Grab your tote bags, put on those sunglasses and get ready because spring equals sunshine, flowers are blooming and trees are regaining their natural green vibrancy. Most importantly, spring means the farmers are hoeing it out to grow crops for market season. Local markets are a very important aspect when promoting and supporting local agriculture, fresh local produce and lowering toxic chemicals and pollution released in our community due to pesticides, people who do not recycle or compost, and littering, which, by the way, is illegal.
Local Markets: Featuring fresh food
People of Pittsboro, wherever you’re headed, you will find a local, sustainable market. Go North of Chatham and you can purchase produce at the Chapel Hill Farmers Market every Saturday at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., April through November. The Eno River Farmers Market, is a year-round market every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Southern Village Farmers Market is every Thursday starting on May 1st until September 18th from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and The Carrboro Farmers Market, which is a year round market, is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wanting to head downtown? Discover the Fearrington Farmers Market, which is held every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., beginning in April until the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The Chatham Mills Farmers Market is on Saturdays, April through October and is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and November through January open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Pittsboro Farmers Market is every Thursday year round from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Pittsboro Produce
Sunday Funday has started back up this month! Every first Sunday starting in March all the way through December, downtown Pittsboro has the Sunday Artisan Fair & Market from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This monthly event is very family-friendly and includes live music, food trucks and crafty vendors selling handmade art, jewelry, textiles, woodwork, soaps, pottery and more. The 25+ vendors set up on West Salisbury St. across from City Tap along with a play area for children and parking lot across from The Pittsboro Roadhouse.
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These local activities create a friendly, communal and loving environment for all community members supporting local farms and businesses. These unique people creating crafts and selling homegrown food in Chatham County are the ones who make our environment healthier and more sustainable.
-By CC Kallam
