Funny Girl Farm

Had to throw back to this oldie but goodie to let you know that Funny Girl Farm t-shirts are BOGO (buy 1, get 1) at the farmstand this week. Plus, they're vintage now. Oh and soft, so soft. See you 2-6p today!

Happy ❄️ snow day! For the safety of our staff, we won't be opening the farmstand today. See you Wednesday 2-6p to kick off our final week of the farm and farmstand. winter soups customers can still pick up their soup self-serve at the farmstand today or on Wednesday.

We're here 2-6p at the farmstand with fully stocked shelves and some really great deals on local products. Smiles, tears, hugs...all are welcome.

Dear customers, neighbors and friends of Funny Girl Farm,

We are deeply grateful for your support of the farm as we have grown over the past six years.

The farm and farmstand will be closing permanently on Saturday, December 15, 2018.

This community means so much to us. Over the years at the farmstand we have heard about your happy days and hard days, shared our favorite recipes and tried new foods together. On the farm you have joined us for tours and pop-ups and gathered for storytime and yoga. This year, we watched kids learn, play and get messy in our fields, woods and creek in our budding education program.

We have gotten to know many of you (and your pets and kids!) as much more than customers -- we consider you friends. In return we have felt your love and care for our staff and the farm and, of course, our happy hens.

We hope you will join us at the farmstand to shop over the next two weeks (we'll have some great deals!), but most importantly because we would love to see you in person and to say a proper farewell.

We will have a book at the farmstand for you to record any messages for our staff or memories about what the farm and farmstand has meant to you.

We hope you continue to support small sustainable farms and local artisan food businesses with your food dollars. It is hugely impactful for those of us working in this field.

Our Farmstand CSA members and education program participants will receive additional information regarding our closure.

If you have an unused farmstand gift certificate, please contact us with the amount at [email protected].

Many of our amazing team members will be seeking opportunities in local food and farming. Please send opportunities to [email protected].

With gratitude,

The Funny Girl Farm team

Happy Saturday! See you at the farmstand 9a-3pm for all this goodness and many more baked goods, cheeses, meats and veggies.

We have beautiful holiday wreaths at the farmstand! We have small and large sizes and bases ready for decorating and as well as decorated wreaths. Make your home festive for the holidays. See you 2-6pm!

🍯HONEY SALE!🍯 Have you 🐝n waiting for the right time to stock up on local honey? Honey jars are $3-5 off at the farmstand this week! Boost your immunity, care for colds and ease allergies. Local honey makes the perfect holiday gift! See you 2-6p today.

Healthy Recipes for a Post-Holiday Reset + Local Honey Sale! https://mailchi.mp/funnygirlfarm/shiitake-2330353

WE'RE BACK!!! Hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving stuffed with delicious local foods. If you're ready to bounce back with some healthy meals this week, we have you covered. Baby greens, cooking greens, broccoli, sweet potatoes, radishes, carrots, turmeric, garlic and more at the farmstand 2-6p today!

Happy ! I've partnered with American Express to celebrate the small businesses that help our community thrive and to encourage you to this Saturday 11/24 and year round. One such business is the Funny Girl Farm Stand where you can get your locally sourced produce and baked goods!🍄🍞Where do you source your groceries? 🍎

📸 Arturo Omar

Our foraged black walnuts are the perfect holiday gift! Buy them by the handful or in our festive muslin bag holiday packaging.

See you at the farmstand 9a-3p today! We have your Thanksgiving shopping list covered:

Veggies: fresh herbs, sweet potatoes, winter squash (pie pumpkins, butternut, delicata, spaghetti, acorn), potatoes, beets, turnips, rutabaga, carrots, collards, baby greens, garlic, turmeric, ginger

Fruits: NC apples, Funny Girl Farm pears, local NC apple cider

Baked Goods: pastries, cookies and breads

Cheeses: selection of local cheeses from Boxcarr Handmade Cheese, Chapel Hill Creamery, Piemonte Farm, Elodie Farms, and Goat Lady Dairy | Climax, NC

Meats: pasture-raised meats from Firsthand Foods including bacon, a variety of sausages, ground beef and lamb, chuck eye steaks

Specialty items: pizza dough and crackers from The Accidental Baker, empanadas, honey, Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee, Videri Chocolate Factory chocolate, Big Spoon Roasters nut butters, granola, Fiddlehead Farm jams, preserves, hot sauce and salt, L***y Monk Mustard, Two Chicks Farm kraut and kimchi

Gifts: local food gift baskets, gift certificates, Funny Girl Farm t-shirts, cutting boards and coasters, foraged black walnuts in holiday packaging

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💜🍠Purple Sweet Potato Pancakes🍠💜 These were so good!!! Food process cooked sweet potatoes with a couple of eggs, salt and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cardamom until smooth. Pour the batter into a hot pan with butter or coconut oil. Fun toppings: walnuts, candied ginger, cayenne, maple syrup or peanut butter. Our purple sweet potatoes will wow a crowd in your Thanksgiving dishes! See you 2-6pm at the farmstand.

Cheese plate samples at the farmstand 3:30-5pm today! 🧀CHEESE PLATE BUNDLE: save $5 when you buy a local cheese, crackers and jam or mustard now until Thanksgiving. Treat your guests or wow your host! While you're here, check out our cutting boards, cheese boards and coasters made of wood from the farm. They make the perfect thoughtful holiday gift!

Y'all, there are 2 absolutely delightful things happening at the farmstand this week. 🧀CHEESE PLATE BUNDLE: save $5 when you buy a local cheese, crackers and jam or mustard all week 🎁LOCAL GIFTS: farmstand gift certificates, local foodie gift baskets, Funny Girl Farm t-shirts, coasters and cutting boards made of wood from our property, and foraged black walnuts in festive holiday packaging.

Place your order today for Thanksgiving pies, tarts, cakes and quiche to feed your crowd or delight your host! Pre-order baked goods from Strong Arm Baking Company for pick up at the farmstand on Wednesday, Nov. 21 from 2-6 p.m: http://www.strongarmbaking.com/holiday-2018

In addition to pre-orders, we will have our usual lineup of Strong Arm Baking Company baked goods for sale including muffins, cookies and sprouted grain sourdough on Tuesday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week at the farmstand, as well as a special holiday item: yeast rolls. Let us check something off your list during this busy time!

Our Farmstand CSA members lent a hand with one of the biggest and most rewarding jobs on the farm: sweet potato harvest! This is about half of what they harvested on Friday morning🍠🍠🍠, and there are many more in the ground. Of course, we sent them home with some to cure and enjoy. Taste our delicious sweet potatoes in an array of colors (purple, white & orange) at the farmstand now. We're recruiting for our Winter Farmstand CSA! Join us: http://funnygirlfarm.wixsite.com/funnygirlfarm/csa

We have a delicious and festive array of winter squash at the farmstand for roasting, soups, salads, grain bowls and more. Pie pumpkins, butternut, acorn, delicate and spaghetti squash. See you 9am-3pm today for veggies, cheeses, meats, baked goods & so much more!

So many gorgeous oyster mushrooms! We're thinking soup, ramen, tarts and risotto. Combine them with our shiitakes in the Seared Mushrooms with Garlic and Thyme recipe at our profile think. Find mushrooms, garlic and fresh thyme all at the farmstand 2-6p today!

🌼SALE 🌼 We have our last batch of beautiful local mums from Beewild Farm at the farmstand this week. Save $4! Two for just $16. Brighten and fall-ify your home!

Watch our hens leave their coop for the first time (spoiler alert: it's cute!) + Seared Mushrooms with Garlic and Thyme + pre-order Thanksgiving pie, cake, quiche and cookies from Strong Arm Baking Company!

Watch Our New Hens Leave the Coop! + Pre-Order Thanksgiving Pie

Mushroom mania at the farmstand today! We have our first few beautiful oyster mushrooms of the year alongside our delicious shiitakes. Mushroom season is fleeting...be sure to enjoy it! See you 2-6p.

Mouthwatering eats from Chef Jake at Durham Catering Co.! These mushroom crostini feature our shiitakes. We'll have shiitakes all week at the farmstand so you can try out your own tasty mushroom crostini combinations!

Our new pullet chickens arrived this week and they are delightfully cute! They are also a lot of work. Our farmers are spending lots of extra time on chicken chores because it takes a while for the birds to learn to go in and out of the coop and to get up on their roosts.

Exciiited for one of our favorite fall veggies: watermelon radishes 🍉! Vibrant and spicy. Baby kale and arugula are BOGO (buy one, get one) at the farmstand 9a-3p today! Grab your weekend veggies alongside meats, cheeses, baked goods & much more.

NEW delightful foraged product! We have black walnuts foraged from trees on the farm. Our farmers worked very hard to remove their outer shell and clean and dry them. They taste great! See you 2-6p at the farmstand for fall veggies & fruits, cheeses, meats, baked goods, pumpkins, mums, apple cider & so much more.

GOODmorning! Enjoying a warm bowl of oatmeal topped with 🍎local apples baked with cinnamon and nutmeg, walnuts, and a drizzle of 🍁 maple syrup. ☕️ of course. Find the local apples and our own black walnuts in the shell at the farmstand 2-6p today!

Jack-o-lantern pumpkins are 3 for $25, 5 Superpowers of Shiitake Mushrooms and much more in this week's newsletter...

5 Superpowers of 🍄Shiitake Mushrooms + Tart Cherry Preserves

🧀SALE!🧀 We're fully stocked on Elodie Farms cheese, which means it's your 🍀lucky week. SAVE $2 each on Fig & Honey chèvre, Garlic & Herb chèvre, fluer verte (chèvre packed with olive oil and herbs), and blackberry mousse! This is everything. See you at the farmstand 2-6p.

We have an exciting partnership with Durham Academy whose 8th grade students are tackling projects about outdoor education on the farm. During a recent visit the students got their hands dirty planting garlic and harvesting sweet potatoes. In addition to our menu of field trip curriculum for all ages, our Education Coordinator Tara works with schools to design custom experiences for students.

Sweet farm family vibes. Farmer Ollie was helping with tree ID in our woods for future 🍄mushroom logs and couldn't quite make it back on his own. 📸: Farmer Emma

Shiitakes are a wonderful ingredient for hearty, cozy meals like soups, gravies, pasta and roasts. We'll have them at the farmstand all day 9am-3pm alongside winter squash, baby greens, cheeses, pastries and breads, meats and more! Save $3 when you buy apple cider and a jack-o-lantern pumpkin! We have beautiful mums too.

In addition to the regularly delicious lineup of jams, preserves, hot sauce and salts made with local ingredients from Fiddlehead Farm, we have the most sought after preserve flavor of the year from their annual family trip to Michigan: TART CHERRY 🍒 My lips are sealed about how many jars I (Casey here) bought personally this year. Supplies are limited, while they last!

So many shiitakes to love! It is brrrr ❄️outside. Make yourself a hearty mushroom gravy or warming bowl of ramen 🍲. See you 2-6p at the farmstand.

Time for fall feels! All week SAVE $3 when you buy a jack-o-lantern pumpkin and 1/2 gallon of local NC apple cider! 🎃+🍎=🍂