Carrboro Farmers' Market Introduces the First Ever “Year Round food: Community canning series” Benefiting LOCAL hunger relief

Carrboro Farmers’ Market and Chef Sheri Castle will be opening the Wednesday afternoon market with the new “Year Round Food: Community Canning Series” on Wednesday, May 25th.

The Year Round Food: Community Canning Series is a series of monthly workshops led by local food experts dedicated to putting up local food all year round. The classes will cost $10 sliding scale and are open to the community. All proceeds from the series will be donated to local hunger relief agencies in the area.

For the opening event, Sheri Castle will teach how to make those late season strawberries into year round seasonal preserve. “There are tons of ways you can make local fruit stretch even farther,” said Chef Sheri Castle, “Before the strawberries disappear for the season, I’ll teach how to make a simple preserves that will go great on top of biscuits, pound cake, sundaes, or local cheese.”

“We are very excited to begin this series at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market, and to have local southern food expert, Sheri Castle, kick it off with homemade local preserves,” says Sarah Blacklin, Market Manager, “Our goal at the Market is to empower our community around local food, starting with education in the home kitchen and support of local hunger relief agencies that make fresh, healthy food available to those in need. We feel canning is a great way to stretch your food dollars while simultaneously exchanging skills and knowledge about local food preservation. All the proceeds from Sheri’s class will go to benefit the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.”

This series is made possible at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market from grant support from BALL Jar Company and the Farmers’ Market Coalition.

Located at the Carrboro Town Commons, adjacent to Town Hall at 301 West Main Street, the Market serves the Carrboro community and Triangle area with two weekly markets.

The Market is open Saturday mornings year round, from 7am to noon and Wednesday afternoons, 3:30p to 6:30p, from April 13 through late November. For more information visit http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com/