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Fisher's Produce Tulsa: Tomatoes are here!
Hello friends,
We are at Brookside Market today with plenty of tomatoes! We had hoped to have had sweet corn by now, but our early plantings completely drowned. Our later ones might make a little.
This is a Spirit Event Center drop off week. We will be there by 1:00pm. Other locations as usual.
This week’s csa includes:
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Onions
Eggplant
Garlic
Cabbage
A purple “green” bell pepper
And a few beets
And one jalapeño
If you didn’t get blackberries last week, then we will be arranging something special for you :)
Luke
Palouse Grown Market: Wednesday=Market is Open!
This week, make your shopping easy and purchase local fresh foods on Palouse Grown Market!
http://pgm.locallygrown.net/
The Market is open weekly, Wednesday through Sunday night.
Tuesdays at the 1912 Center have been great! With PGM being closely located to the East Parking lot it provides for easy Vendor drop-off and Customer pick-up, and there are many excellent Vendors there for the Tuesday Growers Market as well if you need to do any further shopping.
Come check it out!
Thank you for buying local!
Holly
Market Manager
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - June 24, 2015
A NOTE ABOUT PEACHES – Organic peaches do not have any synthetic fungicide or petroleum-based wax to extend their naturally short shelf-life. We deliver them slightly firm, and they soften extremely quickly, so prepare to eat or process them within about two days of delivery.
FIVE HENS FARM
GET TO KNOW YOUR FARMER…..
Farmer Highlight – FIVE HENS FARM
On the market this week from Five Hens Farm are several pork products including Brats, Italian sausage, breakfast sausage, pork chops, uncured bacon slabs (aka pork belly), Boston butt, ribs, ham steaks and more. Find their pork products under the “Meat – Grass fed/Pastured” tab on the market.
Five Hens Farm is also one of our regular suppliers of pastured eggs, which are Non-GMO and Non-soy. Find these under the “Eggs” tab.
ON SALE this week – Yeona Blend Mild Breakfast Sausage is $6.75/lb ($1/lb off).
Q & A with Jack and Cindy from Five Hens Farm:
How long have you been farming? When and why did you create Five Hens Farms?
We started with just five hens in 2010, living in a rural neighborhood, when my son wanted chickens. He saved money to build the coop and buy the chicks. Well, that started the urge to raise our own food, but we had to get out of the neighborhood. We found our farm in November 2011 and began by adding more chickens and a garden, then it grew from there.
Why did you decide to grow food sustainably?
I’m all about being self sufficient, almost to a fault (in that I seldom ask for help outside of my immediate family), so the idea of limiting farm inputs is appealing. Composting chicken litter and using it to fertilize the garden a great way to use a waste product to grow more food. We feed non-gmo, non-soy feed to our chickens and pigs, milled locally in Resaca, GA. We also work with Cherry Street Brewery in Vickery Creek to make use of their spent grain, rather than it ending up in the dumpster to be sent to a landfill. It’s high in nitrogen, which helps breakdown woodchips into beautiful compost.
What kind of animals do you have on the farm?
Many refer to our farm as an “Old McDonald” farm. We have: Heritage breed chickens and turkeys, Pigs which are a blend of Duroc/China Poland, Nigerian Dwarf Goats that came to us as a “rescue”, Murray Grey/Jersey steer, Great Pyrenees, Molly; Australian Shepherd, Maggie & 5 mousers. And lastly, Skipper, our rescued horse.
What type of animal do you enjoy raising the most?
The goats are by far the most amusing, but it depends on how you define “enjoy raising”, the pork is…delicious…and I do enjoy eating it with the comfort of knowing exactly what it’s been fed.
Tell us about the land/property you have?
We managed to find a foreclosure and got 30 acres with a house, barn, and several other buildings for what felt like a steal. We currently use about 7 acres of it, but are working to repair/replace the fencing on the back pastures, so those can be used for raising beef. The back pasture is very hilly, so it really needs to be grazed in place, rather than attempting to bale it. There are several natural springs on the property, which makes for some nice cold streams for the kids to play in during the hot summer.
What do you find to be the most challenging job/task on the farm?
Repairing fencing is a fulltime job in farming. If a tree falls on a farm, there’s a 99.9999% chance it will land on the fence.
What do you enjoy the most? Why?
Feeding time is fun. All the animals are happy to see you.
Do you have any help on your farm? Who helps you?
My wife and kids help with age appropriate chores. My wife, Cindy, helps with starting seeds indoors, transplanting, and harvesting the garden. Our two eight-year-olds help by gathering eggs and feeding the pets, and generally help with anything I’m building. Dylan, when home from college, helps with all the “heavy lifting”.
Do you have a favorite recipe? What is it?
Ham recipe we love: Fresh Ham Steak with Mustard Cider Glaze
Bacon recipe we use: Bacon from Scratch
Pulled Pork cooking tips: Perfect Pulled Pork
Do you have any short term or long term goals for your farm?
Short term: Get the fence painted and find a heritage breed pig.
Long term: Get the back pasture fenced in, so it can be used to raise beef. Retire from my day job, so I can just farm.
What is your favorite food to grow?
Pork, beans, and snow peas. Oh, and sweet potatoes are like a treasure hunt. You never know how big a potato you will find. The kids love finding the huge ones.
Upcoming Events Around Town
Raising Backyard Chickens
Sherry Crelin is offering the Raising Backyard Chicken presentation at Chamblee Acre, her local sustainability demonstration homestead property. Sherry has over 35 years of experience as a post-secondary educator, corporate trainer, and small scale homesteading advocate. Her interests in organic gardening, alternative energy/medicine and humane education reach back to the 1960s. Sherry’s unique combination of practical hands-on experience and academic background offer a down to earth, yet evidence based perspective on sustainable living practices. Her primary interests include developing the Chamblee Acre homestead, supporting animal rights and protection, and sharing these passions with ten grandchildren. Sherry is a full time faculty member at Capella University, a member of the Ladies Homestead Gathering of Dawson/Forsyth and a Forsyth County Master Naturalist.
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Organic Growing Course
August 29, 2015 – 9-4pm
Cane Creek Farm – Cumming, Georgia
Whether you’re interested in becoming an full-time organic farmer or you just want to produce delicious, healthy food in your backyard, Lynn Pugh’s legendary Organic Farming and Gardening course will teach you the basics so you can start growing sustainably.
Cane Creek Farm is the classroom, and you’ll engage in plenty of hands-on activities while you learn about everything from crop planning to soil biology. Its okay if you’re a total newbie!
And if you’re an experienced gardener, you’ll learn a lot too; Lynn teaches from the state’s first-ever organic curriculum, which she developed, and you’ll get a copy of this remarkable resource. You’ll also get to tour area farms and learn from other experienced farmers!
The course is offered in a series of 7 alternate Saturdays beginning August 29 and running every other week till November 21. Registration is through Georgia Organics at www.georgiaorganics.org/store. Cost is $475 or $450 for GO members.
Website: www.canecreekfarm.net
Address: 5110 Jekyll Road, Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: (770) 889-3793
Pick Up Options
COLONY PARK PICK-UP This is our main location and all orders will be prepared for you for pick up at this location, 10am-12pm, if you don’t choose another option below. You can order and pick up meat and seafood at this location.
VICKERY PICK-UP – Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom pick up is between 1:00-1:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP item in the categories on the The Market page/tab. Customers choosing to pick up at Vickery should not order meat or seafood as we cannot transport meat and seafood due to Dept. of Ag regulations. Prefer payment online, will accept check or cc in person.
DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1:30-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.
Group Buys
Green Pastures – I’ll start taking orders for July on July 8th.
Butter – Butter is available at the market. The butter is not listed online, send an email to me to order or just ask when you come in to pick up. Each tub is 1 lb. for $6.50 and comes in unsalted and lightly salted. This shipment of butter is a very rich yellow color. It’s amazing how the butter changes with the seasons. Cows eating more green grass really makes for a richer butter.
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
Gwinnett Locally Grown: The Market is open for ordering! Welcome Jersey Fresh Milk!
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
Want to celebrate your July 4th in style with a fresh pig for your BBQ?
Brady at Double B Farm is selling 1/4 hog share, 1/2 hog share or a whole hog! They have piglets from 6 weeks and up.
Each share weight is dependent on hog size at harvest. However, a 1/2 hog share usually weighs between 75-80 lbs.
Their hogs are raised outdoors on a diet of grass, weeds, garden goodies and a 100% NON GMO ration grown right here in Georgia!Our hogs are born, raised and processed on their farm.
They are selling BBQ pigs for July 4th so get yours through our Market today!!
UPCOMING NEWS!
We think we are very close to getting a new Raw Milk Farmer so stay turned!*
Workshops for July
Sugar Shockers – How to Be Avoid Hidden Sugar Additives and Stay Healthy
Are you conscious of your sugar consumption but not sure how where to start? Meet with Ashley who will show you how to read labels and ingredient lists, meet sugar guidelines and be aware of amounts of sugar in common foods, including so called “healthy” foods.
Tue. July 7, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Cost: Free.
To attend please RSVP on facebook or meetup.com.
Chemical Free Cleaning with Essential Oils Workshop
Meet with Cheryl of Gwinnett Locally Grown to learn about the benefits of chemical free cleaning with essential oils. She will show you how to create your own effective and all-natural cleaning products that kill germs without adding any harsh or toxic chemicals. Please bring your own 8 oz jar to take home your own laundry detergent.
Thur. July 16, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Cost: Free.
To attend please RSVP on facebook or meetup.com.
In other news….
What’s up with the Salmon?
Back in Time Farm will be supplying Alaskan Wild Caught salmon through his son, Running Wild Alaskan Seafood, LLC.
This deliciously fresh salmon is carefully selected directly from the fishermen’s nets from the cold Alaskan waters before it ever enters the ship’s hold. Only the best is chosen to become part of " Running Wild Alaskan Seafood’s" premium offerings. The fish is immediately bled and iced down before making the short boat ride to the processor located in Homer, Alaska. Here it is quickly processed and flash frozen (to ensure freshness) then packed into coolers for the overnight trip to Georgia. This is the freshest salmon available without going to Alaska to catch it yourself. Red Sockeye salmon is packed with flavor and nutrition.
We are within a week or so of having this salmon at our very own market!The packages will be 8 ounces and sell for $9.50 a pack.
I have emailed all those interested that emailed me and I will be making sure that when they place their orders, they have priority. But there will be enough for Market sales. This will be the first catch and then we are hoping for a second catch 3 weeks later, but that isn’t guaranteed yet.
So watch for the email to buy coming in about a week or two.
As Always….
Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living.
Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your input!
Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Cheryl Gelatt
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed for ordering
The Spa City Co-op market is now closed for ordering.
Please mark your calendars to pick up your orders at Emergent Arts on Friday June 26th from 3:30 – 5:30, preferably before 5 pm.
this market’s manager
Julie Alexander
501-655-9411
Spacity@locallygrown.net
Champaign, OH: Bonus Time!
Hello, little local market of love customers!!
Guess what? I just got in from the Mechanicsburg Farmer’s Market AND an after market meeting. SO…I am giving you all until 10:30 for your last call of orders!!
Go, order, get your local groove on…
I will be closing things out at 10:30…make it all happen!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
GFM : Wednesday Market, June 24th
We are going to have some great stuff at the market Tomorrow.
Love Farm will be bringing Green Beans, Yellow Squash, Blue Potatoes, Zucchini, and Red Pontiac Potatoes
Circle E Longhorn Beef will be here with their grass fed beef.
Kathy Laws will have Eggs, Onions, Yellow Squash, and Zucchini.
Cuff Crochets, will have Fresh Picked Blackberries, and crocheted items.
The Ole Farm House will have Goat Grannys Goat Milk Soaps and Pottery,
Sanchez Farm will have Tamales, Produce, Baked Goods.
Other Vendors will be here with Baked Goods, Produce and Crafts.
Come do some Dinner Shopping.
Martin's Farmstand: Strawberries
We will open the strawberry fields for u-pick tommorow at 2 PM. In comparsion to last week the picking is better than it was. There are a lot more ripe berries but they are kind of small. It still is very bad picking in comparsion to normal. The next picking after tommorow is Saturday, starting at 7AM. Next week the picking times will repeat with no picking Monday, and open on Wednesday at 2 and Saturday at 7.
There is a lot of small berries in all stages of green. I expect to be picking for at least two more weeks with next week being somewhat better than this week but not ever real good. Daniel
Russellville Community Market: RCM Order Reminder
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!
Happy ordering!
We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!
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Russellville Community Market