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.
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Have you placed your Order? Minimums must be met! Market closes at 8:00pm!
The Market closes at 8:00pm!
…a few notes…
My Daily Bread has is on the Market this week! Dabrielle’s offerings include 5 Treat options for your furry children! Try her Dog Treats this week! Also, Pumpkin Rolls are back! These are definitely one of my favorite items Dabrielle bakes with love! Note: Order enough items to keep your pantry stocked for 2 weeks! Until November, My Daily Bread will have offerings every other week.
It is time to think about Pre-Ordering Holiday Meats! Hams, Turkeys, Turkey Breasts are all available from the Hutchins Family of Heritage Farm! These options will NOT be available for long and are only available as Pre-Orders! Don’t miss this great opportunity!
Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Sweet Silver Queen Corn Just Added
One last email for this week letting you know that 7 more orders of Sweet Silver Queen Corn will be ready for harvesting this week and was just added to the market! I have been enjoying the corn all week and it is such a treat to get pesticide-free corn. I can’t help but think of how each strand of the corn silk has to be pollinated to create each nice juicy kernel… just amazing and yummy.
Corn – Sweet Silver Queen >>
You have until 9pm tonight to place orders, and you can always submit more than one order! Multiple orders are automatically totaled together for your convenience. See all products >>
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
Sorry to be late- I got involved in planting seeds and completely forgot to open the market.
We will be moving back to Tractor Supply this week. The traditional farmers market has closed for the season, and we are now back to our old ways.
The Caldwell County Farmers Market is having a TOWNHALL MEETING on Tuesday September 20th at 6pm at the County Extension Office. We really need our community to come out and tell us what you would like to see for next year. There is a possibility of a new pavilion for the market if enough folks come out and tell our state representatives that this is what you would like to see. The office of Agriculture Policy for the Governor’s Office wants to know from the community what you want and that you want a farmers market in your community. If no one shows up for this meeting we may find ourselves without a permanent location and pavilion. We are one of 10 counties in our state that does not have a Pavilion. Our team (County Extension, Farmers Market Board, Farmers Market Vendors, State, County and City officials) want to see that change! We cannot do it without you though. Please consider coming for this meeting, putting in your two cents, and showing support for local foods and your local farmers.
See you on Thursday at Tractor Supply from 4-6pm.
Angela
Champaign, OH: Nobody Knows How To Get Back Home
Nobody knows how to say goodbye
It seems so easy ’til you try
Then the moments passed you by
Nobody knows how to say goodbye
Through the darkness to the dawn
And when I looked back you were gone
Heard your voice leading me on
Through the darkness to the dawn
(Nobody Knows How To Get Back Home-The Lumineers)
So, it’s that time of year…we are just about ready to cross the threshold to autumn days, soft glow evenings.
Autumn always takes me back to my childhood in the West End, my old house, my grandparents house, my old friends, the comfort of it all, the beauty, the simplicity.
I try to create the feeling of home, of love, of comfort, of beauty through this market. We want each customer to feel like they are coming home, and leaving with love, when they order from our market. I want the vendors to feel like family. I want the ebb and flow of goodness, of comfort.
In these days, we see the fleeting summer produce, we see the entrance of what autumn’s bounty has to bring us. We see the sun setting in a different way, in different hues, bringing us all back to the kitchen, to the season as we begin a different kind of cooking…
Comfort, simplicity in the beauty of local items, local food, seasonal goodness.
Meats, breads, spices, herbs, garlic, late berries, late season produce, eggs, dry mixes, baked goods, essential oils, candles, soaps, maple syrup, jams, jellies…
Nobody knows how to get back home
Nobody knows how the story ends
Live the day, do what you can
This is only where it begins
Let our market begin to take you home…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes,
Cosmic Pam
United States Virgin Islands: Wednesday 9/21 - Market Open
Good Morning and Happy Monday,
Special requests? We take those too.
Email csa@ridge2reef.org to make sure some of your favorite items are at the market this week.
See you soon,
L
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for September 22
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
I’m still out of state, and haven’t heard any Athens news for this little newsletter this week. I’ve been lucky enough to get to travel to Hawai’i and be nerdy at a Star Trek convention. My first day here, I did get to travel to the rainforest side of the big island and look at how hard they’re working to create a sustainable local food system there. They have some surprising similarities to Georgia there — my own little farm was the first agricultural use of land that had been decimated by years of cotton farming (much like a lot of the farmland around Athens). The rainy side of the big island was 100% devoted to large-scale production of sugar cane, much to the destruction of the natural ecosystem. When that industry collapsed, there was much work to be done to keep that land from being overrun by invasive species. Many people are working hard to plant mixed-species orchards, vegetable plots that rotate from place to place, and so forth. Mistakes were made — one of the first attempts to put the land to use was a mass planting of eucalyptus trees, and they planted them far too close together for the climate. As a result, there are tens of thousands of acres with tall, skinny, virtually unusable trees. One possible remedy being explored is hand thinning the trees and using the wood for fuel for energy production, a solution with problems of its own.
I got to see quite a few experimental plots where students of all ages were trying things out. Grade school children have proud plots of taro and sweet potato mixed with semi-wild stands of guava and other fruits. Farms of 100% pastured beef have sharply cut into factory-farmed beef shipped in from the mainland. Grocery stores have local fruits and veg front and center. Perhaps being on an island 2000 miles away from the rest of us give Hawai’i a stronger sense of identity and a desire for self-sufficiency than we do in Georgia, but they face many of the same challenges. It’s been a great experience talking with the people here and learning from them.
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!
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for September 18th
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
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Market News
Hello!
We’ve got a great week of veggies for you – lots of greens and winter squash varieties to choose from, as well as a number crop of purple hull pleas! These are field peas you will need to shell, but after shelling are easy to freeze!
This week Tally has been out of town so there will be no flower offerings this week – however the flowers will be back next week with lots of beautiful marigolds!
Wedge Oak Farm is hosting a Farm to Table Dinner at their Farm on October 30th! This dinner features chef Trey Ciocca from Farmhouse Restaurant. You can get tickets and more info at historiclebanontn.org
Thank you so much for all your support!
See you Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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Green Fork Farmers Market: No Market This Week
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,
It’s Bikes Blues and BBQ this week! Nightbird Books will be closed and Dickson Street will be crazy, so we won’t have a market on Wednesday.
We hope to see you next week!
Fountain Fresh Dairy LLC: Market Opened!
Hello everyone, Our fall greens are in and we have opened the market back up! We have some kale, salad greens and more available! We will be continuing to have Monday and Thursday evening pickup. Thanks!