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.
GFM : COMING SOON !
Physical Market Opening Soon
OPENING DATE: MAY 12
TIME: 9 AM TO 1 PM.
WHERE: DOAK HOUSE MUSEUM
LOCATED AT: TUSCULUM COLLEGE
ADDRESS: 690 ERWIN HWY.
TUSCULUM, TN. 37745
PHONE: 423-552-3023
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers:
Here’s what’s available this week:
Vegetables—Kale, swiss chard, spinach, and beets with greens.
Herbs and Spices—cilantro and hot chili powder.
Eggs—From pastured hens.
Meat—Pastured beef and chicken.
Olives and Olive Oil—Direct from the organic grower in California. Check out sales prices on selected varieties!
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Live plants—Fig trees, fig houseplants.
Crafts—Natural, handmade soy candles scented with pure essential oils (no toxic chemicals!)
Place your order now, then pick up and pay on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
We will also have a selection of locally grown and handmade goods available for sale from the table at the market on Wednesday.
We look forward to seeing you!
Green Fork Farmers Market
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
This week our office staff is in Kansas City at the Main Street America Conference. Tomorrow I get to take a tour of the Overland Park Farmers Market.
Bad Dog Beanery is back so get your coffee this,week.
Honey, bread, meats, and eggs are all available. This week there is spinach and radishes available from Arkansabi Farms. Opossum Hollow is taking a break and sent this message for you all:
… to all of our over winter on-line market customers. Its been a good off season and we really appreciate everyone’s patronage. We look forward to next winter and expanding to add (with luck) onions, carrots, and radishes to our over winter line up. We have also altered some of our high tunnel methods so that we can beef up our offerings consistently all the way from November through the 1st of April. The time has come for us to focus our efforts on the outdoor market and we can’t wait to see you all there, just two weeks from Saturday! Thanks again!
Tom and Cheryl
Opossum Hollow Produce
Our farmers and vendors appreciate your support. Like us on Facebook and Instagram and watch for our Faces of the Farmers Market campaign!
See you Saturday!
Cross Timbers Food Cooperative: CTFC Market Open for April 6 Pick-up
Hi, folks—
Ordering for the first April delivery is OPEN.
Orders can be placed through Sunday, April 1.
Pickup is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, April 7.
Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative
Foothills Market: The Market is Open - March 26
Foothills Market is back online this week – although we will operate on a different schedule for the Easter holiday. For this week only, the market will close on Wednesday at noon and pickup will be Thursday from 4-6 p.m.
Browse the market for your menu. The Food for Thought Garden has a variety of fresh greens this week, and Happy Horseshoe Farm has carrots and celery. The market also has several growers offering different types of meat that would be perfect for Easter, including ham, leg of lamb, and beef chuck roast. We also have fresh farm eggs for your Easter baking.
Browse the market, fill your cart, and place your order before noon on Wednesday. We’ll have your order ready for pickup between 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Food for Thought Garden in Clarksville.
Eat something fresh this week!
Heritage Farm : Reminder To Order---Spring Sale!!
Store closes at 8pm tonight for Wednesday delivery. Online Store order here>>> The Store
Don’t miss the 10% off special at the top of the market menu!!!!!
March Meat CSA delivers Saturday 03/24 and Wednesday 03/28
SIZE MATTERS!!!
Please support your local, small scale, non-soy/non-gmo, pasture raised, beyond organic and customer driven family farmers!! Every day the struggle to survive as a small independent family farm gets harder and harder for less and less return. Amazon, Whole Foods, WalMart, Trader Joe’s, Publix, Kroger, Fresh Market and on and on pull out all the stops (and most of the truth) to continue to pull market share away from small family farmers!! There marketing budgets are HUGE and they are relentless!! Most of the time they make you feel like you’re supporting farms like us but it JUST AIN’T SO!!!! More often than not it is a made up farm and story just to market you a product that has no real “farm” behind it.It’s the same old factory farmed food with a different picture and/or story to make you feel good. We need you now more than ever.
BUY LOCAL. BUY FROM SMALL FARMS. LIVE LARGE!
Thanks in advance!
The Hutchins Family
Heritage Farm
770-377-5380
www.heritage-farm.net
theheritagefarm.info@gmail.com
Yalaha, FL: Yalaha Market Open
Order now through 5 pm March 29th for March 31st Pickup (or contact me if you want a different day, we have some flexibility.)
Remember to tell me when you want to pick up!
Expanded Goat cuts available. Try Chops or Roasts. (Let me know if you are interested in Heart or Liver.)
Send me a message if you are interested in Getting Channel Catfish.
If you have any particular requests, let me know I’m happy to grow to order.
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy. Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)
Winnsboro, TX: Winnsboro.LocallyGrown Online Store is Open
Have you got your eggs for Easter? No need to hunt for local fresh eggs, we’ve got them here and they are already naturally colored in hues of green, blue, brown, and white.
Embry Family Farm has new veggies this week that will go nicely for your Easter meal plans.
Check them out.
Another Monday has rolled around; shop from your favorite farmers and food producers from Monday at 8 am until Tuesday at 7 pm. Pick up your order on Thursday from 4 pm – 5:30 pm at the Train Depot on Broadway (hey 11) between Main and Walnut. Entrance is at the West end of the building closest to Main Street (hwy 37)
Thank you,
Debra Aaron,
903.629.3332
312.307.0114
Dawson Local Harvest: Thoughts on Variety
Dawson Local Harvest for March 30th
Thoughts on Variety
HI EVERYBODY!
I think it’s safe to say we all love to eat, we want to eat healthy, and we want greater variety. So here’s a couple of thoughts.
One of my guilty pleasures is smoked sausage with a spicy mustard and a tasty addition that changes the whole meal is one of CULTURED TRADITIONS Sauerkrauts. There are several varieties, all guaranteed to lend an interesting twist on the “standard” German flavors. I suggest their Traditional Russian White, the Ginger Tumeric Sauerkraut or the intriguing Spicy Garlic Ginger Sauerkraut. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite, or maybe a couple of different tastes based on what you’re eating.
Interesting Tip from Bruce the Baker: Here’s a great way to top off MY DAILY BREAD’s Plain Bagels, with some organic cream cheese and DAILY BREAD’s Blackberry Jam! It’s a real taste treat!
And looking for variety in Veggies? Substitute Swiss Chard for Spinach in salads, sauteed, in soups or as creamed chard instead of creamed spinach. Chard is very nutritious, higher in vitamin C, and quite colorful in salads. Give it a try!
THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!
REMEMBER! You can now order until Tuesday night at 9 pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 6 pm.
You’ll find the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST at http://dawsonville.locallygrown.net
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! We guarantee your satisfaction with all products in the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.
If you like what we’re doing please tell a friend!
Alan Vining
Market Manager
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for March 29
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
It’s the time of year where all the other area farmers markets are beginning to open up from their winter slumber. The Athens Farmers Market opened this past Saturday at Bishop Park and will return to Wednesdays at Creature Comforts downtown on April 11. The Oconee County Farmers Market also opens up soon on Saturdays in downtown Watkinsville. The Comer Farmers Market is another long-time market, and it too is filling up with spring goodies. During the winter months, we’re the main market around but now the growers have to figure out how to split their crops among multiple places. It’s a tricky part of the job that takes practice, much like the rest of the farming business.
Asparagus and (any day now) strawberries are slowly making their first appearances here and at other area markets. The recent cold nights have both coming in nice and slow (which is good for them, as hot weather can make both quit producing altogether), and I’m sure we’ll be seeing plenty in the coming weeks.
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 has returned to Saturday mornings at Bishop Park, and the Wednesday market will open in a couple weeks. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is closed for the season, and you can watch for their return on April 28 on their website here: http://www.athenslandtrust.org/west-broad-farmers-market/. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running Saturdays from 9 to noon. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com. Folks to the east can check out the Hartwell Farmers Market, which starts bright and early on Saturday morning from 7am to noon, and Tuesday afternoons from noon to 4pm. The Oconee County Farmers Market is still closed for the season, but will return soon. If you know of any other area 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!