Michel McKinley of the Western Wake Farmers Market contacted the CaryCitizen this week to give us an update on the upcoming season for the WWFM. Maybe it was an answer to my prayers to take me away from the cold and rain and snow.

By Michele McKinley
Cary, N.C.  With a chill in the air the Western Wake Farmers’ Market (WWFM) ended the 2009 season on Saturday November 21. Market Manager Kim Hunter rang the closing bell.  The workers, organizers, vendors and entertainers enjoyed a short celebration of the inaugural year’s success.
What had begun as a seedling of an idea among a [...]

Cary, NC – On Saturday, the Gracious Harvest Community Garden was inaugurated with its first work day in downtown Cary.
The community garden, a project of First United Methodist Church, is open to all. For a nominal fee ($10), families put in four hours a month of labor and walk away with their share of the [...]

Thanksgiving Food Drive at the Farmer’s Market to benefit the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.

 
Start your holiday shopping at the Fall Craft Festival at the Western Wake Farmers’ Market on Sat., Nov. 7 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Carpenter Village Marketplace, 1226 Morrisville Carpenter Rd. in Cary. Shoppers are encouraged to bring canned goods and other [...]

Open Saturday mornings through Nov. 21 at Carpenter Village Marketplace in Cary, the Western Wake Farmers’ Market features more than 30 farmers and artisans. Offerings include NC-caught seafood, meats from grass-fed and free-range animals, seasonal fruits and vegetables, eggs, fresh and aged cheeses, artisan breads and pastries, sweets, jewelry, hand-made skin care and cleaning products, [...]

Upchurch is a famous name in Cary. There’s Carpenter Upchurch Road and Upchurch Meadow Road. There’s also Upchurch Farm.
William Upchurch runs the family establishment, working a day job with NC Agriculture to help pay the bills. Our picture earlier this year of the soybean crop was taken at William’s farm.
But farming today certainly isn’t what [...]

There are a lot of benefits to having an agricultural sector in town. Fresh food. Fresh Air. Don’t forget the pleasures of a good Corn Maze.

What’s a Corn Maze, you say? Corn Maize? The best ones are intricately cut designs or illustrations utilizing a corn field as the canvas. One interacts with the installation by walking through the pathways. Or running.

Check out Phillips Corn Maze on Good Hope Church Road. It’s a tribute to NCSU coach Kay Yow.

CaryCitizen is pleased to report that the soybean crop is looking good at farms across western Cary.
With all the subdivisions and mixed-use developments, it’s sometimes hard to imagine that Cary ever was a farm town. In fact, it still is.
A couple of dozen small farms still dot the town, mostly toward the west. Where cotton [...]