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

* I will have some great news for this Thursday’s Market open so stay tuned!*

Grower of the Week!

Anderson Farms

Website: andersonfarmsgeorgia.com
My name is Benji Anderson and I have a 48 acre pastured hog farm in Madison County, GA. All my hogs are Berkshire crosses mostly with Duroc and Tamworth. I raise all my own hogs and use no chemical fertilizers or pesticides on my pastures. Hogs graze and root around and are also supplemented with a antibiotic free grain ration. Pastures are rotated to keep the land and the hogs healthy.

In stock now! Saddle Creek Bee Farm specializes in pure raw wildflower honey. This honey is collected from Gwinnett and Barrow Counties. It is a great item to beat those allergies! Mixed selection of squeezable plastic, and glass containers.

We also have Wilderness Family Naturals Coconut Sugar, Flour and Organic Popcorn in the Market for sale! When you come to pick up your order, check them out! They are also now online!

Remember we have Kombucha available! If you are not familiar with it, Kombucha is a naturally fermented tea with natural probiotics! It has been around for centuries originating in Asia. It is said to have healing properties and because it is naturally fermented, is a great support for the digestive system. When your here, ask me for a sample! I’d love your feedback!

If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!

*If anyone has plastic grocery bags you’d like to get rid of and recycle, we can always use them at the Market! Feel free to bring them with you on Tuesday…

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. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nic The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

United States Virgin Islands:  VI Locally Grown Market: Week of november 16 2014

Good morning!

The locally grown market is now open and ready for your orders. The market will no longer be located in the courtyard behind Polly’s at the Pier. The new pick up location is at the Lawaetz Museum at Little La Grange from 3:30 until 6 pm.

Tahira from Divine Delight Delectable is now back in town and accepting orders so those delicious veggie burgers and muffins are once again available.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday!

Cheers,

Jillian and your VI Locally grown Producers

Champaign, OH:  What You're Meant To Be

Ah child of countless trees…
Ah child of boundless seas…
What you are, what you’re meant to be…
(Cassidy-Grateful Dead)

Last week found me with happy reunions, a lot of love, and an unexpected visitor who reminded me of my quest to always see sunshine, always sing my song, and always believe that whatever I touch, I do my best to make magic happen.

The reunion was with some of my West End pals that I am still extremely close with, I don’t see enough of, but when I am reunited, I feel like my family is all back, together. These people have known me since Kindergarten. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, with a whole of growing, running, playing, learning. Yes, it was a good reunion of souls.

On Friday, I was down in my Cosmic shop, and had a surprise visit from one of my aunts. She lives far away, I see her, very rarely, I don’t keep up with her like I should, but I knew she was planning a visit, I just was not sure when that would take place.

She is the kind of woman that if sunshine could come out of her eyes, it would. But, if you cross her, or someone she loves, that sunshine can change to lightening, in seconds. It was amazing that her timing came right when I was having not a great end to the week. She breezed in, gave me a huge hug, we talked, she loved my shop, she listened as I talked about my breads, the names of my breads, the hippie clothing, me, the markets that I run, and especially this little market of love.

I explained to her how it works, how we run it, the customer base…I felt as if I couldn’t stop telling her about all that I do and all that is important to me.

She was intrigued with my Cosmic cookies…I told her they were called Hippie Cookies. She looked at me with a mix of sunshine and happy tears. She reminded me of two people who would be very, very proud of what I do, how I do things, and how passionate I am about things. When she left, I looked around at my shop, the sun that filters through the stained glass window, the leftover hippie cookies, and the racks of hippie clothing…her words as she left the shop were…“You are doing what you were meant to do, Baby Girl” (Because my grandmother had given me that name and it’s what my family always called me…)

And, my aunt was right…I am right where I was meant to be, doing what makes me happy, running markets that I am so entirely passionate about.

Today is Sunday, the market is open, and I leave you with love, passion, and a Sunday recharge…all from my surprise visitor.

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmer's Market - It's Time to Order

Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering.

REMEMBER the market closes at 10 pm on Tuesday evenings. This will give our farmers a little more time to harvest their products to fill your orders.

Cider and jelly, perennial plants, local baked goods, pork products, herbal bath & body products, local honey, fresh-laid chicken & duck eggs, and plenty more products are to be found on our market. Give them a try! Don’t forget to check for the flavor of our “Cookies of the Week” from Basically Breads.

REMEMBER:

• Growers can sometimes remove items at the last minute, affecting your invoice. Please wait to make out your check until your total is established at market.
• If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. Log back in and press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. E-MAIL tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com OR CALL US at (931) 273-9708 if the problem persists so you will not be disappointed on market day.
• Be sure to hit that Place Your Order button before 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening.


Take a look at our offerings and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Tuesday evening at 10 p.m.

(L to R) Spinach from Frontier Family Farms, Tears on My Pillow Pie from Debbie’s Delites, Dried Rosemary from Triple B Farm, Honey from Steve’s Bees, Wooden Toy Car Set from Little Raven Woodworks.

We’ll see you for pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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!

~ Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

How to contact us:

On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open for A Very Local Thanksgiving!

Howdy there Food Club,

It may be hard to believe, but the market is open and it’s already time for your Thanksgiving orders! While good food’s an essential part of any holiday, rarely do the average folk put so much effort into such a thorough and proper feast. While we don’t carry pasture-raised Turduckens on our market, there’s still plenty of other ways to show thanks to our hard-working small Arkansas farms this holiday.

• Those of you that already put down your deposit on a Falling Sky Farm turkey will certainly be thankful you did, and should have already been contacted by the farm about how to get it (let us know if you haven’t). For those that missed out, we recommend trying Hillcrest Artisan Meats or Butcher & Public for a local pasture-raised bird.

• All the turkey talk I’ve heard is that brining is definitely the way to go. Maison Terre has put their own custom blend of organic fruits and spices into a flavor-infusing turkey brine sure to impress the holiday guests!

• Green bean casserole is just about my favorite dish around, and this cast-iron, panko-covered recipe looks like a must-try. We’ve got plenty of local green beans, and I’ll be subbing our superior shiitake mushrooms for their buttons.

• As far as favorite dishes go, potato gratin comes in a very close second. We’ve got plenty of potatoes, peppers, and somehow even the tomatoes needed for this delicious recipe!

• When it comes to dessert, look no further than pie. Period. But how to possibly choose between local apple, blackberry, blueberry, peach, raspberry, strawberry, pecan, or sweet potato?!??!? Beats me!

Thanks to Kevin Shalin over at Rock City Eats for putting together this helpful guide for where to order just about anything else. Pies, dressing, casseroles, and smoked birds, oh my! Yup, this is definitely, 100% my favorite holiday.

Thanks to all of you for buying local all-year round!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

Do you have questions or comments about this, or any, weblog? Thoughts on local food, goods, or events? Reply to this email and let us know what’s on your mind. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated!

Dothan, Alabama:  FRESHLY MILLED GRAINS, POUND CAKEs, LIMITED SATSUMAS & CHRISTMAS 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

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE…
NOVEMBER:
Fridays & Saturdays…
Nov.21st/Nov.22nd
Nov. 28th/ Nov. 29th – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY- NO MARKET

DECEMBER:
THURSDAY, DEC. 4th, DOTHAN NURSERIES & MARKET AT DOTHAN
CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE & FARMERS MARKET
3pm – Until,
VENDORS ONSITE
(NO ONLINE ORDERING)
Friday, Dec.12th / Saturday, Dec. 13th – Online Pickup (Last Online Market 2014 Season)

THE BREAD LADY…
Freshly milled flour made from whole grains. Specify number of cups and kind of grain—hard white wheat, hard red wheat, soft white wheat, buckwheat, spelt, barley, or rye.

KARL’S GERMAN BAKERY…
***New*** Karl’s German Bakery, KARISTA POUND CAKES, CREAM CHEESE & SOUR CREAM. Fine ingredients, no preservatives!

Karl’s authentic German breads are made from old world family recipes with their own rye sour (a perpetual sour, specially developed and nurtured by Karl himself!). All of Karl’s breads are baked Hearth Style (Artisan) using no pans and no pan grease which can alter the taste. This unique and historic baking process creates a natural bread flavor crust. See all of Karl’s artisan breads listed under Farmers Daughters Co-Op.

SATSUMAS….
LIMITED AVAILABILITY…ONSITE ONLY, Friday, 11/21, Pine Top Farm will try to have a limited amount of SATSUMAS weather & ripening permitted! Online Customers will have 1st Priority BUT quantity limited per customer. Watch for update via email & Facebook page. Thank you for your patience!

#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 Nurseries & Todd Farms 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!

“THANK YOU”…
To our customers who have become friends and friends who have become customers, we appreciate your Support, Trust and Referrals!!! Your commitment to year round, sustainably grown, locally produced foods is critical to a strong local food economy! Thank YOU!

PICK YOUR “LOCATION”…FRIDAYS OR SATURDAYS…WHEN YOU ORDER

4 EASY CLICKS…HERE’S HOW:
Click #1: Add To Shopping Cart
Click #2: Proceed To Checkout
Click #3: PLEASE CHOOSE A “PICK Up LOCATION:”
FRIDAYS @ DOTHAN NURSERIES OR SATURDAYS @ TODD FARMS
Click #4: Place This Order

EASY & CONVENIENT Online Ordering @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net

Farm to Table Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH with WALNUTS & VANILLA
Yield: Serves 4.
We’re using butternut squash for this dish, but you could easily use kabocha squash instead, or any firm, easy-to-peel, winter squash. You can either boil or roast the squash, directions are given for both methods.
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Ingredients
1 butternut squash, about 2 pounds, peeled, seeds removed, flesh cut into 1-inch cubes (see how to cut and peel a butternut squash)
3 bay leaves (if boiling the squash)
Salt
1 heaping cup of walnuts (can substitute pecans or pine nuts)
2-3 Tbsp butter
2 teaspoons grated ginger
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Black pepper to taste
Method
1a If roasting Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat the cubed squash with a little vegetable oil and spread out onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with salt and roast until the cubes begin to brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
1b If boiling Put 4 cups of water into a medium-sized pot and add the bay leaves. Bring to a simmer. Add the squash to the pot. Boil, covered for 10 minutes. Drain.
2 Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and toast the walnuts. Stir frequently or they will burn. Once they they start to brown, and you can smell the aroma of toasted walnuts, remove from heat.
3 Melt the butter in the pan with the walnuts over medium-high heat. Toss the walnuts to coat with butter, then add the squash. Toss them to coat with butter.
4 Add the grated ginger, vanilla extract, black pepper, a little salt and dried thyme and toss once more. Turn off the heat and squeeze some lemon juice over everything. Taste for salt and lemon and add more to taste. If you want this to be a bit more luxurious, mix in another tablespoon of butter or two before serving.

Read more: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/butternut_squash_with_walnuts_and_vanilla/#ixzz3IVT31ru8

Statesboro Market2Go:  Happy Fall! The market is OPEN!

Lots of fall veggies available this week!
And we will be open this week, but closed the following week for Thanksgiving.
Please order this week, and tell your friends about Statesboro Market2Go!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Northeast Georgia Locallygrown availability list for Nov. 10

Good Evening Locavores,
The market is well stocked with products from vegetables to meats, breads, and skin care.
Remember that Locally Grown will be closed next week so stock up now for this week and for your Thanksgiving dinner.
We farmers may need the extra week off from the market to recover and care for crops through the unseasonable very cold weather descending on us this week.
This cold weather means a pot of chili with grass fed beef locally grown peppers, onions, garlic, and tomatoes simmering on the wood stove. Steaming hot food and toasty warm heat from the fire make frigid winter evenings downright enjoyable.
The market is open for your orders. Have a great weekend and stay warm.

Athens Locally Grown:  Availability for October 14

It’ll be just a quick “opening bell” email from me tonight. The biggest news of the week is that Athens Locally Grown has finally been approved to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program EBT cards! I say “finally” because I’ve been trying for almost five years, as soon as the USDA approved EBT use at farmers markets, to get ALG accepted into the program. I could go on at length about the bureaucratic odyssey I’ve undergone, but the important thing is we have been accepted. We can’t yet accept EBT payments, however! We still have to get the accounts set up and the equipment in place. I’m hopeful that we’ll have everything we need by the time the Athens Farmers Market (both locations began accepting EBT payments this season) closes for the year next month. If I can make that happen, then there will be an uninterrupted opportunity for those needing EBT to obtain fresh, locally grown food. Athens Locally Grown is not yet part of the Wholesome Wave program (a non-profit that doubles the value of SNAP money spent at farmers markets), but I’ve enquired about becoming a part of it in 2011. I’ll keep you all informed!

Athens Locally Grown Hunter’s Moon Feast: October 23, Saturday, at Boann’s Banks (Royston, Franklin County)

“The October full moon has been known as the “Hunter’s Moon” for millennia, and was a time of feasting throughout the Northern hemisphere. We revive the notion here with a day of feasting at Boann’s Banks (the farm of Athens Locally Grown managers Chris and Eric Wagoner) on the banks of the Broad River outside Royston. It’ll be a low-key affair, without any farm work for you to do. Just good food and drink (Eric will prepare a variety of dishes using locally grown vegetables and locally raised meats, and perhaps brew an adult beverage. There’s also the likelihood of home-brewed beer, and the possibility of good live music. There’ll certainly be good company (all of you), and a river to splash in. There’s even some camping space, for those who really want to enjoy the moon. Come any time, but I’ll be aiming for 2pm to have the BBQ and other dishes ready. Stay as long as you’d like, even into Sunday. Nights are chilly, though, so bring a tent if you’re wanting to do that. There is no charge for Locally Grown members and their families. We do ask that you bring a dish to share, and if it’s made from Locally Grown ingredients, so much the better." You can make your reservations for the feast on the Market page of the website, under the Event Reservations category.

The Athens Farmers Market is held every Saturday morning at Bishop Park from 8am to noon and every Tuesday evening at Little Kings downtown. It’s a totally separate entity from Athens Locally Grown, but you’ll find many of the same growers at both. And of course, you can learn more about that market on their website.

Also, Watkinsville has a thriving farmers market every Saturday morning, behind the Eagle Tavern. And further east, Comer has a nice little market Saturday mornings as well. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!

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!