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Statesboro Market2Go:  Canning seminar tomorrow evening


Don’t forget the canning seminar at Ogeechee Technical College tomorrow afternoon from 5:30 until 7:00. This is a free seminar presented by the Main Street Statesboro Farmers Market, Ogeechee Tech, and Discover You Can.

And be sure to place your Market2Go order by midnight tomorrow.

www.statesboromarket2go.locallygrown.net

Champaign, OH:  The Promised Land


Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

(Grateful Dead – Promised Land)

Well, well, well, guess who just blew back into town? Yes, your favorite market manager is back from her quick trip down to Knoxville!!

Road trips are my favorite things!! Blasting down the open road, tunes blaring, not a care in the world…destination is all ahead of you!!

Saturday, I left the Springfield Farmers Market, and started my journey to the south!! Grateful Dead tunes on, volume cranked, with this song as my favorite road trip song to kick it all off. You see, you need good road trip tunes, you need a playlist, you need a blast off song, you need an exit song…Bob’s voice in this song kicked it all off on both ways of the trip.

My destination was Knoxville with a few stops in between. I am a Mid-Western girl by birth but a Southern girl via college and early stages of my adult life.

The South is a magical and mystical place. You may leave it for years and years but as soon as you return, you are reminded of the charm, the ways of all things southern, and the easy pace of things.

The Cosmic co-ed is also a product of the south! She was born and raised, in her early years, in Florida. She is an original Florida Cracker! They are a rare and celebrated thing down in the heart of Florida. She attends my alma mater in Kentucky AND she is interning in Knoxville. She shares my love and respect for the south and it’s southern charm.

On the way down, my road trip hit a bit of a snag. It could have been disastrous, but quick thinking, and lucking into a situation with southern gentlemen, knowing they would take pity on this girl, the situation was fixed, the road trip was back on the road, and my forever faith in the southern friendliness, hospitality, and charm, was never shaken!

It was customer service in the top shelf form!! And, as I was sitting in an out of the way southern auto shop, I was thankful for these southern ways, the customer service that was displayed, and how it reminded me of our little local market of love!

While we may not be southern at heart, I do feel that we run a market that is first and foremost, customer satisfaction driven!! It is important, to me, that all customers are happy and taken care of!! I manage the Mechanicsburg Market the same way!! Customers and their happiness and satisfaction come first!! The same with my own Cosmic Charlie business…the customer is first, the customer MUST be happy, and the most important thing, above all, is to give the love that makes it all happen!!

I feel that we do that, each week, in this market!! Our customers love the market, they compliment us, and they know that we are there for them, no matter what.

Let us show you what local customer service is all about!! Get your orders in, put your trust in us, and let us show you the love that we are known for!!

It is Monday!! Your market manager is monitoring the market. She is ready to make this week happen for each of you!!

We have some crazy weeks ahead of us…let us be your local satisfaction…let us make it all easy…

Give us your orders….we will give you our charm!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Organic Blackberries!


Greetings Market Folks!

This is unusual, I know – but, I wanted to let you know that Blackberries were priced at $7.00 this past week and it should have been $6.00! This is the last week for these luscious, huge berries grown by Dabrielle and Bruce of My Daily Bread!

If you would like to order, email Maryanne by Market close at 6:00pm today! They will be added to your ordered and ready to pick up tomorrow!

That’s all for now — hope you all are having a great Monday!

See you at Market tomorrow!

~Maryanne

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Have you placed your order? Market Closes at 6:00pm


Market Closes at 6:00pm Today!

Hop on over to the Market and place your order…


Dabrielle and Bruce of My Daily Bread say this is the last week to grab BLACKBERRIES! Don’t miss this opportunity to get some to preserve.
I will be dehydrating and freezing some to enjoy later!



Take me to the Market.

Thank you for your support!

See you at Market on Wednesday!

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Have you placed your order? Market Closes at 6:00pm


Market Closes at 6:00pm Today!

Hop on over to the Market and place your order…


Dabrielle and Bruce of My Daily Bread say this is the last week to grab BLACKBERRIES! Don’t miss this opportunity to get some to preserve.
I will be dehydrating and freezing some to enjoy later!



Take me to the Market.

Thank you for your support!

See you at Market on Thursday!

Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open


It looks like we have been granted a reprieve from the oppressive humidity for this week. Kentucky sure keeps me guessing as to what the weather will do from week to week and sometimes day to day.
We are still trying to fence this week, but without much rain we continue to struggle to get those posts in the ground. We are almost complete with one field and still need to tackle the next big field. I am really looking forward to the day when I can just open gates and move sheep from one paddock to the next.
I look forward to seeing everyone this Friday,
Angela

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  Market reminder.


Remember the market closes at 8:00 tonight. I have my fork primed to dig into the Butter Pecan Cake from Two Daughters Bakery, we just added raw, unpastuerized almonds from Queen on the Valley in California. Not locally grown but clean, raw and good for us. The vegetable list is abundant.
The butter is here and more cheese is coming this week.

Have a great week and we will see you Wedensday.
Blessings,
Mary Beth

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  More Fruit is Here!


We have Nectarines and seedless Grapes on the market this week from Crow Mountain Orchard.
If you need a larger quantity of grapes for making jelly, just email us and we can get it for you. Thank you and enjoy your week!

Tullahoma Locally Grown Market

Risa

CSA Farmers Market:  Organic Certification Visiting Day


Each year the inspector for our organic certification visits the farm; each inspector is rather unique as to how long they stay and how much they look at. Some have been at the farm for eight or more hours others only for two hours.
The inspectors look at everything, ask a lot of questions and sometimes even look at all our financial records to be sure we are .
This year our inspector was David Demler, he was quite a character and since he knows and has inspected many farms in the area it made the day rather pleasant. He was somewhat of a comedian which was a breath of fresh air since in the past some had dry serious personalities. All the inspectors all trained and they inspect farms for many different certifying agencies, they make no judgments and just report their findings to the certifying agency. The actual application for organic certification is about 15-20 pages, not including the attachments they require. One of the big things they push is record keeping, so each day Dale has to write everything down each day.
Becoming Certified Organic can be a grueling process also keeping up with the changes is also grueling. The certifying agency is usually only a call away, so if we have any questions they are always willing to help us.

Until Next Time
Marian Listwak

South Cumberland Food Hub:  Grape are Here!


Good Morning from the South Cumberland Food Hub.
The grapes and nectarines from Crow Mountain Orchard are here. Quantities are limited so order early.

We have a wonderful variety of fresh vegetables,fruits, herbs, edible flowers, eggs, breads and much more on the market this week. Browse the whole list here:

Click here to go directly to the Rootedhere Locally Grown Market Page

Have a Blessed day!

Risa