Yalaha, FL:  April 4-7 ordering for Sat April 9 pickup

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Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm week of Mar 27 2016

Who would have thought we’d get two snow storms in first half of April! And twenty degree C swings in temperature.

The greenhouse is giving about 10dC of temperature protection at night and lots of heat during the days. The crops are looking fabulous.

We can offer spinach, kale, collards, mixed greens, cilantro, chard, arugula, rocket, green onions and leeks. Rhubarb maybe. The freezers are well stocked with lamb, beef, chicken, goose and duck, tho we are running low on some items, sold out on others. Cami will have stuffed peppers and quiches this week.

I have tree seedlings, about 3ft tall, ready to plant: Red Oak, Black walnut, and Eastern Chestnut. Also have comfrey in pots for your medicinal garden.

I discovered some mainstream ‘heavy hitters’ who are sounding the wake-up call for businesses to stress test their business plans for climate change. I like the approach of providing a ‘most likely’ and a extreme 5% risk with very costly impacts. This one by Bloomberg et al. From their website:
The mission of the Risky Business Project is to quantify the economic risks to the United States from unmitigated climate change. (You can easily extrapolate what these might be for Canada.) Our inaugural report, Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States, highlighted these risks across every region of the country, with a focus on three sectors: commodity agriculture, energy demand and coastal infrastructure.
Our research combines state-of-the-art climate science projections through the year 2100 with empirically-derived estimates of the impact of projected changes in temperature and precipitation.

When assessing risk related to climate change, it is particularly important to consider outlier events and not just the most likely scenarios. Indeed, the outlier onein- 100-year event today will become the one-in-10-year event as the earth continues to warm. Put another way, over time the extremes will become the “new normal.”

Interactive maps, regional reports and other content associated with the Risky Business Project are located at riskybusiness.org.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami
(Kazlyn has departed and we miss her. She’s doing her next internship at HeartSong Farm in Jerseyville. You might see her at the Ancaster Market this summer.)

GFM :  The Online Market is Open!

The Online Market is open again from now till Thursday 3pm. Many of the vendors have added new products since last week. Be sure to check it out!

Soon, we’ll be open every Saturday and Wednesday at the Fairgrounds as well.

Watch for our announcements!

And Thank you for your suppport.

The Vendors, Staff, and Board of
Greeneville’s Oldest, Established Farmers Market

Superior Seasons:  Spring is on Here, Plus Sneak Peak!

Order ingredients for Pickup or Delivery this Wednesday! We are still offering HOME DELIVERY to Individual customers! Restaurants, Institutions, and other wholesale customers can access delivery with wholesale pricing – ask us how! CLICK HERE, to see what’s available, set up your account, and order.

What’s Featured and New?
The Greens are alive! Get various types of fresh greens grown for flavour, not their ability to ship 100’s of kms.

Come see the new products online including special Local Harvest Boxes! Click HERE to find vegetables, meats, syrups, milled products, bath and beauty products, and more!

Get a Sneak Peak at our New Site
We are getting very close to switching over to a new service provider that includes a smartphone app for ordering! Visit the site HERE for a sneak peak – but don’t sign up for it just yet, we’re still working on it!

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Market Closes at 8:00pm - Order Now!

The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Market closes at 8:00pm. Have you ordered?

The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Have you placed your order? Market closes at 8:00pm!

The Market closes Monday at 8:00pm!

Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open

Good Morning All-

As many of you know we have a traditional farmer’s market during the summer here in Princeton. We are having the meeting on April 11 at 7pm at the Caldwell County Extension Office. If you woulk like to sell veggies, arts and crafts, or other items, we would love to have you come out and see how we are improving the market this year.
We are open to other ideas for the market too.
I hope to see you all there,
Angela and Hannah

South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Road Closure in Grundy County

As of the last storm Summerfield Road has been closed to through-traffic. This will affect anyone using Summerfield as the by-pass for Tracy City.

We are unable to tell when the road will re-open, as the Road Department is not answering the phone. (Hopefully that means they are out working on the road!) If you usually use Summerfield, you may want to call either the Grundy County Road Department or the Sheriff’s Department to find out if is is open before you try to go that way.

Champaign, OH:  Franklin's Tower

In another time’s forgotten space…
your eyes looked through your mother’s face…
Wildflower seed on the sand and stone…
may the four winds blow you safely home…
(Franklin’s Tower-Grateful Dead)

Well, we really did make it through that very cruel weather that Mother Nature dealt us on Saturday. We had a mix of all four seasons, we had tornado to hurricane strength winds, we had the rain/sleet/snow combination, at one point, from my house, it looked like a total white out. My house was shaking, I watched shingles fly off of the garage, limbs were flying off the trees, and the wind was so fierce, I had to hold myself against one of our sets of back doors just to keep it from blowing open.

I was talking, later, with one of my oldest and best friends from the West End, and he told me that he was getting ready for the weather to hit him in Connecticut. Then he messaged me our favorite Dead lyric…May The Four Winds Blow You Safely Home.

This is my phrase for most of life’s happenings. When I think that I am at a point of not understanding where I am, how I got to a certain point, are my life choices all adding up to something, or are all signs pointing to disaster looming on the horizon, this is the lyric that I hold to my heart.

I think we all need something to ground us. To get us through. A lyric, a song, a mantra, a prayer, anything that represents a safe journey to where life may be taking you.

As I look back on my life, I have had many, many triumphs. But, with those, I have had many times that became learning lessons, necessary bumps in the road, to put me back on my course, and to direct me to where my path needed to now lead me.

This little local market of love can be our four winds, blowing us safely home, grounding us in this local community, and making the journey just a bit easier because you have friends who want to help take the stress out of anything that may be happening in your week.

When you order from us, you have the ease of online ordering, the trust that we bring you the best of the best of local products, and the love that you can only get from the hands of familiar faces…

Let us be the four winds for you, this week…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam