Champaign, OH:  Extended Last Call!!

Ok, Kit Kats…

I extended the market while I am finishing up a few Art Affair tasks!! That means, you have until 10:15, and then the market will close for the week!!

Go, run, take advantage of the extra few minutes!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder!

Well, y’all, it sure looks like we’re gearing up for a fantastic growing season. In fact, all the recent warmth, wetness, and sunshine is already doing fabulous things to the selection on The Market. Did you notice the first few fresh strawberries trickle in from Green Acres Atkins? Me neither, at least not in time to snatch them up. I’m sure there will be plenty more in the next few weeks, which means it’s time to hone those cream whipping skills!

And if you think fresh strawberries are the best news in food this week, prepare to have your mind blown. After a lengthy hiatus brought on by exceptionally difficult circumstances, and due, undoubtedly, to an unfathomable amount of hard work and determination, Kellogg Valley Farms is back in action! Check out their broccoli, mustard, and mixed greens; spinach; kale; and even broccoli plants. All Certified Naturally Grown, ridiculously fresh, and, if history is any indication, just the beginning of all the phenomenal produce we’ll see from this top-notch local farm. It’s gonna be a great year!

-Rebecca Wild
Program Manager

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Gwinnett Locally Grown:  The Market is open for ordering! Welcome Sparkles Cookies and Desserts!

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

Welcome Sparkles Cookies and Desserts!

Website: www.sparklescookiesanddesserts.com

Our company was established to help those with digestive issues or just wanting healthy and tasteful alternatives to the sugar, wheat-laden options typically available. We make absolutely THE YUMMIEST cookies, cupcakes, muffins and treats, and they are ALL GLUTEN-FREE, LOW-CARB, PALEO, GRAIN-FREE & REFINED SUGAR-FREE treats. We use only the finest ingredients from almond flour, to fresh fruits, grass-fed butter, organic coconut oil and raw honey. Our customers particularly value the excellent taste, fresh ingredients and health benefits of our food.

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

Wine Making Workshop – 2 Sessions
Each Session Approx 60 min. (1 session each month)
Session 1 | Apr. 14 @ 7:00 PM: Sanitizing steps, mixing the ingredients, tips/tricks
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

Natural and Healthy Bread Making with Vicki – Tue. Apr. 21 @ 7:00 PM
Join Vicki as she shows us how to make natural and healthy bread from scratch! She will cover how her bread recipe is much healthier than store bought bread and techniques on how to bake her bread.

How to Use doTERRA Essential Oils with Cheryl and Pilar – Tue. Apr. 28 @ 7:00 PM
Please share this with all your friends and family and RSVP via FB Events and/or Meet-Up.

_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.

Champaign, OH:  Brian Wilson

Drove downtown in the rain…
Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night…
Just to check out the late-night…
Record shop.
Call it impulsive…
Call it compulsive…
Call it insane…
But when I’m surrounded…
I just can’t…
Stop.
(Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson)

So, hello rainy Tuesday night!! A total rain filled kind of day. I don’t know about you, but rain filled days, rain filled nights, find me flipping through my albums, old mix tapes, old cds. Yes, I know…why not just flip on over to ITunes. But, there is just something about going through my collections of music…on a rainy evening…memories, nostalgia, messages, fun!!

My West End pals are posting old ticket stubs to long ago concerts, on Facebook. We are all discussing and remembering out first concerts. In the West End, we were youngsters doing a whole lot of fun things!!

I recently had a flashback, after an email chatting about The Beach Boys, Ambrosia, and a 1970s concert…and, it put me in total concert nostalgic mode. Music was what I was raised on. It has been a part of my life for so long. I cannot even explain what a music driven kind of hippie girl, I really am.

Anyway…the talk of The Beach Boys, this week, talk of our earliest concert memories, and this rainy day, made me remember this song, by a long time favorite group, Barenaked Ladies…if you have never listened to them, go, now, find them, listen, thank me, always!!

A total early 90s song, group…I remember discovering them, when I was running around Chapel Hill, when I lived in Raleigh, and was friends with the producer of the local radio station, there.

The opening lyric of compulsive, impulsive, insane, totally reminds me of the way I feel about this little local market of love!! I am totally obsessed, still, with this market!! I am compulsive about explaining and promoting it to anyone and everyone, and on impulse, I just generally, spill all kinds of love about it.

So, it’s Tuesday, it’s rainy, what better way to show your compulsive, impulsive love for this market, but to place your orders?? Go ahead…the holiday is over, spring breaks are ending, the spring weather is finally here…

Make me smile…show us some love!! Go crazy…just order before 10pm, tonight!!

Oh, and find this tune, turn it up, and like I said, thank me, always…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

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!

If you’re starting a garden this year, be sure to check out the live plants section for strawberries, broccoli, and more!

Happy ordering!

We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!

Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market

Fisher's Produce:  And the season begins

Hello friends,

Our vegetable season is has started! The weather is warm and the asparagus is growing. We will begin our weekly CSA/market stand deliveries to Bristow this Thursday. It will be the same time and place as last year between the Tractor Supply and Mazzios from 5:00pm-6:00pm.

This week’s CSA delivery will include a selection of:

Spinach and Spring Salad Mix
Oakleaf and Butterhead lettuce
Radishes, salad turnips, and green onions
Winter harvested carrots
Asparagus and bok choi

It is not too late to join our CSA. But if you want veggies this week, please let us know by tomorrow morning if possible. You can fill out a registration form on our website: http://www.fishersproduce.com/csa.html

We will be bringing extra asparagus lettuce, and spinach to the stand for sale. We will bring other extra veggies if we have them.

See you on Thursday!

Luke

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  Open for business

We are your source for local meats, milk, eggs, baked goods, veggies, soaps, fiber, and more! Spring planting time is here, and we have veggie plant starts, flowers and herbs for your garden.
Reach out to your neighbor who loves herbalism and gardening and make sure they know there are more options than the big box store.
Market is open sat-wed at noon. Pickup 4:15-6 at First Christian on Grundy.

Get started here: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market

Statesboro Market2Go:  Carrots are online!

Walker Farms just added more carrots!

Statesboro Market2Go:  Be sure to order this week!

We have strawberries, dairy, and lots of fresh spring produce. Be sure to order this week. And for those of you missing lettuce this week – don’t despair – they are just taking a week off to let more lettuce grow!
Thank you for shopping with us!

CLG:  Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.

Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup on Friday, April 10th. 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