Champaign, OH:  Rock Stars Of Local!

I am so excited to bring you a few rock star headlines that will make you proud of the market that you love, AND, proud of it’s rock star vendors…especially two of our vendors who are in top position to take on a very high honor!

First…your rock stars who manage your market, were just featured in the newest edition of, Ohio Farm Magazine!! Amazing article, and I am taking it to our own local, Main Graphics, tomorrow, to have the article enlarged and mounted so that you can see it on display in our market area at the YMCA!! We appreciate any coverage that comes our way…it allows us to continue to get the word out and about our amazing market and the amazing customers and vendors who rock it, each and every week!

Now…a rock and roll drumroll for the next two vendors…they are both amazing, both have spent years building their separate businesses, and both are vendors, here, at our market, and I am lucky enough to have them both as vendors at the Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisans Market!!! One is even my VP at that market…and your own assistant manager, at this market!

Wittenburg University just released the five finalists who are in the running for their 2015 EBAward!!! This is a HUGE Entrepreneur Business Award!! We have a past winner as a vendor…Freshwater Farms.

This year, it is our honor to announce that both Oakview Farm Meats AND Champaign Berry Farm are two of the five finalists!!!! We have rock star royalty among our vendors!!! The final decision will be made on January 29th! Let’s wish them both the very best and the best vibes…

This market continues to rock…and on some days, it makes me just want to cry…in a good way:)

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  Who Do You Love?

Come on baby take a walk with me…
Tell me who do you love…
Who do you love, now…
Who do you love, now…
Who do you love, babe…
I say who now, who do you love…
(Who Do You Love? The Doors)

I am feeling a whole lot of Jim Morrison, today, as I pack away Christmas decorations, get organized for a week of meetings and obligations, and get ready to begin moving into a new shop front in downtown Urbana. I have the music blasting at high decibels…this song just made me think of the market, how much we LOVE our customers, and really…let’s be honest, what is not to LOVE about our little market of love??

Who do you love is right…the love is in high gear for all of us!!

I hope that things are beginning to settle down for all of you now that the holiday hoopla is fading. We are in a brand new, shiny year…what’s not to love about that?

Your week will kick into high gear, tomorrow, and wouldn’t it be nice to take some time, today, to just leisurely place your weekly orders, not have to think about it, and then just breeze in, on Thursday, and pick it up, take it home, and be done? All with us taking the work out of it for you?

What about getting back to eating healthy? What about recommitting to local? What about needing warming coffees and teas to face this upcoming cold that looms? What about stocking your freezers with locally produced meats, fish, pizza dough…all for quick things to grab for dinner on the run.

What about stocking up on dairy, eggs, cheeses? All great for a quick breakfast, quick snack, quick dinner.

You will want herbs and spices to kick up the flavors of all of the wholesome food you will be stocking up!

Honey, maple syrup, molasses, jams, jellies, mustards, barbecue sauces…all must haves no matter what you are serving.

Baked goods…I know what you are thinking…NO MORE BAKED GOODS after all of the holiday baked goods. BUT…think about this…we offer healthy baked goods, all according to your tastes. We have vegan baked breads, pizza dough varieties, vegan treats. We have traditional baked goods, we have gluten free baked goods, and we have amazing cookies, pies, cakes…

With the winter winds and cold, why not treat your skin? We have amazing soaps and bath and body products, essential oils…all natural, all good for your skin…

You need your greens…we have those, although at this point in time, they are very limited quantity, due to the time of the season. But, we do have them…you just need to order, quickly!

If you are baking for your own home, we even have flour.

Basically, we’ve got it all, right here, in our little local market of love.

Who do you love? Well, how can you NOT love us and what we bring to your lives??

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder!

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.

MARKET NEWS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So hard to believe that 2014 is behind us and 2015 is about to begin!

This is always the time of year when people make resolutions or vow to get healthier, get fit or just want to make changes for the new year!

My hope that being healthy and knowing the benefits of eating nutrient dense foods is one of them! We love that we have the Market and can help provide that to you while supporting our local Growers that continue to believe in the chemical free, organic and natural from the earth approach to food.

Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy also! Local farmers need our support to keep doing all the hard work and great food they provide to GwinnettLocallyGrown!

I hope that this year will be the best year in health for you and your family!

Browse through to see all the great Growers we have and maybe you will find something new!

We have Wilderness Family Naturals Coconut Sugar, Flour and Organic Popcorn in the Market for sale! When you come to pick up your order, check them out! They are also now online!

Remember we have Kombucha available! If you are not familiar with it, Kombucha is a naturally fermented tea with natural probiotics! It has been around for centuries originating in Asia. It is said to have healing properties and because it is naturally fermented, is a great support for the digestive system. When your here, ask me for a sample! I’d love your feedback!

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

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!

Cheryl Gelatt
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.

Stones River Market:  The Market is Back Open

Market News

Welcome to 2014, oh, I mean 2015. How many times in the next couple of weeks will that happen? I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. Winter is going to hit us hard this week. Bundle up and stay warm as the temperatures plummet.

We begin another year at the Market offering locally grown and made products.

Some news this week:

Rod with Double Star Bar Farms is recovering from surgery and now has his atisanal bread available again. Welcome back Rod !

Flying S Farms is back from a couple weeks away. They have eggs, jams, frozen soups and baked goods this week.

Interested in hosting a party? Casa Segovia-Paz now has a party pack of ten empanadas.

Carol’s Vibration Cooking is offering a cookies and skin care package.

JENuine Health by Chef Jenny wishes you a Happy New Year! She will return next week with healthy SOS Snacks and Seasonings to kick off the New Year.

There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.

Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!

It is definitely soup weather. If you have a favorite soup recipe, please send them to me so I can share with everyone.

I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.

Berea Gardens:  Tired of this gloomy weather? Celebrate with Sprouts!

Greetings to you all and 2015,

The weather forecast for mid-week is one I would prefer to ignore, but we still have some fresh items coming in from the field and greenhouses to cheer us up! We have some delicious Brussels Sprouts, a special on our Butternut Squash for only 75 cents per pound this week (time to stock up on this long-lasting sunshine in a skin) and a few other green and good items from the garden. As always, all fresh and all organic.

Blessings,
Bob

United States Virgin Islands:  VI Locally Grown Market: Week of January 7, 2015

Good afternoon!

The VI Locally Grown market is open for orders. Thanks for supporting your local farmers and craft makers!

Don’t miss out on Ridge to Reef farm’s mouthwatering mango fed local organic pork cuts, available for purchase at the market.

The new location for the market is a beautiful experience within itself. If you haven’t had a chance to see the Lawaetz Museum property at Little La Grange on Mahogany road, the market is a great opportunity to support your local farmers and enjoy the a local heritage site for St. Croix.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

-Castiel and your VI Locally Grown producers

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmer's Market - It's Time to Order

Good morning, everyone,

We hope that you had a wonderful blessed Christmas and a great New Year’s Day! Now it’s time to get on to the business of the season: repairing our growing season tools and equipment, winterizing our homes and businesses, and dreaming by the fire with the seed catalogs which will arrive soon.

Welcome to another week of shopping at Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market. We are now open for ordering. This week, we return to our regular ordering and pickup schedule. The market will be open for ordering till Tuesday at 10 pm, and pickup will be on Thursday from 3:00 till 4:30.

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has some very nice herb baskets, kissing balls, houseplants, dish gardens, windowsill gardens, and hanging baskets to brighten up your indoor wintertime. Check them out on the market!

Fresh and tasty winter vegetables, baked goods, a wide variety of cuts of pork, and local honey and eggs are also available here. Try the herbal soaps and lotions, as well as jams, all made from locally grown products. Support your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items.

A sampling of items available from our local farmers: (L to R) Dried Spearmint from Solace Farm, Sourdough Rolls from Basically Breads, Purple & Silver Wandering Jew Hanging Basket from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse, Cubed Ham Cutlet from Weaver Farms, and Bibb Lettuce from Frontier Family Farm.

This week, we’ll be back on our normal schedule of ordering till Tuesday at 10 p.m. and pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service.

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

Here is the complete list for this week.

The Wednesday Market:  Happy New Year from The Wednesday Market! It is Time to Order.

Good evening, and Happy New Year to everyone in The Wednesday Market Community! We trust that you had joyful holidays and are greeting 2015 with excitement and anticipation.

We thank our faithful customers who allowed us to “flex” our market day during the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. Thank you for letting us move ordering and delivery up a day during each of those holidays so that our market volunteers could focus on spending time with their families.

And, now we are back to “normal.” The ordering system is turned on. Please place your orders by Monday, Jan. 5, at 10 p.m. Orders are ready for pick up on Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

January 26, 2015, marks the 4th anniversary of The Wednesday Market. Thank you to all of our growers and producers and all of our customers for supporting our efforts to bring the freshest local products to market. We look forward to another great year of serving you!

Sincerely,

Beverly Walter and The Sunshine Girls: Anna Evans, Irmalee Wing, and Sharon Fox

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Time to Order Local Food!

It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
click here to go directly to the marketpage

Market News

FARMER BROWNS has two newer red lettuces on the market this week—Red Oakleaf and Skyboy. Check them out!
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FOX FARM is listing pork chops and breakfast sausage this week.
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EXTENDING YOUR GROWING SEASON
Learn about season extension in high tunnel production systems in a new webinar series sponsored by the Center for Crop Diversification, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the Barnhart Fund for Excellence. There will be six webinars, each 75 minutes long, in February and March of 2015. The series will cover market opportunities, structure options and construction, organic production and certification, crop and equipment options, pest pressure and control, as well as a summary of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative.

For more information, and to register, please contact Miranda at 859-218-4384 or miranda. hileman@uky.edu.

All webinars will be broadcast from 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. EST.

Webinar Schedule
• February 17 — Season Extension Opportunities & EQIP Funding
• February 24 — Structure Options, Construction, Ventilation & Temperature Control
• March 3 — Organic Certification & Marketing High Tunnel Crops
• March 10 — Crop, Irrigation & Equipment Options
• March 17 — Insect, Weed & Disease Control
• March 24 — Producer Views & Series Wrap-up
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OTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you know of anyone who isn’t receiving our (general) e-mails that we send to the entire customer and grower bases (which would include Order Confirmations that come out of our proprietary software e-mail account that is re-directed via Mailgun.us: We have been working with a tech from BLomand who has done a large amount of troubleshooting and research.

If you have an e-mail address that is through Yahoo or BellSouth (Yahoo actually hosts BellSouth e-mail), you will need to go into your Contacts list and add these two addresses:
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
*@mailgun.us

If you have an e-mail address through BLomand, you will need to go into your Gray Mail and add as a Friend these two addresses:
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
mailgun.us

If you have an e-mail address that is from another provider (gmail should be OK, but you never know…), use one of the iterations above.

Also, if you want an entire domain to be “approved,” you can, for example, enter the following as a Contact/Friend (for gmail, let’s say):
*@gmail.com

If, after doing all this, you are still not receiving our e-mails (at the very least the Saturday Blog opening the market), you will have to get in touch with your e-mail provider and tell them to recognize our address as well as the mailgun address. Just giving them the cumberlandfm@gmail.com address will not be sufficient.

We hope this helps resolve these problems going forward!

Kir and Linda
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ANSWERING MARKET E-MAILS
Please DO NOT press “Reply” to our software’s automated e-mails. This includes Blog e-mails (such as this one), your Order Confirmation e-mail, or even Account Balance/Adjustment e-mail. If you need to contact us via e-mail, just compose a new e-mail with an appropriate Subject line and send it to cumberlandfm@gmail.com. This will ensure your e-mail is seen (not always possible with a Reply to Order Confirmations, for example) so we can best help you.

ALSO, we are checking e-mail only several times a week, so it may take a short while for us to get back with you. You are always welcome to call 931.592.3399 (no voice mail) to reach us more quickly. Thanks!
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EBT CAPABILITY IS BACK!
We are pleased to announce that the CFM is once again able to process EBT cards.
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REQUESTING DELIVERY
If you would like your market order delivered, please contact Rachel Lynch, the new Sewanee delivery driver. E-mail: radelo50@yahoo.com or phone 931-598-0774.

Please remember that 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. To ensure your account always has a positive balance, the CFM prefers payments in increments of at least $100.00. Mail checks made out to CFM to Kir Strobel, 744 Timberwood Trace, Monteagle, TN 37356.

Should at-home delivery not work for you, you may leave your order at the Center to be picked up by you or a designée by 6 p.m. Wednesday. As with any left-behind order, there will be a $3.00 fee unless that order has been prepaid in full in advance. Don’t forget there is no freezer at the Center for the foreseeable future, so it is imperative your items be picked up in a timely manner.
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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.
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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.
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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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