“Fresh Starts” Will Get Your Garden Going at the Eno River Farmers Market

Hillsborough, NC (April 1, 2009) – 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.

Farmers Market Celebrates Eggstravaganza

March 7, 2010

HILLSBOROUGH — In search of that something special for Easter, say a pink egg or a golden baby chick?

Those are among the offerings as spring looms at the Eno River Farmers Market in historic downtown Hillsborough from 10 a.m. to noon March 27.

The market, held at the Public Market House on East Margaret Lane, will celebrate Eggstravaganza, featuring Easter egg dyeing with natural dyes and free range eggs, plus a visit from some tiny golden chicks. Read more…

Craft Beer & Artisanal Cheese

By Julie Johnson

In the shadow of light lagers and processed cheese, craft brewers and specialty cheese makers keep diverse, flavorful styles alive.

An article in the March 2010 issue of All About Beer featuring the Hillsborough Cheese Company run by Cindy and Dorian West.

SHOP FOR THANKSGIVING

Chapel Hill Herald

Martha Gross (above left at car) of Timberwood Organics is looking forward to the winter season for the Eno River Farmers Market. The Thanksgiving Market on Tuesday will give shoppers time to buy local produce and meats for the holiday.

HILLSBOROUGH — The Eno River Farmers Market is gearing up for the holiday season as local shoppers prepare their holiday shopping lists for the Thanksgiving Market, which will take place on from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Customers will be able to fill their holiday tables with vegetables, meat, holiday pies, fresh baked bread and fresh eggs produced by sustainable methods within miles of their homes.

“We will have Brussels sprouts, broccoli, radishes, beets, carrots, lettuce and braising mix,” said Audrey Lin, a partner in Two Chicks Farm, located just 5 miles from downtown Hillsborough. Two Chicks Farm grows all its produce without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. It uses locally adapted varieties of vegetables and a covered hoop-house to protect the crops against the cold. More

Raskin: Biodynamic farming combines spirit, stewardship

By Melanie Raskin
Durham Herald Sun

Cheri, Tea, and Rob Bowers

It’s October and Rob and Cheri Bowers have been planting blueberries, digging sweet potatoes and tending the Southern heirloom apple trees and grape arbors. They’ve also been carefully charting the movement of the moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

The Bowers run Whitted Bowers Farm in Cedar Grove, the only certified biodynamic farm in North Carolina (and, much of the southeast, actually). Biodynamic farming combines the cosmic influences of the sun, moon, planets and stars with stewardship of the Earth to preserve our planet’s vitality and increase people’s connection to their food. More

TomatoFest showcases flavors

Dave Ramirez of Geodesic Gardens, one of the farms involved in the PLANT@Breeze project in northern Orange County, sells heirloom tomatoes during TomatoFest at the Eno River Farmers Market on Saturday, July 25. Ramirez and his wife, Susan, operate the farm.

Photo by Josh Kastrinsky.

Local market news

Eno River market sells to local restaurant

From Staff Reports
Hillsborough chef Aaron Vandermark of Panciutto knows where to find the highest quality ingredients — the Eno River Farmers Market.

By sourcing his ingredients from ERFM, Vandermark said he knows he can find good-quality, pesticide-free produce, picked fresh from local farms by farmers he knows and trusts.

Vandermark shops at the market weekly to supply his ever-changing, seasonal menu.

Market vendors, such as Rob Bowers of Whitted Bowers Farm, said they are also excited about the relationship. Whitted Bowers Farm is an organic, biodynamic farm specializing in heirloom varieties of melons and tomatoes.

Bowers has supplied Panciuto with heirloom tomatoes.

“We love selling to restaurants as they appreciate high quality produce in every respect,” Bowers said.

Read the complete story at: http://www.aconews.com/articles/2009/08/06/noc/news/news7.txt

Town doles out preservation awards

Honor is given to structures that add to historic character of Hillsborough

From Staff Reports

HILLSBOROUGH — The Orange County Public Market House in Hillsborough is one of four structures that has received 2009 Preservation Awards from the Hillsborough Historic District Commission.

Corley Redfoot Zack was the builder of the outbuilding that houses the Eno River Farmers’ Market behind the Orange County Courthouse on East Margaret Lane, which although new preserves Hillsborough’s historic nature.

Homeowners David Neal and Jennifer Weaver were recognized along with Chris and Steve Wachholz of Cabins, Cottages and Bungalows for an addition to a non-contributing house at 323 W. Queen St.

Read the full story at: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/50385.html

Efland farm comes full circle — naturally

Vision of a sustainable food system at fruition

Whitted Bowers Melons: seducing your senses!

by Elizabeth Friend, Contributing Writer
July 22, 2008
Rob Bowers is on a mission to change the way you think about melons. “I’ve been a melon fancier for a very long time,” he explains. “There are so many amazing melons out there but they’re hard to find.” The types of cantaloupes, honeydews, and watermelons usually available in grocery stores are chosen by growers because they ship well and last a long time. Flavor is often an afterthought. Not so for the melons from Whitted Bowers Farms. Rob and his wife Cheri specialize in heirloom varieties that seduce the senses with beautiful colors and a bounty of flavor. He notes, “People try these and feel like they’ve never tasted melon before.” More