Life (and Eats) on the Farm
The other day at a farmers market, Pfafftown farmer Gary Owen handed me a brochure called Tastes of the Piedmont.
I hadn’t seen this before. The reason, it turns out, is simple: It just came out this spring.
Tim Hambrick, an agent of the N.C.Cooperative Extension Service in Forsyth County, said that the Forsyth office and those of four other counties put together the brochure to help consumers connect with area farmers.
“If people call up asking for a strawberry farm, we can send them that, and it will tell them where all kinds of other farms are, too,” Hambrick said.
Brochure lists 64 places. Some are group farmers markets, like the one Saturdays at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds. Most, though, are individual farms, such as the Hedgecock Strawberry Farm in Kernersville, pictured above.
The other counties included in the brochure are Stokes, Randolph, Guilford and Davidson.
The full-color brochures are free. They’ve been distributed to chambers of commerce and other places, but people also can get one by calling an Extension office. The number in Forsyth is 703-2850.
The brochure also can be viewed or downloaded online at www.co.forsyth.nc.us/CES. It’s a big file, though.
Speaking of farmers market, my column on May 27 will talk about my impressions of the new farmers market at Krankies Coffee. Be sure to look for it in the paper or at www.journalnow.com.
