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.
Dawson Local Harvest: The Return of Turnips!
Dawson Local Harvest for March 3rd
The Return of Turnips!
HI EVERYBODY!
We’d like to welcome back our delicious friends Turnips! The white Hakurei are absolutely gorgeous, but the Scarlet Queen when sliced and added to a salad presents lovely white-with-red-swirls highlights which makes for a stunningly attractive dish (tastes great, too!). They rejoin Bok Choi, Collards, Kale, and Spinach in the Vegetable section this week.
Have you heard of Egglands Best Eggs, the supposedly superior supermarket Eggs? Well, we can do you one better with FIVE HENS FARMS Free-range Eggs. For about the same price as Egglands you’ll get superb all-natural deep-golden yolk Eggs that taste truly amazing. Try them and see what you’ve been missing!
THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!
REMEMBER! You can now order until Tuesday night at 9pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 7pm.
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.
Have a happy and healthy week!
Alan Vining
Market Manager
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Order up!
Hello friends….
Just a friendly reminder to get those orders in before we close tonight at 10pm!
Thanks for supporting your local farmers, makers, bakers and ranchers!
Peace,
PAFM
The Wednesday Market: Don't Forget to Order
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Check the website for all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link:
https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you for your support of locally grown agriculture and for choosing to buy locally. We hope everyone has a great Sunday, and we’ll see you at the Market!
Thanks,
Beverly
Miami County Locally Grown: Ordering closes at 8pm TONIGHT!
A heartfelt thank you goes out to all our customers – believing in this market, you’ve shown your support in so many ways, including your contributions to the fridge/freezer fund and you’ve helped us secure the approval for using the new appliances!
Only a little training for yours truly, an infra-red thermometer, and a final official inspection stand between you and Locally Grown eggs, chicken, turkey, milk… and don’t forget the cheesecake, cream pies, and Danish!! Oh, YUM!!
We couldn’t progress without your commitment and generosity – THANK YOU!! Know that we take our promise to provide you with fresh, quality, local products very seriously.
We appreciate you all, and I look forward to seeing you each Tuesday – you make this job fun and meaningful.
We’re open for orders until 8pm tonight.
www.miamicounty.locallygrown.net
ALFN Local Food Club: Market Is Open
Happy Sunday!
The market is open. Be sure to check out the new items from sweet-tooth soother Lily Chanel Sweets!
The Little Rock Marathon will be taking place downtown this Saturday and Sunday, and will affect how you can get to the church Saturday morning. I have received these instructions for planning your route:
From I-630: Take the Broadway exit North, take a right turn on to 7th street, left turn on to Rock St., then left turn on 6th st. Go west on 6th st. and turn right into the church parking lot before Scott St.
From I-30: take the Cantrell exit to 2nd st., left turn on to Cumberland st., then right turn on to 6th st., turning right into the church parking lot before Scott St.
Up on the blog is a delicious recipe for vegetarian chili. Also, be sure to sign up to volunteer at the market this weekend and earn some credit or membership for your account!
See you all this weekend,
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
Russellville Community Market: RCM Opening Bell
Hey RCM’ers,
Welcome to another great market week!
Look for newly added products each week!
We also have your staples like eggs, breads, and honey.
There are lots of great RCM products to be had. Order away!
Like us on Facebook for up to date news and exciting RCM announcements. Check out our page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events too! RCM Facebook
Peruse the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the *“Place My Order” *button once you have completed your shopping. *Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.*
Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!
Duette, FL: Stir-fry Broccoli
Our featured vegetable this week is broccoli florets. After the main broccoli head is harvested, the plaant produces two smaller versions that branch from the stem where the head was cut. These small florets are perfect for stir-fry and vegetable platters as well as steamed as a side dish.
Please have a look at what we offer this week and place your orders.
Thank you.
David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Reminder: Order by 6pm today
Just a friendly reminder that market orders are due online by 6 pm TODAY. Place your order now so you don’t forget.
Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
Click Here to Place Your Order
THIS ORDER IS FOR TUESDAY PICK UP AT BUFORD LOCATION (4942 Austin Park Ave, Buford – Behind KCO)
Champaign, OH: Sweet Talking Hippie
Sweet Talking Hippie-Blues Traveler
This sweet talking hippie, your market manager, is passing on some sweet talk, to you, the customers, from our own Valley View Woodlands…
Let’s sit back, and read what sweet talk, Marc and Shary have for us…
A sap-run is the sweet good-bye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.”
~John Burroughs, “Signs and Seasons”, 1886
Here in our sugar bush at Valley View Woodlands, this unusual warm spell is creating trouble. To produce sap, maple trees require nights below freezing and days above freezing. The taps have stopped flowing because it has been several days since we’ve had a freezing night. Late February is usually the middle of the maple syrup season, but it looks like this season may already be over. Unfortunately, local syrup producers have made only a fraction of their normal production.
Another problem we face is the potential for the trees to begin to bud. Once warm weather allows the trees to bud, the sap develops an off-flavor and we must shut down our operation for the season. Now it’s a race to see if a freeze can arrive before the trees bud.
We have made some delicious syrup, so the season is not a total bust. We were able to tap our trees very early this month, and our first syrup was wonderfully light and delicate. It has hints of vanilla and caramel. Later batches are an amber color and have a more robust maple flavor.
Just as farmers plant and hope, we tap and hope. Mother Nature is always unpredictable!
Marc and Shary Stadler
CLG: Opening Bell: Coffee, Sprouts, Pork, Cheese!
Good afternoon!
Well, the cheese arrived at market on Friday just before 6pm due to traffic. The good news is that its now listed for orders right now!
KMG Farms has just picked up and listed over 1000 pounds of pork products! Bacon, chops, deli ham…so much local goodness! Kevin and Kimberly are a hard-working couple striving to produce top-quality local food.
Would you like to help one of our Growers to expand their operation? Most of you know the fine health care products Tammy Sue brings to market every week. Please take a look at the following link to her kickstarter campaign to learn more: http://kck.st/2lQCqFa
Take a look at the OUR GROWERS tab to learn more about any of our fine Growers at CLG. Enjoy!
Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!
Check out over 575 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!
And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)
The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
Please check your email a few minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net