CAFE:  Availability & Green Gift Options

To Contact Us

Website: www.clemsonareafoodexchange.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ClemsonAreaFoodExchange

Market Managers:

• Elian: elian@clemsonareafoodexchange.com or 864-372-9004
• Lance: lance@clemsonareafoodexchange.com

Volunteer Coordinator: Renee Gahan renee@clemsonareafoodexchange.com

Pick-up Options

Three Tuesday pick-up options:

• Our Daily Bread in Seneca – 4:30-6 PM
• Liberty – 7-8:30 PM
• The Arts Center in Clemson – 3:30-6 PM

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Volunteers

Thanks goes to Ashley Widener and Maureen Moynihan for volunteering last week! If you are available one week, please let Renee know!

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Split Creek

We currently need a volunteer to pickup our Split Creek order each week. If you can do it at least once, that would be helpful. Volunteers need to respond by Sunday night to Renee.

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Sample Products for This Week




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Green Gift Giving

Don’t forget to shop the market for green gifts. A few ideas:

• CAFE Gift Certificate
• Honey
• Jarred Jams, Jelly’s, and Sauces
• Mushroom Kit
• Mushroom Powder
• Cookbooks/Books
• Farm Crafts
• Holiday Decorations
• Dog Treats

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Up Coming Events

Do you know of any upcoming events. Please share with us and we will post. Go to our Google calendar for the most up to date listings and further details

CONQUER THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WITH A GREENHOUSE!
Sat, December 3, 10-4, Reserve your spot by November 26
Rensing Center Studio, 1165 Mile Creek Road, Pickens SC 29671
Cost: $35 per person. Payable on Paypal (Rensing), or bring a check to the workshop.
864.868.4250 Rensingcenter@gmail.com

Wednesday, December 7, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Growing the Appalachian Food Economy
Younts Conference Center, Furman University
Greenville, SC
Cost: $10 per person
Across the Appalachian Region, communities are developing partnerships to take advantage of economic opportunities in local food and sustainable agriculture. This development approach helps increase employment and income in communities, keeps dollars in local economies, supports small farming, and can improve the health and wellness of local residents. This educational workshop will focus on the opportunities and challenges of growing the local food economy in the Upstate region and across the 13-state Appalachian Region. Register by November 28 at events@arc.gov

Hagood Mill, Pickens, SC -Dec 17:
For more information click here.

A Yuletide Celebration/Celtic Christmas at the Hagood Mill. Irish, Scottish and “music of the season” hosted by musicians, Ed Harrison and Daniel Hendrix, and featuring Rebecca Hendrix, Bill Landrum, Marshall Goers and Lucy Allen. 10:00 to 4:00

The Clemson Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of gardening programs at the Village Branch in Pickens

Monday, January 23 at 1pm
Soil Amendments and Fertilizers

Monday, February 27 from 4-6:30pm
Woody Winter Florals

This program will continue every month through June. Stay tuned for information or call the library at 898-5747 for more details. FREE and open to all!

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S.C. Botanical Garden and Bob Campbell Geology Museum at Clemson University Events
For more information or to
register online, visit www.clemson.edu/scbg/. Register in advance at 864-656-3405 or scbg@clemson.edu.

Note: Please preregister for all fee-based programs to avoid disappointment. Call to check for last minute availability.

Sunday, Nov. 27
WALK OFF THE HOLIDAY STROLLS
Bring out of town relatives and friends for a guided tour of your State Botanical Gardens with Garden naturalist and historian Sue Watts. Fee: $3 adult/$2 children.
Time: Tours hourly – 1, 2, and 3 -pm Location: Caboose parking lot

Tuesday, Nov 29
GARDEN SPROUTS: WINTER IN THE FOREST
Pre-school children and a caregiver are invited to join garden educator Sue Watts to explore trees and forest life. Carefully crafted classes engage young children in discovery and excitement of the natural world. Books, music, movement and gentle strolls make this a rich introduction to the natural world.

Fee: $7 per class ($5 for members)
Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Location: Hanson Nature Learning Center

Tuesday, Nov 29
GARDEN ADVENTURES: PREDATORS AND PREY: WINTER SURVIVAL STRATEGIES.
In this after-school program for children (ages 6-12), explore the natural world with Garden Educator Sue Watts. Spend fall afternoons investigating the relationships between predator and prey in the Garden.

Fee: $7 per class ($5 for members)
Time: 3.30 – 5 p.m.
Location: Hanson Nature Learning Center

OZARK:  Opening Day at Market / November 25th, 2011

Good Evening,

The Market is open for ordering; To place an order, visit Ozark.locallygrown.net/market. Please make sure to hit the checkout button. You will receive a conformation email once you place your order.

PLEASE NOTE; Our Market PickUp Day has changed from Thursdays, to Fridays. the Times and Pick Up Locations will Stay the Same, but the DAY of the Week has changed.

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FRESH HANDMADE BALSAM WREATHS

Just in time for the Holidays from “The Rustic Barn”
6 Wreaths to choose from,
$24.95 – $44.95 each

PLEASE NOTE; All orders placed, will be ready for pickup or delivered with your orders on Friday, December 9th. Thank You, The Rustic Barn

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Extended Ordering Hours; The Market will be open for ordering from Friday nights at 8:00pm untill Tuesday nights at 8:00pm.

Weekly Egg Deliveries; You can now sign up for a regular weekly Egg Delivery on Friday’s. There is a 2 dz. min. and there will be no additional delivery charge, as long as your with in our regular delvery area.

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Recipe for Apricot-Walnut Cereal Bars

Ingredients

*3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
*1/2 cup chopped walnuts, (about 2 ounces)
*3 cups unsweetened puffed-grain cereal, such as Kashi
*2 cups chopped dried apricots
*1/4 cup all-purpose flour
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*12 ounces silken tofu, drained (about *1 1/3 cups)
*1 large egg
*1/2 cup canola oil
*1 cup honey
*1 tablespoon vanilla extract
*2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a large (15 1/4-by-10 1/4-inch) jellyroll-style pan with cooking spray.

2 Spread oats and walnuts on a baking sheet with sides. Bake until fragrant and light golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and add puffed cereal, dried apricots, flour and salt; stir to combine.

3 Meanwhile, puree tofu, egg, oil, honey, vanilla and lemon zest in a food processor or blender until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Make a well in the center of the oat mixture; fold in the tofu mixture until combined. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.

4 Bake until firm in the center and golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack before cutting into bars with a sharp knife.

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Market PickUp & Delivery

Mountain Home Location; Your orders may be picked up on FRIDAY from 1:00pm to 3:30pm at Rosemarie’s Gifts & Craft Supplies, located @ 265 Oels Rd in Mountain Home.(1 mile east of Walmart and a 1/4 mile down Oels Rd)

Gassville Location; Your orders may be picked up on FRIDAY from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Johnson St. in Gassville.

Friday Deliveries; You will be contacted on Thursday to set up your Delivery times on Friday, Please make sure we have correct contact information on file for you. Your delivery will be scheduled sometime between 8:00am and 7:00pm. Our schedule will be very busy on Friday, we will try our very best to hold it within a 2 hour range, so please make sure your there to except your order at your scheduled time.

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New Products Every Week; We are still signing up New Growers and there still listing New Products every week, so please check the “Market” often, and remember, make the Ozark Locally Grown Market your first stop for all of your Fresh and Locally Grown Products.

Have a Great Week,
and Thanks for your continued support

Gerry

“Buy Fresh * Buy Local * Buy American”

Augusta, GA:  The Market is Open

Sorry for the delay- we got caught up in Thanksgiving festivities.
Angela

Local Farms First:  LocalFarmsFirst.com-the market is open

Greetings local food lovers!

The market is OPEN – don’t forget to place your order between Thurs 5pm-Monday 7am each week.

Featured this week:
Mountain Pheonix Organic Mexican Coffee from Fresh and Wyld and Fresh pressed Apple juice from Delicious Orchards.

Farmer Story of the Week: Here’s hoping that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was a beautiful day in the North Fork Valley and it all ended with the most spectacular sunset I have seen in quite some time. I hope everyone enjoyed time with friends and family with great food.

NEW PAONIA PICK UP LOCATION WILL BE AT THE TRADING POST.

Thanks for supporting local family farmers!
Chelsea Bookout
Market Facilitator LocalFarmsFirst.com – a 501c3 non-profit
303-775-5318
click here to start shopping on the website
www.LocalFarmsFirst.com

Farm2Work:  The Market is Open!

Happy Black Friday!

Hope you are having a wonderful holiday week with family and friends. For those of you that were brave enough to participate in Black Friday, I hope it was a great success! :)

Remember to put any special delivery instructions in the “Comments” section of your orders!

Go here to place your order:
http://www.farm2work.locallygrown.net

Make it a great day!

Farm2Work
Market Managers
info@farm2work.com
501-412-9493

Republican Valley Produce:  RVP Update, Last delivery in November

Hello,

I hope everyone has had a fantastic Thanksgiving. It was very nice to be able to spend it with our families. If you aren’t too stuffed and you still want to think about food, the market will be open until Sunday at 5 pm.

I posted a recipe, Hearty Butternut Soup. It was a spin off of one of our favorite potato soup recipes. It was mighty tasty!

Last thing, the Manhattan Farmers Market is having a Winter Market on December 3rd from 8-11 at Pottorf Hall. I am planning on bringing quite a bit of produce to this market. I just wanted everyone to know that it won’t affect the availability of produce on RVP. We have plenty planted and growing.

Remember, Orders are due by 5pm on www.rvp.locallygrown.net

Thanks,
Jay and Linda

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Gwinett.LocallyGrown.net is Open for Orders

Hoping everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

In the next few weeks we are going to be going through a few transitions. The first one will be milk supplier. Currently we have been dependent on a third party to deliver Johnston’s milk, and although we are very thankful, it has caused some inconsistencies. I have been in talks with Mountain Fresh Creamery in Clermont to see if they can deliver directly to us, since Johnston is not able to, and we are hoping they will have enough orders on a weekly basis to keep us on their route. I have spoken with Russell Johnston of this situation and he too feels this is best. It was hard to make this switch, since I know how hard dairy is, and appreciate what Johnston has to offer. If you have any questions about Mountain Fresh here is their website information: http://mountainfreshcreamery.com. They offer several dairy items including ice cream and ground beef. Remember this is an online farmers market, and we want to support our farmers the best way we can. Feel free to contact them directly, ask them any questions, and if you want all of the different products they offer, be sure to let them know.

The trim work in the country store is now finished and the shelving are currently being worked on. I’ve reached out to the Gwinnett Bee Keeper Club to provide more honey supplies. There are a few other vendors I’m speaking with to stock their items. If you have something you would like to see on a consistent basis, please be sure to let me know. I’m currently working w/ some of the perishable items on the market like veggies and bread to see how we can expand the market times and work with extended store hours.

One small note, it’s basketball season for my two boys, and we don’t get schedules until last minute. If I have to run off, Sandra will be here in my place.

Fresh Wishes,

Pilar

ASN Little Rock Local Food Club Midweek:  Weblog Entry

The ASN midweek market is now open for ordering!

Place your orders between now and 5:30pm Monday for pick-up 4:30-6:00pm Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church in downtown Little Rock.

**Log on and place your orders at:
http://lrmidweek.locallygrown.net
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It’s Fall—the leaves are turning, the wind is blowing and the Farmers’ Markets are closing down. Many people think they will have to do without fresh local food until next summer—but you know better, because you’re a member of ASN’s Food Club. Help us spread the word about Food Club and for each person you refer who becomes a member, you’ll earn a free month’s membership!

We’ll make it easy for you: just cut and paste the invitation below and email it to everyone you know who likes fresh produce and pasture raised meats from farmers who live where you live. Thanks for helping us grow ASN Food Club—Little Rock’s best source for local food.
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Friends,
We all love the fresh local food from our Farmers Markets every summer. Did you know that you can enjoy that great food all year long? Just join me in the ASN Food Club. Food Club is a local food cooperative run by the nonprofit Arkansas Sustainability Network that will give you access to an incredible variety of produce, meats, herbs, eggs, and more—all produced by Arkansas farmers—for just pennies a day. This week, we had pasture raised chicken from Falling Sky Farms, grass fed beef from Farm Girl Natural Foods, organic napa cabbage from Armstead Mountain Farm, and hundreds of other Arkansas products – not to mention dozens of locally-made great holiday gifts!

It’s easy too. Just put in your order at littlerock.locallygrown.net anytime between Sunday evening and Wednesday morning each week, or lrmidweek.locallygrown.net anytime between Friday and Monday. Pick up your fresh local food Saturday morning between 10am and 12pm or Wednesday between 4:30 and 6:00pm, at Christ Episcopal Church at 6th and Scott in downtown Little Rock.

Membership costs just $5 a month and your first two orders are free. To join, go to littlerock.locallygrown.net, or or lrmidweek.locallygrown.net
click on “Your Account”, and choose “I want to create a new account.” Follow the easy instructions and you’ll be ready to go.
Have questions? Email ASN Local Food Club or call (501) 291-ASN9.

Wildfire Farm--CSA Online Market:  Holiday Wreaths

“Hi Everyone:
It’s that time of year again! Place your order now for a wildcrafted Wildfire Farm Holiday wreath.
We offer two sizes:
Regular (24”-30") $40
Large (30"-36") $50
Wreaths are made with cedar boughs, wild berry, pine cone, moss and celosia. We will keep ordering open through next week, and will arrange delivery in early December with those who order.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Marcie & Dane
Wildfire Farm
870 545- 3120

Mid-Georgia:  Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!
All of the growers of the Mid-GA Locally Grown Market at Heron Bay wish to thank you for your patronage. We look forward to serving you again early in 2012.

Bill
The Sell Farm, LLC
Market Manager