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

LOCAL FOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS:

RED CLAY MARKET NOW OPEN IN EVANS – The next generation of local farmers markets is now open at a beautiful storefront called the “Red Clay Market.” Owned by the fabulous Chef Erica Chaney, this place is deeply dedicated to moving the local foods movement forward in Columbia County. Bonus: you can now support your local farmers by shopping on a daily basis! The store is located at 4460 Washington Road, Suite 19, Evans. The list of participating farmers continues to grow, including:

• Bottle Tree Farm, Augusta, GA
• Brown’s Place, Grovetown, GA
• Clyde’s Fresh Produce, Grovetown, GA
• Country Sweets, Wrens, GA
• East Georgia Produce, Bartow, GA
• JandL Farm & Stables, Hephzibah, GA
• Savannah River Farm, Sylvania, GA
• Trail Ridge Goat Dairy, Aiken, SC
• White Hills Farm, Dearing, GA

LOCAL FOOD EVENTS:

SAT, OCT 17 – G.R.O.W. HARRISBURG WORK DAY – We’ll paint a “Farmacy at the Harrisburg Family Healthcare Clinic,” work on raised beds at Icebox Ministries, and plant blueberry bushes at Ms Willie’s … all in a day’s work in the downtown neighborhood of Harrisburg. 9am-4pm. What a great way to get those service hours done! And yep! We always serve a fabulous lunch to our volunteers: veggie lasagna and salad again this month! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org to get the address!

SUN, OCT 18 – FALL FARM FEST AT CLYDE’S FRESH PRODUCE – Tour this local, Certified Naturally Grown farm in Grovetown. Get to know your farmers! Bring the kids. Buy fresh from the farm. Taste sweet and savory pumpkin recipes. 2pm-6pm.

TUE, OCT 20 – DOWNTOWN MARKET MANAGER CHANGE-UP – Tara’s taking a much-deserved break this month from our downtown on-line market pick-up location. Kim will take up the reigns while she’s gone. If you’ve got to reach your market manager during those two weeks, don’t call Tara! Call Kim at 706-288-7895.

THU, OCT 22 – KIDS WITH A FUTURE GARDENING PROGRAM – Our fall youth gardening program starts this month, in partnership with the Kids with a Future After School Program at St. Luke UMC in Harrisburg. A few extra volunteer hands would be welcome! 4pm-5:3pm. Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org if you’d like to help.

SUN, OCT 25 – WINE CAP MUSHROOM CULTIVATION WORKSHOP – Join local mushroom farmer Matthew Kelly at Honey Creek Mushrooms in Martinez. This is a rare, 3-hour, hands-on opportunity to learn from a local guru. Tastings and nutritional information about other varieties, including oyster mushrooms, lions mane, and shitake will also be shared. Workshop is $25/person. 1pm-4pm. Take-home spawn to grow-your-own can also be purchased for an additional cost. Space is limited. Order tickets by email: kim@augustalocallygrown.org.

MON, OCT 26 – ALG AT THE KIWANINS CLUB – Looking forward to sharing the news about our educational initiatives, including G.R.O.W. Harrisburg, with this local group, the 4th largest Kiwanis Club in the world! Thanks for the invitation!

TUE, OCT 27 – CLOSING DAY OF THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET – Join the GROW Harrisburg team along with the Augusta Junior League and Wholesome Wave Georgia as we put on a Halloween theme community meal and healthy kids festival. 4pm-7pm. 1850 Broad Street, Augusta. Across from the Kroc Center.

FRI, OCT 30 – AUGUSTA CHEFS’ WHOLESALE ON-LINE MARKET OFFICIAL LAUNCH! – Downtown market manager Tara Roberts is putting the final touches on our new Wholesale Market for local chefs. Hugs to her! We’ll experiment during the month of October with a few farmers and chefs. Our goal is to have it running smoothly for the holidays.

FRI, OCT 30 – AUGUSTA EATS LOCAL CAMPAIGN – Just got word that the Georgia Food Oasis will sponsor our “Augusta Eats Local” campaign, starting this month. What a great way for our community to acknowledging local chefs who support local farmers. We’re recruiting a few more volunteers to help with this down-right-delicious campaign! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org if you’d like to be involved.

SAT, OCT 31 – HAUNTED HARRISBURG: MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD’S FRIENDLY GHOSTS – ALG will join efforts with GRU students and Harrisburg residents to host a botanical clean up and children’s carnival, including healthy snacks, at the Rollersville Cemetery in Harrisburg. Volunteers definitely needed! Times: 9am-3pm.

SAT, OCT 31 – ROAD TRIP TO ASHEVILLE FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ANIMAL FIBER FAIR – Join the gifted local fiber farmers of Southern Made for a road trip to the much-talked about “Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair” (SAFF) on Sat, Oct 31. For $50 you’ll be sharing the cost of a van, gas, parking. Better yet, you’ll have wonderful company and you won’t have to drive! Contact Susannah at 706-401-8446 to enroll.

MON, NOV 2 – MEET & GREET FOR THE TEDX AUGUSTA SPEAKERS – What better way to embrace our community’s movers and shakers than by feeding them local foods and introducing them to the people who grow it. Volunteer farmers and cooks: we need you for this one!

TUE, NOV 3 – TURKEY ROSE GARDEN CLUB – We always appreciate the opportunity to speak to garden clubs about local foods. Want to add us to your calendar? Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.

THU, NOV 5 – AUGUSTA FOOD OASIS – It’s time to get this thing rolling! We’ll host our second meeting of Local Food Activists on Thursday, November 5, 6pm-8pm. The gathering will be held at “The Clubhou.se” on Telfair Street & 5th, in Augusta. If you want to help create a more vibrant local foods culture in the CSRA, then please know: you are invited!!!! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org for more info.

SAT, NOV 7 – MAKE SPA-GRADE PRODUCTS: A WORKSHOP AT WHITE HILLS FARM – Once again, Lisa Kessler will share her herbal secrets, much to the delight of the rest of us! This workshop runs 10am-2:30pm, with crafting of three bath and beauty preparations. You will learn to make balms, scrubs and body butters using organic herbs and oils and will receive the latest information on best preparation practices. Fun and relaxing! Lisa will also serve a teatime lunch with dessert! Cost is $32/person. Register by email at whitehillsfarm@gmail.com or through this ALG on-line market.

JAN 29 – TEDX AUGUSTA – We’re very excited to again play a part in helping with the TedxAugusta event in 2016. What a great way to promote local foods among our community’s deep thinkers. Wanna help that day, or in the months leading up to it? Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.

CHEERS!
Kim

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Market is Open and other news!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Market is Open and other news!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  We have a NEW HOME!

We have a new home!

DeForest, WI:  Market hours today

Just a reminder that the hours of the market have now changed to 4-6pm to give the farmers a little more time to harvest.

If you didn’t get an order in this week, you can still show up and purchase from what is available.

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  The market is open for orders.

Good morning friends. The market is open for ordering and the goodies abound. We have a new supply of ground lamb, ground beef and chuck roasts in the freezer. We also have baby back and spare ribs in the freezer.
We are mostly sold out of cheese but do have a 5 lb block of cheddar cheese if you want to freeze some for later use. I grate it and freeze it loose then bag it after it freezes.
The laying hens have really slowed down so no eggs are listed on the market. They will be processed on the 24th. If you have any laying hens that aren’t laying and you don’t want to process them, let me know and we will try to help you out.
Several of you have asked about getting the jars to Cherokee Market after our market closes. Continue to bring your jars here and I will take them to cherokee market after we close. I will finish working out the details with Lisa as to where you are to leave your jars and where to pick up the milk in her store. I am so thankful she is willing to do this so we can keep getting our wonderful milk.

Blessing to all, see you Wednesday,
Mary Beth

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  Its Boss's Day and Your Market is Open

Good Morning.

Thank you for a successful market day yesterday. Today is Boss’s Day. If you are a boss, we hope you are surprised with a fresh muffin or scone. If you have a boss, consider bringing them a fresh muffin or scone from Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters.

Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is now open. Feel free to browse and select your items between now and Wednesday at noon.

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

CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Kombucha sampling! Bring EGGSHELLS, glass jars, egg cartons please.

Good morning,
We have 1 GALLON of 9-day Kombucha for sampling today, 4-6pm. 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!

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

Our Website: www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Republican Valley Produce:  The market is open, sorry for the delay.

With everything going on this week, I completely forgot about opening the market, 12 hours late is better than never! I will keep it open until noonish on Sunday, if that will help anyone out.

It is really busy here on the farm, out with the old, in with the new. That is my motto! I have prepped the ground for another 1000 seedlings, but I need to get them in the ground. This is inside our biggest high tunnel, but it needs to happen soon. I also need to start putting up low tunnels. We are going to have over 400 feet of low tunnels this winter. They were so successful last year, I decided to try a few new crops in them. I still am picking lots of peppers from outside and the inside ones are loaded too. We need to finish digging the remaining 400 feet of sweet potatoes, plant garlic, move high tunnels and get the winter root vegetables harvested and put away for winter sales. Oh throw in 2 more cross country meets for our oldest and my plans are made!

We are adding lettuce back in this week. It is really good. It is some of the best we have had. Kale, collard greens and swiss chard are great. Napa cabbage will be ready in a few weeks.

Please keep those orders coming in and we will happily get them filled and delivered.

Thanks,

Jay and Linda

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

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
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

Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.

Have an awesome weekend!
Nora