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Champaign, OH: Peaceful Easy Feeling
‘Cause I get a peaceful easy feelin’
And I know you won’t let me down
‘Cause I’m already standing I’m already standing
Yes I’m already standing on the ground…
(Peaceful, Easy Feeling-The Eagles)
So, my life is crazy. Like, literally, every single minute of every single day, crazy. It’s a good crazy. It’s a self created crazy. It’s the product of running multiple business ventures, a shop, servicing restaurants with my breads, managing two farmers’ markets, serving on boards, and committees, and making time to hang with friends, making time for me, making time, making time, making time…and, as I run here, there, and everywhere, I make time.
I make time because it’s important to me, to fulfill all of my obligations, deadlines, and to touch base with the people around me, that love me.
I am a lucky, lucky girl. I have a huge support team, I have a most awesome girl gang, I have amazing Bread Heads who are my customers, I have an amazing business partner for my newest venture, Hippie and the Farmer, and I have a home base that seems to know when I need to crash. When I get to the point where I want to nap while driving, or when I want to cry in the middle of the say, or when I need the time for a deep conditioning hair appointment.
I can’t be me without my people. My tribe. My circle. I can’t be me without my trusted few.
Tonight, I was reaching crash and burn time. I wanted to sit in my car, and either laugh, cry, or yell. Nothing bad had happened, but I was at my limit of juggling, handling, smiling, listening…I love my life. I love all that I do. I love everyone who needs me, because, in turn, I need them. But there are times, and then there are times.
Something, in the split second of a mixed up evening, gave me a free evening. I walked into my house while the sun was still shining. I did a few mundane tasks that made me feel like I was on top of the world. I put on my oldest, most favorite Dead t-shirt, cutoffs, and sat on my back deck with a glass of wine. Okay. Two glasses.
I lit candles, made a lovely dinner, listened to music, talked to a few friends, and slowly found my way back to me. So strange how a boring evening of nothingness can be so good for your soul.
So, just like this little local market of love sometimes needs, I gave myself a little recharge. A little regroup. A little meet and greet with myself. Because, I feel that when we allow things to recharge, we get a new spark of energy. A new love of ourselves, of what’s around us.
This is how I am opening our lovely market, tonight. With a peaceful, easy feeling…let’s all just take that moment to regroove…go ahead. Take a breath, sing a song, smile your biggest smile…take a nap, go to bed, and sleep in late. Catch up with an old friend. Shut yourself off from everyone. That’s what is so great about how we each recharge. It’s all for us. Just like this market. We make the market what we want, to fit what we need.
Go ahead…place your orders, and create your own peaceful, easy feeling…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
The Wednesday Market: Happy Sunday! It's Time to Order
Good morning.
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 offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you to the customers who ordered from St. Simons Island Shrimp Specialist last week. Bear with us as we work to refine an ordering pattern and delivery schedule for our newest producer. Orders for Georgia shrimp will be taken every week, but the shrimp will be delivered ONCE per month, on the first Wednesday of the month. You will not be charged for your order until you pick up.
On another note, it is finally TOMATO SEASON! I am doing my happy dance because I know I’ll be making caprese salad very soon! So far, my sweet husband Joe has harvested two luscious tomatoes from our sturdy plant. Thank goodness our little plot survived the ferocious storm that struck Zebulon on June 17!
Concord Street Sweets will be back on the Market soon.
Thank you for your support of locally grown agriculture and for choosing to purchase locally! We’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Fisher's Produce: In Bristow now!
Hello friends,
We are setting up at Tractor supply parking lot now. We will be open from 5:00pm until 6:00. We will stick around until 6:30pm if we are not sold out before.
Blessings,
Luke
918-639-0244
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: Wild Caught Shrimp & WFN Group Buy Sale
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
New Vendor: Certified Wild Caught Shrimp
I am very excited to welcome Jason from St. Simons Island Shrimp Specialist to our family of growers and producers!! He will provide the market Ocean to Table, HACCP Certified Wild Caught Georgia Sweet White Shrimp weekly starting this weekend.
He will be offering fresh and frozen this week. These same shrimp sell for $12.99 per pound at our local grocers on the coast of Georgia. If you can find them in the Atlanta area they will be at least $15 per pound. Take advantage of the great price of $9.99 per lb!
I’m looking forward to shrimp scampi, boiled shrimp, grilled shrimp kabobs, shrimp and grits, shrimp jambalaya, shrimp salad … OK now I’m starting to sound like Bubba from Forest Gump but you get the point!
Wild Caught Shrimp is an excellent source of Tryptophan (an essential amino acid), Vitamin B12, Healthful fats, including omega-3, saturated fat and cholesterol, Selenium, Protein, an Astaxanthin.
If you are a seafood lover you are won’t be disappointed!
Tip: The frozen shrimp is flash frozen right after the catch and will be in a big block. If you only need a pound or so you can run part of the block under cold water and the shrimp will fall out. You can store the remaining frozen part of the block in the freezer until next time.
Market News
Tomato season is here!! 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!
Tomatoes “Heirloom” – beautiful and full of flavor
Veggies – Squash – Gourmet Mixed
Honey- Orange Blossom (lovely essence of orange)
Basil – Red Rubin
Blueberries
Heirloom Garlic
Veggies – Green Beans
Veggies – Fingerling Potatoes ‘Swedish Peanut’
Veggies – Onion ‘Superstar’
Veggies – Onion ‘Red Candy Apple
Veggies – Onion ’Candy’
Veggies – Celery ‘Tango’ (THE BEST CELERY YOU WILL EVER HAVE! This celery probably doesn’t look like the commercial celery you are used to but the flavor is absolutely amazing and fresh. You can dry the leaves to use later.)
Veggies – Cucumber ‘Pickling’
Veggies – Peppers – Green Bell
Veggies – Peppers- Yellow Gypsy Sweet
Group Buy Change – Wilderness Family Naturals this weekend
This weekend we will be taking orders for organic coconut oils and pantry items from Wilderness Family Naturals. These items include healthy oils, spices, cacao, grains, rice, coconut products, Nuts (Raw, Soaked & Dried, Certified Organic, Mixed) and natural sweeteners.
So, I know the original calendar had FCLO and collagen this weekend but I just got an email from Wilderness Family Naturals that they are having a buying club sale! I want to pass on this savings to all of you so I’m switching the group buy for Wilderness Family Naturals to THIS WEEKEND. Since I just found out, I have not adjusted pricing on the market site yet. This is a very tedious task and I’m going to try to get them updated by the market opening tomorrow morning but realistically I probably won’t get a chance to fix pricing until Friday sometime. Just know, even if you order before I update the pricing, I will adjust your order total before Tuesday when payment is due. Expect about a 15% discount. I will have (SALE) listings available as soon as I can!
These Group Buy Items WILL NOT be at pick up this Tuesday. I will place our group buy order after I receive payment on Tuesday. This is a pre-paid pre-order and payment is expected this Tuesday at pick or you can mail a check.
Please expect at least 2 weeks for this order to arrive.
Our group buy for Wilderness Family Natural products is every 3 to 4 months so please plan accordingly.
Volunteers Needed
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
THANK YOU Diana, Marie, Pam, Chuck, and Maya for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
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.
WFN & Nuts Group Buy -6/24 – 6/26
Green Pasture FCLO – 7/8 – 7/10
Great Lakes Collagen 7/8 – 7/10
Wellness Partner’s offers and events
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious foods possible!
Foothills Market: It's Officially Summer - We Have Tomatoes
We are beginning to harvest the first of the tomatoes for the season. We planted 8 or more different varieties, most of them heirloom varieties. Some are red, some are orange, and some are dark brownish-red. Some are large, some are small; some are “bumpy,” while others are almost perfectly round. Choose your favorite variety or, if you prefer, we offer a variety pack that includes at least three different types of tomatoes.
Another offering that says “summer” (at least to me) is pinto beans. If you haven’t tried pinto beans fresh, you owe it to yourself to do it at least once. Dry pintos are great for chili and to go with ham and cornbread, but fresh pintos have a flavor the dry beans don’t.
We still have limited amounts of blueberries, broccoli, and cabbage, and great amounts of green beans. If you’d like to get a bulk order of green beans for canning or freezing, contact us about a discount price.
The order window is noon today until 5 p.m. Friday for pick-up at Saturday’s farmers’ market (9-11 a.m.) on the courthouse square. You can place your order at the Foothills Market webpage.
Eat something fresh this week!
Gwinnett Locally Grown: THE MARKET IS OPEN!
The Market is now OPEN until Monday at noon!! Click here to order now!
Hello everyone! Hope your week has been short, sweet, and productive thus far. I am always happy to hear you guys are enjoying all the goodies you’ve been getting at the market. So many of you have expressed how delicious Fred’s grass fed beef is compared to the stuff you’ve been getting at the supermarket. Many of you have also mentioned that Bill’s chickens are huge! And the taste is far superior to conventionally grown poultry. Happy to be here sharing all of this with you all, and it really makes my heart sing to see you all come out and support. We need to get the word out about the market, so please let your friend and family know where they can find us! And don’t forget about our “refer-a-friend” program, here’s how it works.
I am happy to see the Ferments section of the market has some NEW and exciting products this week. Some fermented dill pickles and green beans which make a tasty and healthy little snack. We also have Kombucha (a fermented tea beverage) and some milk kefir grains. All great source of probiotics, so check it out!
As always, don’t forget your essentials for the week and that MUST include veggies of course! So check out The Veggie Patch and Back in Time Farms for those.
Also available
- Raw Cow's and Goat's Milk (Labeled for pet consumption)
- Pastured Chicken and Duck Eggs
- Pastured Chicken and Pork
- Grass Fed Beef
- Local Honey (great to treat allergies!)
- Locally Roasted Coffee
- Savory Jams and Grain Mixes
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, as well as any feedback on how we can better serve you. I am available Monday-Thursday 11am-4pm. grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com or 770-339-3065 ext 5
The Market is open Thursday at 9am – Monday at noon. After Monday at noon, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4-7pm only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here
STAY TUNED FOR NEWS ON FUTURE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES TO BE HOSTED AT RANCHO ALEGRE FARM
Independence,VA: The Online Market is Open!
Good afternoon friends!
The market is back up and running for orders to be picked June 29th!
There is a lot of produce cycling thru and we’ve even had some berries! Be sure to check back in everyday, especially on Mondays for new produce coming in!
Just a reminder, the Market closes to orders at 8 pm Monday evening. If you have questions, feel free to email me at IFMmarketplace@gmail.com or call 276-235-8230. Please bring cash or checks. You’ll still be dealing with each individual vendor.
Happy shopping! Here are the links:http://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market/
you can also get there from the webpage, www.independencefarmersmarket.org
Thanks again and see you there!!
Penny B
Miami County Locally Grown: Coming Soon...
The Miami County Local Food Council is working hard to get this
Virtual Farmer’s Market up and running!
We plan to have the market open for orders by the end of July, but if you are an interested customer, DON’T WAIT!
Please create a free account by going to the “Your Account” page, check out our “Frequently Asked Questions”, or email Jennifer, the market manager, at miamicountylocallygrown@gmail.com with any additional questions.
When you create an account, you’ll receive our weekly inventory updates and weblogs with information on new producers and new offerings!
Also, take a look at our current vendor profiles and pictures on “Our Growers” page. You may see some favorite familiar faces or maybe someone new!
Thank you for your interest in local food!
Conyers Locally Grown: Market canceled for Friday June 24
With a heavy heart I need to cancel this weeks market. We have had a death in the family. We will need to focus all our attention on my sister and her family. My nephew Dillon passed away yesterday from complications with his diabetes. This tragedy strikes hard. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we try to find closure.
Thank you,
Brady