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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is OPEN for ordering
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Group buy this week for Carrell Farms. They will deliver this Tuesday.
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 6pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:30 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, and credit card. To pay by credit card click “Pay Now” button at the bottom of the check out page. I don’t run credit cards until after pick up on Tuesdays.
Champaign, OH: Shelter From Tbe Storm
Come in, she said, I’ll give you shelter from
the storm…
(Bob Dylan-Shelter From The Storm)
Those lyrics never sounded so inviting. These freezing temps, and wild windy snow, we are excited to get you all in from the storm so that we can show you some market love!!
Get ready, escape this wild weather, and place your weekly itfedz
XOXO.Cosmic Pam
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Reminder - Ordering Closes Tonight at 8pm
Just a friendly reminder that the market orders are due today by 8 pm.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Saturday!
Click Here To Order
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: In Case of Snow
Hi All,
It’s happened before and it usually happens in January when we see our first snow of the year, this weekend may not be any different. Please watch your email for updates to whether we’ll open for pick up on Saturday. Since the vendors usually have the farthest to drive I usually wait to hear from them about the road situation. If the consensus says it’s best to close the market pick up on Saturday morning then we’ll close. We may delay opening until the roads have thawed out, wait till Sunday for pick up or we may just count this week out. Either way, I’ll let you know as soon as I can, possibly as late as Saturday morning. I just ask that you please watch your email or please text me at 404-702-2601.
Thank you!
Suzanne Geddes
Market Manager
The Cumming Harvest
Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for Jan. 11th pick up!
Hello Friends!
The Market is open for pick up on January 11th at the Grayson Land Care office between 4 pm and 6 pm.
I hope everyone is having a happy new year!
Start shopping!- https://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you!
Abby
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This Week at The Cumming Harvest
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This Week
Happy New Year!
The market is open today and tomorrow for your ordering.
My Daily Bread is back this week.
Each January, I devote the first few mailings of the year to the behind the scenes operation of TCH. This week, I’m going to talk about the many legal issues surrounding our market. Even though many people call us “the co-op”, TCH is legally a market owned and operated by me. There’s no board of directors, no shield corporation, no pot of grant money. It’s just me, and while that keeps things very simple, it also exposes me and my family to a ton of potential liability. It’s never really been an issue and there are several things I do specifically to minimize that risk:
- The growers list their own items and set their own prices. When you buy from them, it is from them, not from me, and not from Athens Locally Grown.
- The Cumming Harvest never takes ownership or possession of the food. The growers drop it off, and you pick it up.
- Everything at the market has a customer’s name attached to it when it arrives. TCH does not repackage any items or buy in bulk for redistribution.
- When you pay, you’re paying in to a shared cash box for all of the growers. This lets you write a single check or swipe your card once for convenience, but you are really paying all of the growers directly and individually. Your money goes in, and the software keeps everything going, spits out checks for each of the growers you buy from.
- The growers give a small percentage of their sales, generally 10%, back to the market to cover the many expenses of keeping the market going. I’ll cover the details of finances another week.
- TCH never buys from a grower and resells the items to you.
- When a grower sells items that need licenses from either the state or the federal government, TCH verifies that the proper licenses have been obtained.
The ownership issue is key. It’s one of the reasons why we don’t offer delivery, and why we usually can’t hold items for you if you aren’t able to pick up your orders. Delivery might be a good business for someone (if they could figure out all the legal requirements), but it’s not at all what I personally want to be into. I think it would be a valuable service for you, and I’m hoping someday someone will be able to partner with me for this. Many food co-ops and even some farmers markets aren’t as careful with keeping ownership as straight as I try to be, and that has gotten other groups similar to us into serious legal trouble (deserved or not) over the years. There are so many grey areas in all this, and the written regulations still don’t even consider that something like The Cumming Harvest might exist. We’re so firmly in the grey areas with most everything we do that it’s just too risky for me to bring us into the areas that are clearly black.
So, these are the sorts of things that guide my thinking as The Cumming Harvest has grown over the years. Everything we do has legal ramifications, and the state of Georgia has a reputation for being no nonsense when it comes to enforcement — with the little guy, anyway.
I’ll continue more of the financial info in the coming weeks.
Pick-Up
Market Location and Pick Up
724 Pilgrim Mill Road, Cumming, GA 30040
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To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
Old99Farm Market: Old 99 Farm, week of Jan 1 2017
More for the symbolism of it, Cami and I were planting greens in the hillside greenhouse on Jan 1st! We moved kale and cabbages that were dormant in the main house, and planted lettuces, radishes and mesclun. They will take about three months to grow to market size, a month faster than if left in the unheated greenhouse, according to Eliot Coleman’s Four Season Harvest p49. We’ll see.
Greens available now; kale, chard, parsley, cilantro and romaine. Roots: carrots, potatoes, onions, leek. Lots of meats and eggs. Price for XL now $6/doz, $6.75 for Jumbo.
Market will be open Friday, 4 to 6, or by arrangement.
Healthy Eating
Ian and Cami
Cape Locally Grown: Tune in!
A shout out to Faune Riggin
KZIM KSIM News and Program Director
for having CLG on “Coffee Break”. Tune in tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 7:30.