The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
South Cumberland Food Hub: Open for Orders
Good Morning from the South Cumberland Food Hub.
We have an abundance of fruit and vegetables in season now. This is the height of the summer harvest, so enjoy your local food at its best :)
Get started here:
Click here to go directly to the Rootedhere Locally Grown Market Page
Have a great day!
Risa
United States Virgin Islands: V.I. Locally Grown Market: Week of August 3, 2014
Good Morning!
I hope you weathered tropical storm Bertha well! She seems to have caused minimal damage, and brought much needed rain and cooler weather.
The market is open, so place your orders for the Wednesday pick-up in the Polly’s courtyard! We look forward to seeing you.
with warmest wishes,
Emma Haynes & your Locally Grown Producers
Gwinnett Locally Grown: MARKET HOURS EXTENDED THIS MORNING!
Due to the crazy hours everyone has had getting their kids ready to start school, we have decided to extend market hours this morning. You will be able to order until 11:00 a.m. today. Enjoy!
My best to all -
Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please contact 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 Nik 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.
Champaign, OH: Rivers and Roads
rivers and roads…
rivers and roads…
rivers ’til i reach you…
(The Head And The Heart – Rivers And Roads)
Have you ever had a chain of events happen where they just kept piling into your emotional self? Those days where it was all little things but then one last thing happens setting all of the little things off and you feel just sort of upset, off center, not on your game? You keep trying to brush it all off but the things just kept wanting to bring you down?
Well, I am just coming off that kind of a weekend. Very unlike myself but when you have no control over all that starts to unfold, it leaves you just staring at it and all you can do is seek out what will lift you back up, put the wind back in your sails, give you the power to get back to being yourself. I might add that none of these things were earth shaking or life threatening or even of importance to anyone else except me.
Rivers and Roads…that’s what I call your path back to being yourself. Finding what grounds you. For me, it’s always my closest friends, my Cosmic business, and this little market that I love so much! When I know I have all of these to focus on, my mind gets back on track, I feel at one, and my inner peace is restored.
This market is that little source of comfort for me as I hope it is for all of our customers. That constant in your week where you know we are always here ready to help. We help in your shopping, we help to put healthy foods into your day, we help to build local bonds that connect all of us. We all need to feel connected. To have our center. When you drift from that, you end up feeling just like I did after the chain of events.
Let us be your help, your constant, your center. Not only do you get a stress free week, a local goodness to take home, and the happiness that you have kept it all local, but you also help to build our relationships at this little market between customers/vendors/volunteers. Let us be your weekly source that connects you and grounds you.
Rivers and Roads…let it all lead back to us.
It is Monday morning, the market is open, the Champaign County Fair is in full swing, it is Ohio Farmer’s Market Week, and we have a whole lot of local love to pile on, this week!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest Market is OPEN!
Hello All!
There seems to have been some sort of email error in the Market Announcement last night. It was sent out by 8:00 yet many did not receive it. Please know the Market is open and we are taking orders! You can go to the website here – Fresh Harvest – and place your order until Tuesday evening.
Sorry for any inconvenience, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Locally Grown - Availability for August 6, 2014
Hey Local Food Lovers,
It has to be a short and sweet message this week.
The three things I want to plug this week is tons and tons of garlic from many of our growers, whole chickens from O’hana Farms (love the artwork too), and carrots from Shade Creek Farm. That’s it! Told you it was simple.
We hope you’ve been enjoying and will continue to enjoy this summer’s fine offerings of fresh food. Enjoy it while it’s here!
EAT WELL,
Justin
Chuck
Teri and Andrew
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: Early reminder.
An early reminder to get your orders in before the market closes Monday night at 8pm. I did get the cheese listed on the market, just not all the descriptions. The final price of the cheese will be determined at pick-up since each wedge has a different weight.
The real Amish butter is about gone. We have 11 containers left. We are so blessed to have found a source for real grass fed milk butter. Please give me your feedback on the butter before I order any more. What did and didn’t you like?
The cool weather has been a nice reprieve for our hardworking farmers but it is slowing some of the crops. We still have a very nice selection of vegetables to choose from this week. Several of our farmers will sell in bulk for those of you that want to put up extra vegetables for the winter. Just e-mail them for details.
Blessings to all,
Mary Beth
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for August 7
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
It’s the time of year where we welcome back everyone who left town for the summer, and give a big hello to all the new Athenians living here for the first time. IT’s been pretty quiet summer, but things around town are already picking up. With all the hustle and bustle of back-to-school and new routines, it’s easy to forget things like picking up your ALG order. Remember that we can’t keep your items past 8pm, and we’ll try contacting you any way we know how to make sure you get what you ordered. Now’s a great time to check the phone number on your account to make sure it’s a number I can reach you at at 7:30 on a Thursday. I start calling everyone who hasn’t picked up yet then, and will keep trying to reach you until 8pm, when we have to pack it all up. I hate seeing people’s food go somewhere else, and having a good phone number on your account is the best way to keep that from happening.
I received a surprise letter from the USDA this past week regarding our participation in the SNAP (food stamp) program. As part of the new Farm Bill, Congress cut all funding for the infrastructure behind accepting the electronic SNAP cards. This means that all retailers must now pay for the all of the equipment (the swiper), the receipt paper, the processing fees, and everything else goes into accepting SNAP benefits. This is all separate from the equipment used to accept credit and debit cards, and the minimum monthly cost to ALG will be $70. I fought the system for years to get ALG into the SNAP program, but there’s no way the market can afford to pay that going forward.
So, unless I can figure out a way to pay for the equipment and processing fees, ALG will stop accepting SNAP cards at the end of August.
I know some of you rely on your SNAP benefits to get fresh food from local farmers. You can continue to use them at the Athens Farmers Market while they’re open for the season, and with their grant money from Wholesome Wave, they can even double your SNAP dollars. The Farm Bill exempted farmers markets from the new fees, but they also defined “farmers market” in a way that excludes markets like ours. I wish they’d found other ways to save money, but it is what it is.
Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is open throughout the week here in Athens, and you can find more information about them here: www.athenslandtrust.org. The Washington-Wilkes Farmer’s Market in Washington is open every Saturday 9-12 behind the Washington Courthouse. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse. The other area markets I haven’t mentioned have yet to open for the season, so far as I know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
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!
Atlanta Locally Grown: Available for Saturday August 9
I hope this finds you all doing well. Order up folks the vegetable selection looks great. Lots of beans, cucumbers, egg plant, peppers, tomatoes and much more. We also have a fantastic selection of water buffalo and pork products as well. It is also time for your fall hog share reservation. They will be ready mid October. We are anticipating 210-220 lb hogs. That will mean 75-80lbs per share.
The market is now open till 8pm on Wednesday and we will see you on Saturday between 9-10 at your selected delivery location.
Thank you and please remember to share us with a friend,
Brady
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday August 8
I hope this finds you all doing well. Order up folks the vegetable selection looks great. Lots of beans, cucumbers, egg plant, peppers, tomatoes and much more. We also have a fantastic selection of water buffalo and pork products as well. It is also time for your fall hog share reservation. They will be ready mid October. We are anticipating 210-220 lb hogs. That will mean 75-80lbs per share.
The market is now open till 8pm on Wednesday and we will see you on Friday between 5-7 at copy central.
Thank you and please remember to share us with a friend,
Brady