Building on the success of Krankies Farmers’ Market in downtown Winston-Salem, the market’s organizers have joined with the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) to form Cultivate Piedmont to enhance the market and broaden its outreach programs. Partners in Cultivate Piedmont include the Triad Buying Co-op, Piedmont Triad Research Park, Triad Community Kitchen, Krankies Coffee, Slow Food Piedmont, Womble Carlyle Sanders Rice and numerous other community partners. The regional committee will work to promote sustainable food systems in the Piedmont region through a range of education and outreach programs, and the continued operation of a high-standards, producers-only farmers’ market in Winston-Salem.

“The partnership with CFSA gives us the leverage to be able to do so many more things in the community than just run the farmers’ market,” noted Matthew Mayers, a Steering Committee member and former Market Manager. “We’ll be able to work on the big issues of sustainable local food production. The alliance will let the market serve as a hub for several important outreach and education activities, which will support all segments of our community.”

“CFSA has long had an interest in expanding our presence in the Triad area and Cultivate Piedmont will be a perfect vehicle for this effort,” noted Roland McReynolds, CFSA Executive Director. “Our very successful Sustainable Agriculture Conference in Winston-Salem held earlier this month demonstrated that the local food movement in the Triad is really taking off.”

For the past two years, Krankies Farmers’ Market volunteers organized and ran a thriving producers-only farmers market with a loyal following in downtown Winston-Salem. In the 2010 season, approximately 40 volunteers supported the weekly market from April through November with as many as 25 vendors and hundreds of shoppers each week. In 2011, the market will move to a new location near Patterson Avenue and 3rd Street and will be renamed the Cobblestone Farmers’ Market at Krankies.


Here are a few of the things you can expect to see happening in 2011:

* Expanded and improved market: The farmers market will move across 3rd Street into the cobblestone area behind the Nissen Building, with more vendors and more activities. The name of the market next year will be the Cobblestone Market at Krankies.

* EBT and WIC acceptance at the market: Cultivate Piedmont is currently working on setting up the market to accept EBT benefits (food stamps) and WIC vouchers. Healthy local food should be for everyone, so we hope to match EBT benefits one-to-one at the market.

* Cooking classes: You already know and love our market chef. Now he will be organizing and teaching skills-based cooking classes to help us all figure out the best ways to cook with the seasons.

* School outreach: Cultivate Piedmont will be building on our successful experiences with school visits during the past two years to reach out to even more young people and teachers.


You can help!
In the near future you will see requests for money and volunteers with lots of different kinds of talents and skills. Please consider helping out in these ways when asked.

About Us

Krankies Farmers Market is an all-local, producers-only market that seeks to bring a wide variety of fresh foods to downtown Winston-Salem. Vendors are selected on the basis of healthy, sustainable and humane practices. The market will be open every Tuesday through November. The market is open from 10 to 1; outside Krankies Coffee, 3rd and Patterson in downtown Winston-Salem. Parking is in the Nissen Building lot on 3rd (free) or in the Chestnut parking deck ($1/hr).