ASAP's Weekly Farmers Market Report - April 23, 2021

Fresh at Farmers Markets

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Early-season plant starts, like snow peas, leafy greens, and cabbage are giving way to summer vegetables and herbs, including cucumbers, summer squash, tomatoes, and peppers. Farmers tailgate markets, in addition to offering plenty of ready-to-eat produce, are also a great resource for plant starts and gardening advice. Most of these frost-sensitive types should wait to go into the ground until temperatures won’t dip below freezing. (After Mother’s Day is the traditional guideline.) But you can choose and gather your starts now!

 

The AppaLatin Farmstead : [link removed] will have a wide variety of tomato and pepper starts this week at East Asheville Tailgate Market : [link removed] and Weaverville Tailgate Market : [link removed]. AppaLatin specializes in heirloom peppers from Cuba and other Latin countries, including the Aji Amarillo, a bright yellow-orange variety that balances heat with fruity flavor. The pepper is iconic in Peruvian cooking. Later in the season, AppaLatin will also offer Aji Amarillo paste, perfect for replicating Peruvian dishes or adding zing to anything else you might be cooking.
 

If you’re on the hunt for other hard-to-find Latin ingredients, you’ll be excited to discover that Finally Farm : [link removed] has epazote starts. This herb, native to Central America, can be an acquired taste. It’s often described as a combination of oregano, mint, anise, citrus, mustard greens, pine—and even turpentine or creosote! Cooking mellows it out considerably. Add it to bean dishes, quesadillas, soups, and more. Find epazote and many more herb, vegetable, and flower starts from Finally Farm at ASAP Farmers Market : [link removed] and River Arts District Farmers Market : [link removed].
 

Pick up other vegetable starts from Full Sun Farm : [link removed], which has cucumbers, zucchini, zephyr squash, and basil available for preorder for May 1 and 5 at North Asheville Tailgate Market : [link removed] or River Arts District Farmers Market; B&L Organic : [link removed] at West Asheville Tailgate Market : [link removed] and North Asheville Tailgate Market; Ivy Creek Family Farm : [link removed] at North Asheville Tailgate Market and, starting this week, Weaverville Tailgate Market; and Hogback Ridge Herb Farm at North Asheville Tailgate Market.
 

In addition to plants, markets have plenty of dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, collards, and broccoli raab; salad greens and head lettuce; root veggies like carrots, beets, turnips, and radishes; spring alliums like leeks and spring onions; mushrooms, and more. In addition to produce, market vendors have a wide variety of meat, fish, cheese, bread, rice, prepared foods, fermented products, baked treats, and beverages.
 

There are more than 100 farmers tailgate markets throughout the Appalachian Grown region. Find them, as well as farms and other local food businesses, in ASAP’s online Local Food Guide : [link removed].

Local Food Guides Are Here!

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The 2021 Local Food Guide, ASAP’s annual free publication for finding local food and farms, is out now! Look for it at farmers markets, visitors centers, libraries, grocery stores, restaurants, and other local businesses. Copies are also available to pick up at ASAP’s office : [link removed], which is open Monday to Thursday, noon to 4 p.m. View a digital version of the print Guide here. : [link removed]
 
The Guide offers hundreds of listings for farms, farmers markets, restaurants, groceries, artisan producers, and travel destinations. There are also charts for finding farms offering u-pick, farm stands, lodging, visitor activities, and CSAs. Stories in this year’s Guide feature The AppaLatin Farmstead : [link removed], Colfax Creek Farm : [link removed], Headwaters Market Garden : [link removed], Kituwah Farm, New Roots Market Garden : [link removed], and TK Family Farm : [link removed]. The cover image, taken by Claudia Laffin, pictures squash blossoms at Terra Lingua Growers : [link removed].

Connect with Us

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ASAP's mission is to help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.

Upcoming Events

4/5-4/25
21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge : [link removed]
 

4/24
Farm To Forest 5K : [link removed]
 

4/25
Spring Plant Sale : [link removed]
 

4/27-5/1
8th Georgia Farm to School and Early Care and Education Summit : [link removed]

5/1-5/2
Asheville Herb Festival : [link removed] 


5/3 & 5/10
Summer Organic Gardening Series : [link removed]
 

5/4
Taxes for Farms : [link removed]

5/6
Sierra Club: Solarize Asheville-Buncombe : [link removed] 


Find more upcoming events (or post your own) at fromhere.org : [link removed].

ASAP on the Air

: [link removed] Farm stands throughout Western North Carolina are opening up for the season and farmers can’t wait to welcome folks back. Hear about the roadside stands at Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview and SMM Farms in Hayesville in this episode of Growing Local. : [link removed]


You can listen to all Growing Local episodes on SoundCloud : [link removed], iTunes : [link removed], or on ASAP's website : [link removed] &  Farm News

Chow Chow, the culinary event : [link removed] launched in 2019, will reset for its 2021 iteration, reports Asheville Citizen Times. The event includes several farm dinners, a focus on CSAs, and a farmers market cooking demo. 



Farmers markets in Henderson County are getting ready to open, reports WLOS : [link removed], Blue Ridge Now : [link removed], and Hendersonville Lightning : [link removed].



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