The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for May 2nd pickup!
Good evening!
The Market is open and ready for you to order. I’m really excited to tell you about the fabulous variety of live tomato plants from Wagon Wheel Farm available to order on the Market this week! Thanks Rick and Jen!
Thank you for all of your generous donations to the Market. To date, we have raised $845.00!
To Donate: IFM Go Fund ME!.
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.
Events You Won’t Want to Miss
Happening NEXT Friday, May 4th, The First Friday Film Series, hosted by Grayson LandCare & Church of the Good Shepherd brings documentary films to the public, complete with popcorn and panel discussions afterward. Church of the Good Shepherd: 9441 Grayson Pkwy, Galax.
This film promises not to disappoint.
Filmed across four seasons in the farming cycle, LOOK & SEE blends observational scenes of farming life, interviews with farmers and community members with evocative, carefully framed shots of the surrounding landscape. Thus, in the spirit of Berry’s agrarian philosophy, Henry County itself will emerge as a character in the film – a place and a landscape that is deeply interdependent with the people that inhabit it.
Agricultural Innovations Expo is happening next Saturday, May 5th from 9am-1pm at the Grayson County High School. Free Admission, exhibits, demonstrations, kids activities, box lunches by Culinary Arts Students, greenhouse plants available for sale, Land Stewardship competition open to the public, awards start at 1pm.
Thank you all so much for supporting the Independence Farmers Market!
Abby
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Pop Up Farmers Market today until 6 pm!!
Come join us for lots of fun! Lots of vendors/Farmers sampling their products!
See you there!!
1300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Suwanee,30024
Lower Level at Cultured Traditions parking lot
Foothills Market: Order Window Is Closing!
Just a reminder – the order period for Foothills market will be open a little longer, until 2:00 this afternoon.
We’ll have your order available for pickup tomorrow from 4-6 p.m.
(I’m still trying to get used to the new schedule, too!)
Champaign, OH: Wednesday Comes Calling
Good morning!!
Just your market manager reminding you that the market will be closing at 8am, this morning, for the week!!
Such a fog filled, drizzly, dreary morning…I’m nestled at my desk with coffee, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks album spinning, and working on my own ordering for the market.
It’s the perfect time to groove in, and throw us some love…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
PS…don’t forget…we are back with eggs!! Both Oakview Farm Meats, and Ladybug Acres have eggs!!! YAY!!!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This week on The Cumming Harvest
To Contact Us
The Cumming Harvest
thecummingharvest@gmail.com
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This Week
Market opens at 10AM
Market opens at 10AM
Market opens at 10AM
What did you think of the market pickup setup last week? As The Cumming Harvest welcomes new customers, we are quickly outgrowing our little home. So while the weather is nice, Saturday morning pickup will be outside!
Did you get to meet Reggie at the market last Saturday? Grow with the Flow, aka Reggie and Roger Ramos, joined the market last fall and have been providing us with greens for most of the winter. So it’s about time they had a proper introduction! Catalyzed by their mother’s battle with cancer eight years ago, these two GA Tech grads and military vets decided they seriously wanted to address the kinds of food that they ate. After a series of internships in the Atlanta area (one of which with own Cane Creek Farm), they were ready to grow their own food but were faced with the challenge of acquiring affordable farmable land in urban Atlanta. As an innovative solution to their own limited access to land, and in an effort to replace the wasteful American lawn, these two engineers have established Certified Naturally Grown “market gardens” in homeowners’ lawns in their Tucker neighborhood, using their own lawn as “home base.” Participating homeowners in turn receive a CSA-style share of vegetables each week. Known affectionately as “the Grow bros,” their slogan is “Grow- don’t mow!” Reggie and Roger also work with other organizations in their neighborhood, such as Tucker Orchard Guild, to strengthen their communities’ access to fresh food. Reggie recently became a Food Innovation Fellow through Food Well Alliance and is on a mission to bring a mobile food processing/ refrigeration unit to other farmers who may not have the funds to purchase necessary but expensive equipment. These modest brothers bring their produce to The Cumming Harvest each week, so let’s support the good that they do for us!
Welcome back Weedy Soil and Sweet Pea Garden! Veggies are abundant!
HomeSpun Baking Company has a new product: check out their gluten-free sandwich bread.
Southern Grass Meat is having a SALE on a variety of items, including Back Ribs, Knuckle Bones, and Ground Beef.
There is just a little bit of Meadow Valley Amish CHEESE left. We have Baby Swiss, Gouda, Havarti, Cheddar, and Pepper Jack.
STRAWBERRIES BY WATSONIA FARMS are on the market again this week.
Cultured Traditions won’t be listing this week, but they will be back on May 12!
Pick-Up
Market Location and Pick Up
Pick Up every Saturday from 10am-12pm.
Located in a small building directly behind The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit.
724 Pilgrim Mill Road, Cumming, GA 30040
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!
Statesboro Market2Go: Order before Midnight!
Don’t forget to place your Market2Go order before midnight tonight.
Just added-green onions from Jacobs Produce!
Fisheads lettuce, Swampy Appleseed mushrooms, asparagus, carrots, and strawberries from Jacobs Produce, kale from Lee Family Farms, Al’s organic peanuts, fresh eggs from multiple farms, and lots more are all available online this week.
Miami County Locally Grown: We are OPEN for orders, with new products and the return of old favorites!!
It may have been raining outside, but we were cozy, dry, and having a blast at the
Spring Farmer’s Market tonight :-)
And now the market is opened back up for the week, with the return of carrots, arugula, and cilantro!! YAY!!
And we also welcome A Taste of Sugar Bakery back to the market tonight with her baked goods, jams, granola, and more!
Our newest collaboration – organic wheat berries and organic spelt berries grown by End of the Road Farm that 6635 StudeBaker turns into her Ploughman’s Loaf and her 100% Spelt Sourdough Loaf (on sale this week!) – a truly local loaf of bread!!
Also new, Organic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies from 6635 StudeBaker!
Covington Cheese Co has two new cheeses on the market, made with Certified Organic raw milk!!
And Rosy Toes Designs is sharing her organically grown Tomato transplants, this week only!! Such unique, heirloom varieties!!
Sadly, I must share that Davidson Family Growers did experience a crop failure with their ever-popular romaine lettuce, but no worries – they’ll have more soon!!
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Farmer’s Market tonight – we met so many new faces, and hope to see you sometime at pick-up :-)
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight after 10pm.
Hello friends!
Here’s something you don’t see every day: 25 pounds of eggs for $25! Perfect for bakers, or get some to share with your friends. Buy in together with neighbors for big savings. There’s about 250 medium eggs in a 25 pound box. These are pasture raised and farm fresh!
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, April 27th.
The market closes TONIGHT after 10pm, maybe even midnight! Come early on Friday for the best selection from the Extras table. See you Friday!
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Champaign, OH: Maple Syrup Education
Hello, little local market of love customers!! Tonight’s weblog is brought to you from Valley View Farms, and what we can expect from their recent run for sap!!
Dear maple syrup lovers,
We would like to update everyone on our maple syrup season that ended recently. As you know, the weather has been very volatile this spring! We tapped our sugar maples on February 13, which is just about a normal date for us. After a good quick sap run, warm weather shut off our taps for several days, and a forecast of a lengthy warm spell did not bode well. For a good sap run, maple trees need freezing nights and warm days. Without either one, sap doesn’t run. By early March, we had produced only a small amount of syrup, and it looked like our season would be a bust. Of course, temperatures turned cold again—very cold. March was actually colder than February! But as temperatures warmed gradually our trees cooperated and we had some great runs late in the month. Our season was saved and our syrup production was just about at the level for an average year.
Normally, early season syrup is very light colored and delicately flavored. As the season progresses and temperatures rise, the syrup darkens and turns more robust. This year, our first syrup was dark, robust, and delicious. The later cold spell actually created lighter syrup—a beautiful amber, but not light enough for us to call it golden. So for sale on the market this year, we have amber and dark syrup in our usual glass bottles, which allow the beauty of the syrup to be seen. This year for the first time we also are offering on the market a limited number of quarts of syrup in traditional plastic jugs. We are happy to satisfy our customers who are asking for larger volumes of syrup.
Pancakes, waffles, ice cream, yogurt, oatmeal, cereal, sauces, cocktails, pies—Valley View Woodlands maple syrup is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face!
Dawson Local Harvest: REMINDER! Dawson Local Harvest Market Closes @ 9pm!
Dawson Local harvest for April 27th
REMINDER! Dawson Harvest Market Closes at 9 pm Tonight!
But you can still order great offerings like Local Wildflower Honey, Eucalyptus Spearmint Soap, ground Lamb, fresh-made Blackberry Jam paired with Honey Wheat Bread, and A Whole Lot of Great Veggies! Place Your Order Now.
Thanks, Alan, Market Manager