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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  My Daily Bread is BACK! Pick Up Time Change


Suwanee Whole Life Co-op

Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
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REMINDER! Pick Up Time Change to 6:30 PM Starting THIS TUESDAY!

Just a reminder!!
As many of you know I have 2 very active children and my husband and I are both coaches for their teams. The season has started and in order for me to make sure both kids are at practice on time I need to close the warehouse 15 minutes earlier at 6:30pm instead of 6:45pm.

I’m hoping this won’t affect too many folks. I have to lock up and leave at exactly 6:30pm so please make sure you come by at least a few minutes beforehand to grab your items.

This change will take place starting THIS TUESDAY (August 4th pickup) I will send out plenty of reminders but wanted to give you all heads up!

Market News

My Daily Bread is BACK!
Starting this week My Daily Bread will be listing their items every other week. Feel free to double up on items that you would purchase weekly. Breads, tortillas, muffins, and other items freeze well. Please show them your support and welcome them back!

Group Buy – FCLO
Items have been ordered and I expect them to arrive in time for this week’s pick up. If there are any changes I will email those that ordered offline.

Vacation Hold – Produce Boxes (repeat)
Just a reminder if you are going to be away on vacation please make sure you put a “vacation hold” on your Nature’s Garden Express produce box if you are scheduled to receive one. You can simply do this online or give NGE a call and they can set it up for you. If you get an email from them on Friday with your box menu that means your box is NOT on hold and will be delivered Tuesday. As always you can delete your box order before their Monday morning deadline.

Grass Fed Ground Buffalo and Pastured Chicken Breasts are AVAILABLE (repeat)
Both items are back in stock! These are 2 of the market’s best sellers so get them while they got ’em! Thanks for your patience!

Mountain Fresh Creamery (repeat)
We will no longer have Mountain Fresh Creamery on the market. The supplemental feed they give their cows contains GMOs. I am currently looking for a new dairy to provide us low temp pasteurized milk. I will keep you all updated. In the meantime, please consider Cedar Rock Dairy and Lil Tots Estate.

New Items

New Items this week on the market:
Organic Veggie Cream Cheese Spread
Green Beans- Blue Lake Beans
Organic Peanut Butter Cookies
Alpaca Marrow Bones- Canoe Cut
Alpaca Sausage- Alpaca Sweet Italian

Volunteers Needed

Please volunteer if you can. I can’t run the co-op without your help!

WE NEED 2 VOLUNTEERS THIS TUESDAYFOR THE 5PM & 6PM SHIFTS!!

THANK YOU Maya, Pam, Chuck, Christy, and Vicki for helping out last Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!

August schedule is posted and sign up is available. 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.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Upcoming Group Buys

Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.

Sorghum Syrup – 8/7 – 8/9

Wilderness Family Naturals- (Organic Pantry Items) – 8/7 – 8/9

Raw Mixed Nuts – 8/7 – 8/9

Grass Fed Cheese – 9/18 – 9/20

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!

CSA Farmers Market:  SUMMER SQUASH SALAD


GREAT WITH KEBOBS!

Serves: 8
20 mins Prep time

Ingredients
1/3 cup olive oil
1/8 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup vinegar (red or white)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tbsp Slow Dog Pork Seasoning (multi purpose?)
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 large yellow squash
1 large zucchini
1 cup chopped beet tops (leaves and stems-rinsed well)
1 cup seeded and chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup thinly sliced sweet onion (walla walla)
DIRECTIONS

• For the Vinaigrette, mix oil, lemon juice, vinegar and seasonings in small bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in feta cheese and chopped beet tops. Set aside.
• For the Salad, trim squash ends. Slice into ribbons with vegetable peeler-discarding outside ribbons and core.
• To serve, place squash ribbons on each salad plate. Use tongs to place beet tops/ feta over squash. Top with tomatoes, and onions. Drizzle remaining vinaigrette over each plate.
ENJOY!

Palouse Grown Market:  The Farms on PGM


Your local, online Farmer’s Market is open for the week!

Build your order from a variety of different small farms , then pick up a freshly harvested order on Tuesday!

It’s simple to buy online from Palouse Grown Market, and it supports local small farms like:
-Palouse Prairie
-Slippery Slope
-Swallowtail Flowers
-Twin Creeks Micro-Creamery
-Deep Roots
-Pokey Creek
-M&L Farm
-Allan Family Farm
and the newest Vendor… Runner Bean Ranch!

Take a look at the abundance that is grown right here, on the Palouse!

Thank you for your support and enjoy the rest of your week.

Holly
Market Manager

Champaign, OH:  A New Product From A Familiar Vendor


You all know Lee Ruff from End Of The Road Farms, and his amazing products, family, and farm tour, last year!

Now, he has added beautiful, hand crafted rolling pins to our farm crafts section!

Take a look…think about gift ideas…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  Introductions!


We have a brand new vendor with us with really amazing soy candles!! She is new to the farmer’s market circuit, and she has a cool little story behind her candles…

Here is Cathy Ream…

I have been a resident of Champaign County my entire life(50+ years). I established Old Homefarm Candles because I like candles and wanted to have a hobby/business for my future retirement. The name Old Homefarm Candles was chosen, because after attending college and getting married and starting a family, my husband and I returned to my parents’ farm where I was raised and built a house where we now live.

Old Homefarm Candles has been making and selling homemade scented and decorative soy wax candles since 2013. They are sold at the monthly Champaign County Flea and Antique Show, The Depot in Lakeview, Ohio and at several area craft shows or festivals. The homemade scented 16 oz. mason jar candles are richly scented,and long and clean burning, poured with 100% natural soy wax from soybeans. Also sold are 6 piece clamshell wax melts for electric, battery and tea-light burners. These are poured with a 100% soy wax also, specially formulated for melts. Some decorative candles include pies, and drinks and may be poured with gel wax. All are scented with the maximum amount of scents recommended by the scents manufacturer.

Champaign, OH:  Peaches, Part 2


Last night, I sent the market Weblog announcing that the Herrs would be bringing their fresh peaches to the lobby, this evening, at market pick up, for any customers who want to purchase.

I forgot to mention that they will also be at this Saturday’s Champaign County Farmer’s Market with peaches…

You can get them from tonight’s market pickup, you can go to the Champaign County Farmer’s Market, on Saturday, or you can come to the Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisans market, as usual, to get their peaches and produce, on Tuesday evenings.

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

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


Good morning,
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 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

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  The market is open!


The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.


New Market Manager!

Hi! This is Iris. Some of you remember me from when I worked Market between Debbie and Cheryl, and some of you have seen me over the last couple weeks. I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of you very soon!


Salmon Update!




What’s up with the Salmon?
The salmon are running and Bill from Back in Time Farm will be supplying Alaskan Wild Caught salmon through his son, Running Wild Alaskan Seafood, LLC. He has left for Homer, Alaska and will be back with salmon and have it posted for the Market opening on Thursday, August 6th. It will be open to order then but we will be notifying and watching for those who were on the list to make sure their orders are handled first. You may continue to order after the first week until the supply runs out. I’m being told that there may be a chance for a second catch to be added but not guaranteed yet. So if you are wanting salmon, I recommend purchasing while you have the chance.
This deliciously fresh salmon is carefully selected directly from the fishermen’s nets from the cold Alaskan waters before it ever enters the ship’s hold. Only the best is chosen to become part of " Running Wild Alaskan Seafood’s" premium offerings. The fish is immediately bled and iced down before making the short boat ride to the processor located in Homer, Alaska. Here it is quickly processed and flash frozen (to ensure freshness) then packed into coolers for the overnight trip to Georgia. This is the freshest salmon available without going to Alaska to catch it yourself. Red Sockeye salmon is packed with flavor and nutrition.
We are within a week or so of having this salmon at our very own market! The packages will be in a couple different ounce packages and range in prices based on $19.00 a pound.


Workshops for July


Mozzarella Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew

Mozzarella Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew
This workshop is 60 minutes, includes a mozzarella cheese sampling once finished. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.

Tue. Aug. 11, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $5

To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.


Wine Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew

Wine Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew
This workshop is 60 minutes, includes a mozzarella cheese sampling once finished. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.

Wine making workshop, Session 1: Tue. Sep. 22, 2015
Wine making workshop, Session 2: Tue. Oct. 20, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM for both sessions
Cost: $25

– Session 1 | Sanitizing steps, mixing the ingredients, tips/tricks
– Session 2 | Bottle, Cork, and label your wine, take it home

To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.


As Always….

Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living.

Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!

If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your input!

Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.

CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!

Thanks for all your support!

Shop often and eat well!

Iris Potter
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

Champaign, OH:  Peaches


Movin’ to the country…
Gonna eat a lot of peaches…
Movin’ to the country…
Gonna eat me a lot of peaches…
(Peaches-Presidents Of The United States Of America)

So…here is some excitement!! Tomorrow, in the YMCA lobby, we will have Herr Family Farms set up with all of their fresh orchard peaches!

The Herrs are vendors for me at the Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisans Market. We would like to see them join our virtual market family, they have a HUGE abundance of peaches, both white, and yellow, and we have invited them to join us, tomorrow, to sell peaches!!

If you are a customer with an order, come early to make sure you don’t miss out. Bring extra cash as they will be operating on their own, and NOT through our system with the YMCA. If you did not place a weekly order, make sure to get to the lobby to get your peaches!

I can tell you that I have purchased their peaches for the past two weeks and they are THE BEST!!!

So, make plans to storm the lobby, tomorrow, at order pick up. Grab your market orders, and/or, get in line for your fresh peaches!

You will thank us, always…they are THAT good!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Naples,FL:  Market is open


Please place your orders