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.
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday October 14
Hello, I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We appreciate all your aupport and look forward to seeing you on Fruday between 5-7 at copy central.
Thank you,
Brady
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market
How 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
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Good morning!
The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm. Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
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NEWS AND NOTES
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has added four colors of Ornamental Kale, which will be a decorative and unusual addition to your fall garden or border. The Basket of Fall Plants and Fall Planter, both for indoor use, also feature the Ornamental Kale.
White City Produce & Greenhouses vegetables will not be on the market this week.
Remember that we also have delicious pork and chicken cuts, organic free-range chicken and duck eggs, jams and jellies, live plants for your perennial border, porch, or patio. Please take note of our great selection of hand crafted farm products, candles, essential oils, and bath & beauty products. Stop by Square Books soon and see our market table, with lots of non-perishable farm products for sale. Pick up some jam or jelly, hand lotion or soap, herbal tea, a candle, or a basket of herb plants to enjoy or to give as a gift.
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(L to R) Pork Spareribs from Weaver Farms, Fresh Local Brown Eggs from Knottynuffacres, Ornamental Kale ‘Osaka Red’ and Fall Planter from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse, Tricolor Fettuccine from Solace Farms.
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 Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708. If neither of those pickup times works for you, please make a note on the order, and we will work out an alternative arrangement.
Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, and your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items. 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
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for October 13
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
The big news this week is the long awaited return of Doug’s Wild Alaskan Salmon! After another successful summer fishing in the waters off Alaska, Doug and his family have returned with their catch. You’ll find that they’ve updated their listings (In the “Fish” subcategory under “Meat”), so have at it! I’ve been waiting for this week for a quite a while — I’ve been hoarding my dwindling stash for some time.
Some of you have already taken advantage of the many seedlings available for your fall gardens. I always say the fall is my favorite time to garden in Athens, even though many people shut their gardens down as the first frost approaches. There are nearly seven dozen varieties of veggie and herb seedlings listed this week, which is more than you’ll find and most garden centers this time of year.
Finally, tomorrow’s holiday always sparks discussions of indigenous peoples and colonization. I’d like to plant an idea with you: think about all of the wonderful indigenous foods of North America, many of which have fallen into obscurity. See if you can find some to add to your diet this fall, even if it’s just to try something new for one single meal. Native plants are almost always a better choice to grow than species and varieties not adapted to our environment, but growers won’t plant them if there’s not a demand. Here’s one interesting list to get you started, and you’ll recognize some of them from the ALG listings throughout the year: 20 Native North American Foods with Stories to Tell.
Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and Wednesdays from 11am-2pm in the atrium at St. Mary’s Hospital. They have a website too. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open for the season on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The Oconee County Farmers Market is open on Saturdays in Watkinsville. Their website is www.oconeefarmersmarket.org. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running from 9-1. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com. If you know of any other area markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
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!
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,
Here’s what’s available this week:
Vegetables—tomatoes, garlic, lettuce, eggplant, arugula, kale, red mustard, bok choy, celery, and peppers—sweet Italian, sweet snack peppers, mild jalapeno, regular jalapeno, habanero, Tabasco, Datil, Carolina Reaper, cayenne, and mixed hot peppers. Foundation Farm will also have winter squash for sale on the table at the market.
Honey—Local and delicious.
Herbs—Basil, rosemary, and cilantro.
Eggs—Pastured, free range.
Meat—Pastured beef, lamb, and goat.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut, okra, and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Live plants—Fig trees.
Go ahead and place your order, then pick up and pay on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.
Don’t forget about Foundation Farm’s high tunnel workshop this weekend—learn about construction and techniques for growing food year round. For more information and registration, contact Patrice Gros at mamakapa@yahoo.com or 479-981-2977.
Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
Inside Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—-if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
Well, another milestone has been met here on the farm. Our family took a weekend off- like really off the farm. We had a funeral to attend in Ohio this weekend and we left the farm- all of us- really! First time since we moved here over four years ago. My wonderful Aunt and Uncle came and took care of farm chores for us. So no animals were harmed in this weekend off. All were loved on, and fed, and walked. Although the occasion was a solemn one, it was still nice for all of us to pile into the car and go….. just like we used to do, before we were farmers. Before we had animals that depended on us, high tunnels to open and close, watering vegetables by hand, seedling needing watering, and plants that need planting.
Did I mention that I am glad to be back? Oh I am… I missed all of it, even if I was only gone 48 hours.
See you on Thursday,
Angela
DeForest, WI: Availability for the week of October 9
Fall is finally here—Forest Run Farm was visited Sunday morning by a little frost. There should still be peppers, and let us know if you want beans. We won’t know for another day or so if they survived.
Please remember that the market will be open through the end of October and at least the first Friday of November. If you have a Farm Stand CSA, the cards are only good this season.
Note This week, and until the end of the season, the Market hours are 3-5pm. Please show up during market hours so you are able to add to your order.
Miami County Locally Grown: The market closes tonight at 8pm!
Less than 4 hours to get your orders in for the week! Thank you for your support, and Happy Shopping!!
ALFN Local Food Club: Weblog Entry
What a beautiful Sunday morning!
The market is open and waiting for your orders. Sorry you did not receive this as an email right at 12 – the market has been open for ordering but this message only posted as a weblog, and not as an email! I apologize for that. Hope everyone was able to get on and start ordering despite the confusion.
This time of the year seems to make me hungrier than usual – is it the weather? My inability to turn down anything that includes “pumpkin spice” in the title? Whatever it is, lately I have found myself drawn to dishes with savory flavors and warm Fall notes. This week I’m craving a hearty beef stew, apple pie, and sauteed kale with pecans and cranberries – lucky for me, I can buy almost all the ingredients I need on our market! We’re so fortunate to have a large network of growers who provide a variety of local produce to suit our tastes.
Speaking of variety, we made another order of dry goods! We have organic flour, beans, quinoa, and more. Make sure you order some and stock up! Don’t forget that we will not be having market on October 22nd due to the Race for The Cure.
Finally, for anyone interested in learning how to ferment their own food, the Southern Center for Agroecology is hosting a wonderful workshop series at Christ Episcopal Church (led by our own Angela Gardner). The next one will teach participants how to make cucumber kimchi, and is on October 22nd from 6-8. You can sign up here and get more information about the series.
Now excuse me while I go make a steak and egg omelette. I wonder how a pumpkin spice blend would taste on it….
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
The Wednesday Market: Ordering Time Again
Good afternoon.
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 all of this week’s product listings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Concord Streets is off the market for this week, as my boys are on school holiday, and we want to do something fun.
Thank you all for your support of locally grown agriculture and for choosing to purchase locally.
Have a great Sunday, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
The Homegrown Festival was a success! Thank you to all who came down and enjoyed the day!
The market will return to City Park for the remainder of the outdoor season. We will be open through October 29th then make the transition to the online market the first Saturday in November. Seasonal fall & winter produce will be available as well as pastured pork, turkey, chicken and grass fed beef. There will be artisan baked goods and crafts as well.
Watch for more info in the coming weeks!
See you at the market Tuesday 3-7 pm and Saturday 8 am to 1 pm!