A weeklong celebration of local agriculture will kick off Saturday with the opening of the Sanford Farmer’s Market from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 115 Chatham St. in downtown Sanford.
The market will be open Saturdays until Nov. 9.
But the market is just the start of Ag Week, which is celebrated every year by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension as a way to draw attention to the role agriculture plays in daily life.
After the market kicks off on Saturday, Ag Week continues Monday with “Green Thumbs Up,” a series of workshops on gardening, with topics including composting, microgreens and soil types. Green Thumbs Up runs from 4 to 6 p.m. on April 22 at the Lee County Cooperative Extension, 2420 Tramway Road.
On Tuesday, April 23 the Extension will host three more workshops – “Thrillers, Fillers, and Spillers,” a container design class running from 10 a.m. to noon ($25), “Preserve & Pass Down,” a pressure canning class, from 2 to 4 p.m. ($5), and “Gardening Off the Ground,” a class in raised bed gardening from 6 to 8 p.m. ($25).
On Thursday, April 25, the Extension will hold two pollinator open house events from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. The sessions are $10.
On Friday, April 26, the Extension will hold a second “Preserve & Pass Down” class, this one on boiling water canning. Cost is $5.
Ag Week ends with the second Sanford Farmer’s Market, again from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 115 Chatham St. There will be a backyard chickens Q&A session during the market.
Pre-register for ticketed events here.
Question, is it “IN” the building at 115 Chatham Street? Isn’t that the address for the Sanford/Lee County Planning and Community Development? Why don’t they just have it at the Fair Grounds? I already go to three Farmers Markets right now. I’ve stopped shopping at grocery stores for most of my items. Fuquay-Varina started back up last weekend. Holly Springs opens at 8AM, and they go year-round and have GREAT vendors and then there’s the State Farmers Market, and it’s open seven days a week. I take four coolers in my vehicle, and they are packed when I get home.
It is in the parking lot directly in front of Yarboroughs Ice Cream. It has come along ways since Meredith Farve has taken it over and has a lot of great vendors. They are is process of building a permanent location where Old King Roofing was and plan on opening all year in the future with classes ect being held there. It brings a lot of business to the downtown area which makes it a great location. Check it out Saturday!