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Green Fork Farmers Market:  Weekly product list


Farmers Market Customers,

Don’t forget that we will continue the market through the winter!

Available this week:

Vegetables—arugula, kale, lettuce, spinach, sweet potatoes, green onions, butternut squash, bell peppers, Anaheims, poblanos, and jalapenos.

Herbs—Mint, sage, parsley, cilantro, lovage, chives, and a mixed herb bunch.

*Meat*—pastured beef, chicken, lamb, pork, organ meats, soup bones, and parts for stock.

Eggs—pastured chicken and duck eggs.

Specialty foods—fermented sauerkraut and jalapenos, salsa made from local and organic ingredients, and olives and olive oil directly from the grower in California.

Botanical Bath and Beauty Products—soap, lip balm, mouthwash, scented oil, facial elixir, and muscle salve.

Place your order from now until Tuesday at noon for pickup on Wednesday 4-7 pm. We will also have extras for sale on our tables.

See you Wednesday!

Green Fork Farmers Market

Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
At Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR

To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!

Stones River Market:  Time to Order Local Food - A New Vendor Joins This Week


Stones River Market

How to contact us:
Our Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
On Wednesdays: Here’s a map.

Market News

Welcome back to another week of locally grown and made products. The vendors on vacation from last week have returned. Casa Segovia-Paz returns with her empanadas and alfajores. Carol’s Vibration Cooking brings back fruit spreads and seasonal skin care products. Erdmann Farm has a couple of greens plus turnips available.

A new producer joins the Market this week. If you ever shopped the other Markets in Murfreesboro, you will recognize Ms. Rosie. This week she brings caramel cakes and fried pies to the Market. In the future watch for some of her other products.

Wedge Oak Farm Thanksgiving turkeys will be delivered this week. However, you can still reserve turkeys from both Wedge Oak Farm and West Wind Farms in time for the holiday.

Notes from the other producers:

Cedar Thicket Farm has their Christmas Vanilla Extract back on the market ready for a simple, homecrafted Christmas gift for teachers or office staff. Also, there is a fresh batch ready for all your Holiday baking along with Very Vanilla Sugar. Bay leaves too are essential this time of year for those hearty soups!

Flying S Farms has added additional varieties of soups to their listing as well as cornbread to accompany those soups.

NEW this week from JENuine Health by Chef Jenny are holiday gift packages: SOS seasoning and spice jars (includes gift bag and recipe card), Holiday Snack Bag, and the Holiday Snack Pack. Holiday snack pack incudes the New delectable Fruitcake Mix which is a mix of toasted seeds, pecans, apricots, cranberries, and coconut that’s lightly sweetened with molasses.

Ridiculous Chocolate has added a pumpkin spice flavor of chocolate for the holiday season. Also, his hot cocoa is now casein free.

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! If you have created a dish and want to share with everyone, please send it to me.

I was in Washington DC this past week and the Post ran an article about fall and winter greens. Instead of posting one recipe, I am sharing a link to the article that had several different recipes using the various greens that we have on the Market. Enjoy.

Fall and Winter Greens from the Washington Post

I 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!

John

See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/

CLG:  Opening Bell: Skoosh, Bratwurst, Apples ...


Good afternoon,
This is the last market before Thanksgiving. Better make a big order and stock up for the next 2 weeks.

Please see notes from growers.
From Tammy Sue’s Critters:
We will be doing a Christmas Open House at our farm on November 29 from 10-2. We will have the goats to be seen, a fire in the fire pit with s’mores. Also it’s a great opportunity for Christmas Shopping. The farm is at 4 Cheyenne Trail, Sherwood 72120.

From Barnhill Orchards:
Red cabbage will be available this week. First crop of the fall season. Great addition to slaw or salad. Tightly wrapped, medium round heads. Also, White “Charm” Cauliflower. Beautiful white heads are perfect fresh, grilled, or mashed like potatoes!!

From Cedar Rock Ridge:
Fresh batch of everyone’s favorite: Skoosh! Great with bratwurst, hot dogs, chicken, pork chops, or mixed with tuna and put on a cracker as an appetizer. If you’ve never had it, you’re missing something amazing. Similar to chow-chow. Available in pints and half pints. Great for a hostess gift.

From Geek Eats:
Got a holiday party coming up? You can now order Geek Eats hummus in larger quantities for a great price. Stock up and wow your holiday friends!

Coming soon: ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. More info to come. Also, please spread the word that CLG is the only YEAR-ROUND farmers market in Conway!

Check out all the Featured Products and use the SEARCH field on the main Market page to quickly find the items you want.

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table.

The market is now _*+OPEN+*_for orders. Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!

Have a great week!
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 Twitter: @conwaygrown

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

South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Thanksgiving Week


Yes, we WILL be open for ordering and pickup as usual during the week of Thanksgiving. So, your produce and baked goods will be nice and fresh for your Thanksgiving Day feast! Enjoy and stay safe!

Kir and Linda
Market Co-Managers

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

* I will have some great news for this Thursday’s Market open so stay tuned!*

Grower of the Week!

Anderson Farms

Website: andersonfarmsgeorgia.com
My name is Benji Anderson and I have a 48 acre pastured hog farm in Madison County, GA. All my hogs are Berkshire crosses mostly with Duroc and Tamworth. I raise all my own hogs and use no chemical fertilizers or pesticides on my pastures. Hogs graze and root around and are also supplemented with a antibiotic free grain ration. Pastures are rotated to keep the land and the hogs healthy.

In stock now! Saddle Creek Bee Farm specializes in pure raw wildflower honey. This honey is collected from Gwinnett and Barrow Counties. It is a great item to beat those allergies! Mixed selection of squeezable plastic, and glass containers.

We also 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!

*If anyone has plastic grocery bags you’d like to get rid of and recycle, we can always use them at the Market! Feel free to bring them with you on Tuesday…

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. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nic The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

United States Virgin Islands:  VI Locally Grown Market: Week of november 16 2014


Good morning!

The locally grown market is now open and ready for your orders. The market will no longer be located in the courtyard behind Polly’s at the Pier. The new pick up location is at the Lawaetz Museum at Little La Grange from 3:30 until 6 pm.

Tahira from Divine Delight Delectable is now back in town and accepting orders so those delicious veggie burgers and muffins are once again available.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday!

Cheers,

Jillian and your VI Locally grown Producers

Champaign, OH:  What You're Meant To Be


Ah child of countless trees…
Ah child of boundless seas…
What you are, what you’re meant to be…
(Cassidy-Grateful Dead)

Last week found me with happy reunions, a lot of love, and an unexpected visitor who reminded me of my quest to always see sunshine, always sing my song, and always believe that whatever I touch, I do my best to make magic happen.

The reunion was with some of my West End pals that I am still extremely close with, I don’t see enough of, but when I am reunited, I feel like my family is all back, together. These people have known me since Kindergarten. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, with a whole of growing, running, playing, learning. Yes, it was a good reunion of souls.

On Friday, I was down in my Cosmic shop, and had a surprise visit from one of my aunts. She lives far away, I see her, very rarely, I don’t keep up with her like I should, but I knew she was planning a visit, I just was not sure when that would take place.

She is the kind of woman that if sunshine could come out of her eyes, it would. But, if you cross her, or someone she loves, that sunshine can change to lightening, in seconds. It was amazing that her timing came right when I was having not a great end to the week. She breezed in, gave me a huge hug, we talked, she loved my shop, she listened as I talked about my breads, the names of my breads, the hippie clothing, me, the markets that I run, and especially this little market of love.

I explained to her how it works, how we run it, the customer base…I felt as if I couldn’t stop telling her about all that I do and all that is important to me.

She was intrigued with my Cosmic cookies…I told her they were called Hippie Cookies. She looked at me with a mix of sunshine and happy tears. She reminded me of two people who would be very, very proud of what I do, how I do things, and how passionate I am about things. When she left, I looked around at my shop, the sun that filters through the stained glass window, the leftover hippie cookies, and the racks of hippie clothing…her words as she left the shop were…“You are doing what you were meant to do, Baby Girl” (Because my grandmother had given me that name and it’s what my family always called me…)

And, my aunt was right…I am right where I was meant to be, doing what makes me happy, running markets that I am so entirely passionate about.

Today is Sunday, the market is open, and I leave you with love, passion, and a Sunday recharge…all from my surprise visitor.

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

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


Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering.

REMEMBER the market closes at 10 pm on Tuesday evenings. This will give our farmers a little more time to harvest their products to fill your orders.

Cider and jelly, perennial plants, local baked goods, pork products, herbal bath & body products, local honey, fresh-laid chicken & duck eggs, and plenty more products are to be found on our market. Give them a try! Don’t forget to check for the flavor of our “Cookies of the Week” from Basically Breads.

REMEMBER:

  • Growers can sometimes remove items at the last minute, affecting your invoice. Please wait to make out your check until your total is established at market.
  • If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. Log back in and press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. E-MAIL tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com OR CALL US at (931) 273-9708 if the problem persists so you will not be disappointed on market day.
  • Be sure to hit that Place Your Order button before 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening.


  • Take a look at our offerings and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Tuesday evening at 10 p.m.

(L to R) Spinach from Frontier Family Farms, Tears on My Pillow Pie from Debbie’s Delites, Dried Rosemary from Triple B Farm, Honey from Steve’s Bees, Wooden Toy Car Set from Little Raven Woodworks.

We’ll see you for 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 morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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!

~ Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

How to contact us:

On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!


www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net


Hard to believe we may have our first snow on November 16th. I miss fall and really wish it would return, but it looks like we may have a very cold, wet early winter according to the persimmons and the meteorologists.

Roca Baby Candy has opened up online and added two types of Almond Roca. This would make a great addition to your holiday dessert table. I’ve sampled her candy and it is delicious!

Opossum Hollow Produce has updated inventory and also hopes to have some extras this weekend. So, if you miss getting an order in online there is the hope of purchasing at the pick up location on Saturday.

J.D. Hudson Farms is back online as well.

The market now offers over 200 products online – locally grown or locally made! We are truly a blessed community!

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open for A Very Local Thanksgiving!


Howdy there Food Club,

It may be hard to believe, but the market is open and it’s already time for your Thanksgiving orders! While good food’s an essential part of any holiday, rarely do the average folk put so much effort into such a thorough and proper feast. While we don’t carry pasture-raised Turduckens on our market, there’s still plenty of other ways to show thanks to our hard-working small Arkansas farms this holiday.

  • Those of you that already put down your deposit on a Falling Sky Farm turkey will certainly be thankful you did, and should have already been contacted by the farm about how to get it (let us know if you haven’t). For those that missed out, we recommend trying Hillcrest Artisan Meats or Butcher & Public for a local pasture-raised bird.
  • All the turkey talk I’ve heard is that brining is definitely the way to go. Maison Terre has put their own custom blend of organic fruits and spices into a flavor-infusing turkey brine sure to impress the holiday guests!
  • Green bean casserole is just about my favorite dish around, and this cast-iron, panko-covered recipe looks like a must-try. We’ve got plenty of local green beans, and I’ll be subbing our superior shiitake mushrooms for their buttons.
  • As far as favorite dishes go, potato gratin comes in a very close second. We’ve got plenty of potatoes, peppers, and somehow even the tomatoes needed for this delicious recipe!
  • When it comes to dessert, look no further than pie. Period. But how to possibly choose between local apple, blackberry, blueberry, peach, raspberry, strawberry, pecan, or sweet potato?!??!? Beats me!

Thanks to Kevin Shalin over at Rock City Eats for putting together this helpful guide for where to order just about anything else. Pies, dressing, casseroles, and smoked birds, oh my! Yup, this is definitely, 100% my favorite holiday.

Thanks to all of you for buying local all-year round!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

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