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2500 Church St. in Norfolk
(4 lights South of the Zoo at 26th St.)
757-640-0300 Expanded Summer Hours now in effect: Wed.11 to 9 Thurs & Fri. 11 to 7 Sat. 9 to 5
Sun. 11 to 5 Fresh for your Holiday Weekend! Local Watermelon Rockyhock Canteloupe Special on Local Sweet Corn - 12 ears $3.50 Specials on Local Slicing Tomatoes and Cherry Tomatoes From the "Get Fresh" Cafe Our awesome Smoked Ribs and Chicken From "The Catch" Seafood ORDER TODAY (Thursday) for the 4th of July! #2 Jimmies or clean Sook crabs - $60 a bushel (add $10 & have 'em steamed!) Call Jim at 777-6660 and order NOW! Also fresh Mahi Mahi, Salmon and Bluefish! Enjoy your Holiday - Keep It Local! Help Us Cool the Market! If you have been to the Farm Market on one of these warm muggy days, you may have noticed it's a little uncomfortable. Even if you haven't noticed...we HAVE! We could win $5,000 (for dehumidifiers that would make it considerably more comfortable!!!!) in the "Love Your Farmers Market" online contest, sponsored by Care2.com and LocalHarvest.org. Every vote helps promote local food, family farms and sustainable agriculture. Please help my farmers market win by voting today. The Love Your Farmers Market contest is sponsored by Care2.com and LocalHarvest.org. Vote today and help raise awareness of the importance of local foods, small farms, and community farmers markets in America.
Care2 is the largest and most trusted information and action site for people who care to make a difference in their lives and the world. www.care2.com!
Care2 is partnering with LocalHarvest.org, America's most popular website for finding food grown close to home, to raise awareness of local foods, family farms, and community farmers markets through this fun, summer-long contest.
Do you love your local market in Norfolk? Then go to: www.care2.com/farmersmarket, find your favorite market in the list, and vote. It's that easy, and your farmers market could win $5,000!
You could be a winner, too - every week we'll be picking one voter to win a free organic cotton Care2 tote bag. You can fill it with fresh fruits and veggies at your farmers market!
Such a contest couldn't be more timely. With an ongoing recession, food scares and growing concern over industrial farming practices, we're all searching for ways to reconnect with local, healthy and safe foods for ourselves and our families. More and more, Americans are visiting their local farmers markets to feed their families and support their local farmers.
So what better way to support the small family farmers near Norfolk than by helping your farmers market win $5,000 - vote today!
Spread the word!
Farmers Front & Center! Starting Wednesday, June 17 from 4-7 p.m.
Our Local Farmers have been invited to pull up in front of the market
and sell out of their trucks at no charge. Please stop by and support them! NOTICE! The Snow King New Orleans Tropical Italian Sno Cones opening has been pushed back due to a requirement by the Norfolk Health Department that they take the 3 day Certified Food Service Manager Course......to make sno cones!
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Back Lot Gets Clam Shells
There's a slight odor that we've been assured will fade with a few rain showers... But the great news is there will no longer be puddles or dust clouds. This is the same parking lot covering that Colonial WIlliamsburg uses and it is "Green"! Thanks to our landlady Lana Wolcott!
Glass Doctor will be in this weekend to sharpen your knives!
Peace & Plenty Farm Local Grass-fed meats and fresh eggs!
July
Beets
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cabbage
Cucumbers
Green Beans
Greens/Spinach
Herbs
Onions
Peaches Potatoes
Raspberries
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Get Fresh Cafe Continues to Grow! We did it! Our cafe is now a fully certified kitchen! Look for lots of new items on the menu, dinners to go, the return of our awesome smoked-at-the-market items - whole chickens, BBQ ribs, barbeque sandwiches and smoked fish! Our kitchen has been designed to serve as a teaching kitchen as well - we will soon be scheduling Get Fresh Cooking Classes with! Farm Market participating in FestEvents!
The Farm Market has agreed to participate in 3 of the FestEvents Festivals as a "healthy food alternative." They are the:
Cajun Food Festival July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2; The Acoustic Music Festival Sunday, September 27 and The Town Point Wine Festival October 17 & 18.
I'm not sure that folks who go to these festivals want anything more than a funnel cake and a turkey leg, but we are coming up with some awesome menu ideas! Pray for nice weather and come out and support us!
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Fresh from the Fields:
This week features great variety as the local produce is arriving in abundance. Looking for something special? Call the Market at 640-0300.
Green Beans Flat Beans Butter beans (we're hoping - not sure yet) Basil
Eight Ball Zucchini
Yellow Squash Several varieties of sweet corn
Eggplant
Red & Gold Cherry Tomatoes
Hot & Sweet peppers
Bell Peppers (purple & green)
Cantaloupes
Cucumbers Pickling Cukes
Dark Red Northern Potatoes Kale
Beets
Tomatoes Watermelon (we hope - not yet confirmed)
From S.C.:
Peaches
Blackberries
Farmers delivering this week:
Brights Farm - Va Beach
Griffin Farm - Suffolk
Brown Farm - Suffolk
Drake Farm - Courtland
Harrison Farm - Va Beach
Weeping Radish Organic Farm- N.C.
This Saturday:
Frank, The knife sharpener
every Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bring your knives to be sharpened and have lunch while you wait!Back in the Market
New Frontier Bison Products, Madison, VA Great Grass-fed steaks and burgers! The Catch Seafood now has soft shells and steamed crabs in addition to an excellent variety of fish and shrimp.
Glass Doctor will be in this weekend to sharpen your knives! Peace & Plenty Farm Local Grass-fed meats and fresh eggs!
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