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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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ALFN Local Food Club: Volunteers Needed
ALFN Members,
Good morning! We are still needing folks to fill our slots for volunteering. We especially need some early shift folks.
Thanks for helping!
Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKE IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
LOVE TO OUR FARMERS
Sending love to our farmers this weekend as they weather this tropical storm. We hope it brings the rains they need without damaging the fruits of their tireless labor. Y’all are truly the heroes of our community, patiently working with whatever the heavens bring.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ====
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
We’re putting together a strapping team of volunteers for our Harvest Bytes event on October 28-29 at the Clubhou.se! Cook, serve or set up! Be a part of the get-er-done crowd, and have fun doing it! Text Kim at 706-288-7895.
SIBLEY SOILWORKS
Next steps for the Sibley Soilworks community composting project: we’re looking for a general contractor to volunteer his/her time to advise on a simple structure. Can you help GROW Harrisburg? Email david@hobbyfarmers.org.
LOCAL FOOD EVENTS CALENDAR ====
TUES, SEPT 6 – VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET!
Support the most feel-good farmers market in Augusta. And yes, we double EBT!!! Every Tuesday, 4:30pm-7pm, at 1850 Broad Street, Augusta.
TUE, SEPT 20 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE SUBURBAN GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
THU, SEPT 22 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA. Contact CarlaTrenaWalker@gmail.com to get the RSVP link.
SAT, SEPT 24 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.
SAT, SEPT 24 – WHOLE FOODS BIRTHDAY BASH
Join us and others to celebrate Whole Foods’ 2nd Birthday at their store in Augusta. Kids activities from 12noon-4pm; more adult activities from 4pm-8pm. Come learn about getting involved in our Food & Tech Hackathon too!
SUN, SEPT 25 — THREE FARM TOUR & PROGRESSIVE FARM DINNER
We’re very excited to announce another “Three Farm Tour & Progressive Farm Dinner!” This time we’re focusing on the Aiken area. Meet the good folks at Pascalina Farm for soup and salad; Happy Earth Farm for meat stew; and Trail Ridge Goat Dairy for dessert. Tickets are on sale now through our on-line market! $20 each. 1p-5:30p. A limited 25 tickets will be available. Buy now! This is a very popular event.
SAT, OCT 1 – MICROBIAL MAKEOVER WITH ICEBOX FARM
Icebox Farm has just announced a fascinating, full-day workshop called “Microbial Makeover,” held at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Evans. In this hands-on workshop, you and your friends will find out what microbiota and microbiomes are, where they come from, and how we interact with them in ways that affect our health. Expert facilitators are Dr. Steve Fountain, MD, PhD, and Tasha Alison, of Icebox Farm. Visit the event’s new website at microbialmakeover.com. to register. Space is limit, includes an amazing meal, and will sell out fast!
WED, OCT 5 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE WESTLAKE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
FRI, SAT, OCT 7-8 – PLANT SALE AT SOUTHERN NATIVE PLANTINGS!
Get great deals on your fruit trees and other edibles for fall planting. Juicy details coming soon.
TUE, OCT 11 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
SAT, OCT 15 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.
SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – “HARVEST BYTES” – A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. Start the night with a Socratic-style cocktail hour, following by “Hacking the Microbiome” with speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack-A-Thon the night before, sponsored by Whole Foods Market! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it. Proceeds from this event will fund an “Incubator Kitchen” at the Clubhou.se to support start-up and pop-up chefs in Augusta. Tickets are on sale now at www.harvestbytes.org.
TUE, NOV 8 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE HIGH GROVE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
THU, NOV 10 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA.
SAT, NOV 19 – NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FAMILY DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT!
Save the date! Bring your family! Make a difference!
TBA – SIBLEY SOILWORKS!
An all-new project of G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!
HOW YOU CAN HELP ====
MATCHING CORPORATE GIFTS!
Augusta Locally Grown is blessed to be the recent beneficiary of two sets of matching corporate gifts: one from Merck and one from the Augusta National Golf Club. Does your company match employee gifts or volunteer hours? If so, please consider choosing ALG as your beneficiary. There are so many ways to contribute to a more healthy and vibrant local food system!
DIG IN TO HELP, AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
People often ask how they can help support our efforts. Here’s a healthy menu of opportunities!
DIMES FOR DIRT
Turn your spare change into soil for our Hundreds in Harrisburg project. We’ll be installing 50 more raised beds at individual homes throughout this neighborhood. Collection jars are located at both ALG Market pick-up locations, The Veggie Truck Farmers Market, Southern Made, Grovetown Feed and Seed, Bricko Farms and Humanitree House.
ALG FACEBOOK BUTTON
We now have a donation button on our Facebook page!
AMAZON SMILE
A portion of your Amazon purchases can benefit ALG’s educational programs when you sign-in through www.smile.amazon.com and select us as your beneficiary.
DIRTY TO DELICIOUS FUND-DRIVE:
This on-line fund-drive benefits all of ALG’s educational programs through the CSRA. From elementary school visits to our post-graduate internships, your donation supports a better understanding the power of local, healthy, wholesome food for our community. Visit https://fundrazr.com/219NRc.
Cheers!
Kim
CLG: 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 3:45 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.
Thank you,
Steve
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Good morning! Market is open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Take me to the Lilburn Market.
My Daily Bread does have offerings listed this week. They will be on the Market every other week going forward. Be sure and stock up this week! Check out the homemade Dog Treats! Pumpkin Roll is back! Yay!
Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup
Lilburn Members Pickup Location
All Saints Lutheran Church
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
Click Here for Map
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Market is Open! Come shop...
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
My Daily Bread does have offerings listed this week. They will be offering items every other week, so be sure and stock up! Check out the homemade Doggie Treats and Pumpkin Roll is back! Yay!
Back on the Market this week…
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.
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is now OPEN for orders! Group Buy this weekend
Unrefined Sea Salt group buy this weekend!
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net
If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. *All orders must be placed by 6pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:30 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla (credit card online by clicking “Pay Now” button at check out)
Old99Farm Market: Old 99 Farm, week of Aug 28 2016
Posted on sept 2, 12:18am. Better late than never I decided, and put this in the ether before heading to bed! Sorry to you all, about 200 addresses, who wait for my weekly post to remind you of the wonderful foods we offer here at O’99.
We will indeed have a market here later today, from 4 to 6.
Healthy eating
Ian and Cami
Champaign, OH: September
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember how the stars stole the night away
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day
(September-Earth, Wind, and Fire)
Well, if we are going to do this September thing, we may as well usher it in with a funky disco beat!! Make it fun, make it your own, make it a dance worthy preface to later in the month when we give way to autumn days.
Wow, like, seriously…September, man? Wasn’t I JUST beginning the crazy, market season months? The prelude to the summer heatwave? Well, those months just sort of raced by, giving way to a bit of relief from the Heat Draining Months of 2016.
This is the time of year, if you vend multiple markets, manage a couple of them, own a shop, bake your life away, and co-own another business, where your life finally goes back to just a regular crazy instead of a high octane crazy!! A time where you can stop, bask in the golden sun, enjoy the crisp breezes, and experience a rebirth of sorts.
The oncoming tease of fall always makes me feel like I am on the edge of rebirth, friskiness, open to adventure, and a general energy that only comes with the lull of time between heat wave and arctic tundra.
September…love it, embrace it, work it, caress it, savor it, and take advantage of what it has to offer!
Enter our market…still full of late season produce!! An additional egg vendor!! The incoming new dairy options!! Goodbye to some of our favorite summer produce, only to say hello to the next season!!
This market is dancing in September…won’t you join us?
Peace, Love, Groovy Tunes…
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: Unrefined Sea Salt Group Buy -last opportunity!
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Like Us on Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Have a question for other co-op members? Submit questions on our Google Group Discussion Board: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/suwanee-whole-life-co-op
Group Buy – Unrefined Sea Salt
Since I received numerous emails and a few pleas at pick up I’m extending the sea salt group buy 1 more week. Limited amount is posted so once it’s sold out, it’s gone so order early.
We only order sel gris de Guérande (Grey Sea Salt) once a year so you don’t want to miss out!
Please expect to pick up your salt order in 1 to 2 weeks. See my gift idea below. During the holidays I gift this salt to friends and family and they absolutely love it!
Grey Sea Salt Description
The French perfected the art of high quality, hand-harvested sea salt by using centuries old Celtic methods. It’s no coincidence they produce the finest grey sea salt in the world. Sel Gris is known for its beautiful grey color, coming from the clay lining the salt ponds, as well as its high moisture content and extraordinary mineral content, with bonus nutrients not found in most sea salts. Over 15% of the material in sel gris de Guérande are trace minerals—possibly the highest of any salt anywhere. 100 grams of sel gris contains about 100 minerals, including 34g of sodium, 287mg calcium, 109mg potassium, 34mg magnesium, 11mg iron, 1mg manganese, and 0.35mg zinc, plus a host of trace minerals like from antimony, copper, germanium, and gold to iodine, to palladium, yttrium, and zirconium.
Sel Gris Tamisé is a medium-sized crystal that is carefully sifted from the brut grains and is comparable to the size of Fleur de Sel. Great for baking and cooking, or to add a delicate crunch to your favorite dish.
Sel Gris Fine is the very same high quality grey salt as the coarser varieties, but is stone ground for easy dispensing from a salt shaker. No additives of any kind are mixed with the salt. The naturally delicious flavor of grey salt and its lower sodium content make this a perfect replacement for ordinary table salt.
Gift Idea- Pour unrefined sea salt into a decorative glass jar, add beautiful ribbon and it’s the perfect gift for anyone who enjoys cooking! You can even add a card with the description above. Makes a perfect Hostess gift too!
Market News
My Daily Bread will NOT be on the market this week. They will be on every other week.
ALL the veggies and fruits listed on the market are either Certified Naturally Grown or organically grown. NO synthetic chemical pesticides or fertilizers ever used
NEW ITEMS!
Veggies – Pak Choi
Veggies – Peppers, Mixed Sweet
Veggies – Peas, shelled ‘Pinkeye Purple Hull ’
Veggies – Peas, unshelled ’Pinkeye Purple Hull ’
Pears- Bartlett “Canning” bulk size perfect for preserves
Pears “Bartlett”
Chicken “Whole Cut Up”
Veggies – Pepper ’Corno di Toro’
Veggies – Peppers Cayenne
Tea Tree / Cedarwood with ground pumice (Large 5 oz. Bar)
Tea Tree / Cedarwood with ground
Veggies – Shishito Peppers
Veggies – Eggplant ‘Machiaw’
Lamb- Leg Roast- various sizes
Alpaca Chuck Roast various sizes
Alpaca Ribs
Alpaca Liver
Lamb- Shoulder Roast
Veggies – Cucumbers, Slicing
Veggies – Cucumbers, Pickling
Veggies – Squash Spaghetti ‘Small Wonder’
Veggies – Butternut Squash
Veggies – N. Ga. Candy Roaster
Veggies – Okra ‘Mixed’
Veggies – Eggplant ‘Violette De Florence’
Veggies – Eggplant ’Little Green"
Beef – Suet
Beef – Brisket Half
Beef – Marrow bones
Volunteers Needed – Beta Club Members welcome
WE NEED SOMEONE FOR 5PM ON TUESDAY!
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
THANK YOU Diana, Pam, Margaret, and Chuck for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
If you have a high schooler in the Beta Club that needs hours please let them know they can volunteer at the market. I will sign off on their hours.
The schedule through the end of the year is posted. To sign up click: Vounteer Sign up
No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised.
FACEBOOK – Opportunity to help!
Many of you have told me that you can’t volunteer due to your work/family schedule and I completely understand. You’ve also asked what else can I do help out the co-op? Here’s one way that will really help us out – if you are on Facebook or other social media please consider posting a pic of your co-op goodies! I have a very limited marketing budget and really depend on word of mouth advertising. Please feel free to spread the word about our wonderful market! Tag us @SuwaneeWholeLife
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys/Vendors of the Day
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Collagen 9/9 – 9/11
Wilderness Family Naturals- 9/23 – 9/25
Grass Fed Cheese – 10/14 – 10/16
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious foods possible!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Reminder - market closes at 8pm