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DEL.ICIO.USHarvest some farm fun at a festival this weekend
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It won’t be long before most of the farmers’ markets around Atlanta close for the season. The Suwanee Farmers Market is open through Oct. 13. The Peachtree Road Farmers Market shuts down Oct. 20. Markets in Woodstock, Piedmont Park, Acworth and East Atlanta Village close at the end of October. The market at Spruill Gallery in Dunwoody closes on the last Wednesday in November.
Chef Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene, who helped start the Peachtree Road Market, told me last week that the market has gotten the OK from the Cathedral of St. Philip to stay open year-round, but won’t do that this year. For now, there are three year-round markets in metro Atlanta, all inside the Perimeter: organic markets in Decatur on Wednesday afternoons and on Saturday morninngs in Morningside; and the Farm Stand at Star Provisions in west Midtown, open Thursdays through Saturdays (likely it’ll drop back to Fridays and Saturdays as we move toward winter).
So while the farmers are still harvesting, why not take a day — this Saturday, Oct. 6 — to celebrate the best of the season? Fields of Green, a benefit for Georgia Organics, is a day’s worth of food, music and farm scenery at Whippoorwill Hollow Farm in Walnut Grove, just north of Covington, about a 45-minute drive from Atlanta.
Family friendly ticket prices ($10 in advance, $15 at the farm, free to children younger than 12) make it a good choice for a day trip. Events include live music from noon to 10 p.m., chef demonstrations/food tastings from 1 to 4 p.m., and an organic market from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Among the chefs lined up are Michael Tuohy of Woodfire Grill, Anne Quatrano of Bacchanalia, Ron Eyester of Food 101, Todd Mussman of Muss and Turner’s, Scott Peacock of Watershed and Hugh Acheson of Five & Ten (named Restaurant of the Year by AJC dining critic Meridith Ford in this week’s Fall Dining Guide).
Did you go to Fields of Green last year? If so, what did you think? If you’re planning a farm visit somewhere this fall, where are you going? Apple-picking? Pumpkin patch? Corn maze?
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