aim to arrive earlier than audience. 6:00 pm is ideal. Arriving after 7:00 pm severely decreases your chance of playing on any given week. This Week Only! We have a pair of tickets to the US1 Country Fiddlers Reunion, which is on Saturday 27th at 7pm in Henderson, NC. Featuring George Hamilton IV, Dwight Moody, Gal Friday Trio, The Moody Brothers and Boo Hanks. You might have missed birthday cake, free cigar box guitars and free Shakori Hills tickets...now's your chance to get a piece of that Lilac Lounge feeling for yourself! |
| Jazz Brunch! |
 Every Sunday11:00 am - 1:00 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Jazz & More Sunday Brunch series presents: June 28: Magnolia Klezmer Band - Romanian, Ukrainian, & Dixieland Klezmer Big Band July 5: Gilbert Neal - Hillsbohemian troubador extraordinaire with eclectic lyrical interests July 12: The Mystery Hillbillies - Honky Tonk & Rockabilly July 19: Club Boheme - String Jazz with Swinging Vocals July 26: The Swang Brothers (formerly Edsel 500) - Traditional Rockabilly, Swing, & Blues August 2: Laura Ridgeway & Friends - Jazz, Swing, Oldies, & Pop August 9: The Hushpuppies - Tasty old-time songs and tunes from the Piedmont of NC August 16: Joe Woodson & the Bean Trees - Americana Music |
| July 4th |
 Get out your red, whites and blues for the Carrboro 4th of July Celebration 2009!A Day of Family Fun & Entertainment Kick Off Event at Weaver Street Market Co-Sponsored with the Town of Carrboro Parks and Recreation 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Start planning your costume now for the Patriotic Costume Contest! Categories: • 1-5 year olds • 6-10 year olds • Family/Group • Bike • Trike/Wagon • Scooter/Other |
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 Free Music on the Green 7 pm every Sunday Bring a chair or a blanket to the green every Sunday this summer for great musical events. Pick up a picnic dinner at Weaver Street Market in Southern Village! Please no pets or glass containers. Friday! June 26 - North Carolina Symphony June 28 - The Ramblers - Legendary NC String Band, $5 admission Friday! July 3, 7 pm, Illusions of the King - Keith Henderson (An Elvis Presley Tribute) $10 admission - Ticket info at www.southernvillage.com | Rain location Christ Church July 5 Andrew Marlin - Singer/Songwriter July 12 Project Mastana - Great Bollywood Sounds July 19 The David DiGiuseppe Trio - Virtuoso Accordion Music |
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| From Discounts to Dividends |
 Coming soon...Sunday, June 28Weaver Street Market will change the way it rewards consumer owners starting at the end of June, replacing the owner and senior discounts at the register with a Patronage Dividend. "Changing from discounts to dividends, along with other changes that our staff is making, will put us back in the black," said Board Chair Dave Rizzo. Like many businesses, Weaver Street Market is going through a difficult financial time. Sales are down 12% in Carrboro and Southern Village, and the co-op is losing $65,000 a month. The change will save $60,000 per month. Patronage dividends are more sustainable than discounts because the co-op returns profits to owners at the end of the year after we have made them. "Weaver Street Market is fortunate to have such loyal co-op owners who support our mission," said Rizzo. "This change ensures that our co-op will continue to provide what we value: local food, vibrant community, and a strong local economy." For information on this change please read the following: Letter to owners from the Board. Brochure about the change. A note from the General Manger, Ruffin Slater. Frequently asked questions. You may also contact the Board by email or the General Manager, Ruffin Slater by email or by calling 919.241.1767 |
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 Special Events: Southern Village Market - Thursdays - 3:30-6:30 pm Every week there will be a drawing for prizes from Market Street Merchants. While you shop look for the box to enter your name for the drawing. The box will be located at a different vendor's booth each week. You don't have to be present to win. This week's prizes are an O2 Fitness Membership ($80 Value) and a $20 Bloom Gift Certificate. Shopping at the Farmers' Market is a great way to get to know the people who grow your food (they not only grow it but they are the ones selling it to you.) Feel free to ask them questions about how they raise their pigs or grow their tomatoes. Come join us every Thursday through August 27 on the Village Green. Rain or shine, we're there. Carrboro Market - Market Moves to the Street on the 4th of July! For the first time since 1997 the Carrboro Market will move from its Town Hall location and position itself in front of the Hall on West Main for a Street-Fair-Style 4th of July Farmers' Market. The Market hours will be shortened, running from 7:00 am - 10:00 am, to allow for the Town's 4th of July festivities to take place on the ball field, the Market's usual site. Shoppers can stop by the information booth during Market hours and register in a drawing to win Market t-shirts and bags. Kids can take a close up look at a fire truck parked near our temporary Market location too. Get your fresh local picnic supplies and kick off the 4th of July in Carrboro by starting your morning on the streets of Carrboro! More details and maps indicating parking options will be available on our website www.carrborofarmersmarket.com. Hillsborough Farmers' Market - At the Hillsborough Farmers Market this week, Bountiful Backyards from Durham will demonstrate how to maintain a home-scale and homeopathic-worm composting system. Vermicompost contains 50% active organic matter, and is one of the best soil amendments people can create on site themselves to minimize outside inputs for your garden. This compost can be used 'as is' or brewed into compost tea to support a robust and living soil food web, support your plants through the dry summer, and fight pests in the garden! Join the Hillsborough Farmers Market on Saturday from 8-noon in the parking lot of The Home Depot, NC86 and I-85, exit 165. |
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 Saturday Mornings with Lewis Tisher8:00 am on the green across from the Lumina in Southern Village T'ai Chi, a 2000 year old martial art, is a sequence of choreographed movements that release the energy known as Chi and moves it through the body to allow healing effects. The many benefits of T'ai Chi include development of coordination and balance, regulation of blood pressure, strengthening of joints, and improved mental focus and calm. Call 929-7048 for more information. |
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 We've planted a seed and it's growing steadily! Now in it's fourth year, the Cooperative Community Fund is a sustainable fund for community donations and is part of a national campaign called, 'Give where you live.' Sponsored by the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation, the fund serves as a means for co-op members and shoppers to make donations to an endowment that donates to local non-profit organizations. Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation directly invests the money raised by individual co-ops across the country in socially responsible funds such as credit unions, locally owned community banks that support cooperatives, the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, and the National Cooperative Bank. This year the fund generated $1500 in interest for Weaver Street Market to disperse to local groups while leaving the principle to grow next year's community seed! Small Grant Opportunity for Local Non-Profits Local groups working on issues relating to: 1) sustainable agriculture and organic food, 2) hunger and malnutrition, 3) environmental protection, or 4) cooperatives are eligible to apply for a grant from Weaver Street Market's Cooperative Community Fund. Eligible organizations must be certified non-profit and be working in Orange, Chatham, or Alamance Counties, NC. Recipients will be chosen by a volunteer committee of worker- and consumer-owners of Weaver Street Market, and will be featured in Weaver Street Market's Annual Report in early October. |
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 Pick-you-own blueberries are just coming into season. Pick your own fruit and put it up with canning supplies from Weaver Street Market.Herndon Hills Farm, Durham - Expects berries to start late June. 919.544.3313 Busy Bee Farm, Pittsboro - Opens July 4th week; Friday to Tuesday, 7Am to dusk, 919.542.5890 ORGANIC****Philoxenia Farm, Cedar Grove (Orange County), 8411 NC Hwy 86 (11 miles north of Hillsborough--look for a roadside sign). Opens July 4th; 7 days a week, daylight hours. 919.923.3137 Faircloth Farm, Chapel Hill (Chatham County) - Expects berries mid-July. 919.967.2131 Canning Supplies at all three WSM locations! JARS PACK OF 12 - 8 OZ : $7.25 PACK OF 12 - 16OZ: $7.99 PACK OF 12 - 32OZ: $9.50 Lids w/bands BOX OF 12 - 8 OZ : $3.49 |
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 National Pollinator Week CelebrationSaturday, June 27, 2009 10:00 am-2:00 pm Chatham Mills/Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro, NC If you like to eat, then you have cause for celebrating pollinators, as at least one-third of the food we eat relies on bees, flies, and other critters to set fruit and seed. Much of our wildlife also relies on pollinators to make the seeds and fruits that they eat. The purpose of National Pollinator Week is to teach pollinator-friendly practices and raise public awareness of the importance of the bees, beetles, butterflies, moths, flies, birds, and bats that are needed to produce 80 percent of our flowering plants and one third of our human food crops. This event is sponsored by Chatham Mills Development Corporation and hosted by Chatham Marketplace. Chatham Marketplace is Pittsboro's locally owned grocery co-op - stop by this week and look for the little bee symbols that identify all the products in the store that depend on pollinators - everything from vegetables and fruits to juice to cooking oils to meat and dairy (forage crops) to coffee and tea and chocolate...when you see the bee symbol you can thank pollinators for making that food possible! Enjoy a pollinator-friendly local lunch at Chatham Marketplace during the program! |
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