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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Hello, friends!
I can’t believe it’s June! This spring has just flown by!
This morning until Tuesday at 10 pm, shopping will be open at Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market. Pickup of your order will be on Thursday from 3:00 till 4:30.
This year-round online farmers’ market offers eggs, herbal products, vegetables & greens, live plants, and beef and pork products, all produced on local farms. We appreciate your support of your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items.
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NEWS AND NOTES
Frontier Family Farms has listed Red Ripe Tomatoes this week! The first tomatoes of the 2015 season are so yummy!
From Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
A very few tomato plants are still available at the sale price. We have astilbes, carnations, coral bells, pincushion flowers, small sedums, yarrows, gauras, daylilies, and lavenders in bloom at this time. If you buy perennials while they are in bloom, and make multiple purchases through the season, your garden will have a nice sequence of perennial blooms.
A SAMPLING OF ITEMS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK FROM OUR LOCAL FARMERS:
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(L to R) Autumn Fern and Dark Pink Gaura Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse; Rib Eye Steak from Paccman Ranch; Red Ripe Tomatoes from Frontier Family Farms; fresh Oregano from White City Produce & Greenhouses.
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Ordering will be open until Tuesday at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up then. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708.
Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. Nothing makes a farmer more excited than seeing new customers on the market!
Blessings,
Linda
ALFN Local Food Club: The Market is Open
Check out the new produce this week! The market is open.
“Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond. . . It is difficult to begin without borrowing.” (Thoreau)
Try to think of one action, thought, or opportunity from this week that was utterly, completely, purely original. The proverbial Newtonian apple that falls out of nowhere and inspires an original thought is rare. . . it may even be impossible. Our ideas, our skills, our jobs, our wisdom are rooted in other people, other historical ideas, and other skills from mentors. We stand on the shoulders of others, and others stand on the shoulders of an infinite regression. The roots of our knowledge, our success, our lives, and our happiness stretch down toward eternity. From the genes that cover our mortal lives to the jeans that cover our naked legs, we depend on a great common sharing and exchange.
This may to be too cosmic in tone for a market blog, but it relates to even our food. Our tables hold borrowed life. Swiping a credit card or exchanging green paper may obfuscate the true nature of food. Eating is fundamentally borrowing. When we eat, we borrow the energy produced from a grower’s sweat, the life of plant and animal, and the fertility cultivated by billions of microorganisms resident in soil. All life falls back to this soil, and all life eats from this soil.
Give thanks to our local growers and the countless creatures that intersect to form our food ecology. Like Thoreau who attempted to participate fully in life, but couldn’t begin without borrowing an axe, we eat, drink and make merry in a local food web that is rooted deep below the modern age.
Sincerely,
Kyle Holton
Program and Market Manager
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open; Double Dollar Program Begins
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
The Double Dollar program is back for SNAP and Senior Voucher customers. Come by the Market Welcome Station to have your SNAP transactions and Senior Vouchers matched, dollar for dollar, up to $50 per market day, as long as funds are available. Double Dollars are available on both Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Green beans are here! There are also cucumbers, squash and zuchinni, herbs, kale, lettuce, spinach, chard, turnips, beets, broccoli, broccoli rabe, strawberries, herbs, potatoes and onions, cut flowers, and bedding plants at the outdoor market. Pastured pork, beef, poultry, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, White River Creamery cheese, and herbs are all available online and at the outdoor market. Place your order online to guarantee the items you want are reserved for you.
Hoping we get a break from the rain for a few days. We have been truly blessed that we haven’t been rained out on the outdoor market days.
Tuesday – at the outdoor market, from 4-6 p.m., Marshall Mitchell will be our guest musician. Bring your family, a blanket or chairs, and your dinner. You could stop by one of the GREAT downtown restaurants and grab some food or bring a picnic and enjoy the music and entertainment Marshall provides.
See you at the market!
United States Virgin Islands: This Week in Vi Locally Grown
Greetings!
This week marks the start of R2R’s Summer CSA program. Great crops are in and some will spillover to the market! If you’d like to sign up, there is still time. We can prorate your share also. http://ridgetoreef.csasignup.com/members/types.
Best,
Castiel Kailani
Conyers Locally Grown: Special delivery and the market is open for June 5
Hello everyone. I hope this finds you all doing well. My son is going to make a trip up to Milkyway Farm in Star, SC for milk tomorrow. He will digging potatoes for the market. The milk is a side benfit of the trip.
The cost is $8.00 per gallon. We may be able to get whole or reduced fat. Both are delicious. Let me know tonight or tomorrow by 1-2 if yoj are interested. I know it’s the last minuets but you will be happy you got your order in. Pick up can be tomorrow evening or Monday at Copy Central.
Thank you and the market is open for Fridays delivery.
Thanks again,
Brady
Dothan, Alabama: Fresh Local Produce...
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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
WELCOME 2 C FARMS…
“At 2C Farms we believe stewardship of the land, education of the next generation, and clean ethical growing practices are of greater import than making a sell. We strive to produce natural, healthy, delicious food for our families and our community. We grow typical garden vegetables such as squash, butternut squash, eggplant, sweet corn, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and much more.” Jeremy Kelley
SANDY VALLEY FARM…
Coming Soon…-blackberries , heirloom tomatoes and peppers!
SANDSPUR FARMS…
***CUTS RESTOCKED…Great time to stock up now for Summer BBQ!
SPRING SPECIAL…Whole Hog Pork from Sandspur Farms
Available: 2
NEW PRICE & INFO EFFECTIVE 3-23-15
$4/pound hanging weight. That means you’ll be paying $4/lb on pork chops and bacon! Way below grocery store prices. Average hanging weight for whole is ~ 200 lbs /- Price is $4/lb hanging weight. Total Price = $800.00/- Pay $100.00 up front & Balance of due at time of pick up …usually 2 weeks(maybe 3 depending on processor) from date delivered to processor. Average meat is 70% of hanging weight. Standard cuts will include: pork chops(4 to a pack), boneless loin, bacon, roast, pan sausage, smoked (or fresh) hams, pork steaks, neck bones, and ribs. No additional processing fee for standard processing. Additional fee of $0.65/lb (what the processor charges) if you want the meat vacuum sealed or smoked link sausage in place of pan sausage.
HORTON FARMS…
Kale Chip Kits in 2 flavors, garlic and cajun spice available.
CASABLANCA RANCH…
Thank you Mr. Paul & Sherry for joining us and sharing stories and pictures of Casablanca Ranch and their cows. LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF…PRODUCTS updated: 1 Half Beef Available for March – 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
*GROUND BEEF PATTIES
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*STEAKS: Filet, Rib Eye, NY Strip, T-Bone
*STEW MEAT
**SOUP BONES, MARROW BONES, OXTAIL
SPRING HILL FARMS…
NUT BUTTER now available…PEANUT BUTTER is BACK! Great with their Honey Wheat Bread and a market jam, jelly or honey…healthy & delicious!
#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
BLUEBERRY GORGANZOLA SALAD
1 (5-oz.) mixed salad greens
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1 cup loosely packed basil leaves
1 cup roasted, salted almonds*
3/4 cup sliced fresh chives (about 1-inch pieces)
3/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
3/4 cup bottled raspberry-walnut vinaigrette
1/2 cup loosely packed fresh tarragon leaves
Preparation
Prep: 15 Minutes
Toss together all ingredients in a large serving bowl.
*Glazed Pecans may be substituted.
South Cumberland Farmer's Market: Time to Order Local Food!
It’s time to order from the South Cumberland Farmers’ Market
To Contact Us
South Cumberland Farmers’ Market
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
931-592-3399 (no voice mail)
Recipes
Market News
BROWN’S HOLLAR will have extra eggs this week. Envelope for money will be in the cooler. Thanks.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
DOGWOOD FARM BAKERY will again have extra baked goodies on her table. Check them out!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
DON’T FORGET THAT FOUNTAIN SPRINGS FARM has the Turkey Deposits on the market for people to order for Thanksgiving. Order soon so you won’t be left out! They are only going to take deposits for the next 3 weeks. After that they will not take any more orders. Most likely they will not have very many extra turkeys at Thanksgiving.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
REQUESTING DELIVERY
If you would like your market order delivered, please contact Rachel Lynch. E-mail: radelo50@yahoo.com or phone 931-598-0774.
Payment of all CFM orders MUST be made in advance of Tuesday’s delivery. Checks must be mailed in time to be posted to customer accounts before closing of market ordering on Monday. Mail checks made out to CFM to Kir Strobel, 744 Timberwood Trace, Monteagle, TN 37356.-———————————————————————————————————————————————————
PLACING AN ORDER
Before you order, be sure you see the little shopping cart. If you do not, log out and log in again. If this fails, turn off your computer completely and start again. This includes ordering from smart phones.
If you want to leave a comment for a grower, be sure to put it in the “Leave comment for grower” area in RED beneath the item you’re ordering. Placing comments in the market manager section will not be seen by the growers.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Don’t forget…
If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. E-MAIL OR CALL US to get the problem solved so you will not be disappointed on market day.
Please remember the market closes at 10 a.m. on Monday; therefore, your order must be completed and placed, and you should be signed out of the software.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
If you have any questions, please call (931.592.3399, no voice mail) or e-mail (cumberlandfm@gmail.com) us.
Kir Strobel & Linda Boynton
Market Co-Managers
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There is plenty more available so take your time and check out the whole list.
Coming Events
Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook Page .
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!
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Statesboro Market2Go: Fresh Veggies - the market is open!
Lots of fresh produce this week! Enjoy shopping!