ASAP's Weekly Farmers Market Report - May 7, 2021

Fresh at Farmers Markets

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Just in time for Mother’s Day, strawberries are hitting farmers tailgate markets! We've seen them so far from Lee’s One Fortune Farm : [link removed] and Ivy Creek Family Farm : [link removed], but by the time you're reading this many more farms will have them. Find the Lees at the ASAP : [link removed], Black Mountain : [link removed], West Asheville : [link removed], River Arts District : [link removed], and East Asheville : [link removed] markets. Ivy Creek is at the North Asheville : [link removed] and Weaverville : [link removed] markets. Note that North Asheville Tailgate Market is moving to Salvage Station for this Saturday only, due to UNC Asheville’s graduation.
 
A full pint of juicy, ruby red strawberries to eat all by herself might be all your mother figure wants, but if you’re looking for something more, you’ll find lots of options at markets right now. 
 

For the moms who want to be outside, pack a basket with a few simple market snacks (including those strawberries) and head to your favorite picnic spot—even if that’s just the front porch. High Top Bread Company is a new bakery this season selling naturally leavened breads made with local flours, often with unique flavors like lavender or turmeric. Lane in the Woods Farm & Creamery is a new cow’s milk cheesemaker (you may have seen them at markets previously as Homemade in Marshall, selling raw milk). Find both vendors at East Asheville and Weaverville markets. 
 

Maybe your mother figure would rather bring the outdoors in? Locally grown flower bouquets abound at markets. Expect to find peonies, ranunculus, anemones, and snapdragons right now, in single variety or mixed bouquets. Look for flowers from Full Sun Farm : [link removed] at North Asheville and River Arts District markets; Carolina Flowers : [link removed] at ASAP Farmers Market; and Encompass Farm : [link removed] at East Asheville Tailgate Market. 
 

If breakfast in bed is her luxury of choice, pick up coffee and pastries—and, again, those strawberries. You can get croissants from OWL Bakery (North Asheville) and Simple Bread : [link removed] (ASAP and West Asheville markets). Sweetheart Bakery : [link removed] (ASAP and North Asheville markets) has all the cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, scones, coffeecakes, and muffins you could wish for (including gluten-free items). Find locally roasted coffee beans from Notorious Coffee Roasters (ASAP, River Arts District, and Weaverville markets). 
 

In addition to these treats, farmers markets right now are transitioning even more into spring produce. Thatchmore Farm : [link removed] (West Asheville and North Asheville markets) has early cucumbers available this week. You’ll also find carrots, radishes, spinach, beets, turnips, spring onions, green garlic, mushrooms, and lots of salad greens. Meats, including chicken, pork, beef, rabbit, and lamb, as well as farm-fresh eggs, are also available. 
 

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].

May Photo of the Month

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Our May photo of the month comes from Meghan Bosley of Mountain Food Products : [link removed].

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

ASAP on the Air

: [link removed] We slipped in some sad news at the end of our Growing Local episode last week: It was the last one. For the past five years, Jen Nathan Orris has produced Growing Local Radio for ASAP. Working with Jen, we've told hundreds of farm and local food stories. We encourage you to go back and explore the archive : [link removed]. ⁣
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Edible Asheville's spring issue features home gardening : [link removed], healing foodways : [link removed], locally made spices : [link removed], cooking classes : [link removed], and more.

MANNA FoodBank has seen a sharp rise in food insecurity since the start of the pandemic, but food supply chain issues have limited donations. Read more in the Citizen Times. : [link removed]

The $28 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund could have major impact on Asheville food scene, reports WLOS. : [link removed] That includes farmers, many of whom have lost sales to local restaurants during the pandemic.


The release of the 2021 Local Food Guide as well as ASAP's Double SNAP program at farmers markets are both included as part of this week's food news roundup in the Mountain Xpress : [link removed].



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