Central Arkansas :  Opening Bell

HEY MARKETERS
Let’s get started with another great week here in CAFM!!

We have so many great products this week!! We have fresh herbs & vegetables, baked items & meat!!

We have some amazing handcrafted items!!

I hope you will check us out & share us w/ friends.
We have so much to offer!!

centralarkansas.locallygrown.net

Have a wonderful weekend!!
Buy Local, Eat Fresh, Be Healthy

-CAFM Market Manager

Paris Arkansas Farmers Market:  New week New products!

Hello River Valley!

Welcome to another fantabulous market week!

We have new items being added almost every day as the season picks up! So please stop by and choose your local faves!

Get those orders in by Sunday 10pm, and we will see you Tuesday at Sweet Pickins!!

Happy summer y’all!

PAFM

CLG:  Cherokee Purple Tomatoes! CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.

Good morning,
We will have delicious Cherokee Purple Tomatoes on the extras table ($2/lb) so come early. 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 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

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

Augusta Locally Grown:  THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN

SAT, JULY 9 AND SUN, JULY 10 – HUGE WORK DAY PLANNED FOR G.R.O.W. HARRISBURG AND FOR THE WIC PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH FORT GORDON VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERS! – Gonna get real dirty while getting lots done with this amazing group. And there’s always room for more! Save the date if you’re looking to make a BIG difference at Icebox Urban Farm with Steve and Tasha, and/or at the Richmond County Public Health Department installing teaching gardens with Adam at the lead. Starts at 8am at Icebox Urban Farm at 1734 Fenwick Street, Augusta, on both Sat and Sun. And yes, we always feed a tasty, healthy lunch to our volunteers, AND FOR THIS EVENT, FREE TSHIRTS TOO!RSVP to Kim at 706-288-7895 to confirm your participation. This is a great youth/scout group service-learning activity.

SAT, JULY 16 – CHOCOLATE MAKING WORKSHOP WITH THE ANTEBELLUM CHOCOLATE COMPANY IN AIKEN, SC
Spend your Saturday evening making your own chocolate bars with your choice of ingredients – many of them local – with Antebellum Chocolates in Aiken. Learn the history and fundamentals of chocolate, make the bars, and feel the love. $25/person includes your take-home tray of bars. 5pm-6:30pm. Save the date; space is limited; tickets go on sale next week through this market. Visit antebellumchocolates.com for more information.

THU, JULY 28 – FOOD OASIS MEETING – Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! This meeting will be held and hosted by Helms College. Text Kim at 706-288-7895 to get the RSVP link!

SUN, SEPT 25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR!
So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. Visit the Facebook page “AGL Farm Tour” for updates and more.

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. Learn about the intersection of microbes and wellness from speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack A Thon the night before! Looking for sponsors now! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it.

Cheers!
Kim

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Market is Open for Orders!

Good Evening Locavores!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Market is Open! Come on in...

The Market is Open…Happy Shopping!

Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup

Market Ordering Hours: Friday 9:00am – Monday 8:00pm
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

Hop on over to the Market and place your order…

Ancient Awakenings

Here is your ‘once-a-month’ opportunity to order your favorite fermented veggies and drinks from Ancient Awakenings! Two of my favorites are Grape Kefir and Vanilla/Banana Coconut Kefir! Good for you and delicious! Order today!

Please know that we appreciate the support of All Saints Lutheran Church for the use of the great spaces for Market. We are grateful for you and for your support of our dedicated, LOCAL Farmers/Growers and Artisans.

Order now since you are just a click way!

Take me shopping…

“Like” us on Facebook and please share the Market with family and friends!

“Like” us on facebook!

BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  The Market is Open...Come on in

The Market is Open…Happy Shopping!

Please remember, we MUST meet minimum each week. Please forward the Market link to friends, family, neighbors! If minimum is not met, pickup will be at the Larenceville/Dacula location next Thursday. An email will be sent directly after Market closes Monday evening to advise status! My passion is making LOCAL, Fresh, Nutrient-dense foods available to folks. Please share this Market link!

Market Ordering Hours: Friday 9:00am – Monday 8:00pm
Hamilton Mill Members Pickup Location
Crossfit PURE
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit PURE
1342 Auburn Rd.
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map

Take me to the Hamilton Mill Market

Ancient Awakenings

Here is your ‘once-a-month’ opportunity to order your fermented foods and drinks for July! Love the Grape Water Kefir and the Vanilla/Banana Coconut Kefir! Check them out today!

Please know that we appreciate the support of Crossfit PURE for the use of the great space for Market. We are grateful for you and for your support of our dedicated, LOCAL Farmers/Growers and Artisans.

Order now since you are just a click way!

Order from the Hamilton Mill Market

“Like” us on Facebook and please share the Market with family and friends!

“Like” us on facebook!

BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for orders!

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)

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Good Morning! Market is Open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

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.

Ancient Awakenings

Dana and crew of Ancient Awakenings have their great fermented offerings on the Market this week! Be sure and stock up!

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.

“Like” us on Facebook and please share the Market with family and friends!

BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!

Champaign, OH:  The Weight

Catch a cannon ball now to take me down the line
My bag is sinkin’ low and I do believe it’s time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she’s the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone…
(The Weight-The Band)

Always this song, always when I need to be swayed back to steadiness, peacefulness, calmness…

I think we all have a constant in our lives that calms us, grounds us, steadies us.

This song takes me back to old times with old pals in old places like the West End. It reminds me of taking off on carefree summer days. Loads of us all packed into cars, following each other, to destinations unplanned, unknown. The woods, parks, hiking trails…we were all a band of explorers looking for the same peace, the same calm, the same kind of steady.

Today, this past week, so much. So much business and craziness in that business life. It’s all a good crazy but even a good crazy needs to calm it’s head, at times.

Tonight, as I worked the market, I felt the same instant calm that I used to feel with my travelling band of pals. Customers greeted me, asked about my day, asked about my load, wanted to make sure I was good, that I would get some rest, that it was good to see me. Greeting the vendors was like greeting favorite family members.

In my life, I need these moments to connect with these people. My fellow vendors, my beloved customers, this lovely little market.

This little local market of love never disappoints…it’s so important in so many ways. The food, the local source, the community, the network…but, what it really does is it takes a bit of the weight, and lifts it, giving us each a bit of sunshine, weaves us all into this local fabric to help steady us all…

Go ahead…this week, place your orders, feel good about this whole local scene, and feel how steady and calm you feel once the ordering is over…I promise you that it will all be good. Right when you feel your bag is sinking low, it will pick you right back up…

Peace, Love, Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam