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Bedford County: EXCITING NEWS!! Don't miss this week!
Bedford County Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net
Email: botanicalharmony@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/bedfordcountylocallygrown
On Thursdays: 865 Union St. Shelbyville, Tennessee
On Instagram: @bedfordclocallygrown
Call: 931 – 952 – 1224
The Market Is Open!
THIS Thursday, John Erdmann from Erdmann Farms and Don McClain from "Alfresco Pasta* will be at market pickup!! Don said to be sure to tell you he will have HOT samples of some of his products. Tracey & Ashleigh from Botanical Harmony Farm will also have a setup of their products. Please share this with anyone who may want to come and see what the market is about, ask the producers questions and of course MEET YOUR FARMERS!
Jim and Julie from Rocky Glade Farm share this news: this week we will have new or back on the market: broccoli, collard greens, purple daikon radish, easter egg radish, watermelon radish, bok choi and red potatoes!
Jenny with Seeds of Success has incredible seasonings and snack mixes!
Bloomin’ Shrooms continues to provide us with some BEAUTIFUL shiitake mushrooms.
Lynchburg Beef and Fountain Springs have great selection of healthy meats.
Linda at Dogwood Valley says this: After more rain than I care to think about, hopefully we will see some sunshine later today! I’m excited! It’s time to start cleaning out the fall garden and planting perennials and bulbs for next spring’s bloom! Fall is actually the best time of year to plant perennials, as well as a great time to get a jump on your spring gardening. Fall-planted perennials establish a strong root system over winter, allowing for spectacular spring blooming. It’s definitely time to take advantage of Dogwood Valley Greenhouse‘s “Fall Special” on perennial and herb plants and ferns: Buy 3, get one of equal or lesser value free. Please make a note on your order form of which plant you would like for free (name 3 choices).
So proud of our market and the growth we are seeing! Thank you all SO very much for the continued support!
See you Thursday!!
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Important Market Information
Customers have from Saturday 5pm until Tuesday at 9pm to place orders. The market will be closed Tuesday evening.
On Thursday’s from 4:45pm – 6:00pm customers can pick up their orders at 865 Union St Shelbyville, TN 37160 (opposite Piggly Wiggly). This is where customers are to pay for their orders in check or cash.
If you have any problems or any questions please do not hesitate to ask (our contact info is above)
Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Bedford County Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!
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!
Ashleigh + Tracey
See the full product list here: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net
Dothan, Alabama: Welcome SMITH FARMS & Seasonal Veggies: zucchini, collards, curly kale, mustard greens, romaine, salad mix, green bell & sweet banana peppers!
Market At Dothan_Eating Locally, Year Round
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Market At Dothan Locally Grown
How to contact us:’
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email:2farmersdaughters@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketAtDothan
Market News
OCTOBER NEWS from Vendors…
WELCOME SMITH FARM…
Smith Farms
We are small family farm in the Floida panhandle. We specialize in raising livestock naturally: grass-fed and free of the chemicals that have become a crutch for the industry. We have been doing this for 15 years not only because we think its important to know what goes into your hamburger, but because the taste is noticeably superior. Give our natural products a try and you will not want to go back!
AUGHTMON 1918…
“This week the loofah soaps are $2.00 off, now $5.00. Better stock up with these prices. Also this week with every order of $12 or more you will receive a free 8 ounce bottle of lotion, a retail value of $7.50.”
CASABLANCA RANCH…
QUARTER BEEF AVAILABLE NOW…
71 lbs. (1 meat box) assorted cuts, $325.00
LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF, LOCALLY PROCESSED BY USDA FACILITY…Half Beef Available there is NO Additional Processing Fee…you pay Hanging Weight $4.60 per pound and pick up from Market At Dothan…NO driving to processor wasting your time or gas! STEAKS – Rib Eyes, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, T Bone; Ground Beef Bundles – bulk pricing.
“Locally raised in Abbeville, AL. Grass Fed and Grass Finished. Our cattle are never given hormones, any type of steroids or growth enhancing medications. We do NOT feed them corn, chicken litter or cotton gin waste. Their diet is grass and hay. We give them minerals and salt as needed. We vaccinate them for diseases and parasites under the oversight of a veterinarian. Our meat is inspected and approved during processing by a USDA inspector and carries the USDA seal of certification.”
*GROUND BEEF, 93% LEAN
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*STEAKS: Filet, Rib Eye, NY Strip
*STEW MEAT
****SOUP BONES, MARROW BONES, OXTAIL
HORTON FARMS…
PEPPERS- Lots of Banana Peppers. Check out Cheesy Banana Pepper recipe below!
Raspberry Chocolate Sauce
Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Strawberry Balsamic Sauce
All Natural Sunscreen
Blackberry Peach Preserves
Old Fashioned Peach Preserves
Peach Salsa -Ros recommends this on Fish Tacos!
SANDSPUR FARMS
PORK is RESTOCKED
BEEF cuts still AVAILABLE
We raise our animals to the highest standards and it only makes sense for them to be processed in the highest standards also. Our processor is a federally inspected USDA facility that is also Animal Welfare Approved.
NEW . . .
Romaine Lettuce
Curly Kale
Cherry & Roma Tomatoes
MORE VEGGIES COMING SOON!
Applesauce
Apple pie filling in a jar
Cranberry Sauce
Grape Jelly
Peach Jelly
Pear Jelly
Frozen, old fashioned biscuit
SPRING HILL FARMS…
Spring Hill Farm – We have added some new products for the fall! Be sure to look for all the new yummy breakfast items – Morning Glory Breakfast Bread, Multi-Grain Hot Cereal Mix, English Muffin Bread, *Buttermilk Cinnamon Bread, Pumpkin Spice Granola, and of course our Honey Whole Wheat Bread! All of our granolas make your mornings quick and easy. Choose from Coconut, Peanut Butter, Honey Crunch and new Pumpkin Spice! Also, one of our favorite fall indulgences is our Chai Tea Latte Drink Mix. It is a creamy, sweet, and spicy hot drink and is perfect for this chilly weather. Thank you for shopping local! *DELICIOUS!
REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE…
1. BRING US YOUR REUSABLE BAGS (2)
2. WE LABEL IT WITH YOUR NAME &
FILL YOUR ORDER USING YOUR BAG
3. RETURN EMPTY BAG TO REFILL
#SHOPLOCAL…
PLEASE SUPPORT these LOCAL businesses! “It’s not hard to support your local economy. Just shift your spending to local independents. Every bit counts.” #ShopLocal. Order Online @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS…
Now accepting Debit & Credit cards when you PICK UP your order during designated Market hours of 10A-12P on Fridays. Using SQUARE, is a FLEXIBLE payment option that allows you to get receipts via email or text message. EASY & CONVENIENT way to pay!
EASY & CONVENIENT Online Ordering @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
Farm to Table Recipes
Ingredients:
Cheesy Stuffed Banana Peppers (Gluten Free)
yields about 10 (medium to large) banana peppers
1-8 oz. package cream cheese
1 cup plain greek yogurt (Chobani is my favorite!)
4-6 cloves garlic, minced (We love garlic, so we always go for 6 – you decide!)
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 cup shredded mozzarella (or Italian blend of cheeses)
1/2 cup grated parmesan, more for sprinkling
10 medium to large banana peppers
Preheat the oven to 400ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Put on some gloves (and wear a mask if you have bad coughing fits like me). Rinse the banana peppers to remove dirt, and cut off the stems. Open up the banana pepper length wise by cutting down through the center of the pepper (only on one side – do not cut it in half!). Remove the seeds as best as you can (or else they’ll be SUPER hot). Place on a paper towel to dry slightly while you mix the stuffing.
In a medium bowl, stir the cream cheese and yogurt together until smooth. Add the minced garlic, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper, stirring until well combined. Add the mozzarella and parmesan, stirring until evenly mixed.
Scoop the cheese mixture generously into each of the peppers, stuffing it down into the tip of the pepper, all the way to the top. Place each pepper, open side up, on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle the opening with parmesan cheese.
Bake at 400ºF for 25-30 minutes, until the peppers are soft, and the cheese is browned. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open.
The Spa City Co-op Market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown.net. Please place your orders before 9 pm on Tuesday, and plan to pick them up on Friday the 16th between 3:30 and 5:30 at Emergent Arts. Please come before 5 pm if at all possible, as that’s a long day for our volunteers.
And do please sign up to work a market at the Volunteer Spot section on the market page. It’s fun, you get your membership extended by 2 months, and get a $5 gift card if you work the full shift.
Karen Holcomb
Market Manager
501-760-3131
ksholcomb@gmail.com
Champaign, OH: Saturday, At The Farm!!
We would like to invite the virtual market vendors and customers to join us out on our farm Saturday October 10th at 2pm for a sorghum-making demonstration and a guided tour! Our draft horse, Tony, will help us squeeze the juice out of the sorghum cane, and we’ll be cooking it down to make sweet syrup – an interesting process if you’ve never seen it in person. End of the Road Farm may be a work in progress, but we, along with our three young children, have a lot of fun and enjoy working full-time on our homestead. There will be several samples of sorghum goodies to try – we’d love to meet you if you’re able to come!
Lee and Jennifer Ruff
If you want a fun day, full of farm love, and just a real good time…plan on attending this farm tour!! It was great fun, last year, and you don’t want to miss the fun!!
Directions – Take state route 36 West out of Urbana about 20 miles to Fletcher… you’ll go through St. Paris and Lena, and it’s the first “town” after 235.
Turn left at the first stop light, onto 589.
Turn right at the first street (no street sign) – that’s first street which becomes our driveway! Go past the yield and dead end signs, through the gate, and come all the way up to the house – we’ll show you where to park!
Independence,VA: Welcome to the Grand Opening of the 2015-2016 Online Market
Friends of the Market,
Welcome back to the On-line Market! Folks are still adding products so you might want to check in again in a few days for added items.
Just a reminder how this all works: the Market is open for orders until Wednesday evening. If you don’t receive a confirmation of your order, it did not register. Be sure to submit your order as the very last step of the order process. If you have questions, feel free to email me at independencefarmersmarket.org or call 276-768-0597. Pickup is Fridays from 10-noon in the conference room (across from the gift shop)in the 1908 Courthouse. 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 and hope to see you Friday!
Michelle
Carolina Foothills, SC: Market is Open!!!!
Hello all,
I hope you all had a good week. Please stop by and check out the market we have a new farmer.
Have a good weekend,
Susan.
http://carolinafoothills.locallygrown.net/market
Carolina Foothills, SC: Market is Open!!!!
Hello all,
I hope you all had a good week. Please stop by and check out the market we have a new farmer.
Have a good weekend,
Susan.
http://carolinafoothills.locallygrown.net/market
StPete.LocallyGrown.Net: “Intermission” Update
St. Pete Locally Grown “Intermission” Update
Valued Customers, Volunteers, & Growers:
No one is more eager than I to re-open our online Market on November 2nd with fresh fall produce! And we WILL still carry all products from The Dancing Goat! I wanted to let you know in advance about several changes to how our Market will operate regarding schedule and fees.
- We are cutting our Market timeframe by just two hours. We will open earlier on Monday at 3pm instead of 5pm. We will close earlier on Wednesday at 8am instead of noon. Based on past Markets, 99% of all shopping is completed by early Tuesday evening anyway.
- We will sell Certified Organic veggies from Geraldson Community Farm. In order for us to make it work with our schedule and theirs, you will be asked to order from them no later than Monday 8pm. That will give everyone FIVE hours to decide if/what they want from Geraldson’s and place an order. Even if it’s just a partial order, you can always come back later and place additional order(s) with other Growers before the Market closes.
- Our annual membership fee is changing from $90 annually ($7.50 per month) to $80 for the 8-month season ($10 per month). We will pro-rate memberships for fewer months, on request.
- New customers will get to try us once (instead of twice) before they decide to pay the $80 membership fee which gets automatically added to their second order. We will adjust & prorate the fee through the end of our Market season (June 2016) depending on when the second order gets placed.
- Delivery fees are increasing by $2. If you’ve been paying $4 then you will pay $6, and so on.
Please review our website at www.stpetelocallygrown.net with fresh eyes. We have changed a few graphics (finally) and updated it with new info. I want you to be as informed as possible whenever you share the great news of our lovely online Market with others.
We are looking for more urban growers to join our Market. Please contact me if you think you might be interested in selling an over-abundance of chemical-free veggies through our Market. If 10 farmers reserve 4 pounds of tomatoes for our Market then we have FORTY POUNDS to sell to the St. Petersburg Community. Talk about “home grown…”
The future of our Market depends on local dollars AND local volunteers. I am still looking for two volunteers needed every other week on Friday for 2 to 3 hours. Awaiting your call… 727-515-9469
Hope to see you at this month’s potluck social on October 24th. Look for your Evite and come help me celebrate turning 62!
To your Health & a successful Fall Season…
Tina, YOUR Market Manager
stpete@locallygrown.net
727-515-9469
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Eggs from Rocky Acres are NOT sold out!
Rocky Acres still has large and medium pastured eggs available. Marty forgot to update his listings.
Just wanted to let you all know in case you ordered this morning and thought those eggs were sold out.
Link to website to order: https://suwanee.locallygrown.net
Thank you,
Nora