Prep for Turkey Day the PRFM way

Remember, PRFM is open 9 a.m. to noon now through 12/19!

This week at PRFM...
It's the weekend before Thanksgiving, so don't forget all of your side dish necessities at the Market! We'll have sweet potatoes, winter squash, radishes, turnips, carrots, ginger, mushrooms, peppers, kale, and lots more local produce. Enjoy grass-fed beef and pork for a turkey alternative, as well as farm fresh eggs, local raw honey, jam, and pickled and roasted goodies for your Thanksgiving feast!

Chef Demo - Saturday 10 am
Nick Melvin | Venkman's
Executive Chef and Partner Nick Melvin takes a creative approach to classic comfort cuisine at Venkman's in the Old Fourth Ward. Nick's experience includes Atlanta faves Rosebud, Parish, and Empire State South. Venkman's uses the best quality ingredients and serves wild and sustainable seafood, humanely raised poultry, grass-fed free range meats, and local produce whenever possible. Nick applies his fine dining background to family recipes at Venkman's, where you can enjoy amazing food and drinks with eclectic live music, to boot. Nick's Doux South Pickles are always finding their way into the dishes too. 

SNAP Sign-up Assistance
The Market partners with Wholesome Wave Georgia to double the value of every SNAP/EBT dollar spent at the market, providing access to good food while supporting sustainable farmers and contributing to the local food economy.

This Saturday, Wholesome Wave will be at the market all morning to answer questions and assist those who qualify for SNAP benefits to sign up. If you know anyone who could use food assistance, invite them to come to the Market. Check the Wholesome Wave Georgia website for the info required to sign up.

Save the date - November 28

Holiday Artists Market
On Saturday, November 28, in addition to our fantastic line-up of farmers and prepared food vendors, more than 35 artists will bring their locally made wares to help you shop for the holidays! Our artists are producing fine jewelry, original paintings and photography, hand-stitched and knitted clothing items & accessories, doggy treats and pet goodies, bath and body collections, pottery, fiber and paper art, woven baskets, and much more. Support your local farmers, chefs, and artisans this holiday season!

Santa Visits the Market
Santa and his Elves will be visiting the Market for free festive photos (please bring your own camera). Kids of all ages  are welcome (and their dogs are, too!). The event is inside the Cathedral and takes place along with the farmers market and holiday artist market. Ongoing all morning.

Santa's trip is sponsored by the chefs of Terminus City BBQ, and his elves will be serving up Terminus Whole Hog BBQ sandwiches.

Food is art is food

This week at PRFM...
The Buy 7 contest continues through November, your chance to win $20 at PRFM! Also this...

Chef Demo
Brent Banda | Lure
10:00 a.m. on 11/14
Chef demos are sponsored by
Piedmont Hospital
Before joining the Fifth Group Restaurants team in 2004, Chef Brent Banda honed his skills at some of NYC’s best joints (Maialino, Esca, and Hearth). We’re glad his talents are back home in Atlanta, where he can share his fresh, seasonal dishes at Fifth Group's midtown seafood restaurant, Lure (just prior to Lure, Banda was executive chef at their award-winning Italian spot, La Tavola). Stop by and see him this Saturday at market, then plan to visit him at Lure, where it's patio season year-round!

Live Artist Demonstration by Dozfy
We are honored to welcome local legend Dozfy, who has created art all over the city, to feature his live artwork during the market. Come watch him craft a masterpiece this Saturday.

Your Happy Nest Kids Activities
Your Happy Nest will be at the market all morning to help your little ones make crafty leaf turkeys; and they'll be reading The Night Before Thanksgiving for story time at 9:45 a.m.


- Jennifer Maley

Join us inside this Saturday!

This week at PRFM...

Shop inside Child Hall with us and come hungry! Kevin Gillespie's Terminus City will be selling chopped whole hog BBQ sandwiches for $6 each. Last time they came to market, they sold out early, so make this your first stop. Then be sure to check out the Chef Demo at 10:00 a.m. with a true farm-to-table goddess, Hilary White (The Hil at Serenbe).

And when jotting down your shopping list, Piedmont Heathcare reminds us that fall is a great time for Asian greens! Whether you're trying bok choy, tatsoi, mizuna or napa cabbage, here's a quick recipe video from our friend Chef Zeb Stevenson at Watershed. Make greens one of your seven and don't forget to enter the Buy 7 contest for your chance to win a PRFM gift certificate!

Halloween Parade and more at PRFM

This week at PRFM, pick up some tasty Halloween snacks (maybe Buy 7 and enter to win?), check out the 10:00 a.m. Chef Demo with Jason Paolini (Executive Director of Culinary for Resurgens Hospitality Group, including Restaurant Eugene, Holeman and Finch Public House, and the Café at Linton's in the Botanical Gardens), and don't miss our Halloween Parade and costume contest (details below)!

7th Annual Halloween Parade
11:00 a.m.
Parade steps off at 11:00 a.m. at the Info Tent! We welcome kids of all ages, dogs, and their people to the Market Halloween Parade. Bring your kids and your pups in their favorite costumes and join the parade around the Market to have a chance at the following prizes.

Dog Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best Duo Costume (person & dog in complimentary costumes)
*Most Original

People Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best use of Recycled & Green Materials
*I'm too young to protest (under 18 months)

Meat, art, fun for all!

This week at PRFM...
Remember, fall hours are in effect (9:00 a.m. to Noon through December 19) and the Buy 7 contest is back!

Chef Demo
Rusty Bowers | Pine Street Market
10:00 a.m. on 9/19
Chef demos are sponsored by
Piedmont Hospital
You know that alluring bacon-y smell that greets you at the market each week? Then you know (and likely love) Pine Street Market. Rusty Bowers is the artisan butcher shop's owner, and is committed to using locally sourced, humanely grown, and pasture-raised meats free from growth hormones, preventative antibiotics, and steroids. Oh, and he makes everything delicious. Swing by his Avondale Estates shop on most Saturdays for hands-on butchering classes. In the meantime, check him out at the demo tent this Saturday and ask away about whole animal butchering and curing meats!

WonderRoot Creative Reuse Pop Up
Market-long (9:00 a.m. to Noon)
WonderRoot Creative Reuse promotes artistic expression, environmental awareness, and community through the collection and redistribution of salvaged materials for creative reuse. Check them out at PRFM this week and get creative use materials for making your own Halloween costume (or that craft project you keep meaning to start) while saving the planet from items that might otherwise end up in a landfill!

Save the dates...

Market Pumpkin Patch
October 24, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Bring your cameras, kids, and pups to take Halloween photos at the Market Pumpkin Patch! Pick out your pumpkins for harvest decorating and stock up on healthy snacks for your Halloween party!

7th Annual Halloween Parade
October 31, 11:00 a.m.
Parade steps off at 11:00 a.m. at the Info Tent! We welcome kids of all ages, dogs, and their people to the Market Halloween Parade. Bring your kids and your pups in their favorite costumes and join the parade around the Market to have a chance at the following prizes.

Dog Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best Duo Costume (person & dog in complimentary costumes)
*Most Original

People Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best use of Recycled & Green Materials
*I'm too young to protest (under 18 months)


- Jennifer Maley

A masterful market

This week at PRFM, get your garden on with the Central Fulton County Master Gardeners and the Georgia Daffodil Society sharing their expertise (and plants) all morning; buy your fall bulbs and start planting for a beautiful spring now! All that garden talk might make you hungry, so plan to stop by the Chef Demo at 10:00 a.m. with Chris Edwards of Holeman and Finch Public House. He'll show you how to make a delicious fall dish sure to bring comfort on cool nights ahead, turnip and mushroom gratin. Remember, fall hours are in effect (9:00 a.m. to Noon through December 19) and the Buy 7 contest is back!

Save the dates...

Market Pumpkin Patch
October 24, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Bring your cameras, kids, and pups to take Halloween photos at the Market Pumpkin Patch! Pick out your pumpkins for harvest decorating and stock up on healthy snacks for your Halloween party!

7th Annual Halloween Parade
October 31, 11:00 a.m.
Parade steps off at 11:00 a.m. at the Info Tent! We welcome kids of all ages, dogs, and their people to the Market Halloween Parade. Bring your kids and your pups in their favorite costumes and join the parade around the Market to have a chance at the following prizes.

Dog Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best Duo Costume (person & dog in complimentary costumes)
*Most Original

People Costume Prizes:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best use of Recycled & Green Materials
*I'm too young to protest (under 18 months)

Fall into PRFM!

This week at PRFM, celebrate the beginning of fall weather and fall produce. Join us at 10:00 a.m. for a Chef Demo from Bocado's Adam Waller and, if you're feeling snackish, stop by the Chef Pop-up before or after—Chef Thomas McKeown will have market-fresh grits bowls on offer!


- Jennifer Maley

PRFM + Meals On Wheels

Peachtree Road Farmers Market and Meals On Wheels Atlanta Collaborate:

Farm to Table for Seniors in Need

Meals On Wheels Atlanta and the Peachtree Road Farmers Market at The Cathedral of St. Philip are partnering to provide the freshest locally grown vegetables to senior clients of Meals On Wheels Atlanta. At the market on Saturday mornings, Meals On Wheels Atlanta purchases - at a discounted rate - vegetables left at the end of the market to deliver to their senior clients.

Chef Nick Leahy of Saltyard is on the Board of Trustees for Meals On Wheels Atlanta and was instrumental in developing this partnership. “It’s a win-win for everyone. Local farmers are able to reduce waste and Meals On Wheels Atlanta clients benefit from fresh local vegetables,” he said.

Peachtree Road Farmers Market at The Cathedral of St. Philip is open every Saturday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM through December 13, 2014. Peachtree Road Farmers Market is the largest producer-only market in metro Atlanta. The market has created Chef Pop Ups that will benefit the Meals On Wheels Atlanta and Peachtree Road Farmers Market partnership. The Chef Pop Ups feature local chefs preparing a delicious dish for shoppers utilizing market produce. The shoppers can choose to make a donation which will help offset the cost of the vegetables provided to Meals On Wheels Atlanta. Upcoming Chef Pop Ups benefiting the partnership will be on October 11, November 8, November 22 and November 29.

Lauren Carey, Executive Director at Peachtree Road Farmers Market, is responsible for working with the market farmers and providing Meals On Wheels Atlanta with their weekly supply of vegetables. “Our farmers are so excited about this partnership. It really is the perfect relationship. Shoppers enjoy Chef Pop Ups made with market veggies, the money goes back to supporting the farmers who are helping to feed seniors in need,” she said.

In Georgia, one in six seniors does not know when or where their next meal will come from. To combat senior hunger in the Atlanta community, Meals On Wheels Atlanta will deliver more than 130,000 meals this year to local Atlanta seniors in need.

“We are thrilled to be able to provide fresh vegetables from local farmers to our senior clients. This partnership shows how Atlanta’s nonprofits can team up to do what’s best for the seniors in our community,” said Jeff Smythe, Executive Director for Meals On Wheels Atlanta.

To make a donation to support this partnership, please visit www.mealsonwheelsatlanta.org.

About Meals On Wheels Atlanta
Founded in 1965, Meals On Wheels Atlanta is a nonprofit organization that supports senior independence through meals, shelter, education and community. Through extensive programming, Meals On Wheels Atlanta delivers more than 130,000 meals annually, repairs hundreds of senior homes, manages seven neighborhood senior centers, provides community and wellness education, and helps seniors and their families manage Alzheimer's and dementia. Meals On Wheels Atlanta serves approximately 2,400 seniors annually. For more information on how to volunteer or donate to Meals On Wheels Atlanta, please visit www.mealsonwheelsatlanta.org or follow them on Facebook and Twitter or call (404) 351-3889.

About Peachtree Road Farmers Market
The Peachtree Road Farmers Market was founded in 2007 and exists as a program of The Cathedral of St. Philip. Now in its eighth year, Peachtree Road Farmers Market is a leader in the community connecting over 70 farmers and local producers to over 2,500 weekly shoppers. PRFM is the largest producer-only farmers market in the state. Producer-only means that everything at the Market has been grown, raised, or made by the seller, ensuring fair prices for both the vendors and the consumers. The Market takes place on Saturday mornings beginning in April, rain or shine, until mid December. PRFM accepts and doubles SNAP (EBT/food stamp) benefits. For more information please visit our website at www.peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Photo credit: Sara Craig-Goodell. L-R: Chef Nick Leahy of Saltyard, Asner Jean and Vanessa Ashi with MOWA, Lauren Carey with PRFM, and Farmer Michael Hendricks of Indian Ridge Organic Farm.

Every Saturday, rain or shine

What to expect at PRFM...

...open through December 13th, so don't forget your local farmers, food-makers, and artists when it comes time for...Halloween (we have a parade for that), Thanksgiving, and prepping for Hanukkah, Christmas, and those cold winter months when you'll be glad you froze/canned/stocked up on your favorite veggies and other treats.

...weekly Chef Demos! Check out the city's best chefs, nominated for demos by our very own market farmers (in other words, these ladies and gents are experts at cooking local and helping you to do the same). Every Saturday at 10:00 a.m., sponsored by Country Financial. Take a look at the roster and other upcoming events here.

...amazing farmers and vendors who all grow, raise, or make their own goods (no resellers here). That makes PRFM the largest producer-only farmers market in the state. See a full list of our farmers, growers, producers, and artists here.

Also...

...live music (local artists, of course).
...kids' activities.
...the coolest dogs in town.
...and YOU!


- Jennifer Maley

Everything + Everyone on Your List

This Saturday is the last market of the season, so be sure to stop by, stock up on local foods for winter, and shop our Holiday Artist Market!  

Holiday Artist Market
December 14th
Inside Cathedral of St. Philip
PRFM moves indoors for the last market day of the season, complete with our holiday market of over 30 artists! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. 

See you next April!


- Jennifer Maley

Time for stocking and snacking!

This week at PRFM...

Only two weeks of market time left to stock up for winter and buy your holiday treats! You won't want to miss our last chef demo—with the queen of Atlanta cuisine, chef Anne Quatrano (Bacchanalia, Floataway Café, Star Provisions, Provisions To Go, Quinones at Bacchanalia, and Abattoir). Our original farm-to-table restaurant visionary, this year Quatrano also published her first cookbook, Summerland: Recipes for Celebrating with Southern Hospitality. She'll be cooking from the book during the demo and signing copies afterwards (Perfect gift for your favorite foodie? Check).

Next Saturday...

Holiday Artist Market
December 14th
(look for us inside)
PRFM moves indoors for the last market day of the season, complete with our holiday market of over 30 artists! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. We’ll see you inside the Cathedral of St. Philip!


- Jennifer Maley

Give local from PRFM this holiday

Holiday Artist Markets
Nov. 30th & Dec. 14th
(look for us inside)
PRFM moves indoors for two dates of holiday shopping with over 30 artists! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. We’ll see you inside the Cathedral of St. Philip!


- Jennifer Maley

Holidays are go!

This week at PRFM...

Countdown to turkey day is on! Stop by the Market for all of your fixings, from collards to sausage, sweet potatoes to green beans, kale to sweets. Also, pumpkin pie yogurt. And save the date for PRFM’s indoor holiday artist market on November 30—bring the whole family for good food and great gifts! P.S. if you can’t make it on 11/30, stop by for another artist market on December 14, the last day of the 2013 season.

Also this week, a Chef Demo from Woody Back of Table & Main (who's previously worked with Tom Colicchio and Linton Hopkins, y'all). And don't miss the Happy Nest tent, where there'll be a turkey craft for the kids to make (centerpiece, anyone?).

Coming next week!

Holiday Artist Markets
Nov. 30th & Dec. 14th
(look for us inside)
PRFM moves indoors for two dates of holiday shopping with over 30 artists! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. We’ll see you inside the Cathedral of St. Philip!


- Jennifer Maley

PRFM for the Holidays

Save the date(s)…
Holiday Artist Markets
Nov. 30th & Dec. 14th 
(look for us inside)
PRFM moves indoors for two dates of holiday shopping with over 30 artists! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. We’ll see you inside the Cathedral of St. Philip!

Remember… Peachtree Road Farmers Market is open from 9am to 12pm every Saturday through December 14th, so come on by for all of your holiday needs—we’ve got food, gifts, or even food gifts (you’re welcome).


- Jennifer Maley

Two Ryans = One Epic Demo

Chef Demo with 
Ryan Hidinger & Ryan Smith
of Staplehouse
10:00 a.m. on 11/9
Chef Demos are sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
These two Ryans are changing the way Atlanta (and the world) looks at restaurants. As co-chefs and partners for the highly anticipated Staplehouse, set to open in spring 2014, they’re not only creating a neighborhood restaurant focused on locally produced ingredients—they’re also creating a nonprofit that will benefit from the good food they serve at said restaurant. Staplehouse will be a subsidiary of The Giving Kitchen Initiative, an organization they’ve built with partners Jen and Kara Hidinger to assist the Atlanta restaurant industry with unanticipated financial hardship. In their own words, The Giving Kitchen will “help pay excessive medical and other expenses for the people who anonymously and graciously nourish so many of us during our dining experiences and who may find themselves in a time of need.” Hidinger and Smith are perfectly positioned to lead such an effort, since they’re two of our city’s best “nourishers,” Between them they’ve got experience from Bacchanalia (both Ryans), Floataway Café and Muss & Turner’s (Hidinger, who, with his wife Jen, also pioneered the supper club scene in our city), and Canoe, Restaurant Eugene, Holeman & Finch Public House, and Empire State South (Smith). All that’s to say, this is going to be one epic demo, y’all. Don’t miss it.

Save the date(s)…
Holiday Artist Markets
Nov. 30th & Dec. 14th 
(look for us inside)
PRFM moves indoors for two dates of holiday shopping! Give local this year, with choices from fine foods like bacon, hot chocolate, and artisanal jams to crafts from local artists (think handmade baskets, wood and glass creations, ceramics, pottery, jewelry, felt, scarves, silks, kids’ items, and more!). Just can’t decide? PRFM has gift cards, too. So, bring the family for some good food and special shopping this holiday. We’ll see you inside the Cathedral of St. Philip!

Remember… Peachtree Road Farmers Market is open from 9am to 12pm every Saturday through December 14th, so come on by for all of your holiday needs—we’ve got food, gifts, or even food gifts (you’re welcome).


- Jennifer Maley

Cookbook Authors!

Halloween Parade!

Bring your ghouls and get your gourds…
5th Annual Farmers Market Halloween Parade
11 am on October 26th

We welcome kids of all ages, dogs, and their people.

Doggie Costume Prize Categories:
*Most Farmers Market Inspired
*Best Duo Costume 
(person & dog in complementary costumes)
*Most Original

People Costume Prize Categories:
* Best use of Recycled/Green Materials
*I’m too young to protest 
(under 18 months)
* Most Farmers Market Inspired

RAIN OR SHINE!

This Saturday: Drink Good. Do Good.

Fall out of bed & into PRFM

With the crisp fall air comes PRFM fall hours—so sleep in a bit then hit the market at 9:00 a.m., now through December 14!

Chef Demo
with Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow
10:00 a.m. on 10/12
Chef Demos are sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
It’s safe to say that the city of Atlanta is proud of our nationally acclaimed chefs. It’s also safe to say that PRFM has a particular love for the ones who live local food, too. So it goes without saying (even though we said it here, here, and here) that PRFM and its shoppers look forward to our annual Kevin Gillespie chef demo. What’s he been up to since last year? Oh, you know, opening one of the city’s hottest new restaurants, Gunshow—rolling carts with an ever-changing line-up of deliciousness? Yes, please.

Canning with Martha
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Welcome back our canning expert Martha McMillin—she’ll be on hand all morning to share tasty fall canning recipes and answer all of your questions about home canning—yes, you (can) CAN! And don’t forget to check out Martha’s new shop and cooking classes over at Preserving Place in the Westside Provisions District.


- Jennifer Maley

THIS SATURDAY: Mash-up + Silent Auction!