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.
Stones River Market: Weblog Entry
Stones River Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
On Wednesdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Good morning! We hope you are all well and ready for a great week ahead!
Warmer days are bringing wonderful things to the table!
Rocky Glade Farm is with us this week and has Radishes, swiss chard, spinach, carrots, romaine lettuce, casper kale
Linda from Dogwood Valley sends this note:
Spring is really, truly, finally here! The early spring bloomers are very happy in the greenhouse at Dogwood Valley, but would be even happier in your garden. Now is a great time to plant perennials, even if they are types that will bloom later in the season. The stock is great right now, although plants just coming out of hibernation are on the small side. I don’t have more than a dozen of many of them, fewer of some, so get yours now while the selection is good! Some of the nicest bloomers this week are: catchfly, carnations, coreopsis, Euphorbia, Lenten rose (just 1 available!), Phlox stolonifera, pincushion flower, and Vinca minor. The houseplants, hanging baskets, Rex begonias, and Aloe vera, are also very healthy and anxious to join your family. And the herb plants, starting their spring growth now, will be large enough to clip within a few short weeks.
Chef Jenny with Seeds of Success has Dill-icious is a great seasoning to transition from eating winter foods to enjoying spring favorites. Try it on: asparagus, sprouts, kale, spinach, peas, potatoes, hummus, and egg salad. It is a blend of nutritious sunflower seeds, dill, dehydrated onions, sesame seeds, turmeric, and a pinch of sea salt.
Wild Flours will be back this week and we hope they are all feeling much better!
Marcy Jams also returns this week!
Farrar Farms is away this week and returns next week.
Wedge Oak Farm is a local, family farm who provides us, consistently, with quality meat and eggs. Do check out what they have to offer! Duck, pork, chicken and more!
Don’t forget that we can deliver to your door! Select delivery and add to your cart just as you would any product check that your address is correct in the system, set a cooler out and we will deliver during the normal pickup hours on Wednesday.
Delivery is restricted to the Murfreesboro area.
See you Wednesday!
Tracey & Ashleigh
Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!
I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.
See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/
Dothan, Alabama: March 25 Market Newsletter
This Week’s Newsletter:
Know Your Farmer
Schedule
Market ChitChat
In Season
This Week’s Grower Notes
Five Reasons to Know Your Farmer & Food Maker
The Practical Reason: As humans, we can be a little particular about how we do things. It’s good to have people you trust providing you with the things you need. Food is one of those things you need. Your farmer is the person who grows and cares for the food you eat; he/she is also the person you can talk to about it. Want to try a new veggie? Place a custom order? Understand food lingo? The artisan food maker? They’re making a living (hopefully!) off of the food they’re making. Passionate producers know what went into your food, they’ll have the answers to questions a grocery store can’t. And if there’s one thing you should be able to ask questions about, it’s the food you eat.
The Economical Reason: Supporting your farmer will strengthen your local economy and revitalize your community. Eating locally and regionally cuts down on transportation and storage costs. Buying directly from your farmer or at a farmers’ market is generally cheaper than the grocery store and returns more profit to the farmer than when you purchase indirectly. Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms — continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community.
The Ethical Reason: Exchanging money for a good or service is akin to voting for it. Every purchase you make is a vote cast. This means every purchase is a chance to vote for what you value. When you know your farmer and food producer, you know how your food is grown, made and where it comes from. It’s an opportunity to support and promote what you deem important, from organic to sustainable to humane to community-oriented to educational. When you know your maker, you know what’s important to them and you can vote for the food producers who live your values.
The Holistic Reason: We know you’ve heard it before; we’re a little detached from our environment in these modern times. Buildings don’t offer the same atmosphere that the actual atmosphere does. As family farms declined over the last century, fewer people worked in communion with the land. Knowing your farmer allows you to connect with your roots. And by roots we mean the practice of agriculture that allowed us humans to survive and thrive over thousands of years. Experiencing the earth produce food, and knowing the farmer who cultivates it, means engaging with the magical cycle that keeps us alive. Your farmer is the key to that cycle and the natural world. Much in the same way, artisan food makers keep traditions alive by going beyond the mass-produced norm with the best ingredients and old-world methods to create foods that harken back to the days before big food took over.
The Human Reason: Farmers. Their job is more important than athletes and actors combined without any of the accolades or rewards. Farming is tough. It’s physically demanding, livelihood is dependent upon the weather (which is never as predictable as Doppler wants you to believe), and it’s not particularly lucrative. But it’s essential. If we ever want to take back our food system we have to support small food business owners. The cider makers, the farmstead cheesemakers, heirloom grain bakers, healthy living innovators and sustainable butchers are imperative to our food system. So get to know your farmer and food maker and say thanks.
Adapted from barnraiser.us
Schedule
Market ChitChat
What a delightful surprise to have Greg and Carole Lolly of Mayim Farms drop in Friday! Thank You for spending part of your day with us and Happy Anniversary!
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Dothan Nursery’s Butterfly Open House on Thursday. We have plenty of “butterfly supplies” left and will have those available at the Market for kiddos to make their own butterflies starting in April during Market Pickup. If you’ve not had a chance to visit the Butterfly House is open during the nursery’s regular business hours.
In Season
ASPARAGUS!!!!!! Finally! What a treat that it’s finally here! We hope you’ll take advantage of this delectable vegetable and enjoy it in all the glorious ways it can be prepared. We are sharing “a few of our favorite things.” Thank you Avalon Farms for your patience and persistence to grow this and for sharing your bounty with Market at Dothan.
Only three ingredients for this paleo Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus.
This Week’s Grower Notes
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
AVALON FARMS AVALON FARMS Asparagus is finally making a showing. It will be available in ½ pound bundles. Grocery stores usually sell 1 pound bundles, but you lose half because of dry tough ends. There isn’t near as much waste when the asparagus is this fresh and handled properly. Asparagus should be kept in water (like a flower) in the frig and they will last for weeks. Hope you enjoy!
HORTON’S FARM: We will be off this week with the exception of Danny’s Greens. Ros is traveling to meet the newest Grandson!
Footnotes
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan
For Friday Pickup: Dothan: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville: Corner of Daleville Avenue and Hwy 134
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!
Duette, FL: Rainbow Carrots
Dear Customers,
This week we feature Rainbow Carrots – as pretty as they are good for you!
Please have a look at what we offer this week and place your orders.
Thank you.
David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30pm!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News 3-24-17
Link to Suwanee Whole Life Co-op newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/0aprz
Please take a moment to find out what’s happening at the co-op!
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CLG: Tomato Plants at CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning,
This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway. There will be Cherokee Purple and other tomato plants for sale on the extras table for $2 each. Grow your own tomatoes! You can do it!
Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Good Morning! Market is Open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Take me to the Lilburn Market.
All COW milk orders MUST be in by 2:00pm Monday!
Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup
Lilburn Members Pickup Location
All Saints Lutheran Church
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
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Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Good Morning! Market is Open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
All Cow Milk Orders MUST be in by 2:00pm Monday!!
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Cow Milk orders MUST be in by 2:00pm Monday!
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
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Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Cow Milk orders MUST be in by 2:00pm Monday!
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
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Take me to the Crossfit Market.