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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
