For Immediate Release: May 18, 2023
Greensboro, NC, 501 Yanceyville Street Peak season is beginning to be underway at Greensboro’s original historic farmers market. Farm vendors are bringing in local farm fresh produce and staples from a 100 + mile range. The Curb Market features a wide variety of small batch artisan foods, year-round home goods, and handmade crafts. Shoppers can stock up on local goods twice a week now with the opening of “Mid-Week Midway” Wednesday Markets in addition to Saturdays! The public is invited to a season of fun events, fundraisers, and live music.
Summer 2023 Events
Curiosities at the Curb Vintage, Antique & Art Sale
Sunday June 4
11am-Noon, Early Bird $2 admission, includes entry for a box of curiosities ($100 value).
Noon-3pm, Free Admission
Discover vintage, antiques, upcycled art, funky finds and original art! Food truck, ice cream, and coffee bar too!
Blueberry Celebration Day & Fundraiser set for Saturday, June 17
Enjoy hot and delicious blueberry waffle breakfast made by local chef Denzell Berry! Waffle plate is $8 with berry toppings, syrup, and butter. Add optional Neese’s bacon on the side for $2. Breakfast while supplies last 9am to 12 noon. Proceeds benefit Market Fresh Food Security program operations. Plates and reservations for pick-up times are available by pre-order/pre-pay (cash) two weeks before the event at the Market Info Hub. Live music by Becky King.
BLT and Tomato Celebration Day is set for Saturday, July 15 – 8:30am-11am
Don’t miss our annual BLT & Tomato Celebration where guest chef Tracy Furman (owner of former Blue Spoon Cafe & Cooking School, Riva’s Trattoria) will be cooking up mouth-watering BLT sandwiches. The signature sandwich will be decked-out with Neese’s bacon, market-sourced tomatoes, lettuce and mayo on freshly baked artisan bread with a Mt Olive pickle spear & Cheerwine (while supplies last)! $10 per plate. Live music by Colin Cutler. Plates and reservations for pick-up times are available by pre-order/pre-pay (cash) two weeks before the event at the Market Info Hub.
Dog Days of Summer, Saturday August 19 – 8am-Noon
Bring the pups to the Curb Market Lindsay Lot and Lawn area for a PAWsome day of fun! Come meet all the fun pups at the adoption fair. There will be a costume parade, pet product vendors, HOT dogs, COOL cat smoothies, and more! Pet sitting available while you shop inside the Market.
What’s in Season?
Summer Produce Arrivals the Curb Market: A free “What’s In Season” guide is available at the Curb Market. May – June arrivals include strawberries, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, radishes, turnips, swiss chard, kale, carrots, lettuce mixes, spring onions. July – August will see tomatoes, corn, okra, squash, peppers, blueberries, cucumbers, peaches, and melons. As always you can find year-round products such as eggs, dairy, pastured meats, seafood, honey, flowers, mushrooms, baked goods, small batch food items such as spices, sauces, extracts, loose leaf teas and coffee beans, and home goods and crafts such as soaps, candles, woodworkings, pottery, bird seed and much more! Visit us soon and often to experience the bounty of summer.
About the Curb Market
Open year-round, the Curb Market is a crossroads for the community. “As we have been doing continuously for close to 150 years, the Curb Market connects rural and urban communities and supports a tradition of multi-generations of farmers while offering opportunities for emerging food and craft entrepreneurs. We weathered the stock market crash, the recession(s) and most recently COVID, and we continued to pivot to serve the community as an inclusive gathering place and space for all to access fresh food and goods,” notes Executive Director Lee Mortensen.
The Greensboro Farmers Curb Market is operated by GFM, Inc. a 501c-3 non-profit and contracted to operate the Market and related programs on behalf of the City of Greensboro. The market is open Saturdays 7:30am – 12 noon, and Wednesdays 8am – 12 noon. Visit GSOFarmersMarket.Org for information. Media contact: Lee Mortensen, Executive Director, Greensboro Farmers Market, Inc. 336-373-2402, GSOFarmersMarket@gmail.com
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