Kent M.
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Small, high-quality market with all local farmers from the Piedmont region. Everyone sells their own produce, or in some cases, adds items from other local farms. Variety includes seasonal fruits and vegetables, goat cheese, grass-fed beef and mushrooms -- one entire booth selling only myriad types of 'shrooms, resembling marine plants.
We bought gluten-free, dairy-free (!) brownies at a truly amazing pastry booth (they had really fine-looking sweet buns, bread and other confections for normal people, too). We sat in the shade on an old picnic table along with a bunch of moms and dads and kids and munched on brownies, enjoying a live performance of traditional Appalachian music, while the kids danced in the clearing. It was cloggin'-type music, but nobody but the chlidren was that energetic, I guess, at 8:30 in the morning. (There's been live music each time we've been there -- may be a regular part of the market scene -- don't know.)
On our way out, we saw a family offering their own egg pasta, another with an impressive array of raw 🍯 honey. And, at a booth that surely sold produce of some kind, but I didn't notice what, there were two coffee tables for sale, made from cross sections of tree stumps.
Both were beautiful, but the smaller one was of "salvaged black walnut", which I stood and stared into, absorbing the rich history in those honey-comb pattern dark rings. It was finished in low, natural gloss, the young man who produced them explaining that it's a relatively new oil-based product -- a truly hand-rubbed look. Craftsmanship is still alive and well in North Carolina, is the growing of gloriously beautiful, nutritious food. Go EARLY for the best selection.