Holidays at the Market!
Get ready for the holidays!
We’ll have local makers, crafters, and artisans visiting the market, plus our farmer’s market full of fresh seasonal produce, eggs, meat, and much more!
Great gift shopping for locally-made, unique items!
Check out the local vendors that are scheduled to attend each week on our Holidays at the Market Webpage!
Fresh Produce!
For those doing their regular produce shopping, this week you will find OYSTER MUSHROOMS, SWEET POTATOES, CABBAGE, WINTER SQUASH, SPINACH, and MORE! There will also be forest-raised PORK, pasture-raised CHICKEN & EGGS, herbal TEAS & EXTRACTS, natural SOAP & BODY PRODUCTS, handmade WOOD, LEATHER, and FIBER WORK, unique JEWELRY, and MORE!
Check out the full vendor produce list for Saturday along with the recipe-of-the-week for Braised Cabbage!
Announcements:
We are accepting Vendor Applications for 2025!
We will consider vendors in all categories, including vegetables, fruit, meat and poultry, eggs, milk, cheese and other dairy, cut flowers, jams and other preserves, honey, baked goods, prepared foods, body and wellness products or services, and handmade crafts. Vendors must be the producer of all items sold and must be growing or making their products within 100 miles of Pittsboro. You will find more information and our application on our Vendors Page. If you have any questions, please contact our market manager at cmfmmanager@gmail.com.
VENDOR PRODUCE LIST:
Deerhoof Gardens will be at market with fresh oyster mushrooms and a limited supply of shiitake mushrooms! We also have select cold-hardy herbs and native plants: mountain mint, chocolate mint, yarrow and more!
Edge of the World Farm will be there with our herbal extracts, elixirs, creams, salves, body and room sprays, dried herbs and herbal teas including lemongrass great for gifts.
Four Dog Farm will have sweet potatoes, cabbage, spinach, salad turnips, Seminole squash, and possibly collards.
THISTLE DRAW FARM will be there with pastured pork, chicken, and eggs. PASTURED PORK: GLUTEN-FREE SAUSAGES: Bratwurst, Mild Italian Sausage, Hot Italian Sausage, Breakfast Sausage, Chorizo, Smoked Jalapeno Cheddar, Smoked Maple, and more! CUTS: Bone-In Boston Butt Roast, Bone-In Loin Chops, Spare Ribs, Meaty Neck Bones, Salted Fat-Back, Tongue, Liver, and Creamy White Leaf Fat. BACON: Smoked, Uncured Bacon Is Back! Also, Cured Hickory Smoked and Maple Smoked Belly Bacon and Smoked Jowl Bacon. PASTURED CHICKEN: Also on the menu this week is our pasture raised, air chilled chicken Whole Roasters, Leg Quarters, Boneless Skinless Breasts, Tenders, Thighs, Wings, Drumsticks, and our ever-popular Chicken Frames for soups and nutritious bone broth. COLORFUL FARM FRESH FREE-TO-LEAVE EGGS. Follow us @ThistleDrawFarm on Facebook or Instagram for updates, farm news, and a little fun now and then.
Appalachian Aura will be visiting the market for the event with handmade wire-wrapped jewelry.
Cumberland Road Woodturning will be there with wooden bowls and other items turned from wood sourced from fallen, diseased, felled-for-safety or other reasons, or invasive trees like Bradford Pear. All bowls are finished with food-safe walnut oil and beeswax or salad bowl finish.
Lionhearts Homestead will be at market with small batches of handcrafted body butters, sugar scrubs, lip balms, healing salves, and room sprays. We will also be bringing ornaments created with flowers and wood that were harvested and dried over the summer and fall.
North Carolina Crafters will be visiting the market for the event with gnomes, wreaths, spices, table displays, tree displays, and ornaments.
Ric’s Leather and Engraving will be visiting for the event with handmade leather items and limited jewelry items.
Roberta Kraitsik will be visiting for the event with hand-knitted items for all ages!
Toad Hollow Soapery will be at the market with a limited supply of soaps, but have lots of bath soaks, lotion bars, face masks and shave kits, which all make great gifts and stocking stuffers. I’ll also have my laundry detergents and deodorants. Hope to see y’all there and Happy Holidays!