Western Wake Farmers Market: April 2014

Angelina’s Kitchen: Farm-to-Fork restaurant located in Pittsboro, NC. We pride ourselves on using 70% local ingredients from farmers within a 50 mile radius. Come enjoy ready to eat foods using beautiful local ingredients.
Annelore’s German Bakery: Annelore’s German Bakery focuses on making artisan pastries and bread. We specialize in authentic German baked goods that are made in the most traditional way, by hand and from scratch. Annelore uses only natural, pure ingredients. With her family having been in the brewing and hospitality business for almost 350 years Annelore continues her ancestral tradition with delicacies of uncompromising quality, authenticity and uniqueness.
Belle @ the Jones House (formerly Sweet T, a Cakery): Belle @ the Jones House (formerly Sweet T, a Cakery) offers gourmet, artisan cupcakes, cakes and baked goods as well as prepared casseroles, soups and quiches made from scratch using only the finest fresh, local and organic ingredients. We offer an amazing selection of gluten-free and vegan treats. Our creations are not only moist and delicious but beautiful and creative.
Carolina Grits and Co. (guest vendor): Blueberries, pomegrante, persimmons, stone-ground grits, cornmeal and mixes, dry mixes
Cilantro Mediterranean Grill: Cilantro Mediterranean Grill is an independently owned and operated restaurant near RTP serving Mediterranean kabobs, salads and vegetarian dishes made from scratch using the best locally sourced ingredients. Visit us at the market to take our delicious gourmet, ready to eat, entrees and sides home and try our weekly taste testing samples.
Clayton Orchard: Clayton Orchard is a family-owned farm located in Montgomery County. Our primary product is peaches. We also grow plums, watermelons, Muscadine grapes, and various vegetables such as corn, tomatoes, onions, green beans, and potatoes.
Color Fields Farm: Our mission at Color Fields, LLC is to grow and sell fresh, high quality vegetables, herbs and beautiful flowers using only organic growing methods. We believe in supporting our local community by providing the healthiest, freshest produce and flowers possible and by farming in a way that is respectful of the land and our neighbors. We grow vegetables year round and flowers seasonally.
Crude Bitters and Sodas: Crude Bitters & Sodas was started in 2012 with the thought that delicious cocktails and soft drinks could be improved upon. Each bitters and soda flavor is hand-made by human hands utilizing only the finest ingredients and careful attention. Crude Bitters are crafted in small batches from 100% maceration in alcohol, with no glycerin, chemicals or dyes. Crude Sodas are old-fashioned fountain drafts, savored purely on their own or used as cocktail mixers.
DJ’s Berry Patch: DJ's Berry Patch is a pre-picked or pick-your-own Strawberry and Produce Farm. Our Raleigh area strawberry farm is conveniently located just minutes off Highway 64, right off Davis Drive in the town of Apex. DJ's is committed to providing our customers with the freshest and finest varieties of strawberries and other spring and summer produce. The fall brings pumpkins and mums.
Dog Day Farm: Produce farm offering sustainably-grown, chemical-free vegetables; fruits; berries; herbs; flowers; plants, and other farm/garden-related products.
Double T Farm: Non-certified organic farm in Garner, NC offering a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables, including strawberries and melons. CSA offered.
Fickle Creek Farm: Fickle Creek Farm is a diversified, small-scale farm in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Approximately half of the farm’s 215 acres is used to provide farm-fresh, healthy food to our community through careful environmental stewardship, sustainable practices, and humane animal treatment. Vegetables and fruit are naturally grown without synthetic chemical inputs. All livestock is raised without use of antibiotics or hormones. Chickens, ducks, turkeys, and pigs range freely on pesticide-free pastures and woods and are provided with a vegetarian feed that is milled locally. Cows and sheep are raised on pesticide-free pastures. We share our farm with others through farm tours and a farm-stay accommodation.
Fiddlehead Pottery: Fiddlehead Pottery Studio selling functional and decorative pottery for table, home and garden.
Fortnight Brewing Company: New craft brewery just opened in Cary, NC. Our mission is to produce high-quality beer that is approachable and easy to drink. Our offerings are based on traditional English style beers that incorporate both premium UK and American ingredients, producing a beverage unlike any other.
Fox Mushroom Patch: A wide variety of homegrown gourmet mushrooms.
Gertrude’s Garden Gems: We are located in Chatham County. Our main products are flowers and potted herbs, and a few vegetables. We grow many varieties of flowers to cut for bouquets. Our cut flower season starts in late March and goes to Dec.
Gluten Free with Sarah B: Gluten-Free with Sarah B is a product of Sarah Jane's, LLC. Our Mission is to provide a tasty gluten-free option for those who are over the typical grainy, bland tasting gluten-free options in the market today. Offering a variety of gluten-free breads, pastries and desserts.
Godwin Farm and Orchard: Apples, melons and other seasonal produce.
Good Graces Homemade Dog Treats: Specialty homemade dog treats in a variety of flavors.
Great Harvest Bread Co.: We are a whole grain, all-natural bakery. We mill our wheat on site to produce the freshest flour to put into our bread. The bread are made from scratch each day with the finest ingredients. Producer of hand crafted breads and baked goods made from our freshly milled wheat flour, sourced from family owned farms. Our honey is locally produced by Heidi's honey in Winston Salem. Our loaves our hand kneaded and prepared each day. All day old bread is given to ministries or interfaith food shuttle. Our menu includes breads, muffins, cookies, cinnamon rolls and scones. We also make a whole line of made-from-scratch mixes such as cookie mix, brownie mix and pancake mix.
Happy As A Coneflower Farm (winter market only): Large variety of cut flowers, organically grown.
Heavenly Beezzz: We are local beekeepers offering several flavors of local and regional raw unfiltered honey and creamed honey.
Hillsborough Cheese Co.: Hidden in the heart of historically dairy-rich Orange County, NC (on a previous tobacco farm where Cindy West grew up) our small, boutique creamery focuses on the art of cheese-making. Our French-trained chef & cheese-maker, Cindy, handcrafts small batches of many varieties of quality fresh & aged cheeses using goat’s and cow’s milk. Focusing mostly on traditional European-style cheeses, Cindy also experiments with and creates some of her own unique cheese blends tailored to our local community’s tastes.
In Good Heart Farm: In Good Heart Farm offers vegetables, strawberries & flowers of the highest quality and taste in the Triangle from our farm in Clayton, NC. Our mission is to strive for healthier people, community, agriculture and planet by growing and sharing the best tasting food we can. Our farming practices may surpass organic guidelines but we choose not to be certified because we are confident the quality and taste of our produce as well as our direct relationship with you speaks to our commitment to healthy food and holistic agriculture. 2011 will be our second year farming independently as Ben's Produce, though we have been farming with family and friends for many years.
Jones Farm: Pesticide-free fruits and vegetables.
Kalawi Farm: Freshly-picked peaches and homemade peach ice cream.
La Farm Bakery: Artisan bread bakery located in the heart of Cary, North Carolina. We have been open for about 11 years and we use old world methods to preparing breads by hand. We also offer French style pastries and baked goods made fresh every day. We use only unbleached, un-bromated flours in our breads and baked goods, and biodegradable packaging in our cafe.
Liberty Poultry / Fat Radish: Liberty Poultry/Fat Radish is your source for sustainably grown free range/pastured chicken meat, eggs and seasonal produce. Located in Zebulon, NC, this family-owned and operated farm is easily accessible to the triangle region. A GMO-free diet, life on the pasture, and no antibiotics, vaccines, or hormones means you get the highest quality product. We grow both Freedom Ranger and heritage breed birds. We also produce a variety of seasonal vegetables.
Little Flower Art (guest vendor): Little Flower Art sells handmade, hand-crafted pottery, quilted and embroidered gifts, as well as fine art note-cards and prints. It is run by 3 sisters that are the creators/artists.
Little River Ranch: We are a fifth generation farm family that produces high quality meats and ornamentals. Our production philosophy is to meld the best methods from traditional small family farming with the best offerings of modern agricultural science. We have a personal relationship with everything we produce. Pasture-raised Lamb, Pasture-raised Heritage Turkeys, Traditional Pork, Pasture-raised Rabbit, Pond-raised Duck, Fall Chrysanthemums
Locals Seafood: Long-time friends, Ryan Speckman and Lin Peterson started Locals Seafood in 2010 with a cooler full of shrimp and a pick-up truck. Both Fisheries and Wildlife Science majors from NC State University, their love for the coast, the outdoors, and good seafood started early. Locals Seafood is dedicated to delivering the freshest possible seafood from North Carolina fishermen to the Triangle area. They have come a long way from the truck tailgate, and both are dedicated to sharing their knowledge and passion for North Carolina seafood.
Melina’s Fresh Pasta: Using traditional recipes and methods learned in Italy, we produce fresh pasta, ravioli and sauces using locally sourced, and fresh ingredients as well as some special ingredients imported from Italy.
Moretz’s Mountain Orchard: Fresh North Carolina grown apples.
Muddy Dog Roasting Company: Family owned & operated artisan coffee roastery. Purveyors and blenders of specialty tea. Purveyors of specialty foods. We roast our own coffee in an energy efficient coffee roaster. We have a line of blended teas, as well.
Open Door Farm (winter market only): Open Door Farm is located in Cedar Grove, NC. We produce a variety of seasonal produce using non-certified organic practices. During the winter, we will offer microgreens and shoots.
Piedmont Pottery (guest vendor): A wide range of handcrafted functional or decorative pottery and jewelry.
Rabbitpatch: Hand-woven baskets, with all natural dyes. Fourth generation basket weaver.
Redbud Farm, Certified Organic: Redbud Farm, owned and managed by Clay Smith and Nancy Joyner, began in 2009 to grow a wide variety of vegetables and herbs; Redbud is certified organic. It is located on the land where Clay grew up on a family farm that has been owned by the family since 1945. Redbud Farm specializes in vegetables and herbs including heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, eggplant, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, kale, carrots, radish, garlic, ginger, parsley, basil, and cilantro. Clay and Nancy enjoy the direct contact with people at farmers markets and providing individuals and families with organic, local, flavorful, fresh food.
Reedy Fork Organic Farm: Reedy Fork Farm is a certified organic dairy farm located on 600 acres of beautiful farmland in Elon, NC. The farm raises around 100 Holstein and Holstein/Jersey cross cows. A member of Organic Valley Co-op, Reedy Fork farm has been certified organic since 2007. We sell organic animal feed, organic beef, eggs, and organic sunflower and flax oils.
Robin’s Kitchen Lab: RobinMade products are the latest in a line of handcrafted small batch foods by Robin's Kitchen Lab. They are all natural, made with love here in the triangle with local ingredients, and include Worcestershire sauce, gourmet smoked and seasoned salts, and fruit drinking vinegars (shrubs).
Root Down Farm: Root Down Farm is a collaboration between Kathleen Smith and Ben Berry. We are located on 33 acres in northern Orange County. We used ecologically based growing methods to produce high quality vegetables all year long.
Screech Owl Greenhouse: Greenhouse operation of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, hydroponic lettuces, and herbs.
ShellyMac Farm: A 75 acre farm in Northeast Durham county raising laying hens, muscove ducks, Black Angus beef cattle and growing 1.5 acres of vegetables. Animals are all free range and grass fed. Our farm is a converted tobacco farm that we started operating in 2006. We sell farm fresh eggs from free range chickens, seasonal produce, regular and honey sweetened jams and jellies from home grown and local fruits, and made from scratch baked goods.
Smith Angus Farm: We are a family owned and operated cattle and poultry farm located in Snow Camp. We take great pride in being the 4th generation to farm the land. Our Black Angus cattle are pasture raised and fed an all natural grain supplement without any added hormones or unnecessary antibiotics. This ensures a well-marbled, tender cut of beef that makes for exceptional dining from our pasture to your plate.
Smith’s Nursery: Smith's Nursery is a family owned and operated nursery and produce farm operating in Johnston County, North Carolina for over 20 years. We take great pride in growing high quality plants and produce using sustainable farming practices. During the Spring and early Summer, we have an exciting U-Pick Strawberry, Blueberry and Blackberry season. Smith's Nursery grows a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and landscape plants. We deliver fresh, local produce each week to neighborhoods in Wake, Harnett and Johnston County through our Doorstep Market program.
The Farm Fairy: We are, Sandra Sarlinga & Fabian Lujan, Argentinean by birth and North Carolinian by choice and always in love with bringing back ancient skills and give them a new life. We are deeply engaged in infusing to our aged, hard cheeses the flavors of our grandparents’ roots from Spain and Italy.
Two Bridges Farm: Two Bridges Farm, LLC is a small farm north of Louisburg, NC. We pasture raise chickens, for both eggs and meat, Boer meat goats, Muscovy ducks, and a few feeder pigs. Our market offerings include chicken, eggs, pork, and occasionally goat meat and duck meat. Our goal is to develop our farm in harmony with nature. While all of our livestock is raised on pasture, we do offer them supplemental feed also. Our supplemental feed consists of ‘soy free’ sprouted and/or fermented grains and hay. ‘Sustainable’ has been our mantra since we started the farm four years ago. We raise all livestock on pasture, using rotational grazing and mobile housing, and never use herbicides, pesticides, or hormones. Antibiotics are never used as a general practice and are never used as a first course of action if an animal is ill but we will always put the welfare of our livestock first.
Two Chicks Farm: Two Chicks Farm is a small farm located five miles from downtown Hillsborough, NC. Two Chick: Farm's mission is to produce high quality vegetables, herbs, and value added products to sell to the local community. Our vision, at Two Chicks Farm, is to be a sustainable farm growing vegetables and herbs year round; using organic methods and season extension to provide the community with locally produced fresh, fermented or pickled foods year round. Two Chicks Farm is committed to staying small so we can hand tend our products in order to provide the best quality at competitive prices while providing great customer service.
Uncle Bob’s Nuts: Uncle Bob's Nuts is a producers of fresh made roasted nuts, organic peanut butter, nutty salsa, and unique gourmet kettle corns. We use all-natural ingredients in our products and no preservatives. We pride ourselves in the best quality and taste. The way food should be!
Wild Dog Farm: Wild Dog Farm nurtures an ecologically diverse and eclectic mix of sustainably grown fruits and vegetables, rare chickens and ducks, and honeybees and native pollinators. We are committed to sustainable, conservation-based, biological farming and our plants and animals thrive without the use of antibiotics, pesticides, or other chemicals.
What’s Up Cupcake/ILH Designs (guest vendor): Baby onesies with applique designs, lovie/security blankets, blurb cloths, felt ornaments, canvas child designs
Wrenn’s Farm & Nursery: Formerly known as Middlesex Produce Growers, was started by my father (Fletcher Wrenn) in 1867. He started out with greenhouse tomatoes and kept on adding different crops until today we grow 19 different produce crops. We grow and sell only top quality produce. If it does not meet our standards we do not sell it. We eat the crops that we grow, so we use as few pesticides as possible.

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