July 10, 2021 Newsletter July Taste of Texas Farm Fresh Produce Nacogdoches Style
| UPDATES!!!! Merci will be serving up for the FREE TASTINGS – Texas Tabouli Caviar made with purple hull peas and Texas Twist Watermelon Tea!! Saturday, July 10th 9AM to Noon 107 Pearl Street We will have a FREE craft for the kids Saturday plus some coloring pages to take home. We actually have several COOL options NOT JUST ONE for them to complete this craft….   Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest!! (For kids… but heck if anyone wants to try… have fun!) We will run it 9AM to 9:30AM 10AM to 10:30AM 11AM to 11:30AM Prizes EVERY HOUR!!!  *********************************** Saturday, July 10th market hours 9AM-noon Local Chef Merci of Merci’s World Cuisine will create dishes made from Texas Farm Produce available at the Nacogdoches Farmers Market this summer. Our July event (July 10th! 9AM to noon) will focus on watermelon and Texas Pink-Eye Purple Hull Peas! Free tastings, recipes, crafts, activities, and information provided. Come taste the bounty of our market… 107 Pearl Street @gotexan #nacogdochesfarmersmarket #gotexan #texaswatermelons #tasteoftexas #texaspinkeyepurplehulls #merci #nacmarket #shoplocal Produce you can expect to find… WATERMELONS, PEACHES, OKRA, CANTALOUPE, TOMATOES, SQUASH, CUCUMBERS, PEPPERS, PEAS, BLACKBERRIES, and more!!! Did you know we host 3 LOCAL meat vendors?? Counter Culture, Pheil’s Half Pint, and Rural Reverie Also look for… Bread, eggs, wine, flowers, popcorn, croissants, jewelry, cookies, spices, honey, salsa, chow chow, goat milk soap, coffee, fried pies, artisan crafts, headache sticks, crochet, jams and jellies, and so much more. SHOP LOCAL at the Nacogdoches Farmers Market. #wethinkitmatters #nac #jerf #farmersmarket 9AM – noon!! 107 Pearl Street Rain or Shine!!!!! View this email in your browser |
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| The Nacogdoches Farmers Market received a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture and GO TEXAN to host three Taste of Texas Farm Fresh Produce events – June 12 during Blueberry Wine Down featured peaches, blueberries, green tomatoes, and summer squash July 10 will feature watermelon and purple hull peas August 21 To Be Announced based on currently available produce Local Chef Merci Niklas of Merci’s World Cuisine will be preparing dishes highlighting locally available Texas Specialty Crops. Free tastings, recipes, and information will be available. 9AM to noon 107 Pearl Street Nacogdoches, Texas July Taste of Texas Farm Fresh Produce Nacogdoches Style Texas Tabouli Caviar made from Purple Hull Peas! and Texadus Twist Watermelon Tea Merci choosing purple hull peas from Millard Farm…  And watermelon from Royce Johnson  Have you had trouble finding a place to park at our busy market? Our customers may also park in front of the police department or in the lot next to Banita Creek Hall. In an effort to better serve our community… the Nacogdoches Farmers Market now accepts SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Bring your card to the Welcome Center and use it to get tokens to be spent at the Nac Farmers Market… then look for the BRIGHT ORANGE signs posted on individual booths announcing that vendor accepts SNAP tokens. There will be flyers and signs helping to explain what items are SNAP eligible.  Farmers Markets are about more than food, more than farmers, more than *buy local*. Farmers markets are about building communities and building relationships. They are about looking each other in the eye. They are about people more than product. Farmers markets help tear down barriers and build relationships. They give a community… heart. Lynn Jones Check out Booth 7B for our welcome booth… We have totes $10 and market gift certificates ($5.00 denominations) for sale, have you wanted to use your credit or debit card at market with a vendor who does not have that capability? Use it at the Welcome Center to purchase gift cards to use instead! And this is now the center for SNAP. |