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.
Russellville Community Market: RCM is Open for Orders!
Hey RCM’ers,
Welcome to another great market week!
Look for newly added products each week!
We also have your staples like eggs, breads, and honey.
There are lots of great RCM products to be had. Order away!
Like us on Facebook for up to date news and exciting RCM announcements. Check out our page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events too! RCM Facebook
Peruse the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the *“Place My Order” *button once you have completed your shopping. *Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.*
Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!
CLG: Opening Bell: Coffee, Tomato Plants, Honey, Granola!
Good afternoon!
I guess it’s officially going to be an early spring after a mild winter. Hopefully you have a little room at your place for a few vegetable plants. You can grow your own delicious tomatoes (Cherokee Purple and Black Cherry available now!), Bell peppers (coming soon), or even asparagus (over 100 plants already potted). Need soil? Get some awesome compost from Tom & Kami at Green Acres Atkins!
Would you like to help one of our Growers to expand their operation? Most of you know the fine health care products Tammy Sue brings to market every week. Please take a look at the following link to her kickstarter campaign to learn more: http://kck.st/2lQCqFa
Take a look at the OUR GROWERS tab to learn more about any of our fine Growers at CLG. Enjoy!
Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!
Check out over 575 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!
And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)
The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
Please check your email a few minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
The Wednesday Market: Good Morning! Time to Order!
Good morning.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. See the website for details on this week’s product offerings. Here is the link:
https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
It’s supposed to be a beautiful day, although kind of chilly right now. We hope that you have a chance to get out and enjoy some sun. As for me and my crew, we’re headed out for a day of soccer.
Thanks for supporting locally grown agriculture, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Stones River Market: Ordering is open for the week!
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 Market family!
White City Produce & Greenhouse and Wild Flours return this week while Double Star Bar Farms is still off. Seeds of Success will also be off this week.
There is plenty to be found on our incredible market!
Virgin Bay Seafood is all about sustainability and bringing products to the mainland that we couldn’t otherwise find so fresh! Wild Alaskan Seafood in TN!! 100% wild caught/ 100% sustainably harvested and available year round. Virgin Bay Seafood offers salmon, whitefish and shellfish. The even have a quarterly seafood CSA. Look under the new “seafood” category.
From The Krafty Kupboard
The Krafty Kupboard has been working hard restocking many of your favorite products. She has soups (split peas, lentils, chili), breads (cornbread, biscuits), snacks (granola, trail mix) breakfast items (pancakes, cream of wheat), various types of hummus and much more. All of her products are organic, most are gluten-free, and many are vegan.
I will add that they are ALL healthy, delicious options!
Linda at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse says:
This crazy weather has finished off the daffodils, sadly, but that just means that the greenhouses at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse are coming alive, with the early spring things beginning to bloom. Your garden will delight in the addition of some color to welcome spring very early each year. And can the herbs be far behind? We also have some really nice hanging baskets available, which will need to stay indoors till end of April. Watch the “Live Plants” category, as new plants will be made available each week. Since these are listings from previous years being made available again for this season, they will not show up in “What’s New” at the top of the page.
Ferris Family Farms has lots of delicious greens listed!
Frontier Family Farm also has plenty of delicious spinach!
This week we made a mushroom/spinach cheese stick that was out of this world! Did take any photos but wish we had!
Botanical Harmony Farm will have alfalfa and broccoli sprouts this week.
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.
See you Wednesday!
Tracey & Ashleigh
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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 4 Market Newsletter
This Week’s Newsletter:
Spotlight on Strawberries
Schedule
Market ChitChat
Urgent FDA Need – please read!
This Week’s Grower Notes
Spotlight on Strawberries
For most people fresh strawberries are one of those “must haves” of spring. It’s possible that the appreciation of a fresh juicy sweet strawberry has diminished with time as big agra has perfected growing year round berries thanks to chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and transportation improvements from places like Peru. The misfortune of this is that they are in the Environmental Working Groups “Dirty Dozen” most contaminated foods list.
Thankfully that’s not the case with our Market berries. This year we are blessed to have two vendors growing clean eating berries without the use of all those nasty things. They do require more work in the field, but the sweet results are oh, so worth it!
Like all good gifts our Creator provides for us, strawberries are fascinating little treats and we thought you may enjoy learning a bit more about them.
Scientifically known as Fragaria ananassa, the strawberry originated in Europe in the 18th century. It is a hybrid of two wild strawberry species from North America and Chile.
Strawberries are a good source of vitamin C, manganese, folate (B9) and potassium, and contain small amounts of several other vitamins and minerals.
The carbohydrate content of strawberries consists mainly of fibers and simple sugars. They score relatively low on the glycemic index and slow down the digestion of carbs. This reduces spikes in both blood sugar and insulin levels.
Strawberries may decrease the risk of heart disease by improving the cholesterol profile, lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation and oxidative stress. In addition animal and test tube studies suggest that strawberries may help protect against several types of cancer.
Strawberries are listed on the Market this week thanks to favorable weather conditions. If they are all sold out by the time you order please know that if extras are available our growers will bring them to Market for sale on a first come, first serve basis.
Schedule
Market ChitChat
Slowly and surely the new Dothan pickup site is coming along. Thanks to Mr. Bob at the Nursery “The Shed” now has electricity! This means that your tender fresh fruits and veggies will stay cool as spring turns into summer. Be sure to thank him for his help and support if you get the chance! He’s been busy, busy, busy first building and now prepping Dothan Nursery’s new Butterfly House. We’re excited for both the Nursery and Wiregrass residents who are sure to be enchanted when everything is up and fluttering smoothly.
We’re happy to report that the web address in our new logo is functional now. You won’t see anything different if you use it, but it should make it easier for people to find the site.
Thank you for your ongoing RECYCLING efforts! Many of you have been bringing useable items to the Market for a long time. Your efforts have helped many a market vendor keep their costs down and we truly appreciate the effort. Now that our pickup location is under a roof please know that you are welcome to drop items off at your convenience. We just ask that you try to put them behind the refrigerator. THANK YOU!
Lastly, we would love your FEEDBACK. If you have an idea for the newsletter or would like to provide a product review, YOUR imput is important and we welcome it. Just shoot an email to marketatdothan@gmail.com.
FDA Needs Your Common Sense NOW
Market Note: At this time this issue would only affect large honey producers packaging over 50,000 lb per year. OF COURSE it would widen the distinction between commercially produced and local honey and we’re ok with that. The danger lies in that if this goes through, at some future point they could require local beekeepers like our Market vendors to do the same.
The Food and Drug Administration released a rule last year changing nutrition guidance on packaged products, including honey. They have since released more detailed guidance. As it stands, the FDA, beginning in 2018, will require packaged honey to include on the nutrition label both “Total Sugars” and “Added Sugars”.
The problem is, they do not distinguish between the two and so labels will need to include the same amount of grams of sugar under each category e.g. “17 grams of Total Sugar” and “17 grams of Added Sugars”.
To say this will confuse consumers is an understatement. What is “Added Sugars”? The FDA means added to your diet. What do you think consumers will think that means? Consumers will think it means sugars have been added to the honey that are NOT naturally occurring in the honey. Thanks to the National Honey Board, there are studies to prove it, studies that have been presented to the FDA, but they have ignored.
Now is the time to let FDA know your thoughts. The guidance is subject to a comment period and agency review before being finalized. COMMENTS CLOSE ON MARCH 6, 2017 so the time to voice your opinion is critical and short!
Please take 5 or 10 minutes before March 6th to write to the FDA now and ask them to exempt honey from the “Added Sugars” labeling requirement! Click on this link and submit your thoughts. If the link does not work for you (we think it’s temperamental because they’re being bombarded), please copy and paste this web address: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FDA-2016-D-4414-0002
You can be as brief or elaborate as you want in your comments. Be sure to include all the required information about yourself and that you are an individual CONSUMER.
Thank You in advance for your efforts to keep sanity and common sense in our federal programs.
This Week’s Grower Notes
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
AVALON FARMS – Egg Special 18 count $5
So many eggs!!! My new chicks are laying and my counters are overwhelmed with them all. Beautiful shades of brown; buff to chocolate. My favorites are the speckled ones!
D’S JELLIES I bought pepper plants today at Wal-Mart. They are a nice size and hopefully grow fast once we plant them. We will keep them in our shop until it is truly spring. You can announce that I have sold out of D’s Hot Pepper Jelly. I think July is a good estimate of when I will be making it again. I have had an awesome selling season at every event that I have been a vendor at! So blessed! I have D’s Mayhaw Jelly and D’s Blackberry Jelly. I have blueberries in the freezer and may get busy making D’s Blueberry Preserves! I will keep you posted. Dianne Herring
HORTON’S FARM Danny sends word that he is busy transitioning his Gourmet Salad Mix to include warmer weather greens with red and green summer crisp varieties, arugula, young kale greens and (NEW!) leaf broccoli. Leaf broccoli is reported to have higher nutritional value than head broccoli. Of course we’re excited!
MARY’S PEEPS Please check my products of wildflower honey with comb. This is something most people pay a lot to get every year, and I have it in some of my jars of Comb honey. I also have pepper jellies, divinity, very generous portions, and variety of cakes. I offer full size to smaller, for people who like cake but don’t need a big one. I have cupcakes, muffins, many varieties, homemade bread, and fresh free range eggs from hens, they get all sorts of healthy clovers and grass, sunflower seeds, herbs, and good healthy feed. They are elderly girls cause I don’t retire them, they lay and grow old. So like us they retire here too. My pecans have almost ran out for the market, I have only 3 bags of 1/2 lbs. I appreciate all of my customers who bought a lot of pecans this year, they were a good crop. If anyone needs or wants something special please let me know. Thank you
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!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!
Good morning!
The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm. Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
Farm News of the Week
From Amy Rae of Solace Farm:
We have restocked our Scottish Highland grassfed beef, and have added both a few new cuts like NY Strip and Filet Mignon, and more of the classics such as stew meat (first to sell out), ground, and chuck roasts.
I have also added a loose tea blend – made from our own fig leaves and wildcrafted sumac berries, it is a caffeine-free stand-in for a lemon green tea. I love this with just a touch of honey!
We have a new item in the soap line-up – laundry soap! I’ve been using this myself for years now, and decided to make it available here as well. It is made from my own soap, with just a few additional ingredients, and we love how simple it is! I’ve also listed a lavender pumice scrub for the kitchen and bathroom, again with my own soap, and pumice powder. If you like the Mrs. Meyers surface scrub (like I do) this is for you!
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(Clockwise from top left): Loose Tea, Laundry Soap, Pumice Scrub, Whipped Body Butter.
To Contact Us
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
From Elaine at Weaver Farms:
We are running a special for the month of March: 5 pounds of Angus ground beef for $25. Pasture and grain fed. No hormones, antibiotics or MSG. No water added. USDA inspected.
Linda at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse writes:
This crazy weather has finished off the daffodils, sadly, but that just means that the greenhouses at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse are coming alive, with the early spring things beginning to bloom. Your garden will delight in the addition of some color to welcome spring very early each year. And can the herbs be far behind? We also have some really nice hanging baskets available, which will need to stay indoors till end of April. Watch the “Live Plants” category, as new plants will be made available each week. Since these are listings from previous years being made available again for this season, they will not show up in “What’s New” at the top of the page.
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(L-R) Dwarf Coreopsis, Phlox stolonifera.
Important Ordering and Pickup Information
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at our tents located outside Manchester Farm Store, 251 Interstate Dr., Manchester. We can also deliver your order to your home (or other location) on Friday afternoons, for a small fee, if it’s more convenient for you. If you prefer to utilize this service, please place an order for it, same as other products, selecting your delivery area. Don’t forget to give us your location address in the comments section of the order. Also please text Linda at (931) 273-9708 for specific arrangements.
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. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends and inviting them to give us a try. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.
Blessings,
Linda
Here is the complete list for this week.
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Vegetables
Baked Goods
Eggs
Meat
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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!
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: market is OPEN!!
Howdy!
Welcome to another great week at the online paris farmers market!
Please stop by www.parisarkansas.locallygrown.met
And check out all the local goodness you can order from the comfort of your own home!
Thanks for supporting your local farms and small businesses!
Peace,
PAFM
CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning,
SPECIAL: We will have an assortment of cheeses from White River Creamery today at 4pm so plan to pick up early! Also: Maria will have samples of her new item: BBQ pulled pork! Limited supply available to take home at only $7 per pound! And Elizabeth will have bread samples.
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.
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.