The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Joyful Noise Acres Farm: Don't forget to place your orders.
The market closes tonight at 8:00pm so don’t forget to get your orders in. If you want to add to your existing order, re-open the order and you can easily add to it rather than creating a new order.
Spaghetti squash is available this week and makes a wonderful base for lasagna rather than using wheat noodles.
Enjoy!
Mary Beth
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for July 23
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
I’ve spent the last few days suddenly scrambling after it hit me that summer was almost over and the new school year was almost upon us. I’ve got two girls in school, but even if I didn’t this community is based far more on the academic year than the calendar one. Even though we’ve had the hottest few days of the summer this week, it’s time for me to start thinking about cool season school uniforms, waiting outside for the busses, and trying to keep packed lunches hot.
The new school year brings new people to town, and new ALG customers. Welcome, all of you! I’ve seen quite a few new faces these past few weeks. If you ever have any questions about how our market operates, please don’t hesitate to shoot me an email or talk with me during Thursday pickups. The new year also changes existing household routines, so it’s easy to forget it’s Thursday and you’ve got an order waiting for you at Ben’s Bikes. I do make phone calls to everyone who hasn’t arrived by 7:30, and every week catch at least one person who has completely forgotten. I also get a lot of home phone answering machines, though, so now’s a good time to make sure you’ve got a mobile number on your account if you have one. You can change your contact info and several other account details on the Your Account page of the website.
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 from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too. A new Athens Sunday market has opened up at the Classic Center, every Sunday from 11 to 4 now through October. They have a website here: http://www.sundaycentermarket.com. The Comer Farmers Market is open in downtown Comer on Saturday mornings. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville. The Shields Ethridge Cultivator Market is held monthly in Jefferson. If you know of any markets operating, please let me 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!
Oglethorpe Fresh Locally Grown: Mid Summer Madness
It has been a wonderful summer so far with more to come. Check out all the lovely locally grown items this week and each week from our Oglethorpe Area Growers. It is so exciting what is happening in Oglethorpe County and at Oglethorpe Fresh. Tomatoes are awesome this year with good heirloom variety, flowers, beef, plants and more to help you with a rich summer’s end and looking to the fall. Check us out at Oglethorpe Fresh Co-op daily 10-5 and on Saturday morning for more fresh and fun. Call 706-743-5965 or email at helmly@netzero.net Thanks for all your support. Linda
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Closed This Week - July 25, 2015
Dear friends,
Dad and I are taking this week off to attend our McDowell family reunion. We’ve decided it’s best to close the market for the week and reopen on Wednesday, July 29th for ordering. If you have any questions about food purchases, please contact the farmers directly. You can also email me with any market questions.
We hope you all have a great week and we look forward to seeing you when we get back.
Suzanne
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 July 25
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We will see you on Saturday at your selected delivery location.
Thank you for all your support,
Brady
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday July 24
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We will see you on Friday between 5-7 at Copy Central.
Thank you for all your support,
Brady
DeForest, WI: Availability for Week of July 19
The Market is open.
Once again this week,there should be tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers and summer squash at pickup.
Please respect the quantity limits.
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for July 18th
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Ratatouille Breakfast Skillet Strata
Serves 6
1 6-ounce sourdough baguette, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 small eggplant, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
1 small zucchini, halved lengthwise and diced
1/2 medium red bell pepper, sliced into thin strips
3 small plum tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped (about 1 cup chopped)
1/4 cup chopped kalamata olives
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup shredded fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
3 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup shredded Fontina cheese (or mozzarella)
Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large ovenproof skillet (a 12- to 14-inch skillet is ideal), heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the slices of bread and toast them for about 2 minutes on each side, or until light golden-brown. Remove from skillet and set aside.
In the same skillet, heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil until shimmering. Add the onion and cook until just translucent, about 5 minutes. Fold in the eggplant, zucchini, red bell pepper, and tomatoes; the pan will feel very full at this point, but everything will cook down and then feel much less crowded. Continue to cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until vegetables are just tender. Fold in the olives, salt, basil, and thyme. Scoop half of the tomato mixture out into a separate bowl and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs with the milk, and season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Lay the slices of toasted bread on top of the tomato mixture in the skillet. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Spoon the other half of the tomato mixture on top of the slices of bread. Pour custard mixture over the top, and sprinkle the fontina on top of that.
Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 35 to 38 minutes, or until the custard seems set and the top of the strata is golden-brown. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes to cool a bit before serving.<
Market News
Hello!
It’s been a hot past week – hope you all are finding ways to stay cool! We’ve got a great week of produce and flowers for you, so enjoy all these good veggies in a cool salad.
We have wonderful organic blueberries from Blue Honey Farm for a few more weeks, so make sure you are stocking up! The Peach Truck has let us know their peach season has about 3 more weeks.
A note that NEXT week, The Bloomy Rind will be taking a week off. Stock up this week on the good cheeses!
Thanks so much – and we’ll see you on Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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!
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Jonesborough Locally Grown: Local Food Survey
In an effort to learn more about our region’s local food economy, the Appalachian RC&D Council is conducting a survey on residents of Northeast TN and Southwest VA. The ARC&D is currently working on a USDA Local Food Promotion Program grant and data collected from the survey will help inform their efforts. The survey should take between 5-10 minutes to complete. Here’s the link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/local-food-survey2
If you have any questions about or comments on the survey, please direct them to Alexis at alexis@arcd.org.
Thank you for your time and participation in the Local Food Consumer Survey!
Thanks,
Lexy
StPete.LocallyGrown.Net: Market NOW Open - July 20th, 2015
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FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS You are invited to watch our Market Tutorial before you begin. If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.
SPLG BENEFIT: Direct Order Service
Here’s how it all works: Whenever you order an item that is labeled as a “DIRECT ORDER”, the Grower will deliver that item to you at a convenient pre-arranged time, separate from your normal SPLG Friday delivery. These plants are too large for our regular Friday deliveries. There is NO additional cost to you for this service. An added convenience is that you will pay for the plant(s) with your regular order from us. The only difference is that you will receive an email contact from the Grower to schedule delivery. We are grateful to Growers who have such a passion for selling more developed plants—including exotic fruit trees—to assist customers in building sustainable & beautiful edible food forests.
Summertime Volunteer Opportunities
MARKET PRIORITIES: FIRST, particularly needed is a volunteer to pickup dairy in Oldsmar every other Thursday afternoon. We will not be able to continue carrying The Dancing Goat’s products as of Oct. 1st without a volunteer to go pick up the orders for our Market. Details at Market link below. Only SIX Markets remain before we must pull the plug on carrying these items. Even once a month would be better than no raw dairy at all. Please respond to make arrangements for this week if possible. NEXT PRIORITY – We have three shifts to fill for Friday deliveries. Commitment is a 3-hour shift between 1130AM & 630PM. Delivery volunteers are asked to train to become a part of our Friday team and attend a 20-minute phone conference orientation at their convenience. Teams of two deliver via large air-conditioned cargo van throughout St. Petersburg, near Largo, and into Gulfport. Volunteers must be detail oriented, working with checkoff sheets and distributing invoices. Our delivery duos are forming bonds and meeting smiling and grateful customers excited about their vegetables.
Details of volunteer needs for the following folks are listed at the links below.
St. Pete Locally Grown Market is the hub for selling & delivering fine products of many of St. Petersburg’s urban entrepreneurs.
Pioneer Settlement Garden in St. Pete
The Dancing Goat in Oldsmar
Alexandra Lake Farm in Dade City
Message from Your Market Manager
NOMINATE US?
We need your support with a nomination for St. Pete Locally Grown to enter into the competition for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay. Please link to Goods & Services and enter St. Pete Locally Grown into all the following categorie: Best Farmer’s Market, Best Place to Shop Green, and into Best Category We Forgot enter “Best Chemical-Free Food Coop”. Then link to People, Places and Politics and enter St. Pete Locally Grown as “Best Place to Volunteer”. Thanks in advance!
ORGANIC LEMONS
Ours are gorgeous and grown in USA! I have not seen a certified organic lemon in local health food stores any larger than a golf ball and they cost up to .99 each! Abundance is scarce so the price is way up. Ours cost a bit more than local pricing this week but they are a nice size, high quality AND you are getting them practically at cost. Thought you might like the best “Giveaway” we could find!
SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR YOUR MENU
Baby Globe Artichokes These are so beautiful! Wondering how to cook these? Here is a brief youtube showing how easy it is to prepare them. 2 or 3 per person should do it.
Tatsoi is one of the least understood MILD greens available on our Market. Pioneer Settlement and Brenon’s Homegrown have both carried these in the past and NOW Grower Faithful Farms has brought them back on board this summer! “…this unassuming Brassica vegetable is supercharged with calcium, carotenoids [for eye health], vitamin C and glucosinolates, which makes tatsoi one of the healthiest salad greens out there.” SOURCE: http://www.healwithfood.org/ Eat raw, steam, or stirfry and drizzle a little sesame oil on the finished product.
Roasting Radishes Here is just ONE reason out of five to roast radishes this summer, besides the fact it takes only 10 minutes. “Roasting mellows out their bite: If eating spicy radishes isn’t your favorite thing, you have to understand that roasting mellows them into sweet little bites.” SOURCE: Great recipe! and all the right reasons to change up your menu. Don’t miss Customer Kim’s posting on our Market Community Blog about the soup she made from radish greens.
FINDING DEALS ON OUR MARKET
I’ve done just some of the work for you below but remember to do a search in future Markets (on the Market page) by entering “sale” in the “product name” box at top of the product list to find all sale items. Or search for “direct service” to find larger plants for your expanding food forest. Filter products by “economy” to find larger size packages for big savings & lots of 1-pound bags of basil ready for pesto making! Filter by “giveaways” to find items that are priced just above cost to encourage you to try them out. Need help? Call YOUR Market Manager to learn how.
SALE PRICING
ALL coffee, Goat Chevre, Goat Kefir, Medjool dates, ALL lamb cuts (there will be no more lamb in the future), Molly’s Suds products including dog wash, several pork cuts, one of Jennifer’s incredible Remedies, and both warm & cold smoked salmons.
“GIVEAWAY PRICING”
GIVEAWAYS are your chance to try items you might not otherwise try. This week our “giveaways” include organic butter, dark sweet cherries, ALL size salmon portions, high quality USA lemons, and luscious tatsoi greens. You won’t know what you’re missing until you’ve tried them. Giveaway pricing is here for the summer to help us all save money and avoid waste.
SPLG’S FRUIT BASKET
Fancy lemons, dark sweet cherries, Medjool dates, seedless green grapes (recipe for Sunken Grape Cake which I have made numerous times), luscious peaches, and both green and ripe papayas grown in St. Pete!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Our Market has high standards for what it sells. Despite that—as seasons transition—the challenges of evolving weather and pesky insects can take its toll on the crops. Market Growers are being very selective about what they are willing to present to you. No, it won’t always be picture perfect (which is part of its charm) and sometimes an insect is going to evade capture! But we won’t send you anything that we wouldn’t eat ourselves. If for any reason we have goofed and you are dissatisfied, please report it to me right away so we can rectify the situation. That’s how we get better and we all benefit from that. Your satisfaction is key to our success as a resource for St. Petersburgs’ lovers of chemical-free, organically & locally grown vegetables.
YOUR COMMENTS REQUESTED
If you are happy with our produce, products and services, PLEASE leave us a brief review on Local Harvest, a national directory of farms, markets, CSAs and folks like us. Just click here to “Post a Review”?
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? Also, 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. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.
Upcoming Events
All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
- “Monthly Potluck Social”, July 25th, Nathan’s Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM for active Market customers, growers, and volunteers. BY Whoozin.com e-vite ONLY. SPEAKER THIS MONTH: Rita Sewell, always a knowledgeable and very interesting speaker! “Why I Volunteer” Come hear Rita Sewell-a 5-year veteran volunteer of SPLG and longtime local activist and community volunteer within St. Petersburg. For Rita, growing community is an interactive process of give and take. She will share her experiences volunteering for St. Pete Locally Grown and promote more volunteer participation from our Market Community. NOTE FROM YOUR MM: Let’s make this a celebration of volunteerism at large. All social attendees are encouraged to mingle after Rita’s talk and to promote the organizations that they volunteer for. You may bring handouts to pass around.
- “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Aug. 8th, 8-10AM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
- “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Aug. 15th, 8-10AM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
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!