Meeting Street Farmers Market Makes Local WBTV 6:00PM News!
For those of you that thought the rain was going to hold up the Meeting Street Farmers Market for today well you thought WRONG! We had such a great time and WBTV was there to film all the excitement!
Let me start off this blog with an apology to my new friends Hillary and Kevin out at Barbee Farms! Last week I posted this photo and put Brent’s name under the photo with Hillary! Little did I know that Brent is engaged and Kevin was surely sad not to see his name in the headlines! Sorry Kevin and Hillary! Hey Kevin, you made the local WBTV NEWS tonight! I hope that makes up for it! Click on WBTV NEWS and check it out! You guys are great and I look forward to the tasty corn, pink and red tomatoes and little red potatoes I purchased! See you love birds next week! 
Oh my gosh did Chef’s Joseph Morrow, David Moore and the gang from the Ballantyne Hotel and Lodge put out some serious pork from Grateful Growers! Michelle was there to help with educating the local buyers about the awesome Tamworth hog from Ireland. Joseph and David prepared the pork 7 different ways and we all had the privilege of sampling them all for free! I love doing my personal training at the Hotel! Not only do these guys prepare the best foods around but they support the local growers buy buying their products and have it on our own menu in the Gallery Restaurant ! Hats off guys! You are AWESOME!
Genie O’Shaughnessy from out at EarthFare was there to help me promote the local farmers today! We had a great time teaching the locals about the importance of buying local! EarthFare will be helping me with grocery store tours starting next week! Come out and enjoy learning about how to shop for local healthy food!
I just love Bill & Jeanette Reed from Freedom Farms over in Maiden, NC. They taught us about free range chickens and I bought 6 dozen of their eggs. With my bodybuilding show coming up Oct. 10th I need all of this awesome pure protein I can get! Jeanette’s home made goats milk soaps and salves are awesome! I go home with a bar almost every week! 
Todd Mauldin from T & D Charolais has got the best grass fed beef around! My husband Jim loves his hamburger and today I left with 2 ribeye’s for Jim and 2 filet’s for me! Todd, I want to see my chef’s from the Ballantyne Hotel cook’in your steak one week soon! I know the locals will flip! 
A great time was had by all and even with a small shower at 7:30pm the crowds still enjoyed the trumpet playing of Bill with Billies Pickles! They are good eat’in! 
Well, hat’s off to Rob Lane for doing a great job with Meeting Street Farmers Market! He is such a great guy and supports the locals by caring enough to have this market! THANKS ROB!!!! YOU MY FRIEND ARE THE BEST!!! I am so proud to be a part of helping promote this market and the local grower. It is truly all about nutrition and putting a healthy lifestyle in front of each one of us so that we might be able to live longer and enjoy our lives in a more healthy, happy way. PLEASE come out to the market next week and enjoy meeting all your local farmers, artisans and the great Chef’s from the greatest Hotel around The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge! What a joy to serve my community by helping others through better health and wellness! Until next week live healthy through a NATURALBODY!!!!
Candi
