While locally grown cut flowers for a Valentine’s Day gift may be hard to come by at farmers tailgate markets this time of year, there are plenty of other ways to incorporate local produce into this special holiday! Markets have plenty of colorful produce to coordinate an at-home Valentine’s Day meal, including sweet potatoes, radishes, … Read more
Despite some snow last weekend and colder temperatures, produce vendors still have plenty to offer at farmers markets! Look out for a variety of root crops at markets this week, including carrots, sweet potatoes, radishes, and beets. Try incorporating more local root vegetables into your meals this week with these easy recipes! This carrot and … Read more
This weekend is your last chance to find a local jack-o-lantern or other decorative squash for Halloween! Farmers tailgate markets have plenty of pumpkins, as well as other winter squash varieties like kabocha, butternut, acorn, and jester squash to adorn your home with spooky decor for this weekend’s holiday. You can find winter squash from … Read more
We officially entered fall last week, and what’s a better way to ring in the new season than with delicious seasonal flavors from our local farmers markets! This week, you can welcome the cool temperatures and changing leaves with fall favorites such as apples, pumpkins, ginger, winter squash and more. Pumpkin is a fall essential … Read more
Markets are heating up this week with plenty of new pepper varieties to spice up your cooking! This pepper cornucopia includes shishito, jalapeño, Anaheim, poblano, bell, and sweet peppers. Look for peppers from Sleight Family Farm (West, North, and Asheville City markets), Thatchmore Farm (West and North Asheville markets), Ten Mile Farm (Asheville City Market), … Read more
Farmers markets are becoming more and more colorful each week! This week, plums made their way to market, as well as the very first harvests of corn and peppers. Find plums from Smallholding Farm at East Asheville Tailgate Market, as well as Creasman Farms, which is selling at West Asheville Tailgate Market and Asheville City … Read more
There’s so much new summer produce flooding farmers markets this week, we can hardly keep up! The latest summer delicacy is eggplants! With several farms selling different varieties of the versatile plant, the opportunities for cooking in the weeks to come are endless. Look for an assortment of globe, Asian and fairy tale eggplant varieties … Read more
With farmers markets overflowing with summer produce, local food is the perfect way to celebrate Father’s Day! If you’re planning to spend some time outdoors with the father figure in your life this Sunday, try grilling some local meats and vegetables. New potatoes are flourishing at farmers markets this week, with lots of varieties available. … Read more
Summer is around the corner, and our favorite seasonal squash is starting to make an appearance at farmers markets! Look out for some of the first harvests of zucchini and yellow squash from Full Sun Farm at North Asheville and River Arts District markets and from Velvet Morning Farms, at Asheville City Market. There are … Read more
Get creative with your cooking by using green coriander seeds! Lee’s One Fortune Farm started selling the delicacy this week. Green coriander is essentially unripe coriander seeds produced from overwintered cilantro plants. While not as common as the dried coriander seed you find in the spice aisle, green coriander can lend a unique twist to … Read more