Every year the Durham Farmer's Market seems to get more popular. When I first started going seven years ago it was inhabited by progressive, food-centric types and a handful of casual shoppers. Now it's quite an affair.
Parents bring lunch and watch their kids run around the lawn, chomping on fresh carrots, tomatoes and breads and chasing enormous bubbles.
Activists hand out flyers. Graduate students offer free coffee and cash in exchange for surveys. Musicians perform in every green space.
New vendors set up shop outside the market pavilion hoping to cash in on the pedestrian traffic. Local sports teams raise money for travel and tournaments. Chefs perform cooking demonstrations and hand out free samples.
Arts and crafts markets line the nearby blocks. Food trucks line nearby Hunt Street, offering everything from breakfast pizza to slow-cooked Italian pork sandwiches.
The market itself now boasts an ATM machine on-site, a weekly donation station and venders that accept SNAP and EBT. It's also extending the Wednesday market through October 9 and holding its 5th annual chef challenge on Saturday, October 5.
The vendors remain consistently awesome, and this is a great time of year to catch both the late summer and early fall crops.
To learn more, check out the official site and get down to Foster Street next Wednesday or Saturday morning.
Parents bring lunch and watch their kids run around the lawn, chomping on fresh carrots, tomatoes and breads and chasing enormous bubbles.
Activists hand out flyers. Graduate students offer free coffee and cash in exchange for surveys. Musicians perform in every green space.
New vendors set up shop outside the market pavilion hoping to cash in on the pedestrian traffic. Local sports teams raise money for travel and tournaments. Chefs perform cooking demonstrations and hand out free samples.
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| Chef Shane Ingram of Four Square |
Arts and crafts markets line the nearby blocks. Food trucks line nearby Hunt Street, offering everything from breakfast pizza to slow-cooked Italian pork sandwiches.
The market itself now boasts an ATM machine on-site, a weekly donation station and venders that accept SNAP and EBT. It's also extending the Wednesday market through October 9 and holding its 5th annual chef challenge on Saturday, October 5.
The vendors remain consistently awesome, and this is a great time of year to catch both the late summer and early fall crops.
To learn more, check out the official site and get down to Foster Street next Wednesday or Saturday morning.
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