The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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GFM : The Online Market is Open!
Our Online Market is open, so be sure to check out our ever-expanding list of goods available!
We will be having our Grand Opening of the Market soon, so watch for more information.
As always, we appreciate your support.
Thank you,
The Vendors, Staff, and Board of
Greeneville’s Oldest, Established Farmers Market
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Ordering closes at 8:00pm Tonight! Order now!
The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!
Please remember that minimums must be met for each Market to ensure delivery by our Farmers! At the present time we have met 3/4 of the required minimum. Be sure and get your order in and thank you for supporting our LOCAL Farmers!
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Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm has listed Shares for both Pork and Beef as well as Specials on Chicken Gizzards, Turkey Gizzards, Pork Liver and Pig Heart He is also offering Chorizo and Breakfast Links on sale this week! Also, the Smoked Ready-to-Eat Pulled Pork is fabulous and the Canadian Bacon is also one of my favorites!
Although Doug of Doug’s Garden will no longer have access to his wonderful space, he has harvested lots of Carrots and is offering them this week! These are YUMMY!
Vicky and Steve of Fry Farm do NOT have offerings this week. Please note that Vicky will not be on the Market the next two weeks! Her daughter, husband and ‘grands’ are visiting. They are a mission family and currently are working in Thailand; so this is a very special visit for the family!
3 varieties of Cabbages, Purple Top Turnips, Hakurie Turnips, Covington Sweet Potatoes and Georgia Collard Greens
Veggie Patch Check out their greens and other produce!
Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup
Lilburn Members Pickup Location
All Saints Lutheran Church
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
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Order now since you are just a click way!
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Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: Market Closes at 8:00pm - Order Now!
The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!
Please remember that minimums must be met for each Market to ensure delivery by our Farmers! At the present time we have less than $100 in orders. (Minimum is $650) If minimum is NOT met, pickup will be at the Lawrenceville Market on Thursday. An email will be sent this evening after the close of Market. Be sure and get your order in and thank you for supporting our LOCAL Farmers!
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Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm has listed Shares for both Pork and Beef as well as Specials on Chicken Gizzards, Turkey Gizzards, Pork Liver and Pig Heart He is also offering Chorizo and Breakfast Links on sale this week! Also, the Smoked Ready-to-Eat Pulled Pork is fabulous and the Canadian Bacon is also one of my favorites!
Although Doug of Doug’s Garden will no longer have access to his wonderful space, he has harvested lots of Carrots and is offering them this week! These are YUMMY!
Vicky and Steve of Fry Farm do NOT have offerings this week. Please note that Vicky will not be on the Market the next two weeks! Her daughter, husband and ‘grands’ are visiting. They are a mission family and currently are working in Thailand; so this is a very special visit for the family!
3 varieties of Cabbages, Purple Top Turnips, Hakurie Turnips, Covington Sweet Potatoes and Georgia Collard Greens
Veggie Patch Check out their greens and other produce!
Hamilton Mill Members Pickup Location
Crossfit PURE
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit PURE
1342 Auburn Rd.
Dacula, GA 30019
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NOTE: If Market minimums are not met, you will be notified at the close of Market ordering and pickup will be at the Lawrenceville location.
Order now since you are just a click way!
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Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Countdown to Close -- Market Open until 8:00pm
The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!
Please remember that minimums must be met for each Market to ensure delivery by our Farmers! At the present time we are a little more than 2/3’s of the way to minimum! Be sure and get your order in and thank you for supporting our LOCAL Farmers!
…this and that…
Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm has listed Shares for both Pork and Beef as well as Specials on Chicken Gizzards, Turkey Gizzards, Pork Liver and Pig Heart He is also offering Chorizo and Breakfast Links on sale this week! The Smoked Ready-to-Eat Pulled Pork is fabulous and the Canadian Bacon is also one of my favorites!
Although Doug of Doug’s Garden will no longer have access to his wonderful space, he has harvested lots of Carrots and is offering them this week! These are YUMMY!
Vicky and Steve of Fry Farm do NOT have offerings this week. Please note that Vicky will not be on the Market the next two weeks! Her daughter, husband and ‘grands’ are visiting. They are a mission family and currently are working in Thailand; so this is a very special visit for the family!
3 varieties of Cabbages, Purple Top Turnips, Hakurie Turnips, Covington Sweet Potatoes and Georgia Collard Greens
Veggie Patch Check out their greens and other produce!
Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup
Market Opens for Ordering: Friday 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
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Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Market Opens for Ordering: Friday 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
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Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Order now since you are just a click way!
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Old99Farm Market: Old 99 farm, week of Mar 20 2015
We’ve had some cold nites, below freezing outside, just down to zero in the greenhouse so little damage to the new seedlings. Growing food is getting trickier with the climate variability.
“Joel Salatin” the famous modernday permaculture farmer, :http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/97339/joel-salatin-promise-regenerative-farming was interviewed on Peak Prosperity recently. I’d say its worth reading or listening to. “I think that too often consumers take the convenient way out and say ‘Well, if farmers would just do things differently, everything would be better.’ The truth is that farmers have always followed the market. If people refuse to buy genetically modified organism food, farmers won’t produce it. It’s really that simple. It doesn’t take a government agent, a bureaucracy, a police state, a new law. I mean, all of this could be changed just by consumers taking a more active and aggressive role at financing what they say they believe in from the outset.”
The Family Food Freedom rally in Newmarket last week was successful in bringing out over 200 people to stand witness that we want the right to choose what food we eat. In the same week, General Mills (think Cheerios) announced it would be labelling GMO content on its food products, as already is the case with Campbells Soup.
West Virginia legalized cowshares for raw milk for human consumption. Slow progress.
Another reminder that fresh pastured lamb for Easter is an option. We have whole and half leg of lamb, bone in or deboned, chops, loin roast, shanks, ground, kabob, stew and organs. Am offering advance ordering for pork sides. If you want kabobs made up on skewers like in the photo, pls make order.
Egg prices reduced to $6.75 for jumbo, $6.00 for XL, $5.50 for Large. Getting lots of duck eggs now too.
Chicken broth will be a regular offering for the spring.
As of Mar 20th , we can offer the following crops: leeks, kale, chard, spinach, cilantro, turban squash, purple potatoes and arugula.
Camelia is cooking prepared foods from our produce: chicken broth, chicken casserole meat, apple sauce, stuffed peppers, cucumber relish, quiches (on order).
Healthy eating
Ian, Cami and Kazlyn
PS Kaz is growing oyster mushrooms here for the first time: now fruiting.
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
Once again the weather in Kentucky strikes again. I have only experienced weather like this in Nevada, where it was known to snow in June.
I wanted everyone to know about a great class the Caldwell County Extension office is putting on Backyard Gardening.
The class is on March 28th from 6-8pm at the Caldwell County Extension Office. Please call their office at 270-365-2817 to register before the 25th of March. It looks to be a great class for our community.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday,
Angela
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday March 25
Hello. I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Isn’t this weather great, nothing like a cold front when spring planting is going on. Hello. I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Isn’t this weather great, nothing like a cold front when spring planting is going on. We have been planting lettuce, broccoli, cabbage we have been planting lettuce, broccoli, cabbage and Choi along with lots and lots of seeds. We should start reaping the benefits any day now. We do have young, lettuce, kale, collards,turnip greens, green onions, green garlic and a few other items ready for enjoyment.
Order up and we will see you Friday between five and seven at copy central.
Thank you,
Brady
Champaign, OH: Dancin' In The Moonlight
We get it almost every night…
and when that moon gets big and bright…
it’s supernatural delight…
everybody was dancin’ in the moonlight…
(Dancin’ In The Moonlight- King Harvest)
An early morning post to the little local market of love! If you are awake, I urge you to go to a window, or venture outside, and look at the beauty of the moon…it was so amazing when I got up, way so early, and was having coffee before I started to bake.
The moon…I love the dark, clear skies, the twinkling stars, and the different phases of the moon. So comforting, so assuring, so mesmerizing.
Growing up in the West End, there used to be lots of backyard campouts, as all of us would put our tents up, and our parents would allow us to sleep outside, telling ghost stories, running the West End, through backyard games of late night tag, Ghost In The Graveyard, and generally running around like a bunch of crazy loons. Flashlight tag would result in all of our parents coming out to yell at us for waking up the neighbors. We would all settle down, tell ghost stories, try to levitate each other with the whole light as a feather thing, and then sneak off on our bicycles for late night biking on the country roads that surrounded the West End.
Good times…the highlight would be the moon and star gazing. I would sit while the others would be running around, and just stare, dream, plan, and scheme, while looking at the vast night sky.
The moon, this morning, reminded me of those carefree days, the coming of the warmer weather, and then my thoughts turned to…OMG…this weekend, with the time change, last weekend, is…EASTER!!
So, while thinking moonbeam thoughts, I also want you to think Easter thoughts!! Get your lists ready, get your orders in!! Will you be baking, grilling, entertaining, coloring eggs, making the whole dinner?? Will you need to serve breads, rolls, sweet rolls? Will you need a variety of meats for Easter breakfast, lunch, dinner? Eggs for coloring, eating, making breakfast casseroles? Maple Syrup and honey for Easter sweetness? Dried herbs and seasonings for all of the yummy Easter dishes to go along with the dinner? Eggs, flour, gluten free flours and mixes, for baking? Pies, cookies, candies, confections? Granulated garlic in all varieties? Jams, jellies, mustards, a bit of candied jalapeno…all to add to dishes or to serve alone? Milk for more baking, and drinking…my grandmother used to make us Easter Milkshakes! Don’t forget to give your home and yourself some love, too! Scented candles, soaps…all groovy for making it a lovely day…
So, go look at the moon, get your Easter list started, and don’t forget to order by 10pm, tomorrow evening!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for March 24
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Spring is now officially here, and the pine trees are celebrating up a storm. The weather didn’t get the memo, though, and it’s going to be mighty cold the next few nights. For a while, the forecast had us falling down below freezing, but that’s been revised upwards just a bit. That would have been a disaster for all the fruit trees that flowered a month early. Still, it’s going to be hard on all that tender vegetation. If you’ve planed any summer veggies in your garden, you’ll want to protect them as best you can this week. Most of Athens might escape frost, but it’ll happen here and there. Be ready!
If you’re still looking for seeds, or you’ve got extra you don’t need (especially seed you’ve collected yourself from open pollinating varieties), the 19th annual Old Timey Seed Swap hosted by Grove Creek Farm out in Crawford is just around the corner! Here’s more information:
“19th Annual Old-Timey Seed Swap: Join us for a casual potluck gathering and seed swap April 2nd 2016 from 1pm-6pm. With spring around the corner, we’re excited to share our plans for the 19th Annual Old Timey Seed Swap! Originally organized by the UGA Anthropology Department and Professor Dr. Bob Rhoades in 1998, this is a celebration of heirloom seeds, local food sources, traditional agriculture, and good conversation as folks share stories and swap seeds, plants, and bulbs. Why swap seeds? There are hundreds of varieties of heirloom seeds throughout the South with fascinating histories linked to families through generations of seed saving. Since the 1900’s however, thousands of varieties of heirloom vegetables, flowers and fruit have disappeared. Once lost, these varieties can never be recovered — their important genes and a piece of American history are lost forever. Swapping seeds helps preserve the varieties that remain so they can be used for agriculture for years to come – help save them!”
“So join us! Bring your heirloom seeds to swap, your questions or your gardening stories and knowledge, picnic blanket or chairs, musical instruments, or even a potluck dish to: Grove Creek Farm 10 Legacy Rd. Crawford, GA 30630. Potluck will be at 2pm this year. You don’t have to have seeds to swap – just come to learn how you can help. For updates please visit us on Facebook or www.grovecreekfarm.org. See you in April! NO DOGS PLEASE. Contact us for more information at dani@grovecreekfarm.org”
Thank you so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market opens in two weeks. You can find more information on their website. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open for the season on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The other area markets are also all closed for the season, I believe. If you know of any markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. 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!
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers:
The market’s open and ready to take your order online for all of our great products from local farmers!
Here’s what’s available this week:
Vegetables— Arugula, spinach, swiss chard, kale, beet greens, red mustard greens, and green onions.
Herbs—Cilantro and mixed herb bunches.
Eggs—Pastured, free range chicken and duck eggs.
Meat—Pastured beef, chicken, goat and lamb.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Place your order from now until Tuesday at noon for pickup on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.
See you on Wednesday,
Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
Inside Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—-if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!