Who wouldn't want to celebrate Earth Day with slices of pie? The fourth annual SEEDS pie social is 1-5 p.m. April 22.

The event raises money for the Durham Inner-City Gardeners, an urban-farming leadership development program for teens. You may have seen these teenagers selling their produce at the Durham Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings.

The cost is $10 for four slices of pie. Almost 30 restaurants and several home bakers have signed up to donate pie, including Acme Food & Beverage Co., Foster's Market, Guglhupf and Papa Mojo's Roadhouse. The pies will range from classic sweet desserts to pizza. New this  year, a panel of judges will declare one pie as the Best in Town and the public will vote for a People's Choice favorite.

While eating pie, attendees can bid on lessons in the skill share auction where instead of buying stuff, you can learn a skill. Among the lessons up for bid are how to fly a plane, brew beer, bake bread and cook Indian food.

The garden is located at 706 Gilbert Street, Durham. The event will happen rain or shine. For more information, go to http://www.seedsnc.org.

The Durham Farmers' Market opens its Wednesday market from 3:30 -6:30 p.m. this Wednesday. This weekly market runs until September.

Durham's Wednesday market also will feature monthly "quick and easy market dinner" cooking demonstrations. The first will be May 18 with Anne Everitt of Let's Start Cooking! school. The market is located at 501 Foster St., Durham.

For those looking for mid-week markets, the Carrboro Farmers' Market opened last Wednesday with two new vendors. They include Porcino, which sells artisan pasta, pizza dough, sauces, biscotti and focaccia; and The Pig, a Chapel Hill restaurant that will sell charcuterie out of a hot dog push cart.

That market is 3:30-6:30 p.m. at 301 W. Main St., Carrboro. 

From Bull's Eye correspondent Elizabeth Shestak:

Solstice Farmer's Market: The Durham Farmer's Market will have special hours mid-week since it will be closed Saturday, December 25 for Christmas, as well as New Year's Day. This Wednesday the market will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. - just in time to get ready for a cozy week of holiday cooking, baking and eating.

Guglhupf Stollen: The traditional Dresden-style Christmas Stollen, which has been featured on the Food Network's Food Finds, is back again at our favorite German cafe. The sugary, sweet leavened bread made with citrus peel, raisins, almonds and spices will be available in the store and via mail order every day through Christmas. But if you want to enjoy this for Christmas itself then don't wait too long - fresh stollen should be allowed to age for several days to develop its flavor. Visit www.guglhupf for details.
 

The town is in a tizzy over the predictions for nasty weather. While the Durham Farmers' Market promises to be open for business Saturday no matter what, and Duke Park residents are emailing each other about good spots for sledding, the Durham County commissioners have already called off Monday's work session in anticipation of ice, snow and general misery.

Watts Grocery owner/chef Amy Tornquist will be at the Durham Farmers' Market from 10 a.m. to  noon Saturday serving up Zuke's country sausage with okra and lady pea salad.

Tornquist will be at the Carrboro Farmers' Market at Sept. 19 so mark your calendars if you are a fan.

Here's what's fresh at the Durham Farmers' Market tomorrow, as reported by market manager Erin Kauffman. The market is located in the Central Park Pavilion, 501 Foster St. Open 8 a.m. to noon each Saturday, rain or shine.