Tailgate markets - Organic Living

New Life Journal, April-May, 2002

BUNCOMBE COUNTY

French Broad Food Coop Saturday Farmers Market, Ashville
What: local organic produce, baked goods, plants, flowers
Where: Parking lot of French Broad Food Coop Biltmore Avenue,
When: Saturdays 8am-1pm--Opening 2002 season April 13
Contact: Mary Dixon 828-622-3647 pete@pex.net

Wednesday Downtown Tailgate Market
What: local organic produce, compost, eggs, herbs, flowers, plants,
smoothies, local chefs will prepare sample foods
Where: Biltmore Avenue, French Broad Food Coop & Bio Wheels parking
lot, across from Laurey's Catering, Asheville
When: Wednesdays 4pm-7pm
Contact: Amy Volz 828-251-5160 amnramon@buncombe.main.nc.us

North Asheville Tailgate Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, plants, flowers,
baked goods, local canned goods
Where: Behind Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company, 675 Merrimon
Avenue, Asheville
When: Saturday 7am-12 Opening April 13, 2002 and Wednesday evening
from 3pm-7pm opening May 9, 2002
Contact: Vanessa Campbell 828-083-1607fullsunfarm@earthlink.net

Fairview Farmers Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, plants, herbs and herbal
products, canned goods, baked goods
Where: On hwy. 14 adjacent to the new Fairview Library in Fairview
When: Saturdays 8am-12 Opening May 18
Contact: Walter Harrill 828-628-9377

Black Mountain Tailgate Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, eggs, herbs, baked goods,
canned goods, plants, flowers, local crafts
Where: TBA
When: Saturdays 8:30am-12
Contact: Elaine Hamil 828-669-5785 hhamil@buncombe.main.nc.us

Warren Wilson College Garden Market
What: certified organic produce, heirloom tomatoes, cut flowers, herbs
Where: WWC campus in Swannanoa, across from the Ogg Administration
Building
When: Tuesdays and Fridays 11am to 1pm. Friday only after the first
week of September
Contact: Donna Price 828-771-3066 dprice@warren-wilson.edu

West End Tailgate Market
What: Local organic and conventional produce, fine crafts, fresh baked
goods, herbs, and cut flowers
Where: Haywood Road in West Asheville between the West End Bakery and
the West End Food Coop
When: Wednesday evening 4pm-7pm Opening May 29
Contact: Missy Huger 828-665-4472 jakesfarm@msn.com

HAYWOOD COUNTY

Waynesville Tailgate Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, flowers, herbs
Where: Badcock Home Furnishings Parking Lot, North Main Street across
from First Presbyterian Church Waynesville
When: Wednesdays and Saturdays 8am-12
Contact: Ron Holster 828-456-3511 dwa@asap-com.com

Canton Tailgate Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, flowers, herbs
Where: parking lot across from Canton Town Hall on Park Street between
Academy and Adams Streets
When: Opening June 15th Tuesdays and Thursdays 8am-12
Contact: Gail Guy 828-648-7925

Maggie Valley
What: local organic and conventional produce
Where: Community Center grounds, in front of Maggie Valley Town
Hall/Police Department on Soco Road
When: Opening June 15, scheduled hours are Fridays 8am-12
Contact: Linda Nash, Director, Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce
828-926-1686 Linda@maggievalley.org

Henderson County

Henderson County Tailgate Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, flowers, herbs, plants,
baked goods, canned goods
(seeking additional vendors of Henderson County foods)
Where: Henderson County Commissioners Building, 100 N. King Street
(between 1st and 2nd Avenue)
When: Saturdays 7am-12
Contact: Pam Hodges 828-692-9888

Madison County

Madison County Farmers Market
What: local organic and conventional produce, herbs, flowers, baked
goods, some crafts, goat cheese, occasional music
Where: on Hwy. 213 at Mars Hill College beside the chapel
When: Saturdays 8am-1pm
Contact: Gail Lunsford/Steve Bardwell 828-683-2902

Transylvania County

Transylvania County Farmers Market
What: Wide variety of locally grown fresh fruits and produce in-season
Where: Corner of East Jordan and South Johnson behind Citizen's
Telephone Company-Brevard
When: 7am-12 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from July through
October
Contact: Barbara Ingram, Eric Caldwell 828-884-3109

Contact for tailgate markets:Charlie Jackson (phone 828-293-3262), Projects Coordinator Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project web site at www.BuyAppalachian.org, e-mail to info@BuyAppalachian.org.