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.
Fountain Fresh Dairy LLC: Salad greens are back!
Hello,
Just wanted to let you all know that we have some salad greens available for Monday evening pickup!
ALFN Local Food Club: The Market is Open with New Names (but familiar faces)!
Good Morning Market,
Spring has sprung and we’re well on our way to local food bliss. With each week the market selection expands with more delicious food from more of our old farmer friends. We’ve got some of both this week, including:
- Plenty of pasture-raised chicken and woodland-raised pork from Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative. Grass Roots is a newly formed cooperative of sustainable Arkansas meat producers, including our old friends at Falling Sky Farm. These growers got together to share the business side of farming – like accounting, purchasing, and processing – so that they can focus on being farmers. I’m excited about the expanded possibilities this cooperative can bring!
- We’ve also got leeks from Weal and Woe Farm, the recently re-located Bee in My Bonnet Farm from Katie Beaton and Andy Olson. Moving farms sounds like quite the chore, so I’ll make some potato leek soup in their honor!
- Freshly-sprouted microgreens from Food For Thought Farm. These tiny greens are packed with nutrients and flavor, and he’s got ’em in arugula, french salad, mung bean, and sunflower. A great, crunchy addition to salads, sandwiches, or stir-frys!
- Wonderful duck eggs from Bluebird Hill Berry Farm. I love poaching duck eggs and putting them on top of just about everything…salads, pizza, sandwiches, stir-frys…what isn’t better with an egg on it? They’re somehow buttery, soft, with the most delicious and bright yolks you’ll ever try.
- Lots of exciting new listings from Maison Terre Natural Products, including micro greens, pecan trees, and a sack o’ taters. This 7-gallon bag comes ready with soil and ’tater plant, just place on your deck and harvest in Autumn!
Happy eating!
- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations
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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
Be sure to catch us Tuesday as you pick up your orders as we will have Wendy from Sparkles Cookies and Desserts there handing out samples of her delicious cookies and Donna from Natural Elements Organic Soaps bringing her yummy smelling and healing soaps! It will be lots of fun!!
Workshops
Join us for a workshop! You’ll be amazed by the plethora of information and lessons offered by our fantastic workshop instructors. Our workshops cover subjects such as gardening, nutrition, nutrient dense foods, natural remedies, essential oils, and much more!
Our goal is to host one workshop a week which will always be on Tuesday. The workshop schedule will rotate from 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM for the community’s convenience. The farm brings workshops to the community as an outreach to share the wealth of knowledge we have attained over the years. We do not charge for these events but allow the speakers to charge a fee to cover their time and supplies. We hope everyone will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Please share this with all your friends and family and RSVP via FB Eventsand/or Meet-Up.
Workshops @ the Farm
Our next workshop is “How to Use doTERRA Essential Oils with Cheryl and Pilar” Tue. Apr. 28 @ 7:00 PM.
Join Cheryl of Gwinnett Locally Grown and Pilar, owner of Rancho Alegre Farm in this exciting workshop on how to properly and effectively use doTERRA essential oils. From alleviating the symptoms of the common cold to easing nasal allergies, Cheryl and Pilar will show you the in’s and out’s of doTERRA Essential Oils. Please share this with all your friends and family and RSVP via FB Events and/or Meet-Up.
Wine Making Workshop – 2nd Session of 2
Each Session Approx 60 min. (1 session each month)
Session 2 | May 12 @ 7:00 PM: Bottle, Cork, and label your wine, take it home
Each person will take home 2 bottles at the end of the 2nd session
Cost: $10 per person
RSVP on Facebook or Meetup.com
_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.
Naples,FL: Market will close at 1 today
Didn’t get reminder sent out yesterday so leaving market open till 1 today
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Good morning, everyone!
This morning opens another week of shopping at Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market. The market will be open for ordering until Tuesday at 10 pm, and pickup will be on Thursday from 3:00 till 4:30. This year-round online farmers’ market offers eggs, herbal products, local honey, vegetables & greens, live plants, and pork products, all produced on local farms. We appreciate your support of your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items.
NEWS AND NOTES
FROM DOGWOOD VALLEY GREENHOUSE
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has lots of tomato plants and a few bell pepper plants left. These plants in gallon pots are large and strong and ready to set into your garden. Order your herbs, vegetable plants, and hanging baskets now.
We also have several new perennial friends flowering this week, as well as most of the ones listed previous weeks. The several colors of astilbe will be in bloom this week, as well as beard-tongue, carnations, and lavenders. The Sweet Williams (Dianthus) and foam flowers are still spectacular. Add some bright cheerfulness to your spring garden. Don’t forget our beautiful planters for Mother’s Day! Purchase or reserve yours now before they are gone.
A SAMPLING OF ITEMS AVAILABLE FROM OUR LOCAL FARMERS:
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(L to R) Cabbage Plants from White City Produce & Greenhouses, Rex Begonia Planter and Lavender Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse, Mixed Lettuce from Frontier Family Farm, and Lotion Bar from Solace Farm.
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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
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
We are so excited about opening day! This year the farmers and vendors will be set up in the grass, along the sidewalk, facing University Street. The market will open at 3 p.m. and remain open until 7 p.m. and will offer fresh produce, farm fresh eggs, pastured pork, poultry and beef, herbs, baked goods, hand crafted items, vegetable plants, and maybe some cut flowers.
Our farmers have been working hard during the late winter and early spring to be able to bring food to your table!
The Online Market will continue to operate with thepick up location moving to the Market Table in the park on Saturdays. You can pre-order your favorite items and shop the market for other selections when you pick up your order.
White River Creamery cheese will be available via online ordering only. You may stop at the Market Table on Tuesdays to place an order or place your cheese order online at your convenience – Sunday through Wednesday at 5 p.m. – and pick up those orders on Saturday at the Market Table.
Come down and enjoy LIVE MUSIC by local band Lore! They will be playing from 5 to 7 p.m. on opening day!
Stop by the Market Table and pick up the Spring edition of Edibles Ozarkansas and Food and Farm.
Don’t forget there will be a Mobile SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Van at the market on Opening Day to assist customers who may qualify for SNAP benefits. The market accepts SNAP/EBT benefits at the Market Table. Stop by if you have questions or would like to visit the staff in the Mobile SNAP Unit to see if you qualify for benefits.
Looking forward to seeing everyone Tuesday!!
Dothan, Alabama: BLUEBERRIES, SPRING PRODUCE & OPEN HOUSE...
Market At Dothan_Eating Locally, Year Round
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Market At Dothan Locally Grown
How to contact us:’
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email:2farmersdaughters@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketAtDothan
Market News
SAVE THE DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 7th…
Dothan Nurseries + Market At Dothan invites you to join us for:
“MOTHER’S DAY OPEN HOUSE & FARMERS MARKET”
@ Dothan Nurseries
1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
THURSDAY, MAY 7th, 4 PM – 7 PM
Traditional Farmers Market Vendors Onsite +
Local Food Samples +
Local Music & MORE!
Connect with Local Farmers & Producers at this fresh, local & lively event!
*NO ONLINE ORDERS FRIDAY, MAY 8TH*
BLUEBERRIES…
Two Way Farms, Headland, AL…early Highbush variety, superior fruit quality! $6/8 oz
SANDY VALLEY FARMS Spring Produce…
New Red Potatoes, Mixed Seeet Onions, Jericho Lettuce, Broccoli & Cauliflower
SANDSPUR FARMS…
SPRING SPECIAL
Whole Hog Pork from Sandspur Farms
Available: 2
NEW PRICE & INFO EFFECTIVE 3-23-15
$4/pound hanging weight. That means you’ll be paying $4/lb on pork chops and bacon! Way below grocery store prices. Average hanging weight for whole is ~ 200 lbs /- Price is $4/lb hanging weight. Total Price = $800.00/- Pay $100.00 up front & Balance of due at time of pick up …usually 2 weeks(maybe 3 depending on processor) from date delivered to processor. Average meat is 70% of hanging weight. Standard cuts will include: pork chops(4 to a pack), boneless loin, bacon, roast, pan sausage, smoked (or fresh) hams, pork steaks, neck bones, and ribs. No additional processing fee for standard processing. Additional fee of $0.65/lb (what the processor charges) if you want the meat vacuum sealed or smoked link sausage in place of pan sausage.
CASABLANCA RANCH…Thank you Mr. Paul & Sherry for joining us and sharing stories and pictures of Casablanca Ranch and their cows. LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF…PRODUCTS updated: 1 Half Beef Available for March – there is NO Additional Processing Fee…you pay Hanging Weight $4.60 per pound and pick up from Market At Dothan…NO driving to processor wasting your time or gas! STEAKS – Rib Eyes, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, T Bone; Ground Beef Bundles – bulk pricing.
“Locally raised in Abbeville, AL. Grass Fed and Grass Finished. Our cattle are never given hormones, any type of steroids or growth enhancing medications. We do NOT feed them corn, chicken litter or cotton gin waste. Their diet is grass and hay. We give them minerals and salt as needed. We vaccinate them for diseases and parasites under the oversight of a veterinarian. Our meat is inspected and approved during processing by a USDA inspector and carries the USDA seal of certification.”
*GROUND BEEF, 93% LEAN
*GROUND BEEF PATTIES
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*STEAKS: Filet, Rib Eye, NY Strip, T-Bone
*STEW MEAT
**SOUP BONES, MARROW BONES, OXTAIL
SPRING HILL FARMS…
NUT BUTTER now available…PEANUT BUTTER is BACK! Great with their Honey Wheat Bread and a market jam, jelly or honey…healthy & delicious!
#SHOPLOCAL…
PLEASE SUPPORT these LOCAL businesses! “It’s not hard to support your local economy. Just shift your spending to local independents. Every bit counts.” #ShopLocal. Order Online @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS…
Now accepting Debit & Credit cards @ Market at Dothan when you PICK UP your order. Using SQUARE, is a FLEXIBLE payment option that allows you to get receipts via email or text message. EASY & CONVENIENT way to pay!
EASY & CONVENIENT Online Ordering @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
Farm to Table Recipes
BLUEBERRY GORGANZOLA SALAD
1 (5-oz.) mixed salad greens
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1 cup loosely packed basil leaves
1 cup roasted, salted almonds*
3/4 cup sliced fresh chives (about 1-inch pieces)
3/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
3/4 cup bottled raspberry-walnut vinaigrette
1/2 cup loosely packed fresh tarragon leaves
Preparation
Prep: 15 Minutes
Toss together all ingredients in a large serving bowl.
*Glazed Pecans may be substituted.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open for ordering
Good Morning!
The market is open for ordering until Tuesday at 9 pm. Please remember to mark your calendars for pickup Friday the May 1st between 3:30 and 5:30 at 341A Whittington Avenue. Before 5 is better for our volunteer staff. See you then.
http://spacity.locallygrown.net/market
Julie Alexander
this week’s manager
501 655 9411
Statesboro Market2Go: Plants, plants, and more plants!!
Order your vegetable plants, fruit trees (apple, peach and more), fruit plants (strawberry, raspberry and more), ornamental trees, day lilies, and lots more. Check out the selection from Southern Native Plantings!!