The Wednesday Market:  It's Summer! Time to Order

Good afternoon on this fine Sunday! The sun is shining for now on this last day of May. I hope you all have a chance to get out and enjoy it before the rain begins.

The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your orders by Monday at 10 p.m. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, in our NEW location on Adams Street. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

All the kids are out of school, and summer is officially here. Ah, summertime – when the days are longer and the living is easy! This is my favorite time of the year, and I love the cobalt blue skies and fluffy white clouds, bees buzzing, and flowers blooming. Summer produces some of my favorite edibles, too – tomatoes, watermelon, peaches, cucumbers, summer squash and basil, to name a few.

Here is a sandwich idea to try this summer. Take a pita bread and slice it in half so you get two pockets. Lightly apply mayo, mustard, or condiment of your choice to the inside of each bread pocket. Lightly sauté half of a chopped onion and half of a bell pepper in a bit of butter or olive oil. Once the vegetables have softened, fill each pocket with some of the mixture. Sprinkle with a little dried basil, oregano, or freshly ground black pepper and add a slice or two of mozzarella. Heat underneath a broiler, just until the bread crisps and the cheese melts. It doesn’t take long; be careful that you don’t burn the bread. This makes enough for two sandwiches. Enjoy!

For those of you who haven’t yet been to our new location, here are some directions, from our original location on Concord Street (Highway 18). Turn right onto Adams Street across from the Zebulon First Baptist Church, go past the Board of Education on the right, and past the old Zebulon Elementary school and bus garage on the left. The new location is the next driveway on the left, a little bungalow style house (it’s the only house on that side of Adams Street). If you are coming from Griffin, you can turn right on Dunn Street, just past the main branch of United Bank. When Dunn Street ends, turn left, and the Market is on the right.

Thank you for supporting locally grown agriculture and for choosing to purchase locally. Have a great day, and we’ll see you at the Market on Wednesday!

Thanks,

Beverly

Palouse Grown Market:  Sunday Reminder

Good morning!
This is just a reminder that today is the last day to order fresh, local foods and locally made items from Palouse Grown Market before the market closes for Harvest Days.
There are some wonderful products available, such as Garlic farm cheese, small and large Farmers Choice produce boxes, grass-fed beef family packs, fresh-cut bouquets, plant starts and more!
Come check it out, and get fresh local foods straight from the farmer mid-week!
Have a great Sunday,

Holly
Market manager

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Opening Bell

Welcome to another RCM Market Week!

Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!

Happy shopping! Eat Local!

Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.

Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.

Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Champaign, OH:  Dancing Days

Dancing days are here again as the summer evening grows…
You are my flower, you are my power…
(Dancing Days-Led Zeppelin)

Well, the summer weather, the warm breezes, the opening of even more area farmers markets, and the beginning stages of seasonal produce at both this market, and the outside farmers markets, I would say we are about to be in full swing of our local love!!

It’s time to take full advantage of all that will be coming to this market, each week, now! It’s also important that you take advantage of the early seasonal asparagus, live plants/herbs…we about to see the end of the plants/herbs!! Get it all while we still have them!!

For the past few weeks, your market manager, and assistant managers have been working hard, researching, networking, exploring. Charlene has opened up the local Champaign County Farmers market, and has also been busy with side projects, and her own amazing, beautiful gardens.

Mark has been busy in the fields, he has been busy with barn work, he has been busy with raising Oakview’s hogs, moving hogs, restocking his shop, our market, and his area locations with locally produced product, and busy with his never ending promoting, researching other market venues, and side projects. He will help me, this Tuesday night, along with Michelle Comer of Homecomer Traditions, kick off the Summer of 2015 season with the Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisans Market.

Me? Well, my little downtown local shop front is doing so very well, I have been out and about researching other market venues, I constantly bake for my shop, for this little local market of love, for the venues I am featured in, and I am getting ready to begin my crazy baking for market season. I have been working on Art Affair on the Square, promoting the downtown, and even had a quick news spot on the Channel 7 news, this past week. I will open the market up in the ’burg, on Tuesday, work my shop all week, work this market for you on Thursday, and then join the many vendors of the Springfield market, next Saturday. There is also the summer season of festivals and events, coming up…

So, not only are the three of us working hard for this little local market of love, we are also out in the trenches, rockin’ and rollin’ each and everyday!! Just like all of you…

But, in these crazy, dancing days of summer, it’s nice to have the calm of this online farmer’s market. The ease of ordering from your home, or any location. The ease of shopping without lifting a finger. Knowing that this market brings you the best of the best in products, prices, vendors…we are very vocal to our vendors, and they know that we expect the best from them because we want the best to come to you.

Part of our market research has been to explore what it out there in surrounding counties. What we can do better, or what we can do to better serve you. Our findings are this…we do local like nobody else does local. We are passionate, informed, loyal, local…we are so very lucky to have this county, this kind of local spirit, this kind of local love…

It’s Sunday…it’s a rainy day. Show some local love by placing your orders. You know you love us, we love you, and we share this love fest vibe…start your dancing days of summer..

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Stones River Market:  The Market is Back Open

Market News

The Market is back open today. June arrives this week and we are continuing to see more late spring and summer vegetables and herbs. There is still time to start a home garden and plenty of plants are available.

Chef Jenny is taking a break this week to restock her inventory.

It is now grilling season and we have plenty of meats and poultry from Wedge Oak Farm and West Wind Farms to satisfy your needs.

There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.

Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!

I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder!

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

*We have the opportunity to get fresh frozen Sockeye salmon which is the best of all salmon as a pre-buy in June. This salmon is picked out of the nets of the Alaskan fishing boats before they are put in the holding area below deck and they take these salmon straight to the processor who filet them and flash freeze them! They are shipped to Georgia and all this happens within 2 days! You cannot get fresher than that!

If you are interested in buying salmon which is only available during their season in end of June and month of July. The word is that packages will be about 8 ounces to a pound and sell between $16 to $18 a pound. They will know more as it gets closer. I have a list of those already interested! If you are interested in participing in the pre-buy, please email me at grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com! This is through one of our Growers!_

We are still working on workshops for June and I will let you know about those very soon!

_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 imput!

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.

CLG:  Opening Bell: Green Beans, Blueberries, Patty Pan, Zukes!

Good afternoon,

So many great products listed this week: Hardin Farms has several varieties of summer squash, and also the season’s first green beans! Bluebird Hill Berry Farm has BLUEBERRIES! #delicious! The weather forecast has lots of sun this week so check back on Tuesday evening before the market closes at 10pm to see if more products have been added. No problem to make a second order.

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table.

The market is now OPEN for orders. Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!

Have a great week!
Steve

ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.

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

Madison GA:  The Market is Open!!!!!!

See everyone Wed at Auto1 !!!

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Time to Order Local Farm Products!

Hello, friends!

I can’t believe it’s June! This spring has just flown by!

This morning until Tuesday at 10 pm, shopping will be open at Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market. Pickup of your order will be on Thursday from 3:00 till 4:30.

This year-round online farmers’ market offers eggs, herbal products, vegetables & greens, live plants, and beef and pork products, all produced on local farms. We appreciate your support of your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items.

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NEWS AND NOTES

Frontier Family Farms has listed Red Ripe Tomatoes this week! The first tomatoes of the 2015 season are so yummy!

From Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
A very few tomato plants are still available at the sale price. We have astilbes, carnations, coral bells, pincushion flowers, small sedums, yarrows, gauras, daylilies, and lavenders in bloom at this time. If you buy perennials while they are in bloom, and make multiple purchases through the season, your garden will have a nice sequence of perennial blooms.

A SAMPLING OF ITEMS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK FROM OUR LOCAL FARMERS:

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(L to R) Autumn Fern and Dark Pink Gaura Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse; Rib Eye Steak from Paccman Ranch; Red Ripe Tomatoes from Frontier Family Farms; fresh Oregano from White City Produce & Greenhouses.

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Ordering will be open until Tuesday at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up then. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708.

Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. Nothing makes a farmer more excited than seeing new customers on the market!

Blessings,
Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open

Check out the new produce this week! The market is open.

“Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond. . . It is difficult to begin without borrowing.” (Thoreau)

Try to think of one action, thought, or opportunity from this week that was utterly, completely, purely original. The proverbial Newtonian apple that falls out of nowhere and inspires an original thought is rare. . . it may even be impossible. Our ideas, our skills, our jobs, our wisdom are rooted in other people, other historical ideas, and other skills from mentors. We stand on the shoulders of others, and others stand on the shoulders of an infinite regression. The roots of our knowledge, our success, our lives, and our happiness stretch down toward eternity. From the genes that cover our mortal lives to the jeans that cover our naked legs, we depend on a great common sharing and exchange.

This may to be too cosmic in tone for a market blog, but it relates to even our food. Our tables hold borrowed life. Swiping a credit card or exchanging green paper may obfuscate the true nature of food. Eating is fundamentally borrowing. When we eat, we borrow the energy produced from a grower’s sweat, the life of plant and animal, and the fertility cultivated by billions of microorganisms resident in soil. All life falls back to this soil, and all life eats from this soil.

Give thanks to our local growers and the countless creatures that intersect to form our food ecology. Like Thoreau who attempted to participate fully in life, but couldn’t begin without borrowing an axe, we eat, drink and make merry in a local food web that is rooted deep below the modern age.

Sincerely,

Kyle Holton
Program and Market Manager