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Harvest Dinner 2013
Join us for our favorite annual event, our Farm to Fork Harvest Dinner! This year's dinner will be created by Chef Aaron Vandemark in delightful Panciuto. Using market meats, veggies, and artisan prepared foods, Chef Vandemark will serve up an elegant meal with the finest, truly local ingredients. Tickets are $80 and may be purchased by calling the restaurant at 919-732-6261. The Harvest Dinner benefits the Eno River Farmers Market, allowing our farmers, bakers, and craftspeople to continue bringing you the best local goods available.29 days and 20:35 hours ago.
Fresh Starts
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Spring Celebration
243 days and 08:35 hours ago.
Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Market
Join us in the Farmers Market Pavilion on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 from 3-6pm, for a special pre-Thanksgiving market designed to help you prepare for your own Thanksgiving dinner!
Many markets in the triangle area are also having special pre-Thanksgiving markets, so check out their hours:
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Fall Fest: November 10th, 2012
Join us in the Farmers Market Pavilion to celebrate Fall! With a bouncy house, fresh popcorn, face painting, stories, games, live music, and more, in addition to our fresh, local produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, and more, you're sure to usher in Fall with good fun, good food, and good community!390 days and 06:35 hours ago.
Fresh Roots Festival
FRESH ROOTS FESTIVAL & FRESH ROOTS FEAST
Hillsborough, NC - The Downtown Merchants of Historic Hillsborough [DTMHH] are pleased to invite you and your family to their Fall Event - Downtown Merchants of Historic Hillsborough’s Fresh Roots Festival [October 20th ] and the Fresh Roots Feast [October 21st].
Saturday, October 20th brings a day-long assortment of activities to enjoy all around Historic Downtown Hillsborough. From The Eno River Farmer’s Market Pavilion, to the West End of Hillsborough, a veritable trail of shopping incentives, The Hand Made Parade, musical entertainment, good eats and numerous other events give you and your family a fantastic reason to be a part of the Fresh Roots Festival. Details of Festival events are at FreshRootsFestivals.org. Here are some highlights:
Spend a literary morning at Eno Gallery as they present “Coffee with the Authors”. John Claude Bemis, Allan Gurganus, Ed and Janet Howle, Elizabeth Matheson, Michael Malone, James Maxey, A.J. Mayhew and Nancy Peacock will see you at Eno Gallery for a special meet and greet. Purple Crow books will be selling books signed by these authors.
Orange County Library will host a Literary Hour, spotlighting local author Jill McCorkle. McCorkle will entertain everyone with readings from her popular books.
The Library and The Eno River Farmer’s Market will also have children’s events. Pinewoods Montessori will sponsor more children’s activities on the South lawn of the Historic Courthouse, while the North lawn of the Historic Courthouse offers music throughout the day.
Music on the Courthouse Lawn begins at Noon to kick-off the pre-parade festivities. The Hand Made Parade begins to march at 2pm and moves from Margaret Lane to Churton Street, traveling north to the Historic Burwell School.
Music on the Courthouse Lawn resumes after the parade and carries everyone into the evening with performances until 10pm. Bring your lawn chairs and settle in for some great bands featuring; Yarn, Sirius B., James Justin & Co., Onward Soldiers, Pierce Edens & the Dirty Work with special guests The Bulltown Strutters.
Stop in the Visitor’s Center and purchase advance sale tickets for the fun “Spirits of Hillsborough” haunted walking tour.
Take the free shuttle bus from downtown to the Shops at Hillsborough Station, where you will find everything from shopping incentives, to a Chili Cook-off, to music and more. The Depot will have a Chili Cook-off from 4 – 6 pm – enter your best recipe and see how your chili rates with the judges! Jim Adams will have a blacksmithing demonstration in the afternoon and the Bulltown Strutters perform from 6-8pm, followed by the Doc Branch Band at 8:30. The Depot also has local breweries on tap, a lovely selection of wines, sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream and coffee.
Buy your tickets for Sunday’s Fresh Roots Feast - a collaborative fund-raiser by local farmers and local chefs. This headliner meal is something to look forward to! Seating is limited to 60. For a complete listing of participating restaurants and farms and for ticket information, go to: FreshRootsFestivals.org. Tickets are only $65 per person. DTMHH forecasts tickets for the Fresh Roots Feast will sell out very quickly.
The Downtown Merchants of Historic Hillsborough are supported in part by a grant from the Hillsborough Tourism Board. The DTMHH is a 501(c)3. Visit the DTMHH website for more information: ShopHillsboroughNC.com411 days and 08:35 hours ago.
THRILL OF THE GRILL: June 30th, 2012
Summer is fully upon us! Our gardens and fields are bursting with ripe produce, the beef, chicken, and pork is plentiful, and tempeh possibilities abound, so it's time to break out the grills and start cooking up some magic! We'll be grilling samples of our vendors' produce, meats, and tempeh down in the Pavilion from 8am-12pm and pairing them with delightful sides and sauces. The Carrborators will be heating up the sound waves with their musical stylings, and you just might get some new ideas for all of your 4th of July entertaining! Don't miss this quintessential celebration of summertime fun!523 days and 08:35 hours ago.
June 9th Pancake Breakfast
Join us in the Pavilion for our monthly Pancake Breakfast! We'll have hot, from scratch pancakes with tasty homemade brown sugar syrup and juice. We'll also have a demo by Duke Chef Derek St. Romain.544 days and 08:35 hours ago.
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.572 days and 08:35 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.
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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!600 days and 08:35 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.
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Eno River Farmers Market at Hillsborough's Grown Green Panel
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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.
873 days and 08:35 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!
887 days and 08:35 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!949 days and 21:35 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!
964 days and 08:35 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.
1167 days and 08:35 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.
1180 days and 21:35 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.
1209 days and 08:35 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!
1251 days and 08:35 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, 20101265 days and 06:35 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.
1272 days and 08:35 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!1307 days and 08:35 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.
1328 days and 08:35 hours ago.
Eggstravaganza!
Farm-fresh, free-range eggs; Egg dyeing; Baby chicks; Chicken coop displays.
1349 days and 06:35 hours ago.
SquashFest
Help us celebrate the season with pumpkin painting, games, stories, recipes, samples, and our Biggest Sweet Potato contest!
1510 days and 08:35 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.
1552 days and 08:35 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!
1580 days and 08:35 hours ago.
