Duke Farmers Market Opens April 27

The weekly market on the Duke Medicine Pavilion Greenway outside of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education runs through Sept. 28

Peaches on a table.
Ripe peaches from a Duke Farmers Market event in 2022. Photo by Jack Frederick.

When the Duke Farmers Market returns Thursday, April 27, staff and faculty can take advantage of getting ahead on grocery shopping, while supporting local businesses.

Organized by LIVE FOR LIFE, the Duke employee wellness program, the market will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 28 on the Duke Medicine Pavilion Greenway outside of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education. With the pandemic easing, the market will include more vendors, including produce offerings.

Courtney Pyles, a clinical research coordinator for Duke Orthopaedics, looks forward to stopping by the market on her lunch break to look for new fresh foods.

“None of the jobs I’ve worked in the past have had anything like this,” said Pyles, who has worked at Duke for six years. “When I started at Duke, I could go to the Duke Farmers Market at work. I appreciate having the small vendors come out and be able to sell their products fresh.”

Angelica Medina, of Zulia Bakery, explains some of her offerings to Duke Health resident Anne Rose Cavalier at a 2022 Duke Farmers Market event. Photo by William Snead, University Communications.

In 2023, 10 cash-only vendors – including local Gabor Farms and Lyon Farms – will appear weekly at the market, selling a variety of goods, including produce, jellies and jams, milk, flowers, coffee, and baked goods.

Bulkogi Food Truck, a Korean barbecue vendor based in Durham, and Vic’s Pizza Truck, which sells New York-style pizza by the slice or pie, will also be on site each week providing lunch options.

Attendees who need cash can access the 24-hour ATMs in the lobby of the T Level of Duke University Hospital or the basement level of Duke Clinic, outside of the food court.

Each week of the market, LIVE FOR LIFE staff members will be available to help attendees connect with other health and wellness resources and answer questions.

Share your story and photos from the Duke Farmers Market each week for a chance to win a special insulated grocery shopping bag from Working@Duke.