Jonesborough Locally Grown:  Saturday September 20 Market

We have a beautiful day on tap for the market. There is a hint of autumn in the air and Jonesborough has it’s fall look on with Main street decked out in cornstalks, straw bales and pumpkins. A perfect day to join us on the front porch.

Produce, meats, baked goods, coffee, eggs, goat cheese, plants, apples…we have it all.

Earth Thyme will be at the market, don’t forget to cash in your empty bottles.

The Sanders Sisters will be providing the tunes for us this week.

Donation request: Got plastic bags? No, we are not stuffing another chicken but we are collecting bags for Storytelling weekend at the store. Please drop them off at the info booth and we thank you.

See you on the street,
Deb

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  The on line market is open for ordering.

Good Morning,

The market is open for ordering. Joyful Noise Acres Farm has filled the freezer with poultry cuts again. We have a few whole cut up chickens, thighs, wings and boneless breasts.

Our vegetable growers are hard at work making the transition into the fall crops and we are looking forward to the greens and root vegetables of fall.

Thank you for supporting locally grown and your local farmers.

Blessings,
Mary Beth

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Lilburn Market is Open!

The Lilburn Market is OPEN for ordering!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Hamilton Mill Market is Open!

The Hamilton Mill Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Crossfit Market is Open!

The Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market ~ Crossfit O-Zone is now open!

Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 7:00pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit Ozone
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046

“Bits and Bites” Newsletter will arrive in your Mailboxes tomorrow!

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Joyful thoughts and bountiful blessings,

~Maryanne


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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for orders!

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
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If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. All orders must be placed by 5pm on Sunday.

PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 5 pm.

PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla

If you are planning to pay using Dwolla please make sure your deposit includes the 25 cents fee. For example, if your order total is $22.50 make your deposit for $22.75.

Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Nora

CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring glass jars, egg cartons please.

Good Morning,

This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table!

Thank you,
Steve

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 Twitter: @conwaygrown

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Champaign, OH:  Hey, Hey, My, My...

Hey, hey, my, my…
Rock and roll can never die…
There’s more to the picture than meets the eye…
Hey, hey, my, my…
(Neil Young – Hey Hey, My My)

More to the picture than meets the eye…definitely perfect to describe this little market that continues to grow, thrive, and make it’s mark, each week!!

We are so much more than just a market. We are so much more than just local products. We are so much more than just a little market hoping to make it’s way.

We have arrived. We make it happen, in big ways, each and every week. We continue to add new customers. We continue to bring in new vendors. We continue to make our loyal vendors happy, and in turn, they bring us the best in their bag of tricks, each week. We continue to make our loyal customers, our new customers and our sporadic customers, happy, each and every market!

We are so much more than meets the eye because we are your new face in shopping. Your new face in local. Your new faces that greet you, each and every week, with either amazing product, amazing customer service, or amazing local love!!

This week, I am excited to bring you two new vendors.

Bad Seed Mustard, and Blue Jacket Dairy with the most DELICIOUS cheeses from Bellefontaine!! Bad Seed has all of his products on and ready to order!! Blue Jacket will be adding products as the weekend progresses so that you can begin ordering!!

One other thing that this market loves to do…we love to promote each other!! And, tonight, it makes me happy to promote and remind you of the Ohio Shrimp and Fish Festival out at Freshwater Farms!! You love their products so plan to go out and support their festival!! They do an amazing job, Dave and company are all about supporting local, and many of your favorite vendors, from this market, will be vending out there, all weekend.

I will see you out there…but for now, the market is open, make sure to order, and show all of the old and new vendors a whole lot of love!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  When Being Bad is Good!

Happy Thursday evening, my lovely customers of our local market of love.

I am getting ready to open up the market for the week!! A few things to say before that happens…

This weblog comes to you as an announcement and introduction of one of our newest vendors!! Get ready to be excited and totally blown away by his products!!

His name is Sam, he contacted me way over a year ago about how to start the proper steps to get where he is, today, and, tonight, I am proud to say he now has his products on the market for sale.

I had him write a bit of a bio so that you all can learn about him, his history and his products…

Go, be bad…it’s all good:)

Bad Seed Mustard Company started out like any other food, In the kitchen. My late Grandmother, Phyllis Powell, came across a recipe of an old fashioned sweet and hot mustard made from habanero peppers back in 1981. Over the course of many years she made the mustard tweaking it every time until the mustard we have all come to enjoy, Perfect Burn, was created. The Perfect Burn became a staple condiment within the family. In 2006 she passed the recipe on to me.

My journey into the mustard business started as a young child. I’ve always envisioned myself as a self starter; an entrepenuer of sorts. At the age of 9 I had my own window washing business in the booming metropolis of Saint Paris, Ohio. My dream of starting a business continued on as I enrolled at Wright State University, graduating with a degree in Finance and then graduating with my MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

It wasn’t until 2012, fresh off a deployment to Iraq, did the wheels start turning for “Project Mustard”. I began making the my grandmother’s original recipe and selling it at the Springfield Farmers market. Over the next year I researched how to make my product commercially available and completed the FDA Canning Certification at Ohio State. This past summer was spent developing brands, networking, and cooking my mustards out of Ohio State Universities Pilot Program Commercial Kitchen. With some luck, hard work, and a lot of help (thanks Pam) The Bad Seed Mustard Company was born. Our intent is to provide our customers with a unique flavor using locally grown ingredients with no artificial preservatives or additives. I believe that once you try our varieties, whatever heat level you desire, you’ll agree that the Bad Seed Mustard produces “The Worlds Most Versatile Mustards”.

Samuel Powell
Director of Everything
Bad Seed Mustard Company LTD

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!