Upcoming Events
Past Events
Mother's Day Pancake Breakfast
Treat Mom to delicious from scratch pancakes served with tasty from scratch toppings, milk, and juice! While Mom is enjoying her pancakes, why not send the children over to our craft table to make her a gift, or visit our vendors who will have fresh cut flower bouquets, handcrafted aprons, bird houses, wooden bowls, delicious baked goods, bath and beauty products, and of course, all of our local, pesticide/hormone/cruelty free produce, meat, and eggs. Bolin Creek will share their musical talents from 9am-12pm.5 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Fresh Starts, Earth Fair, and Fresh Roots, Oh My!
Plan to spend April 21st, 2012, in downtown Hillsborough! The Eno River Farmers Market is teaming up with Orange County and the Downtown Merchants of Hillsborough to create a day jam packed with special events you don't want to miss. ERFM will kick things off from 8am-12pm with Fresh Starts, our annual event celebrating your garden! Our farmers will bring in plants and starts that you can't find in the local nurseries and green houses, and tell you everything you need to know to get them growing well. We'll have live music and children's activities in the Pavilion, plus our vendors (returning favorites and brand new gems alike) will be providing you with all your favorite produce, meats, baked and prepared foods, and crafts, plus some fun surprises! At 10am, Orange County joins the party with more music, storytelling, snake and bee demonstrations, arts and crafts for the kids, bounce houses, rain barrels, and much more! Stick around for the after party brought to you by the Downtown Merchants and ERFM at 1pm when local chefs take over the Pavilion for Fresh Roots, turning our farmers' produce and meat products into delectable meals.
26 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Pancake Breakfast
Delicious pancakes from real, whole ingredients, tasty toppings, all handmade by our dedicated market vendors for your breakfasting delight! Join us on April 14th for pancakes, music, storytelling, and all your market favorites!33 days and 18:42 hours ago.
PepperFest
Hot Hot Hot! What better time to heat things up? Samples; recipes; roasting, canning and cooking demos. Plus stories, kids games, and music.
278 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Eno River Farmers Market at Hillsborough's Grown Green Panel
304 days and 20:42 hours ago.
TomatoFest
The festival will feature more than 57 varieties of tomatoes in every size, shape and color, all harvested fresh by local farmers.
Varieties include heirlooms such as Cherokee Purple, Arkansas Traveler, and Aunt Ruby's German Green as well as hybrid favorites like Better Boy and Pink Girl.
An assortment of varieties will be available for canning and sauce, as well as slicing and salad tomatoes, and dozens of varieties of cherry tomatoes.
The market will offer a tomato tasting, where customers can sample and compare over a dozen varieties. Each produce vendor will feature a favorite tomato and offer samples, as well as special information about its growing qualities and taste characteristics.
The market will provide recipes, cooking, canning and storage tips for all kinds of tomatoes.
In addition, the market vendors will have their usual abundance of fresh, local vegetables.
306 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Thrill of the Grill
Celebrate the Fourth of July in the great American tradition: On the Grill. We can provide everything you need for your delicious, local, sustainably-raised, char-grilled feast! Recipes, samples, and cooking demos!
320 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Spring Harvest Dinner
The Eno River Farmers' Market is hosting a ticketed evening event at 7:00 pm on Saturday, April 30.
The meal is sourced from our farms, prepared by our vendors, and presented elegantly in the market house. We will have live music from the JazzTones. We are excited to have Shelton Vineyards wine to accompany our dinner. Some of our farmers will be present to host the event and to enjoy the meal with you. Get to know the farmers that grow your food! Tickets go on sale at the market house on April 2 during regular market hours for $60 each. Don't miss this fantastic dinner event!383 days and 07:42 hours ago.
Fresh Starts
The time get your garden going is now! And the Eno River Farmers Market in historic downtown Hillsborough is ready to provide you with all the seedlings, soil amendments, and information that you need to make your garden, beautiful, healthy, productive and environmentally responsible.
On April 16 from 8am to Noon, the market, held at the Public Market House on East Margaret Lane, will celebrate Fresh Starts, featuring seedlings and transplants of vegetables, herbs, and flowers, as well as lots of information about gardening, soil health, and sustainable growing. There will also be chicks, chickens, chicken tractors and coops on display!
397 days and 18:42 hours ago.
SquashFest

The Eno River Farmers Market at the Public Market House in historic downtown Hillsborough will celebrate SquashFest on Saturday, October 17 from 8 am – Noon.
The festival will feature more than a dozen varieties of squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato in every size, shape and color, all harvested by the market’s local farmers. Varieties include Blue Hubbard, Long Island Cheese, Acorn, Butternut and both orange and white sweet potatoes.
Recipes will be provided for soup, main dishes, side dishes and baked goods. Vendors will offer samples of recipes they have prepared.
There will also be activities for children, including a reading of seasonal stories.
Wilton DuBois of Resounding Steel will play the steel drums and lead a steel drum workshop for children. In the workshop, which will be geared towards ages 4-8, Wilton will teach children to play melodies by Beethoven and Mozart.
In addition, the market vendors will have their usual abundance of fresh, local vegetables.
The Eno River Farmers Market offers farm-fresh produce, cheese, meat, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods, and crafts from local growers and producers. It is open to vendors who reside and produce the items they sell within a 60-mile radius of Hillsborough, NC. Vendors must be the original producer of their items.
600 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Hillsborough Harvest Dinner: An Evening at the Eno River Farmers Market

The Eno River Farmers Market in historic downtown Hillsborough will host a dinner at the market house on September 11, 2010. The "Hillsborough Harvest Dinner: An Evening at the Eno River Farmers Market" will feature all locally raised products, and be cooked by market chefs.
Chefs Chris McKinley of Box Carr Farms and Dave Ramirez of Geodesic Gardens will use meat, vegetables, fruit, cheese, and baked goods from Eno River Farmers Market vendors to prepare an elegant, sit-down, farm-to-fork dinner for 60 guests. Tickets cost $40 per person.
The event, which is sponsored by the market and the Orange County Visitors Bureau, is intended to celebrate local farmers and sustainably grown foods.
The dinner will feature pasture raised meats from Fickle Creek Farm and Rogers Cattle Company; lettuce, winter squash, peppers, and tomatoes from Two Chicks Farm, Timberwood Organics, and Geodesic Gardens; a variety of goat and cow milk cheeses from Hillsborough Cheese Company; and dessert prepared by the Queen of Tartes.
Musical entertainment will be provided by the JazzTones, a Hillsborough based jazz ensemble.
Tickets are available at the Eno River Farmers Market on Saturday mornings, and must be purchased in advance.
614 days and 07:42 hours ago.
PepperFest
Hot Hot Hot! What better time to heat things up? Samples; recipes; roasting, canning and cooking demos. Plus stories, kids games, and music.
642 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Thrill of the Grill
Celebrate the Fourth of July in the great American tradition: On the Grill. We can provide everything you need for your delicious, local, sustainably-raised, char-grilled feast! Recipes, samples, and cooking demos!
684 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Slaws, Salads, and Sides Recipe Contest and Cook-Off
The Eno River Farmers Market and the
Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce present the
Slaws, Salads and Sides Cook-off At Hillsborough Hog Day
We''l grow the veggies; You make the sides! We'll taste 'em, judge 'em, give out fabulous prizes, and serve 'em up!
The Eno River Farmers Market is pleased to invite savvy cooks from all over to determine who has the BEST recipe for a SLAW, SALAD or SIDE DISH! Each contestant should make at least four quarts of a homemade, cold, vegetable side dish. Each contestant will make their entry at home and bring it to the Public Market House on June 19th by 10 am. Cook-off volunteers will serve the sides. No booth or other set up is required.
Cost to enter is $6. Contestants will receive $4 in Eno River Farmers Market coupons with entry.
Tasting is open to the public for $4 for four (4) samples. Additional samples can be purchased. In addition to the People's Choice Award (chosen by the public), a panel of judges will select First and Second Place, as well as Best Use of Local Ingredients. Each winner will receive a prize and winners names will be announced in the newspaper.
Click here for more info: Slaws, Salads and Sides
Deadline for entry is June 12, 2010698 days and 16:42 hours ago.
Enchantment Under the Soil
A celebration of the magic that takes place under the soil. Lots of kids activities about composting, bugs, and butterflies. Kids can learn about all the creepy crawly things that make organic gardening possible. For adults there will be composting demonstrations and instructions for butterfly gardening, as well as recipes and cooking demos for cooking with root crops, onions, and potatoes. Click here for more information.
705 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Mothers Day at the Market
Prepare for Mothers Day at the market! We will have beautiful cut flowers, fancy sweet baked goods, chocolate covered strawberries--everything you need to show your mother how much you care!740 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Fresh Starts
The time get your garden going is now! And the Eno River Farmers Market in historic downtown Hillsborough is ready to provide you with all the seedlings, soil amendments, and information that you need to make your garden, beautiful, healthy, productive and environmentally responsible.
On April 17 from 8am to Noon, the market, held at the Public Market House on East Margaret Lane, will celebrate Fresh Starts, featuring seedlings and transplants of vegetables, herbs, and flowers, as well as lots of information about gardening, soil health, and sustainable growing.
761 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Eggstravaganza!
782 days and 16:42 hours ago.
SquashFest
Help us celebrate the season with pumpkin painting, games, stories, recipes, samples, and our Biggest Sweet Potato contest!
943 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Pancakes and Pancake Books
Join us for pancakes made from organic flour and free range eggs. Enjoy readings of classic childrens books about pancakes.
985 days and 18:42 hours ago.
Pancake Breakfast
Join us for blueberry pancakes, made from local pesticide-free blueberries, free-range eggs, and organic flour. Come early and eat hearty. Plus musical entertainment provided by the Percolators!
1013 days and 18:42 hours ago.











