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You'd think all that fresh food getting ripe would be enough reason to turn out at a farmer's market. But they're cramming in sp...

CNN's Susan Hendricks gives a 1-minute report on the advantages of farmers's markets, including economic: And if you haven't got...

Things around food blog world will be quiet next week. I'm taking a little time off. While I'm gone, remember: Most of the farmers m...

A well-meaning person posted a comment on my story about the 7th Street Public Market project claiming the growing season here is over . Sor...

Here's an interesting report on the economic impact of farmers markets (and by extension, the local food movement) just released by the ...

I'm starting to get used to this: By mid-summer every year, several new farmers market set up shop in the middle of the summer season. I...

After missing market day while I was on vacation last, I'm starving for fresh, green food this week. A word of warning: Don't get be...

There's great food all over this state -- but who can do the driving to gather it all? LynnErin Tyler of Charlotte has a new idea to ta...

Having two holidays in a row fall on Saturdays is great for long weekends, but not so great for Saturday morning farmers markets. So some ma...

I took this picture on a snowy morning last winter at the Matthews Community Farmers Market. But I almost got to replay it this Saturday at...

If you're aiming for a local-food menu, here are a few places to check: The Matthews Community Farmers Market holds its last regular-se...

You'd think having the good tomatoes in season would be enough. But no, the local farmers markets have even more incentives to pull you ...

It's bigger than I expected. Cooler, too, in more than one meaning of the word. I stopped by the new Atherton Market at Atherton Mill on...

If you're a farmer's market manager, I need to hear from you. I'm putting together the yearly list we run in May of farmers mark...

New at the Matthews Community Farmers Market : Quail eggs, raised by new vendors Yurii and Irina Korotkov. This Saturday's market also i...

Spring must be getting closer. The SouthEnd Tailgate Market will be back from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the patio at the Common Market, 15...

I'll confess: The only reason I made it to both the Matthews and Charlotte Regional farmers markets in the snow and ice on Saturday was...

From this morning's round of newsletters: Grateful Growers has added dog food, ground from trimmings and organ meats. They promise it...

The first weekend of the Matthews Community Farmers Market's winter hours actually did feel like winter: Cold and drizzly, but still ple...

With the first sunny weekend since mid-September on tap, things are busy in the local food world: -- I have to miss my farmers market run S...