September 13, 4:30 - 6:30 PM - Saluda Tailgate Market Grab your basket, put on your hat, and head for the west end parking lot to support local growers. Plan your week's menus around summer produce, mushrooms, eggs, chicken, beef, lamb and Wildflour goodies. Find some plants to enhance your own garden. Eat fresh, support local, and enjoy the small town community.
If you have never met Dawn Jordan, interim Agricultural Economic Development Director for Polk County, please stop by her table at the market this week. Dawn started in July as Lynn Sprague's temporary replacement and is enthusiastic about education, local food, local economies, and resilient communities. In a recent conversation she shared these thoughts: "If you are securing and supporting your local food production you are recession-proofing you economy. You cannot loose when you are spending your food dollars in your community. As demand increases production can increase, and that is a win-win for all." Dawn will be selling passes to the farm tour scheduled for Saturday, September 21 in Polk county in conjunction with the ASAP farm tour Saturday and Sunday the 22nd which includes Henderson county farms as well. This tour supports all of our area farmers by education the public about farm practices, the importance of supporting local food efforts, and familiarizing consumers with growers. You can purchase your $25 car pass at the gate from Dawn or one of the new AmeriCorp volunteers.
Information about the restart of Friends of Ag breakfasts scheduled for 7 AM Wednesday, September 18 will also be available. Dawn owns Restoration Farm, run by an onsite farming family and specializing in heritage breed poultry. They also raise dairy cows, beef and a small production garden. Please stop, give her the warm Saluda welcome, and share your passion for locally raised good food.
Saluda Market Vendors this Week:
- Bow Wowzers, natural dog treats
- Buttercup Cottage/Dan's Garden, marinara sauce, sauerkraut, jams, jellies, relish, vegetables, fruit
- Camp Creek Farm, fresh chicken, rainbow trout, lamb, eggs
- Carolina Herbs, herbs, potted perennial and annual flowers, produce, eggs
- Charlene's Garden, a wide variety of vegetables and pork sausage
- Charles Owens, yellow peaches
- Clair Ernst, Bluebird Ridge, Zinnia bouquets
- Deepwoods Mushrooms, shitakes and chanterrelles
- Deerwood Nursery, pork sausage, bratwurst, chicken, eggs
- Emerald Springs, goat cheese, swiss chard
- Frank Ward, plants for your garden, eggs, apples
- Growater Farm, cabbage, beans, squash
- High Valley Farms, vegetable plants, herbs, flowering plants, seasonal produce
- James Taylor, seasonal produce
- Kay Farm, potatoes, onions, beans, cucumbers, melons, bok choi, tomatoes, peppers
- Leap Farm, all kinds of produce
- Living Herbs, herb plants
- Meanwhile Back in Saluda,
Green Olive Citrus Tapenade
Black Olive Rosemary Tapenade (new recipe)
Cheddar Parmesan Garlic Butter
Herb Bread Dip Mixes
Cinnamon Lemon Butter
- Nesbitt Farm, hydroponic lettuces
- Piece O' Cake, brownies, pound cake, sweet treats
- Randy Case, cabbage, beans, beets, corn, cucumbers
- Red Rooster Farm, plants, vegetables, eggs, blueberries
- Rose's Best, jams, jellies, spreads, quiches
- Sacred Mountain Herbals, herbal products for body, home, garden, and pets
- Saucy Susan, Twisted Fork,chutney flavor Green Apple and Lemon Herb Bean Pate' along with pestos
- Sexton Farms, tomatoes, peppers, corn, squash, cabbage, onions, eggs
- The Farm, Mark and Sharon Searcy, heirloom, hybrid, and roma tomatoes, peppers, okra, potatoes, peaches, apples, squash, kale, lettuce, cabbage
- Thunder Ridge, seasonal produce
- Vineyards Edge Dairy, flavored and plain goat cheese and feta
- Wendell Pace, wide variety of seasonal vegetables
- Wildfour Bakery,
Peach Scones with Saluda Market Peaches
Blueberry Breakfast Braids
Space Cowboy Cookies
Vegetable Topped Foccacia
Carolina Apple Bread
Stickies, Crackers, Granola, Pizza Crusts & more
- Yielding Branch, micro greens
Get links for visitor information on the Saluda NC Guide.
