Nearly 30 vendors will return when the Camp North End Farmers Market opens April 6 for a second season.
Vendors will include local farmers, artisans, crafters and more. The market will include 12 anchor vendors. At least 18 others will rotate on a weekly schedule.
As it did last season, the market will accept federal SNAP payments. Residents enrolled in the federal nutrition program will get $2 in food products for each $1 in SNAP benefits they spend.
Last year, the market accepted about $10,081 in SNAP and EBT benefits, the highest amount of any local farmers markets, according to ATCO Properties & Management, which operates Camp North End.
“We are thrilled to bring North End Farmers Market back to Camp North End following such a successful inaugural season,” Camp North End Development Director Tommy Mann said in the statement.
Lynn S. Caldwell, director and co-founder of Farmers Market Management Services, noted the market’s “vibrant and diverse” collection of vendors.
“There is no better way to create positive, trusting relationships in our community than a market like North End Farmers Market, which provides our community with fresh, local foods and the opportunity to utilize SNAP (and double bucks) benefits,” said Shannon Emmanuel, a board member at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy.
Anchor Vendors:
- Blue Goat Dairy: Goat cheeses in a variety of flavors, as well as goat’s milk caramel sauce and “tapenades.”
- Blooms on 16: Locally grown beautiful flowers and bouquets
- Deep Roots Farm: Urban farm business offering a variety of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and more from beekeeping, and raising backyard chickens
- Edgerton Farm: Beef, pork cuts, and a wide variety of sausages from a 300-acre farm that has been family-run for nine generations
- Ekologicall: Full range of zero-waste sustainable alternatives to a variety of everyday products, including produce bags, soap bars, shampoo and more
- Garden Window Farm: Offering a variety of seasonal vegetables as well as herbs, microgreens, and small flowers
- The Jugo Bar: Unique, locally crafted fruit juices, tonics, and flavored waters as well as juice-inspired fragrances and restorative syrup and seams gel
- Lucky Fish: Featuring fresh seafood caught off the North Carolina coast, and in its lakes, streams and beyond. Offerings include smoked salmon, trout, sturgeon caviar, and more
- Mano Bella Artisan Foods: Authentic Italian food made by hand – such as fresh semolina, pastas, fresh mozzarella, risotto kits, cannoli kits, biscotti and more
- Mouna Bowa Farms: Customized, premium soil grown and hydroponic microgreens and edible flowers including basil, cilantro, pea shoots, broccoli, sunflower shoots, and more
- Queen Hemp Co.: A full range of hemp/CBD products, such as gummies, vegan chocolates, CBD-infused honey, plant-based cosmetics, sublinguals, pet products, and muscle recovery topicals
- Thoughtful Baking Co.: Chef Mary Wilson is behind savory pot pies and dessert pies – all using ingredients from local farms
Rotating Vendors:
- Ashworth’s Cookies: Craft cookies.
- Crumbled Nut Bake Shop: Artisan cookies and treats.
- Dancing Ox Coffee: Locally roasted fair trade coffees.
- ElevenEleven Wellness Bakery: Vegan breads & baked goods.
- Farmhouse BBQ: Locally sourced smoked pork and beef brisket.
- Full Circle Food Cart: Eclectic foods and treats.
- Gather Ye Honey: Local wildflower honey from their own apiaries.
- It’s Poppin’: Traditional and innovative “K-Korn.”
- Jewelry by Susan J: Handcrafted bracelets and earrings.
- Pet Wants: All natural pet food and other fur baby treats.
- Purple Girl Designs: “Gemstone healing” jewelry.
- Rub A Dub All Natural Suds: Soaps and other personal care products.
- Simply American Dog: Dog treats and chewables.
- Stoopid Sweet Bakery: Vegan whoopie pies & other baked goods.
- Sweet & Cozy Bakery: Craft cookies and other delights.
- Taylor Homestead: Locally spun yarn, crochet items, and soaps.
- Thank You Mother Earth: Hand-poured, 100% natural soy candles.
- Two Chicks Candles: Hand-poured coconut blend candles.
Vendors who wish to join the market can apply here.
