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🌦Saturdays year-round rain/shine, 8am-12pm
🥬We accept SNAP/WIC
📍St. Andrews Episcopal Church
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Happy Monday Market Friends! You may have seen our signs and market tents as you’re driving down Market St on a Saturday morning; well this is your sign to stop and shop this coming Saturday! We are here every Saturday, rain or shine at the corner of West Market and Kensington, 8am-12pm, 51 weeks of the year. We’re already looking forward to the weekend—let us know what you’re excited to get! by @cornermarketgso

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Happy Tuesday market friends! 🐶💛
Well-behaved and leashed pups are always welcome at The Corner Farmers Market! We love seeing your furry companions enjoying the market with you.
To keep things safe and fun for everyone:
• Please use non-retractable leashes
• Keep your dog close at all times
• Be mindful of vendors, shoppers, and little ones
We reserve the right to ask disruptive dogs to leave so everyone can have a great market experience.
Grab your leash and come see us at the Corner! 🛍️🌽🥕
#CornerFarmersMarket #MarketDay #DogFriendly #HappyTuesday taken in The Corner Farmers Market by @cornermarketgso

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7 months ago

Happy Saturday! It's Market Day so come on down to the 2105 W. Market St, in the parking lot of St. Andrew's. A friendly reminder that parking is prohibited on any part of West Market Street including the medians and sidewalks; we have bountiful parking in our lot, on the surrounding streets and in the parking lot of the Christian Science Church around the corner on Arden Place as well. Rain or shine, we're here from 8am-12pm every Saturday! by @cornermarketgso

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5 months ago

When we say we are a rain or shine market, we mean it! We are here until noon, come to the corner of West Market and Kensington and support your local makers, bakers and farmers! by @cornermarketgso

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As always, we are open tomorrow from 8am-noon!

There's parking all around the market, including at First Christian across Market Street or around the corner in the lot at the Christian Science Church on Arden. Street parking is plentiful, just be respectful of blocking driveways and follow posted parking signs. We also have 35 spots in our market lot, including 3 handicapped spaces for easy access. Spots in the lot are always turning over, so it's definitely worth giving it a shot. 😉

NEVER park on sidewalks or on Market Street for safety reasons! by @cornermarketgso

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Our SNAP matching program is a point of pride for our market. We do not receive any government funding--all our funds come from local grants and people like you. Together we have built the largest program statewide!

The Green for Greens fund matches up to $50 weekly of our customers SNAP budget. The average customer using SNAP comes to us with a budget of just $36 to feed their family for the week. We get to double that and make their dollars go further.

Together we are a community that cares. We have each other's backs. But the Green for Greens fund isn't simply a charity program. We aren't asking our farmers to give away food. The program pays them full price for everything they sell. At the end of the day we write checks to our vendors to reimburse their SNAP tokens. Last year those vendor payouts totalled more than $120,000.

Feeding people is what we do. The more our farmers sell, the more they grow. The extra income from the Green for Greens program works out to be around 10% of our farmer's income. That 10% can be the difference between a farm making it or not. We have 11 farms on our roster that have been farming less than 10 years and are self-supporting with the money they make at the market as their primary income. The Green for Greens program is a way to have their back too. Strong local food systems are a critical piece of our community's future.

Green for Greens makes all of that happen. Please chip in if you can: https://givebutter.com/C6EiCj by @cornermarketgso

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It’s time! We’re here at the corner of West Market Street and Kensington today from 8am to noon. We are a rain or shine operation so come on out and support your local makers, bakers and farmers! Be there or be ◼️ taken in The Corner Farmers Market by @cornermarketgso

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The air is getting crisper, the sweaters are coming out, and the veggies are BEAUTIFUL!

We are seeing more greens and roots on the farm tables. Bok Choi, radish, collards chard and gorgeous lettuces are muscling out tomatoes and peppers, so for this little window of time you can have both! All of our farms grow year round and the Tetris of crop rotation and seasonal planning is quite impressive.

Look at that festive harvest table at the Sun and Soil stand. Welcome October! 🍂 by @cornermarketgso

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10 days ago

Happy Monday Market Friends!

Who's got the best butt? The world may never know. (Read on for the surprising results of our pork butt fundraising competition on Sept 26th!)

Sandy Shelton and Jim Dodson both purchased a pork butt roast from market vendors B&E Farm. They each worked their own special rituals to prepare the meat: marinading, rubbing and cooking the meat. Both offered up their butts for judgement. Throughout the day, generous tasters cast their votes with dollars to help tip the scale toward one of the chefs.

We've been told that Sandy and Jim tend to have a tie score when they play golf. And they tied at the market as well. Each raised exactly $143 in voter dollars.

So who won? We did. All of us. The $286 will go into the market's Green for Greens fund where it will be matched with our customer's SNAP dollars, stretching their food budget to put twice as much food on their family's table. And the $286, matched with $286 in USDA SNAP funds, will all be spent with our farmers and local food businesses. When more of our neighbors are fed and we are helping our farms make ends meet, we sleep better at night. Don't you?

Thank you to both of our chefs and to all of you who voted! by @cornermarketgso

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13 days ago

It’s market day! We’re here until noon at West Market St and Kensington.

This week you'll notice a little shift in our layout. Instead of having a separate kids craft space and music space we will combine both into what we envision as a community space. The space will feature cafe tables, chairs and stools that can accommodate kids activities, music, non-profit groups, etc. We are experimenting with what the community wants, and what we've heard loud and clear is that you want space to sit with a friend for coffee. To let the kids eat their muffin and listen to music. A place where the family can connect with others in the community. We have some exciting plans coming up, and yes, we will still have the annual pumpkin painting on October 31!

Let us know your thoughts on what you'd like to see in the space! by @cornermarketgso

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16 days ago

Pickin' and Grinnin', and Turkey Time!! See you tomorrow morning at The Corner!

Aamal and Vincent picked grapes with a crew of volunteers out at the Guilford County Farm this week. On Saturday the literal fruits of their labors will be on sale with profits going to the Green for Greens SNAP matching fund.

If you missed the pick, it's not too late to support the effort! Be sure to come early on Saturday and load up on fresh picked muscadines! As of this writing, 20 lbs have been picked and will be on the Fruittickler table (but I bet not for long!)

Also, B&E Farm has pasture raised turkeys fed on non-GMO feed available for Thanksgiving. They have raised 26 for this year and they are going fast! With only about 17 remaining, you want to go ahead and place your order.

A $20 deposit is required to reserve a turkey (this is applied to the final cost). Weights range between 10-20 lbs. and cost 8.25/lb. They will be frozen and available for pick up two weeks before Thanksgiving.

To reserve your bird, contact Ben (970) 370.9246 or Elissa (970) 370.9450. by @cornermarketgso

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