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Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for Jan. 11th pick up!
Hello Friends!
The Market is open for pick up on January 11th at the Grayson Land Care office between 4 pm and 6 pm.
I hope everyone is having a happy new year!
Start shopping!- https://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you!
Abby
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This Week at The Cumming Harvest
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This Week
Happy New Year!
The market is open today and tomorrow for your ordering.
My Daily Bread is back this week.
Each January, I devote the first few mailings of the year to the behind the scenes operation of TCH. This week, I’m going to talk about the many legal issues surrounding our market. Even though many people call us “the co-op”, TCH is legally a market owned and operated by me. There’s no board of directors, no shield corporation, no pot of grant money. It’s just me, and while that keeps things very simple, it also exposes me and my family to a ton of potential liability. It’s never really been an issue and there are several things I do specifically to minimize that risk:
- The growers list their own items and set their own prices. When you buy from them, it is from them, not from me, and not from Athens Locally Grown.
- The Cumming Harvest never takes ownership or possession of the food. The growers drop it off, and you pick it up.
- Everything at the market has a customer’s name attached to it when it arrives. TCH does not repackage any items or buy in bulk for redistribution.
- When you pay, you’re paying in to a shared cash box for all of the growers. This lets you write a single check or swipe your card once for convenience, but you are really paying all of the growers directly and individually. Your money goes in, and the software keeps everything going, spits out checks for each of the growers you buy from.
- The growers give a small percentage of their sales, generally 10%, back to the market to cover the many expenses of keeping the market going. I’ll cover the details of finances another week.
- TCH never buys from a grower and resells the items to you.
- When a grower sells items that need licenses from either the state or the federal government, TCH verifies that the proper licenses have been obtained.
The ownership issue is key. It’s one of the reasons why we don’t offer delivery, and why we usually can’t hold items for you if you aren’t able to pick up your orders. Delivery might be a good business for someone (if they could figure out all the legal requirements), but it’s not at all what I personally want to be into. I think it would be a valuable service for you, and I’m hoping someday someone will be able to partner with me for this. Many food co-ops and even some farmers markets aren’t as careful with keeping ownership as straight as I try to be, and that has gotten other groups similar to us into serious legal trouble (deserved or not) over the years. There are so many grey areas in all this, and the written regulations still don’t even consider that something like The Cumming Harvest might exist. We’re so firmly in the grey areas with most everything we do that it’s just too risky for me to bring us into the areas that are clearly black.
So, these are the sorts of things that guide my thinking as The Cumming Harvest has grown over the years. Everything we do has legal ramifications, and the state of Georgia has a reputation for being no nonsense when it comes to enforcement — with the little guy, anyway.
I’ll continue more of the financial info in the coming weeks.
Pick-Up
Market Location and Pick Up
724 Pilgrim Mill Road, Cumming, GA 30040
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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!
Old99Farm Market: Old 99 Farm, week of Jan 1 2017
More for the symbolism of it, Cami and I were planting greens in the hillside greenhouse on Jan 1st! We moved kale and cabbages that were dormant in the main house, and planted lettuces, radishes and mesclun. They will take about three months to grow to market size, a month faster than if left in the unheated greenhouse, according to Eliot Coleman’s Four Season Harvest p49. We’ll see.
Greens available now; kale, chard, parsley, cilantro and romaine. Roots: carrots, potatoes, onions, leek. Lots of meats and eggs. Price for XL now $6/doz, $6.75 for Jumbo.
Market will be open Friday, 4 to 6, or by arrangement.
Healthy Eating
Ian and Cami
Cape Locally Grown: Tune in!
A shout out to Faune Riggin
KZIM KSIM News and Program Director
for having CLG on “Coffee Break”. Tune in tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 7:30.
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight after 10pm.
Tuesday Reminder – Market Closes Tonight after 10pm.
Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, January 6th.
The market closes TONIGHT after 10pm. 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
Our Website:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st
Miami County Locally Grown: Open for a new year!
We’re back! Come find your familiar favorites before Sunday at 8pm, or try out something new… Here’s to a Healthy and Happy 2017!
ALFN Local Food Club: Market Reminder
Hey everyone! Don’t forget to place your orders on the market before noon tomorrow.
Also, we are in need of volunteers for both the early (8-10:30) and late shift (10-12:30) this Saturday. Sign up and receive $5 credit or one month of membership for every shift!
See you Saturday!
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
Champaign, OH: FYI
FYI…It’s Tuesday evening!! Yes, again, it just sort of appeared, out of no where, on the heels of another holiday weekend!!
But, the holiday whirlwind is all behind us, it’s a rainy, cold night with nothing left to do but order, order, order…
You have until 10pm…let’s see some market love!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Oh, and FYI…Happy New Year!!!
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: Group Buy Carrell Farms this weekend
It’s a new year and I’m trying something new! Click the link below to this week’s newsletter:
I would love any feedback! Let me know if you like the old version or new version of newsletter better.
Cross Timbers Food Cooperative: CTFC Market Open for January 14 Pick-up
Hi, folks—
Happy 2017!
Ordering for the first January delivery is OPEN.
Orders can be placed through Sunday, January 8.
Pickup is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, January 14.
Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative