Last year this time, we visited Rodger Lenhardt of Norm’s Farms in Pittsboro. Norm’s Farms makes a variety of elderberry products in Elizabethtown, NC, using berries grown on the family farm in Missouri. Elderberries are nutrient dense and have medicinal properties. People use them to help with sinus congestion, ease muscle and joint pain, and ward off colds and flu. Rodger gave us each a spoonful of the extract (which is tart) and the syrup (which is delicious). You can find recipes and product information on their website, http://normsfarms.com/.
Norm’s Farms elderberry extract and wellness syrup is on sale this weekend only (August 26-28, 2016) for $9.99 per bottle. Try them in stores: August 27, 3–6 PM in Carrboro, and August 28, 11 AM–2 PM in Hillsborough. Here’s a recipe for elderberry tea using the syrup: https://www.weaverstreetmarket.coop/norms-farms-elderberry-wellness-tea/
Watch our interview with Rodger, below.