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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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New Field Farm's Online Market: Lettuce begin !
Greetings,
We’re ready to start the harvest this week.
I include shell peas on the list, but that may be optimistic. They’re close to being ready, but I can’t be sure we’ll be able to pick by Friday. We’ll hope for the best!
With the cooler weather we’ve had the lettuce is also slightly behind schedule. I’ll lower the price a bit if the heads are smaller than usual.
It looks like it’ll be a lovely day today so we’ll be focusing on getting a good jump on the weeds which have been enjoying all the recent rains.
Overall, the crops look good and when warmer weather arrives we should be off and running.
Blueberries may begin next week. Certainly by the week after.
Enjoy,
Tim
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.
Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, July 3rd. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Our Website:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846
Yalaha, FL: New Market Trial Opening
New Online Market for those wanting to order local produce in Central Lake County Florida. We are just getting the market set up. Leading the charge is Aleece Landis of Aquaponic Lynx LLC.
Aquaponic Lynx LLC grows vegetables and fish Aquaponically.
We are currently seeking additional growers and customers, please feel free to sign up for an account. Fees for growers is 10% of total sales to cover costs of operating the market. Fees for customers is only $25 for the year per household and you can make your first two purchases as a trial before paying the fee.
Right now the drop off and pick up location will be
8748 Guava St
Yalaha, FL 34797
But this may change if other farms in the area want to host the drop off/pick up day/s.
At the moment I’m planning to set up the Ordering window from Tuesday through Thursday and pick up will be on Saturday afternoon and Sunday Morning. Farms would bring their orders to the drop off on Friday afternoon and/or Saturday Morning. I am open to changing this schedule to meet the needs of the majority of people who participate. Please feel free to share your suggestions with me.
tclynx@aquaponiclynx.com
I will update this description with changes as I see how the market grows.
Last update 06/27/2015
Martin's Farmstand: Sugar Snap Peas
The online market is open for orders. the sugar snap peas are in season now. The hull peas are still not ready but will be soon.
When you come to our farm you are getting some of the finest “No spray” food around. You will also find that some of the headlands, pond banks and edges have not been mowed recently. I do this limited mowing on purpose as part of insect managment. You will also find assorted cover crops. Some of the effect is to provide food and cover for benificials and some of it is working as trap crops for bad bugs. I hope you enjoy some of our fine food this summer. Daniel
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Summer Ordering
Hello.
This week’s ordering at the Tullahoma’s Locally Grown Marketplace is in full swing. If you have not ordered yet, please do so by Wednesday at noon.
Your freshly grown items will be available for pickup on Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 at the Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters location (1407 N. Jackson St., Tullahoma).
Thank you for supporting our local farmers and growers.
Thanks,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters.
ALFN Local Food Club: Market Update
Bluebird Hill Berry Farm just updated their listing for the week with a new supply of grass fed beef. Check it out!
Sincerely
Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager
GFM : Market is Open
Good Morning,
I am opening the market a few hours early today, as I will not be near a computer later this afternoon.
Please check out all that our vendors have to offer, and place your orders anytime between now and Thursday afternoon.
We do have several new vendors that have not got their items up yet. So check back often, as they may be able to get them online sometime this week for pickup on Saturday Morning.
Thank You and Have a Great Day,
J. Shelton
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: Got Blackberries? We do!
Blackberries and Blueberries
My Daily Bread has listed 4 pints of Blackberries on the Market for this Thursday. Dabrielle and Bruce do not spray nor use any chemicals on their plants or berries. This is the beginning of the season for these little bits of deliciousness and Dabrielle says the Blueberries are quite prolific this year. They should be available next week! The Blackberries may have been affected by the heat the last 2 weeks, so there may not be as many this year as in years past; however, there are some this week, so grab them quickly! If Dabrielle and Bruce are able to harvest enough on Thursday morning, we will have some of both Blackberries and Blueberries on the Farmer Sales Table!
NEW Pickup Location
Crossfit PURE
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit PURE
3517 Braselton Highway Suite D-200
Dacula, GA 30019
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Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Locally Grown - Availability for July 1st , 2015
Hey Local Food Lovers,
Happy Happy Summer! We had an absolutely stunning weekend for the Farm Tour! Huge thanks to all of you who attended or helped spread the word, or volunteered. It takes a huge number of supporters to pull off an event like this and clearly the Farmers themselves deserve most of the credit for being willing to host visitors to their farms, planning good parking, setting up a place to sell food, and giving the tours.
In my lifetime of interactions with people I’ve yet to find more generous, friendly, and gracious people than farmers. You know what I mean? It makes sense I guess. Sustainable local food farmers truly want to feed and nourish people with good food. But it goes beyond that. They generally want to nourish people all around. There is a sort of innate spiritual depth to many of them. That combination of a true love for the earth, and a wonder with what the earth can provide to humanity when it is well cared for by hard working, dedicated and disciplined folk. You just can’t help but absorb some of the good cosmic vibe they give off when you are around them.
I’d like to think that Locally Grown, the Clarkesville Farmers Market, Simply Homegrown, the Gainesville Historic Downtown Market….these are all places where we are fortunate to experience the commerce of local foods. It’s where farmers make themselves and their foods available. But to go out to a farm and be a guest, is where the cultural depth of the local food movement comes into focus. Farmers are often too busy to be full time educators, but they have a knowledge of sustainability in practice that few of us get to experience. Figuring out how to access and use water, but to use it efficiently, to make the soil the best it possibly can be to grow the best possible crops, learning how the rising and the setting of the sun makes different parts of the farm best suited for particular crops.
One thing that really struck me this year is how much some of the farms have changed in the years since we started doing the FARM TOUR. Each year, new practices come into focus, little improvements made that add up to create a complex beauty resulting from the lessons of trial and error.
Before signing off and encouraging you all to order BIG this week, I just want to say that these things, this special knowledge does not belong to farmers and farmers alone. We all have yards, we all eat, we all generate excess organic matter. Experimentation is good. A small pile of compost in the corner of your yard can slowly change the fertility and environmental benefit of your entire property allowing more rainfall to penetrate the soils, more photosynthetic productivity, more shrubs and herbs scattered about that produce berries and spices. A rain barrel to recycle the rainfall will give you a deeper relationship to the water than that coming out of the tap and its better for your plants and your soil too. Each year see if you can’t turn your red soils a little blacker, create an oasis for animals, flying insects, and nature! And in the process you’ll be creating a little oasis of sustainability for yourself. One that you’ll be proud of and will nourish you.
Huge thanks to our area farmers for giving us a snapshot of their own “oasis of sustainability” they have created. And in the process inspiring us to glean a little bit from them.
Now go out and buy everything they have left to sell this week. I’ll share just a few quick things I’ve been enjoying. Last night we had angel hair pasta with squash that had been sliced in a madolin (you could use a chesse grater too) and cooked with butter and lots of pepper, a little salt. Then all mixed together with parmesan. Simple. Delicious. Fried pardon peppers on the side. We’ve also been eating lots of diced cucumbers and tomatoes tossed with balsamic and basil. My favorite summer salad. I’ll share my wife’s eggplant dish in garlic sauce next week.
Thanks and EAT WELL,
Justin, Chuck, Teri and Andrew
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Blackberries are here! Reminder to Order!
Market Closes at 8:00pm TONIGHT!
Thank you to those who have already placed orders!
Markets close at 8:00pm Monday. Please remember that minimums must be met for each Market to ensure delivery by our Farmers! Be sure and get your order in and thank you for supporting our LOCAL Farmers!
Markets close at 8:00pm Monday. Please remember that minimums must be met for each Market to ensure delivery by our Farmers! Be sure and get your order in and thank you for supporting our LOCAL Farmers!
Blackberries and Blueberries
My Daily Bread has listed 4 pints of Blackberries on the Market for this Thursday. Dabrielle and Bruce do not spray nor use any chemicals on their plants or berries. This is the beginning of the season for these little bits of deliciousness and Dabrielle says the Blueberries are quite prolific this year. They should be available next week! The Blackberries may have been affected by the heat the last 2 weeks, so there may not be as many this year as in years past; however, there are some this week, so grab them quickly! If Dabrielle and Bruce are able to harvest enough on Thursday morning, we will have some of both Blackberries and Blueberries on the Farmer Sales Table!
Independence Day Celebrations
Wow! This week-end is the 4th of July Holiday! Summer is flying by! Be sure and get your Meats, Baked Goods, Dairy Products and Veggies to ensure a great meal with friends and family! Celebrate your ‘Food Freedom’ by choosing to purchase from Local, sustainable Farmers! We have the ‘best of the best’! Have a safe and Happy 4th!
Pickup at Crossfit Market
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 5:30pm (later by appt only!)
Pickup Location: Crossfit O-Zone
519 Hurricane Shoals Road NE
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
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NEW Pickup Location
Crossfit PURE
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit PURE
3517 Braselton Highway Suite D-200
Dacula, GA 30019
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Pickup Day and Time: Thursday, 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location: All Saints Lutheran Church
722 Rockbridge Road, SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
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