Porterdale, GA:  Porterdale locally grown available for pickup on May 12

Hello all!

This week we welcome Sierra Pruitt of Sierra’s Old Fashioned Jams and Jellies. At the ripe old age of 18, Sierra has already been in business for two years. She is the secretary of the Newton FFA and an award winning jam maker. Be sure to stop by the market and see her full range of jams and jellies, they are as pretty as they are delicious!

Don’t forget the moms in your life when you are ordering this week- Mother’s day is Sunday!
And if you don’t need a present for mom, order an extra serving of veggies, because you know that would make your mom happy :-)

Thank you all for being a part of this market, and please forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested. Anyone can sign up to receive the emails with no obligation to buy.

Remember, orders are due Wednesday by 9:00 and pickup is on Saturday from 10-11. Cash and checks are accepted at pickup.

Thanks,
Helen
770-788-9120

Monroe Farm Market:  Monroe Farm Market May 10 Delivery

Dear Customers,

Welcome to the market this week , we have many specials!

MFM is offering our Charleston customers a Mother’s Day Special Membership, 6 months for $40.00.

MFM is also offering Mother’s Day Special Breakfasts and Dinners from a variety of producers, creating a fresh, delicious suggestion that offers the option of gifting a breakfast or dinner or, cooking breakfast and or dinner for those special to you on Mother’s Day! Our packages are designed to accommodate 4, yet we can stretch to fit your needs!

Thank you for your continued support of family owned farms and for keeping regional foods – regional. Your support builds rural communities that have tremendous capacity to feed regional areas. Please plan to visit “your” farms this summer, we would love to show you how we grow your food and share the beauty of this part of the state!

All my best,

Tootie Jones
Monroe Farm Market
www.monroefarmmarket.com

MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST:

Pork sausage from Indian Creek Farm $5.00
Eggs for Walnut View Farm $3.25
Green onions from Byrnside Branch Farm $2.00
Sour dough bread from Indian Creek Farm $7.00
Strawberry Jam from Indian Creek Farm $5.00 or
Applebutter from Spanglers Farm and Greenhouse $5.25
Family of 4 Total: $22.00 – $22.50

MOTHER’S DAY DINNER:

2# package of Swift Level Sirloin Kabobs ($15.00)
Rosemary from Mountain Heritage Farm ($2.00)
Asparagus from T L Fruits and Vegetables ($3.50)
Zenith Springs Farm Lettuce ($6.00)
Green onions for ($2.00)
Whole Wheat Country Sourdough bread from Jeff’s Breads for ($7.00)
Family of 4 Total: $35.50

StPete.LocallyGrown.Net:  Market NOW Open - May 7, 2012

Market opens Mondays @ 5 PM and closes Wednesdays @ NOON. We deliver on Fridays.
NOW CARRYING ROASTING CHICKENS! NO MORE BEEF UNTIL FUTURE NOTICE.

Where to Find Us

VISIT OUR Weblog page & Calendar of Events: http://stpete.locallygrown.net/weblog
CHECK OUT our Market Community Blog on Google: stpetelocallygrownnet.blogspot.com Learn to cook the familiar AND unfamiliar; like to author on our blog? send your request to tlevy@tampabay.rr.com.
Please LIKE US… On Facebook and tell your friends about us!
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? Read: A Volunteer’s Perspective on volunteering in Nathan Levy’s garden. Then call Nathan at 727-403-1655.

Ready to Order?

Click here to sign in & shop now

Message from Market Manager

OUR INTERVIEW WITH FOX13 NEWS will air on May 14th at 11 PM. We are excited! If you miss it, we’ll be sending out a link for viewing (once we get one). WOOHOO!

MOTHER’S DAY IS APPROACHING
Plan now for May 13th. Get Mom a Gift Certificate from the Market so she can choose the goodies SHE likes. We’ve got everything from seafood to fruits & vegetables to herbal remedies & healthy snacks to flourless chocolate cake.

OUR NEW PACKAGING
By now you’ve noticed how our clear plastic bags make it easier for you to see what you’ve purchased. Since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage.

Upcoming Events

SATURDAY WORKSHOP – May 12, 2012 from 1 pm – 3 pm. “Summer Vegetable Growing in St. Petersburg” with Nathan Levy. Cost is $35 per individual OR pay $25 each when you bring a friend. (price includes copy of “What We’ve Learned”)
Want to eat fresh greens and vegetables all summer long? Nathan will show you how to grow them in your own backyard even in extreme heat. Learn:

• Which plants from around the world flourish in 90 degree weather
• How to plant in full sun or under trees
• How to save time and money watering and weeding
• How to deal with summer pests
  A great workshop for those who don’t want to give up greens and fresh homegrown vegetables this summer. This 2-hour workshop is jam-packed with information to help your garden flourish despite the summer heat. Seeds from prior harvests will be available. LOCATION: Nathan’s Backyard Garden, 5305 20th St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33714 QUESTIONS: Call Nathan at 727-403-1655.

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!

Champaign, OH:  And there off.....

Ok customers…eight minutes ago I clicked the “enable customer ordering” button for the first time. Excited yet nervous, it is very exciting to know we are the first in the state to utilize the LocallyGrown market software. Without a local mentor or neighboring city to assist, we have been communicating with folks in Georgia to learn what to do. I want you to know it is going to be fun! We are also looking for volunteers who might like to help put orders together on Thursday afternoons. Let me know if you are interested at mctief@frontier.com. Also, something very important to share is that for the first few weeks I feel it is important to become extremely comfortable with all the programming on the system. For that reason, we will be only taking cash and checks at the market. We will be adding a credit system similar to Stripe and will eventually get to accepting EBT and other benefit programs but for now, please be prepared to pay in cash or with a check at the market. Also, if you choose to order something and do not pick it up, you will still be responsible for payment. You will not be able to order again if this is a problem. We will call to check on you if you have failed to pick your order up by 6 pm with 30 minutes left in the market. I will use the phone number supplied when you registered with the market.

On a personal note, please forgive my typo’s as this software fails to have a spell check and hasn’t that become our favorite friend? Anyway, I also often send you messages from my phone and the font is smaller than a picnic ant: no excuse, I know but please know I already have a complex about the usage of spring, sprang and sprung which I have worried about since yesterday’s blog! Enjoy the market, get to know the vendors not only at our market but at other markets throughout the county, and let’s make this a start to a wonderful friendship with each other! Happy shopping (until Tuesday evening at 8 pm) and thank you for supporting local!

Knoxville, TN:  Market Closed till Friday

Well the market is now closed to orders till Friday. It has been a _*Great_* first week!! Thank you everyone for all the support and orders!
If you see anything that needs attention please e-mail me and let me know.
Order conformations will be complete by tomorrow morning and sent to growers.
Remember to make a note of your selected pick-up time and location. Please *B*ring *Y*our *O*wn *B*ags. If you forgot we will have a few available.
If you didn’t pay online we will take cash, checks, and have card capabilities as well at the pick up sites.

Can’t wait to meet you at the pick up’s!

Cedar Grove Farm:  Cedar Grove Farm CSA Availability for May 9

Hi everyone,

Hope you enjoyed your first CSA delivery of fresh, naturally grown, produce from Cedar Grove Farm. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. We will probably be making some small logistical changes from time to time to make things run as smoothly as possible and to make certain you are getting the best product we can deliver.

There are a few changes in availability this week. The strawberries peaked early this year due to the mild weather, so there are not enough to offer this week. We hope to have some available once or twice more before the end of the season. The first broccoli harvest was our early variety and is not available either. Two later varieties are struggling, but I am confident they will make it next week. If it would just cool down and rain once it would be a big help. Try the greens if you are really missing your broccoli – they are excellent. We are adding several new offerings to take up the slack. There are two varieties of Pac Choi available this week, as well as, sugar snap peas and Lacinato kale in good quantities and a new herb – Dill. And, the yellow granex onions are transforming from spring onions to medium bulbs.

Take a look and find your favorites. If you are picking up at Lindsey’s and have a little extra time come by and say hello at the Downtown Athens Farmers Market at Little Kings courtyard. We would love getting to know all of you.

See you at the market.

Best regards from your farmers – Jay, Dylan, Marlene and Sara.

Northeast, Ga.:  Locally Grown - Availability for May 9, 2012

Hey Local Food Lovers,

*due to the time difference, market won’t open for a few hours after this post.

This is a long-distance Locally Grown post this week, as I’m half way around the world in Taiwan today. For those unfamiliar, Taiwan is a small island (smaller than Japan) just a few hundred miles off the coast of mainland China and directly across from Hong Kong. The purpose of my visit is to meet my new inlaws, enjoy a bit of a vacation, and absorb as much culture as possible.

Taiwan is well known for its food culture, and they are extremely proud of the ways that both their food and agriculture are unique from that of mainland China (by the way Taiwan is an independent nation, so don’t confuse them as part of China). One of their claims to fame that I’ve heard several times since arriving here is, “Taiwan is a Fruit Kingdom.” This means that the Taiwanese have been steadily improving the quality of their fruits here for a very long time, making each variety bigger, sweeter, better. I can attest! The pineapple is incredible, mango outstanding (don’t even imagine our sad little green mangos we get in the states), grapes, longyan, leeyanwoo, white gourd, asian pear, white peaches.

We’ve also had several feasts here at the house (I’m getting spoiled I’m afraid) that feature some of the marvelously diverse protein sources common here. There’s chicken (served cold), and beef too, but then we’ve had cuttlefish (similar to squid), whole steamed fish, goose, giant shrimp, tofu, and black eggs (they’re marinated for several days in soy sauce and spices). Then my favorite side dishes have been some completely unique mushrooms in a sauce I adore, cabbage (I love cabbage and it’s the staple vegetable here), giant chunks of bamboo shoots with a sweet mayo sauce on top (also one of my favorites), and lightly pickled cucumbers.

Street food is where it’s at here. I’ve never seen so much food available at nearly every corner, or in little shops barely wider than one garage door width. The best is fan twan, or rice ball, which can include different kinds of sticky rice rolled around pork, spicy cabbage, and this crunchy fried donut bread to give it good interior texture. For breakfast they make these things called egg pies that remind me of a breakfast burrito, as it’s a rolled up flour tortilla with egg and choice of filling (I’m a fan of the grilled pork) with a sweet sauce on top.

Here’s a shocker. Back in the states virtually every river I’ve ever been in has these little Asiatic invasive clams called corbicula. I’ve often joked about if we could only eat them. Well, of course you can. At dinner the other night they served a bowl of them, RAW, marinated in a rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and hot pepper. They’re awesome. A great little pre-dinner snack.

Speaking of snacks. Taiwan has amazing bakeries with these great little delicate cakes (like angel food) with a creamy fruit interior. Then watermelon juice and white gourd drink is readily available. Oddly, the corner 7-Eleven stores are chocked full of delicious treats, and coffee equal to our Starbucks.

I’ve only been here 3 full days, so I’d say I’m just chipping the iceberg of the foods here. Today we are travelling south to the agricultural districts of the country and will be visiting some farms later in the week, as well as some markets that specialize in farmer grown and sold food (here in the city it’s all vendors not farmers behind the booth).

Hope all is well back at home. The only announcement this week is that we’re officially starting to advertise the Georgia Mountains Farm Tour the weekend of June 30- July 1st. We’re very excited that 18 different food and farm stops are planned and we hope that individuals interested in learning about what’s going on with the local food scene in North Georgia won’t miss this best opportunity of the year to see all that we have going on in the region. The weekend passes are for an entire carload of individuals and are just $30 (before June 16th). Each weekend pass will also receive a $5 back to spend at Locally Grown or Simply Homegrown market up in Clayton. We’ve added the Farm Tour as an item to the Locally Grown menu this week so you can reserve a booklet and bumper sticker and start planning your weekend in advance. We’re hoping we’ll get those booklets back from the print shop this week and if we do you can write a separate check (or cash) when you pick up your locally grown order. If you’d like to see the full schedule the brochure can be found at www.soque.org.

That’s all I got time for today. Don’t forget to ……

EAT WELL,

Justin in Habersham
and
Chuck in Rabun

Madison GA:  Madison Locally Grown Product List 5/9

There are a few new vegetables available this week, more coming soon. The market is open for ordering. See you on Wednesday between 4 and 6 p.m. for pick up.

Patty Lay
Market Manager
(541)914-5183

Fresh Harvest, LLC:  Fresh Harvest for May 6th

Market News

Hello!

This week we have some exciting news! We are teaming up with The Bloomy Rind cheese shop in East Nashville which will be offering select cuts from their artisanal cheese. The focus will be on Tennessee and sustainably produced cheeses. You can learn more about The Bloomy Rind on their blog at thebloomyrind.com. You can find their offering under our new “Cheese” section in the items list on the left side of the Market page.

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 13th! We have lots of great stuff for the Mothers in your life, as well as the other wonderful women who make your life a richer experience. We will be doing a special delivery on Saturday of Mother’s Day Bouquets. Give a great big bouquet of fresh, beautiful flowers, organic and locally grown! You can order it by Tuesday for Saturday delivery – just order the “Mother’s Day Bouquet”. If you would like a bouquet for Wednesday, order the regular large bouquet.

Earthwind Botanicals is another awesome option for Mother’s Day – there are some great items offered this week! Lots of yummy soaps, bath, and other aromatherapy products that would make a great gift basket. Throw in a batch of Dozen Bakery cookies, a big bouquet, and Wow! Are you set or what?

The strawberries are still delicious and bountiful, but are slowly and surely on their way out for the season. It is hard to anticipate how many will be available. If it looks like we are sold out, please order some anyway and we will try to meet all the orders!

We truly appreciate your support, and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

John and Tallahassee

Coming Events

Cumberland, TN:  CSFM Open

The Cumberland Sustainable Farmers’ Market is now open for this weeks’ ordering.

West Wind Farms will be listing their meat, eggs and dairy products for sale starting next week.

Thanks for supporting your local farmers!