King Street Farmers' Market

Your connection to fresh, local food

AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE

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A WEEKDAY FARMERS' MARKET IN DOWNTOWN BOONE

Tuesdays 4-7 pm
May- Oct
In front of Watauga Co. Social Services
126 Poplar Grove Connector, Boone, NC

About Us

The King Street Farmers' Market, powered by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, is returning for the 2023 season! The market has been operating since 2017. The King Street Market is a spacious, outdoor market that operates every Tuesday from May through October. The King Street Market is designed with working families in mind to give them the perfect opportunity to shop local during the week.

The King Street Market offers a wide array of local goods including produce, meats, flowers, bread, eggs, crafts, and more!

For more information about featured vendors and special events, customers are encouraged to follow us on Facebook @KingStreetMkt and on Instagram @kingstreetmarket. For general inquiries or to be added to our weekly newsletter, please email farmersmarkets@brwia.org.

Are you a musician who wants to perform at the market? Please email farmersmarkets@brwia.org if interested. Musicians are offered $50 per market, and are encouraged to put out a tip jar as well. We now offer a solar panel hookup to those who require electricity to play!

Are you a community organization who would like to table at the market? Please email farmersmarkets@brwia.org for more information or to sign up.

Interested in becoming a vendor?

2023 Market policies

2023 application

Equitable access to high quality food
In 2022, the King Street Market doubled over $3,874 in nutrition benefits

Learn more about Double Up Food Bucks

Updates & Special events

Special Events 2023

Trail Day-to Celebrate the Year of the Trail
Dia Latino
Tomato Day
Appalachian Foodways Day
Senior Day
Fall Fest
And more!

Sponsors of the Market

Thank you to our sponsors of the 2023 King Street Farmers' Market season!

King Street Market Vendors

Allyson Murphy Art: Allyson sells prints and originals of her illustrative landscape watercolor paintings that range in size from 4x4 to 8x10 pieces.

Learn more: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllysonMurphyArt
Instagram: @allysonmurphyart

B.A.D. Composting is a compost co-op that collects food scraps from individuals as well as providing gardening help like building compost bins and permaculture gardens. Soil is the basis of life, and by diverting food scraps from the waste stream and creating soil, we are giving new life to our communities. It’s Born Again Dirt!

Learn more: www.bit.ly/badcomposting
Instagram: @b.a.dcomposting
Facebook: @b.a.dcomposting

Bug Lovers Native Plants is a nursery based in Ashe County, NC specializing in perennial wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, and trees with benefit to pollinators, wildlife, and beneficial bugs. We only grow plant species native to North Carolina and we do not use pesticides of any kind. Our plants are grown from seed descended from local ecotypes whenever possible and we follow sustainable practices such as using containers made from 100% recycled plastic or biodegradable fiber, and potting media made predominantly of NC pine bark mulch. Our plants are great for a variety of different gardens and landscapes, small or large, with recommendations for deer resistance, butterfly host plants, bee-friendly habitat, rain gardens, and more.

Learn more: https://www.bugloversnativeplants.com/
Instagram: @bugloversnativeplants

Carringer Farms: Don has farmed all his life-family gardens and farming with his grandparents/parents. We had our farm in Franklin, NC for 10 years and participated in several different farmers markets and sold to several restaurants. In 2022, we sold our farm in Franklin and bought a 9-acre farm in Altamont, NC. We will be growing a lot of vegetables in the spring. We also grow microgreens. We still have our bees that pollinate our crops, so we will have honey. We grow a lot of our plants from seed. My wife Belinda makes jams, jellies, preserves, and relishes, along with baked goods.

Learn more: https://www.carringerfarms.com/
Facebook: Carringer Farms
Instagram: @carringerfarms

Craving Crystals: We are located in Blowing Rock and Boone NC. We offer crystal jewelry, crystals, sun catchers, artwork, and crystal hanging art. We are also selling a book, Miracle of You Bedtime Stories. Part of our sales will be going to helping a family find housing in the High Country.

Learn more:
Instagram: @cravingcrystals828
TikTok: @cravingcrystals828

Creeksong: Creeksong Farm has been selling produce grown using organic methods at the Watauga County Farmers' Market since 1979. At that time, few people were concerned about the presence of chemicals in their food, but Jeff and Bettie Thomas were determined to grow food in a sustainable and healthy manner. Creeksong Farm sells eggs from their free range chickens, humanely raised meat from their angus steers and pigs, and potatoes. Throughout the season, they grow many varieties of vegetables, flowers, and herbs on 4 acres of fields. Now a second generation farm!

Learn more: www.creeksongfarm.com

Daybreak Homestead is located in Triplett, NC, where owners Jess and Alex produce a variety of market vegetables, herbs, chicken eggs, and flowers. They use no till, all-natural practices in an effort to build healthy soil, raise happy animals, and grow nutrient-rich food!

Learn more:
Instagram: @daybreakhomestead

Escobar Rustic Crafts is made up of a family of six who work together to create good quality items, mostly based on recycled wood. We use locally sourced wood to make many products such as cutting boards, charcuterie boards, wine racks, decorative pieces, candle holders etc. Located in Deep Gap N.C.

Learn more:
Facebook: Escobar Rustic Crafts

Foothills Farm and Apiary: A CNG and Appalachian Grown farm that specializes in microgreens, edible flowers, tomatoes, and honey.

Learn more:
Instagram: @foothillsfarmnc

Gala Crafts creates stained glass pieces. Their goal with stained glass is to capture all the wild, varied, spectacular colors and textures of nature in unique art, glass pieces. They love adding copper wire, antique glass plates, and even occasional spoons to their pieces to accentuate the natural movement of the glass. Whenever possible they incorporate found and recycled glass, wire and bevels into their pieces. They have been working in the medium for over 20 years and have learned (sometimes the hard way) to love the music of breaking glass.

Learn more: www.galacrafts.com
Instagram: @galacrafts
Facebook: @GalaCraftArtisans

Henna and Stuffies is a stand that will offer creative works by a few highschool students looking to put their names out there. Abi Smith will be doing henna tattoos and Marlen Santos will be selling hand-crocheted stuffed animals!!

Learn more:
Instagram: @lottiedah_05

High Country Ayurveda is a clinical application of Ayurvedic medicine in the High Country. As a collective of experienced practitioners, we offer natural & holistic approaches using diet, lifestyle & herbal intervention to address chronic & acute imbalances in the mind & body. At the King Street Farmers Market you can find our herbal products to effectively treat your gut & digestive imbalances! Stop by for a free pulse read & hear the Ayurvedic POV on your unique state of balance!

Learn more: https://hcaclinic.org
Instagram: @highcountry.ayurveda

Land of Milk & Honey Farms, LLC: We are Brad and Christa of The Land of Milk and Honey Farms, LLC located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC (Deep Gap). We are a small farm providing USDA inspected beef and lamb, as well as honey, eggs, baked goods (by order), beeswax candles, raspberry starts (seasonally), and leather crafts. We also offer baked goods like true sourdough bread made without commercial yeast, cookies, granola, bars, etc. Christa also does some leather products like purse clutches, wallets, and earrings.

Learn more:
Facebook: Land of Milk & Honey Farms, LLC

Laughing Springs Farm is located on the edge of Boone on 17 acres of land that they are grateful to begin stewarding. Established in early 2022, they are building our farm slowly as they come to better know the land with each season. They are still evolving our farm focus, but for now, they will be growing and sharing fresh diversified vegetables, milled corn products (grits, cornmeal) and medicinal herbal products. Although new to the Boone area, they have been organic farmers for the past 25 years in a variety of places - as owners, managers, breeders, seed producers, educators - they have tried a bit of everything - and the learning never stops. They are looking forward to sharing our harvest with you!

Learn more: www.laughingspringsfarm.com
Instagram: @laughingspringsfarm

Layers of Love is a small, queer owned cake business that produces delicious and intricately decorated specialty cakes and cupcakes in Boone, NC. We specialize in hand crafting small batch baked goods that are full of love.

Learn more: https://www.layers-of-love.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layersoflove_boone/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Layers-of-Love-Boone/100089448403565/

Mack to the Future: I’m a local artist of Boone and have been in the High Country since 2014. I sell art prints and tote bags of my original pieces. I work primarily with digital art, and sometimes gouache. I also make handmade jewelry including necklaces, earrings, and rings. Lastly I make a few miscellaneous crafts like floral or smiley face mirrors and stickers. I’ve put a lot of work on rebranding my business over the last 4 months, and I am excited to be a part of the art and artisan community in Boone!

Learn more: www.macktothefuturearts.squarespace.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macktothefuturearts/?hl=en

Mountain Flowers Hemp focuses on the production of craft, small batch hemp grown in controlled indoor environments using living soil techniques. Their specialty is cured hemp flowers, salves, and hand crafted hemp products to enhance the experience of life. It is a farmer owned, farmer grown operation based in beautiful Boone, North Carolina. Their lead cultivator moved to the state of Washington and spent 7 years cultivating in both medicinal and recreational facilities. Recent changes in legislation inspired them to move back home and continue to pursue their passion for sustainable agriculture where it all began.

Learn more: www.mountainflowershemp.com
Instagram: @mountainflowershemp
Facebook: @mountainflowershemp

Mountain Roots Farm is a first generation family farm owned & operated by husband/wife team Anna & Ricky Hurt. Our 38 acre farm is located in Lansing, NC (Ashe County) where we produce an array of vegetables, small fruits, Shiitake & Oyster mushrooms, grass fed beef, pasture raised pork and free range eggs. We also own/operate High Country Greenhouses, the high country's oldest retail nursery.

Learn more:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highcountrygreenhouse

North Fork Mushrooms is a small family farm providing high-quality, indoor grown gourmet mushrooms and microgreens. You can find a variety of fresh oysters, lion’s mane, shiitake, and wild mushrooms wherever we are! We also make dual extracted tinctures from the fruiting bodies of our mushrooms, as well as goat milk soap, and other products that promote health and well-being.

Learn more: https://northforkmushrooms.com/
Instagram: @northforkmushrooms

Opossum Bottom Farm & Market Garden is a small urban farm nestled against the mountains in Johnson City TN. Way back in the 70s I started gardening with my great aunt. While helping her in her garden, she taught me how to grow things without the assistance of synthetic products, which now, fast forward 40 years, is a more familiar term, organic. While many of the methods have changed since then, the base fundamentals of growing sustainably, improving the land on which you grow, and providing synthetic free food are still the same. We strive to incorporate those fundamentals in our practices so that our produce is free of all synthetic products. No pesticides, no fungicides, no herbicides, nothing, just good practices, natural fertilizers, rainwater, and a love of growing.

Learn more: https://www.opossumbottom.com/

Paradise Family Farms started in 2020 and is a family endeavor intended to bring 3 generations together to serve a common purpose. Five family members bring valuable skills together to breed high-quality Highland calves. The farm aims to provide quality natural food to the community while raising the herd with the highest agricultural standards of grass-fed and grass-finished beef. The Highland is a Heritage beef breed and is slow growing but well worth the wait. Scottish Highland meat is a premium Beef. It has been found to be lower in fat and cholesterol and higher in protein and iron than other beef breeds. The flavor of this breed is tremendous. We know you will love it.

Learn more: https://www.paradisefamilyfarmnc.com/
Facebook: @ParadiseFamilyFarmNC
Instagram: @Paradisefamilyfarm

Peace of Green: I have a small greenhouse to grow succulents and other houseplants for sale. I provide information on plant care to anyone with questions. They are identified as best I can. The plants are potted in appropriate soil for the type of plant.

Learn more:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090505030528

Sheraton Park Farms is a local, regenerative agriculture farm located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in McGrady, North Carolina. We raise beef cattle, chickens for eggs, chickens for meat, turkeys and our favorite.....pigs! Ethically raised, pastured meats without antibiotics, steroids, or fertilizers!

Learn more: https://www.sheratonparkfarms.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheratonParkFarms/

Sleepy Bird Farm: Katie Bruce and Pete LeGrand are farming on the FIG (Farm Incubator and Grower) in Valle Crucis, NC. Our production focuses on minimal impact for maximizing returns while building soil health for long term resiliency. We are both students at Appalachian State University pursuing degrees in Sustainable Development. Our farm will have a focus on produce.

Learn more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sleepybirdfarm/

Tiny Bluet Creative is a queer owned creative based in Boone, NC; specializing in handmade crochet accessories and painting. They strive to use sustainable materials, mostly using 100% cotton yarn and recycled plastic bags, known as plarn, for their crochet projects. For the winter season, expect lots of beanies, hand warmers and other winter wear, in addition to crocheted bags and keychains. They also design and print my own stickers!

Learn more:
Instagram: @tinybluetcreative
TikTok: @tinybluetcreative

Valencia Flavors: We produce Latin American desserts such as Tres leches, flan, orange cake, layers cake, and some other Latin American and Caribbean goods. We also have a new food truck with empanadas!

Learn more:
Facebook: @valenciaflavors

Wagon Wheel Farm: We are a small new farm selling a variety of products this season. You can expect vegetables, flowers and microgreens fresh each week. As our farm grows you will see additional products including honey, berries and a variety of meats. We hope to open our farm to the public in 2024. We grow our products just 20 minutes from the town of Boone in the Appalachian Mountains.

Learn more:
Facebook: Wagon Wheel Farms

Wooded Wilds Art: Emily Carpenter sells pressed plant resin jewelry as well as watercolor paintings and coffee paintings. Most of the flowers are grown and pressed by the artist.

Learn more: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodedWildsArt
Instagram: wooded wilds

Hedge Family Farm: Our small farm is nestled in the quiet Happy Valley on an acre of land. We are focused on nutrient-dense rotational crops, and high vibration organic soil regeneration. We grow over 75 varieties of fruits and vegetables over the course of each year, playing with, and trying out new things all the time. All our fruits and veggies are Certified Naturally Grown. Each week we put together an awesome collection of what's available for our most popular item: The variety box, a collection of 10 of the best items from each week.

Learn more: hedgefamilyfarm.square.site/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hedgefamilyfarm/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hedgefamilyfarm

Appalachian Tie Dye: We sell tie dye! Tapestries, shirts, bandanas, totes, stickers, etc.

Learn more: Instagram.com/appalachiantiedye

Cat and Fiddle: Cat and Fiddle co creates tallow based skincare using locally sourced, hand rendered tallow and botanical infusions

Instagram: @catandfiddleco

Patterson School: At Patterson Farm we are committed to growing fresh organic food for the Happy Valley community in a sustainable way that fulfills the needs of people and nature. We raise a variety of heirloom crops that offer great flavor as well as nutrition such as squash, kale, lettuce, peppers, melons, okra and a variety of herbs.

Booze and Bouquets: I primarily grow cut flowers with an emphasis on catering to special events. Market gardening has been in my heart for nearly 15 years. I grow specialty cut flowers to spread joy to the world through a gift of botanical emotional connections. I used regenerative and sustainable methods- almost completely organic. Specialty Vegetables seem to make appearances into my booth from time to time as well.

Learn more: Boozeandbouquets.com

Powerfuel Bites: Powerfuel Bites was founded by husband & wife team – Jericka Ross Jordan and Ryan Jordan, when they discovered the need for healthy and sustainably sourced wholesome snack foods. – We pride ourselves on being family and community centered in all that we do. We aspire to provide our customers with the most wholesome, natural, and delicious snacks and breakfast cookies that can possibly be made. With nutritious homemade nut butters, granola, trail mix, and more, they are the ideal foods for a busy family on the move. They provide energy naturally with high quality ingredients.

Learn More: www.PowerfuelBites.com
Instagram: @PowerfuelBites

QUESTIONS?

Contact: FarmersMarkets@BRWIA.org