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The Wednesday Market:  Market is Open; Eat Your Greens!

Good afternoon to The Wednesday Market community. We hope you are well on this bright, crisp fall afternoon!

The Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. on Monday. Orders are ready for pick up on Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

My children are on a weekend binge of Halloween candy. We are putting it away today and encouraging them to eat their greens. Stephen’s little raised bed garden is full of green goodness right now, and we plan to harvest some lettuce and turnip greens to eat with our supper this evening.

Whether you prefer mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens, kale, chard, spinach or broccoli – what is your preferred way to cook them? No doubt about it, Joe and I love them cooked the Southern way with lots of pork added to them, graced with a shake or two of hot pepper sauce. My brother-in-law, Aaron, on the other hand, prefers his greens barely cooked. My sister Teresa uses a technique similar to stir-frying. Here is how to do it:

Rinse the greens well. Remove the tough stems. Stack several leaves one on top of the other and starting on a long side, roll them together. Beginning at one end, chop the greens crosswise into thin shreds. Mince a couple of cloves of garlic. Heat some olive oil in a cast iron skillet, add the garlic and saute briefly, about 30 seconds, or until the garlic is heated and fragrant. Add the shredded greens. Cook and stir until they turn bright green and are crisp-tender, taking care not to scorch the garlic. Enjoy! My kids also like broccoli and spinach stir fried with garlic. Maybe you will try this with your favorite greens, too.

Happy cooking!

Thanks,

Beverly

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Opening Bell

Welcome to another RCM Market Week!

Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!

Happy shopping! Eat Local!

Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.

Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.

Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Madison GA:  The Market is open!!!!!!

See everyone Wed!!!!

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Reminder: Ordering ends at 5pm today

The market is open for ordering and will close at 5pm!
suwanee.locallygrown.net

A bunch of you told me last week that you completely forgot to order milk so here’s a friendly reminder :-)

Don’t forget pick up now ends at 6:45 pm on Tuesdays going forward.

Thank you!
Nora

CLG:  Opening Bell: Collard Greens, Winter Squash, Apples, Coffee...

Good afternoon,
Well, Friday night was pretty cold, but we knew it had to come sometime. Much of our growing area had temps below 30 degrees, which means no more tender crops. But several of our growers use season extenders, like row covers and high hoops, so all is not lost. Start making your Thanksgiving menu now and stock up. Only 3 markets in November. 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

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open!

Good Day Food Club,

The market is open with more variety than ever!

• It’s the return of Laughing Stock Farm and their incredible red and mango fresh turmeric! This is a surprisingly versatile root that has a whole host of health benefits. Look for it under herbs & spices.

• And what a week, Hardin Farms is also back on the market with tons and tons of pecans! I’ve been known to say that pecans are one of my favorite things about Arkansas…they’re a great addition to salads and are the main attraction in my favorite dessert.

• Cabbage is here from Barnhill Orchards, and that means it’s time for some gut-healthy, probiotic-dense homemade sauerkraut!

• More delicious preserved products from The Root Cafe. This time it’s honey pilsner pickles and pear sauce…YUM!

• Yesterday’s Food Club volunteers were treated to wild boar snacks generously donated by Ratchford Farms. Food Club is only made possible thanks to our incredible volunteers, and we’re always looking for more helping hands. E-mail littlerockfoodclub@gmail.com to get on our volunteer listserv and receive wonderful snacks, coffee, fellowship, and $5 market credit every time you answer the call.

I’ve just found out about an amazing new restaurant: The Table Cafe. They’re serving a free community meal the first Sunday of each month out at First Pres Argenta. All they ask is that you use the time you would spend preparing the meal to gather round the table with friends and family. There is no cost for the meal, but donations are welcome to help cover basic expenses so that everyone might enjoy the opportunity to dine together. They’ll be open tonight, but if you can’t make it in time simply follow them on facebook to stay in the loop on future meals.

Happy November!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

Do you have questions or comments about this, or any, weblog? Thoughts on local food, goods, or events? Reply to this email and let us know what’s on your mind. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated!

Stones River Market:  Time to Order Local Food - RJ Retires

Market News

Welcome to November. Did you remember to “Fall” back overnight? The Market is back open with plenty of locally grown and made products.

I want to thank RJ with Rock Hill Road Farm for being a part of the Market for so long. RJ has retired from selling eggs to pursue other hobbies she enjoys. Many people will miss her since she has been a fixture with us and those who shopped at the Market on the Square. With RJ’s retirement, a flock of chickens got on a bus and moved to Woodbury. Her chicks are now being raised by Flying S Farms. Ben and Catherine will now be selling eggs. Visit Catherine’s Facebook page to see how the chickens are being raised.

Chef Jenny has returned to the Market this week with SOS snack mixes, SOS Original Seasoning, and SOS Cinna-Spice.

Pumpkin, Cranberry & Pecan Special (3 – 2 oz bags for $8.00) This snack mix is a combination of toasted seeds, pecans, and cranberries that have been flavored with pumpkin spices and a little bit of honey. Enjoy this healthy treat with yogurt, granola, oatmeal or as a satisfying snack on its own.

Rocky Glade Farm is just about out of honey. Get yours this week. They also have half and full bushels of their Carolina Ruby Sweet Potatoes as well as bulb fennel and kohlrabi.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. There is still time to reserve your holiday turkey from Wedge Oak Farm or West Wind Farms.

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.

The recipe was recommended from Yummly website and uses a winter squash variety we have on the Market. The other varieties will probably also work.

Roasted Squash with Sage Bread Crumbs

Sage, a member of the mint family, livens up any dish. But remember, too much sage will make food taste bitter or medicinal. This holds truer for dried sage, which tends to sit in the spice rack for years, growing even mustier.

3–5 lb. kabocha squash
6 tbsp. butter
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
2 cups fresh bread crumbs
2 tbsp. fresh sage, chopped

1.Preheat oven to 400°. Halve the kabocha squash crosswise, and scoop out and discard seeds. Rub each half with 2 tbsp. softened butter, season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and put on a baking sheet, cut side up. Cover with foil and roast until tender, about 1 hour.

2. Meanwhile, combine bread crumbs, 4 tbsp. melted butter, sage, and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl.

3. Uncover squash, divide mixture between halves, and bake until golden, 15–20 minutes more. Garnish with fresh sage sprigs.

Champaign, OH:  You Really Got A Hold On Me

I don’t like you, but I love you…
Seems that I’m always thinkin’ of you
Smokey Robinson – You Really Got A Hold On Me)

I was up earlier than usual, this morning, with the time change and my baking schedule, but I was flipping through playlists, deciding what would be my backdrop for the morning of baking, and decided on The Beatles. I love their cover of the song lyric that I chose. And, the first line really made me think of this little local market of love…

We don’t just LIKE this little market, we LOVE this little market. And, for me, your market manager, I am ALWAYS thinking about this market, about you, the customers, and the vendors, about the products, and how we can make you all happier, make you feel the love even more…I am a constant thinking machine:) And, my main concern is that everyone is happy, everyone loves us, and everyone makes us their first thought for local shopping!!

I have a friend who is one of my most favorite people in the world. We spend a lot of time, together, through our friendship, through our business dealings, and through an event that we chair. She is younger than I am but we met through business, we grew through business, and we became friends. Our friendship works on many levels despite our age difference or maybe because of it:)

Anyway, we try to meet up, often, outside of businesses and work, to have a glass of wine, or dinner, or just unwind and touch base. The other night she came to my house. It had been a busy day for me, I was whipping up a quick dinner for both of us because we sometimes forget to take the time to eat during our manic days. She had not had a good day and she knew that she could unleash to me but after I let her go on and on, I stopped her and asked her why she liked coming to my house. She named off the welcome feeling she gets, the candles, the music, the cocktails, the food, the feeling of calm. I simply smiled at her, and she knew that it was time to just forget her day so that we could have a few laughs and then I sent her on her way.

Friends mean the world to me. Friends are my family, my people, they guide me, inspire me, fill me with happiness. I try to reflect all of that right back to them.

After she described how it feels to come to my house, I started to think about this market and how I hope that this is the feeling that you all get when you become part of this little local market of love…

I hope that you feel inspired, full of love, full of happiness, and that our market becomes your main source of local shopping, local nutrition, and local awareness.

It is impossible to just like this market, once you get to know this market. Chances are you are going to LOVE this market, you will begin to ALWAYS think ABOUT this market, and you will make us your one stop, your favorite stop, your stop filled with LOVE…

It’s Sunday…think about those orders…the day is young and full of time to plan…

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

I think Fall has officially come to Dacula! What beautiful cool weather we’re having and the trees are changing! I just love this time of year!

We’ll be adding more items to the Market in the coming weeks so stay tuned for that! How about baked goods and yummy things for the Holidays? We’ll keep you posted!

Highlighted Grower of the Week!

Johnston Family Farm

Johnston Family Farm is a producer of all natural farm fresh raw milk from grass fed pastured cows. The Johnston family has owned and operated the farm since 1940. We produce all of the milk, cheese, and cream here on our farm and we encourage you to come see how we do what we do. Our cows are pastured and have access to fresh grass except for the few hours they are brought up to the barn to be milked. We milk Jerseys, Jersey-Holstein, and Jersey- Holstein-Swedish Red cross breeds and the sires have been picked from bulls that have been genetically tested for the A2 protein. In fact, most of our bulls are dominant A2/A2 carriers so after breeding these bulls for the last 8 years the majority of our cows are A2 carriers.
And his products taste great!

Each week, I want to remind you who our Grower’s are and why they are so special!

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!

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!

My best to all -

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.