Meet the Vendors
A little bit about who we are, what we do, and why we appear every Wednesday afternoon, rain or shine.
Angel Ridge Farm • Auntie M’s Pie Co. • Bee Tree Farm • Appleberry Cove Farm • Susan Christian • Dillingham Family Farm • Natural Handcrafted Soaps • Fork Mountain Farm • The Herban Baker • High Country Nursery • Highgate Farm • The High Fiber •Long Valley Farm • Mackey Farms • Sunset Valley Farm • Three Graces Dairy • Ivy Creek Family Farm • Cape Fear Seafood • Ardfield Farm • Scribbles, the Clown •
Smoke Signals Baking • PlanIt Organic Cafe
Angel Ridge Farm
In operation since 1997, Angel Ridge Farm is located in the Beech Glen area of Mars Hill, NC. We offer a rainbow of vegetables, including beans, winter and summer squash, eggplant, and more varieties of tomatoes than you knew existed. All produce is grown without use of petrochemical-derived fertilizers or pesticides. On the furry side, Angel Ridge raises pygmy and pygora goats, and offers handspun yarns and other fiber products throughout the year. Spinning and knitting lessons are also available. Contact Angel Ridge Farm at info@angelridgefarm.com or www.angelridgefarm.com
Auntie M’s Pie Co.
Owner Trudy Cottone has thirty years experience in the restaurant business. In the pie business since 2007, Trudy finds she enjoys baking the most, finding the rhythm of a bakery relaxing. Her hand-made pies have an all-butter crust and use only fresh ingredients, never frozen, and are made with free-range local eggs. The natural juices of the fruit are used to help flavor the fruit pies, resulting in a pie that is not as sweet as most bakery pies, and which allows the taste of the fruit to really shine. Auntie M’s also offers savory pies (quiches), crustless pies, cobblers, and gluten- and sugar-free pies (by special order).
Bee Tree Farm – Ron Gagliano, Managing Director
Bee Tree Farm and Vineyard is located in Madison County, NC. We specialize in a variety of pestos, ranging from traditional Italian pine-nut/basil pesto to specialty pestos made from our own spring greens. We also offer Italian tomato sauces, preserves, cobblers and dessert breads. Our herbs, vegetables and fruits have been grown without use of petrochemical derivatives for over 15 years. You can visit Bee Tree Farm during ASAP’s annual farm tour. www.beetreefarm.wordpress.com
Appleberry Cove Farm
Appleberry Cove Farm is owned and operated by the Mickey Family. We are located at the northern end of Madison County near Big Bald Mountain and the Wolf Laurel/Wolf Ridge Resort areas at an elevation of over 4000 ft. We harvest most of our fruits, berries, wild edibles, herbs, flowers, and planted vegetables from the woods, hills, and vales that make up our 18 acre mountain farm. The fresh colorful eggs are produced by a variety of heavy breed chickens that roam around the farm and pastures with our small milking herd of La Mancha and Nubian dairy goats. Our dairy herd is USDA certified and accredited as a disease free herd. We are also a NCDA registered pet food distributor of 100% pure goat milk which is available in one quart and one gallon sized containers. In addition, we offer a fabulous assortment of handmade confections: crunchy candies, brittles, lollipops, and a lovely variety of rich delicious chocolate fudges and truffles that are made with natural ingredients such as goat milk, cheese, berries and nuts from many local sources. New products from the goat that are under development for 2012 are cheeses from a local dairy that we season and craft in our own special way to make them unique and delicious and our very own handmade natural goat milk & honey and oatmeal based soaps for many different skin types –these soaps are slightly scented at most and are made with “good for your skin” ingredients. Please come visit us at the market or on our website at www.appleberrycove.faithweb.com . If your family would like to visit us at the farm then please e-mail Sue at abcfarmandschool@juno.com or call (828) 689-4812.
Susan Christian, Wilds Branch Nursery
After three years here in the mountains and loving every minute, Wilds Branch Nursery is growing like crazy this year. With perennials popping up, vegetable starts growing, anticipating the wonderful fragrance of herbs… Wilds Branch Nursery is ready for market. Let us know if there is a particular plant you are looking forward. We are preparing lots of information on native planting as well as companion plants.
Susan is also an accomplished quilter and has some beautiful quilts available.
Contact her at schristian154@gmail.com for information or with questions.
Dillingham Family Farm
Photo credit: ASAP
Dillingham Family Farm is an 8th-generation farm in Barnardsville, NC. Our family of six works the land to provide fresh produce, specializing in heirloom tomatoes and seedless table grapes. We have recently expanded to raise pastured lamb, grass-fed beef, broiler hens, fresh eggs, and heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving, as well as grass- and grain-fed pork, and rabbit fryers. We also manage a family vineyard in Weaverville where we grow three acres of wine grapes for the Biltmore Estate Winery.828-626-2624 or dillinghamx6@tds.net
Natural Handcrafted Soaps
Maria's handmade soaps
Natural Handcrafted Soaps and Spa Products is a family owned and operated small business. A division of Weaverville Enterprises in North Buncombe County, NC. Our mission statement is to provide to the local community with Soaps and Spa Products made with the most possible natural ingredients that are safe to use on our bodies. Our rich veggie soaps (100% free animal cruelty) are made from scratch and individually crafted with care with natural ingredients. Essential Oils, Fragance Blends and well known natural based moisturizing oils are used in our Soaps and Spa Products. Combined with herbs and natural colorants from different parts of plants, our Natural Products are the best alternative to those who appreciate and enjoy the freshness of nature on a safe way. We always change formulas to improve the quality of our work. Looking for the best choices according to the season.
Beside using local sustainable ingredients we import sacred herbs from the Spiritual Lands of Latin America to make “special soaps”, home made incense and “holy incense” used it for centuries in remote temples of Latin America and the Caribbean region.
Our Aromatherapy and Spa products are made with selected finest ingredients to ensure their quality. We combine the luxury and the natural to pamper the skin and senses.
Please visit us at The Weaverville Tailgate Market Wednesday 2:00p to 6:30p and Mars Hill Tailgate Market 9:00p to 1:00p
Contact us at 828-645-9965 or naturalhandcraftedsoaps@yahoo.com or www.naturalhandcraftedsoaps.net or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/naturalhandcraftedsoaps
Fork Mountain Farm
Fork Mountain Farm
A Certified Organic farm located in the Big Pine Valley community of Madison County, Fork Mountain Farm has been growing for markets since 2006. We enjoy growing Italian and French heirloom varieties of many market favorites, like beans, tomatoes, squash, and peppers. We also offer less-common veggies, such as bulb fennel, Romano and Fava beans, and Japanese turnips. The early season brings assorted salad and culinary greens, and assorted berries brighten the summer months.tcharles@hughes.net
The Herban Baker
The Herban Baker
Kim Schreiner is an aspiring baker in Asheville. She has always had a passion for baking old-fashioned breads and sweets. After the birth of her daughter Iris, she started baking her delicious classics with a healthy twist, with an emphasis on organic and local ingredients, including NC-milled organic flour from Lindley Mills. Specialty products include gluten-free and vegan items. Kim believes that healthy eating can be not only good for you, but a delight for the senses as well! theherbanbaker@hotmail.com
High Country Nursery
Located in Fairview, NC, High Country Nursery specializes in fine and unusual landscape plants since 1998. We offer uncommon specimen trees, including many distinctive conifer cultivars and over two dozen varieties of Japanese maples. Our focus is on container-grown trees, and all plants offered are suitable for our local climate. Our lovely selection of bonsai includes dwarf pomegranates and desert rose. Contact us at 828-779-1981 or
wnchighcountry@gmail.com or www.japmaple.com
Highgate Farm
Highgate Farm is a small farm located in the Walnut Mountains of Madison County, operating since 2008. We are Certified Naturally Grown, following the principles of natural and organic production to improve our soil and raise our crops and livestock. We focus our efforts on extended-season mixed produce, including a large selection of greens, root crops, onions, garlic and fresh culinary herbs. We also raise specialty products: gourmet dried tomatoes, berries, eggs, and mushrooms.
The High Fiber
High Fiber
The High Fiber is owned and operated by Daphne Cohan, a resident of Weaverville. She shares her home with three energetic children and her food-crafting husband, Ed. She crafts products inspired by balancing convenience and the commitment to live a simpler, more responsible, and less wasteful life. You will regularly find reusable snack bags and produce bags, hand printed cloth napkins, kitchen towels, table linens, and market totes. In addition to sewing, knitting, and printing, she enjoys gardening and growing food for her family, and you will likely see that love displayed in many of her items.
www.thehighfiberco.etsy.com
thehighfiberco@gmail.com
Long Valley Farm
Zeke and Courtney Filiss grow a variety of heirloom vegetables, fruits and cut flowers without the use of petrochemical fertilizers or pesticides. The farm is located in Madison County about 3 miles from the NC/TN line. Both Zeke and Courtney have been gardening since childhood, and have been selling at local tailgate markets for the last six years. Long Valley offers the typical market variety of spring and summer favorites, and bountiful bouquets, with the unique addition of fresh watercress. Enjoy their products through CSA, tailgate markets, local specialty stores and area restaurants.longvalleyfarm@frontier.com
Mackey Farms
Mackey Farm
A family farm in Madison County, proudly producing several varieties of hydroponic lettuce, available year-round. We also grow cabbages and other greens, sweet corn, sorghum cane, and mushrooms. Farm-fresh eggs and free range poultry and pork are also available. New this year, we will have rabbits by mid-summer. Stop by and see us at the market and try our home-cooked pork barbecue, you’ll be glad you did! Contact us at lettuceman2@yahoo.com or 828-712-6225
Sunset Valley Farm
Photo credit: ASAP
We are a small five generation farm specializing in gourmet canned goods made with local organic fruits and vegetables from old family recipes and a few new twists of our own. We produce over thirty kinds of jams, marmalades and butters including a line of “Jams with a Kick” featuring a variety of hot jams sure to tickle your taste buds. Our line of herb blends, rubs and vinegars will spice up any dish and our variety of salsas are a treat for the tongue. We welcome farm visits but by appointment only please. 828-680-9890
Three Graces Dairy
In antiquity the Three Graces brought beauty, mirth and hospitality to the Gods…Our Three Graces – the goat, the sheep and the cow give us the exquisite milks that are the source and inspiration for our French-style cheeses. Ferguson Farm is an historic farm located in the Shelton Laurel area of Western North Carolina. We offer “farmstead” cheeses, meaning all our products are made with milk from our own animals, on the farm where the animals are raised. All of our “farm pets” are generously provided a diet of healthful grain, supplements and free-range pastures managed without the use of herbicides or pesticides. Our farm is a small scale multi-tasking environment employing local people who share with us their knowledge of the community and their wisdom in all things land and animal. www.threegracesdairy.com
Ivy Creek Family Farm
Photo credit: ASAP
Located along the North Fork of the Ivy River in Barnardsville, Ivy Creek Family Farm boasts an abundant variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers, all grown without use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Paul and his wife Anna share a lifelong love of gardening, and bring together diverse skills from their educational and professional backgrounds to realize their dream of building a farm and providing their friends and neighbors with fresh, wholesome food. Farming sustainably and protecting the land gives their work great meaning: from starting our seeds to maintaining our fields, they see and experience the positive impact our farm has for them and their community. www.ivycreekfamilyfarm.com
Cape Fear Seafood
Fresh Seafood. Delivered to Weaverville weekly. Follow us at twitter @freshseafoodnc
Ardfield Farm
Located in the Big Pine area of Madison County on a remote hillside adjoining Pisgah National Forest, Ardfield Farm uses organic and biodynamic methods to grow the produce used in our prepared foods. We specialize in preparing nourishing foods using traditional methods. We use the highest quality local ingredients whenever possible and soak all grains, legumes, and nuts used in our products for between 7 and 24 hours to allow for easy digestion and optimal assimilation of nutrients. Ardfield Farm is pleased to offer Gluten free Tabouli, Soaked Whole Wheat Tortillas, Vegetarian Sushi, Thai Almond Butter Sauce, Almond Butter, Gluten free Granola, Raw Chocolates, and other vegetarian items as well as Crafts, Waldorf Dolls (Made to Order), and our signature Lavender Cardamom Tea Tree Lip Balm. Contact us at www.ardfieldfarm.com or info@ardfieldfarm.com or phone at 828-649-0130
Scribbles, the clown
Scribbles
Scribbles is at the market on the First Wednesday of the month. You can contact Scribbles aka Donna Hollinshead at: www.iamlivingyoga.com or 561 866-2280.
Smoke Signals Bakery
MISSION: Smoke Signals micro bakery provides hearth baked loaves made
in a traditional manor honoring local ingredients and high quality
craftsmanship. We are committed to sustainable food economies and
social relationships based on mutual aid.
GOODS : We offer organic, naturally leavened breads and a variety of
pastries. All bread is mixed and shaped by hand and all pastry is hand
laminated. Smoke Signals is located on Paper Crane Farm, hence, farm
fresh eggs, fruit and produce are featured in our weekly treats. Contact us at: www.smokesignalsbaking.tumblr.com
and you can find me on facebook under Smoke Signals Baking
PlanIt Organic Cafe
PlanIt Organic Cafe
Greg and Caroline Zocher started PlanIt Organic Cafe in 2010. We buy everything we can locally and serve locally! We provide Smoothies, Lemondad, and Panini.