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Naples,FL:  MARKET IS OPEN


MARKET IS OPEN

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Reminder: RSVP for Farm work day Sunday 4/3/16 (Spring Break Idea)


Farm work day This Sunday

Love visiting farms? Love Gardening? Need a Spring Break idea to get everyone out of the house?

Please come join us at Back In Time Farm to plant this summer’s crop of veggies. We will be transplanting tomato and pepper plants along with seeding beds of beans, cucumbers, squash and much more. This will be a fun day of learning and community building within our locally grown co-op.

Please RSVP by Friday 4/1. Ages 9 & up are welcome and don’t forget your gloves and sunblock. We’re planning to be at the farm from 2pm to 5pm.

Hopefully if we have enough volunteers we can get everything planted quickly!

If you have Beta Club high schoolers that need volunteer time, this is a great way to get some hours!

To RSVP please email Bill & Ruth at backintimefarms@gmail.com

The farm address is 40 Arnold Rd SE, Statham GA 30666

See you there!

Champaign, OH:  PLEASE READ


There seems to be something running through out system of a hacking nature.

If you get an email from LocallyGrown asking you to change your password, click on a link, do anything that does NOT come from me, PLEASE DO NOT DO IT.

I have been getting these emails, all morning, and was just alerted by another customer.

We would never ask you to change emails, passwords, or ask for any payment through our system.

If your email is not signed by me, then please, please disregard!!

Thanks so much!
Cosmic Pam

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  spam messages from Co-op email site


Dear Members -

We seem to have been hacked on our co-op website email, and are getting spam messages flagged as coming from the co-op, with messages about employment and other things. Please do not open these. Simply discard them.

We have alerted the programmer of the site in Georgia and it’s being looked into. We just don’t want anyone to have a problem from this, and are sorry for any inconvenience.

Thanks so much for your patience and patronage,

The Managers

The Cumming Harvest - Closed:  This Week at The Cumming Harvest


Market News

The Cumming Harvest is open for orders!

Take a peak at our new diggs

Pick up is now at…
135 Enterprise Drive, Suite I

PICK UP HOURS
Saturday from 10-12pm.
Please contact me if you have any questions, problems or suggestions. EMAIL ME

To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest

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!

Martin's Farmstand:  Springtime


Hello everybody. It is almost springtime, the greenhouse is filling up with beautiful plants. I love to plant the little seeds and I love the mix of smells from the growing tomatoes along with all the rest of the plants. We are growing the normal mix of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zuchini, basil etc in the greenhouses. All of this is at the normal stage for the time of the year. Look for tomatoes and cucumbers on the stand starting in late May.

After the next cold snap is past it is time to remove the leaf mulch from the strawberries ans shred the asparagus fern. Look for asparagus starting around the first week of May and strawberries in the second half of June. I hope to have lots of good, delicious strawberries this year. They went into winter in perfect condition. We have added two more families into the group of us that is growing for the stand this year. There is about 35-40 acres of vegetables planned among us all so we should have an abundance of delicious fresh produce for the stand and also have ability to supply some more of the local wholesale needs for the best of our restaurants and stores. All of us that are feeding the stand are committed to growing by clean, non-chemical methods. One of our goals is to provide the best no-spray produce possible for the greater Potsdam area and to do this at prices that the ordinary person can afford so that you all can have an abundance of good food for your supper. Daniel

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  Tullahoma Locally Grown Market Closes @ NOON today


Good morning.

We are in the midst of a nice patch of weather. Now is a great time to order meat for your weekend cookouts and other items you need for the week. You can order bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, herbs, meat, candles, freshly roasted coffee, and more. Consider a made-to-order loaf of English Breakfast Toasting Bread or a half-dozen Jumbo Pretzel Rolls. Both of these breads are made from scratch on market day.

Your local market closes at noon today (Wednesday). Order now before your favorite items run out.

Here is the link to the market: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market

Thank you for your support. Have a great day,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters

Statesboro Market2Go:  Doug's Salmon


Many of you have asked – Doug will be at the Saturday market THIS SATURDAY for opening day!
Be sure to get your salmon this week!

Palouse Grown Market:  Changes


Hello all~

As we gear up for the growing season (which looks like we’ll have enough water for!) I wanted to update you on this upcoming season for Palouse Grown Market.
I have chosen to expand my farming knowledge by getting my hands in the dirt and working on my Dads farm in Greenbluff, Wa this season. I’m super excited for this new opportunity, though this also means I will not be managing Palouse Grown Market. I have found an ambitious replacement in Anthony (please see his email below) who is going to keep the Market going this season and he is also hoping to expand the Market into wider wholesale opportunities (restaurants, events, etc) for interested farmers. I believe his experience in farm-to-table restaurants in Flagstaff and Seattle as well as farming his family’s land in the Pullman area and raising livestock will be of great benefit to the future of this market as it continues to grow. We are working together to make this a very smooth transition.
Members, thank you so very much for your support this past season and thank you vendors for growing/raising and providing your neighbors clean, healthy foods, it makes a world of difference in our community in so many ways.

Wishing you all a very happy spring,

Holly

Greetings,

The seasons and weather are changing swiftly. As are many other things around us. I was lucky enough to meet Holly at the Palouse-Clearwater Food Summit. We started throwing around some idea’s, opportunities fell her direction and she asked if I was interested. How could I not accept?

I do not plan on making any major changes to the current business model. But as Holly said I feel there is also opportunity for growth in your market through entering into the wholesale side of the food system (restaurants, schools etc.). I am currently working on getting information for applicable permits / licensing, etc…

If you have any questions, concerns, ideas or you just want to chat feel free to contact me.

Email address: anthonycalvarez@gmail.com

Phone: (520) 559-1444

Postal address:
1001 Wawawai Pullman Rd.
Pullman, Wa. 99163

With great humility and a lot of excitement I look forward to working with you this season.

Anthony

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder


ALFN Members,

Remember to finalize your order in the market before tomorrow at noon. Squash has officially arrived in the market! Welcome summer squash…welcome Spring!

News

I’m saddened to announce one of our growers was vandalized this past week. Debe Hudson with A B C Nature Greenhouse & Herb Farm had a vandal ruin one of her greenhouses by ripping the plastic, disabling the wood burner, and leaving the doors open during a freezing event over the evening. Unfortunately, most of Debe’s plants were killed due to the loss of heat. As many of our farmers know, the early part of spring is a time to get a head start on the market and provide produce as early as possible. This damage has put Debe back on the season, and she will not be able to sell any plants until the middle of the season. In a local economy, when a producer suffers, we all suffer for them. Let’s find ways to wish Debe the best and support her as she works to overcome the setback.

Take care,

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager