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Folks, there are only 14 seats remaining at the biggest, baddest, local foods dinner of the year. This is truly a foodie event, and the proceeds from this fundraiser will support many valuable projects of the Certified Arkansas Farmers' Market in the next year. As you may remember, this is the second year in a row that The Capital Hotel has sponsored this top shelf fundraiser for CAFM. We raised nearly $2,500 last year and hope to grow this amount again this year.
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Hello Locavores,
Just a quick reminder that CAFM Argenta will be loaded with fresh fruits, veggies, eggs, meats, and baked goods this Saturday. We're open from 7:00 a.m. to noon. There's also a brand new local arts and crafts market opening next door. Read on for details.
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| The CAFM Argenta Farmers' Market starts accepting CREDIT, DEBIT, and EBT cards this weekend. (This is a soft beta test, so please be patient with us as we get up to speed.) Here are the basic instructions, and we hope some of you will give it a try so we can train our volunteers on the process.
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| The CAFM weekly online market pickup will be 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the Argenta Farmers' Market (6th & Main, North Little Rock). Volunteers are needed for a short time. Please check in with Nikki Sherman or Market Manager Christian Shuffield if you want to help at the market for an hour or two. Thanks!
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May 8, 2009
Hello Friends of CAFM:
RAIN OR SHINE, WE ARE HAVING THE CAFM ARGENTA FARMERS' MARKET THIS SATURDAY, 7:00 a.m. to noon. HEY, IT's MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND TOO! Tell all your friends how much fun we had in the rain last week, and come on down and let's do it again.
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When: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Where: Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain
Info/Registration: www.uawri.org
Contact: (501) 727-5435
Locally raised and produced food has been called “the new organic”– better tasting, better for the environment, better for local economies and better for your health. Bountiful Arkansas Day is devoted to eating food grown right here in Arkansas.
Activities will include gardening workshops; tomato tastings; tours of the Heritage Farmstead; musical entertainment by Runaway Planet; and a Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures program featuring Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon of Vancouver, authors of The 100-Mile Diet.
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When: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Ashley's at the Capital Hotel, 111 West Markham St.
Tickets: $150 per person
Info/Reservations: (501) 374-7474
If you want fantastic local food prepared by expert chefs for a great cause, this evening is for you. The Farm to Table Dinner is a fundraiser for the Certified Arkansas Farmers' Market. Guest chefs prepare dishes inspired by the wealth of our Arkansas soil. Each chef will use as many Arkansas ingredients as possible. The dinner includes six courses with wine pairings.
This year's guest chefs are Donnie Ferneau (Ferneau), Greg Loyd (Ciao Baci) and Kelly English (Restaurant Iris in Memphis, one of Food and Wine magazine's Best New Chefs). Guest farmers include Jody Hardin, Sue and Rusty Nuffer, and P. Allen Smith.
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Hello friends of CAFM Argenta,
Just a quick reminder that we are now OPEN on Tuesdays, and have farmers waiting to see you this morning. There are lots of strawberries, plants, coffee, pasta, lettuce, onions, broccoli, and a few potatoes, garden plants and more. We are at the 500 block of Main Street in downtown North Little Rock. Please stop in if you can; we will be here until about 11:30 a.m. THANKS for your continued support of local farmers!
Jody Hardin
Certified Arkansas Farmers Market
North Little Rock, AR
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The CAFM Online Market is now OPEN! You have until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 to place your order. Pickup is on Saturday, May 9, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the CAFM Argenta Farmers' Market, 520 Main Street in North Little Rock. We plan to operate each week until late fall. Visit www.cafm.locallygrown.net for all the details.
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A new brochure for the Foodshed Farm All Arkansas Basket-A-Month program has been posted at www.ArkansasFood.net/bam.php. Please share it with anyone you think would be interested in learning about our community supported agriculture program. If you would like a hard copy, e-mail csalittlerock@yahoo.com.
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