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Russellville Community Market:  RCM Order Reminder


Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!

Happy ordering!

We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!

Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market

Posted by: Market Manager at Tuesday January 26, 2016 01:56 PM EST

Dothan, Alabama:  WINTER NEWS, SCHEDULES, RECIPES


Market at Dothan

How to contact us:
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net

Our Email: roshorton@hotmail.com

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan




Market News



*WINTER 2016 ORDER SCHEDULE*
Jan 30 through Tuesday, February 2 with Pickup Friday, February 5
STOCK UP! – Market CLOSED February 6 – 9 Reopens February 13
Order February 13- February 16 for Pickup on February 19
Order February 20 – February 23 for Pickup on February 26


***ANNOUNCEMENTS***
SPRING HILL FARM will reopen on February 20
SWEETCAKES is closed a few weeks as they welcome the newest sweet member of their family. Congratulations!
HORTONS FARM will have selected products onsite during Market Pickup (Feb.5) at half price.
SANDSPUR anticipates restocking pork in 2-3 weeks


WELCOME New Customers! Our pickup location on the property of Dothan Nurseries is dependent on the weather this time of year. We will be on the south side of the Nursery if the weather permits or inside the greenhouse if not.

For our customer’s convenience Market at Dothan accepts cash, checks, Debit and Credit Cards. VIP: Checks should be made out to Roslyn Horton.
This is a BYOB (bring your own bag) Green Market. If you don’t have a bag to take your orders home in, courtesy Market Bags are available for a $1 deposit, refundable on return. Best yet, bring TWO and we’ll package your next order in your own bag.
CHECK YOUR SPAM! If you are not receiving confirmation emails for your market orders or other correspondence, please check the spam or junk folders for your email server. The Market is looking into the issue and hopeful for a speedy resolution. In the meantime if there are questions or concerns feel free to email roshorton@hotmail.com


*VENDOR SPOTLIGHT*
HORTON’S FARM
Horton’s Farm was born from a deep desire to live simply and sustainably, and to help others in their quest to do the same. We have grown into a green  family owned business in sunny south Alabama. Unique creations from honest ingredients for real people – that is what we do and that is who we are. No generic agribusiness factory here – just beehives, herbs, flowers, vegetables, chickens, horses, pets and  the occasional dirt eating kid.  Our tasty, beautiful and healthful items reflect our core values of  excellence, sustainable living, education and simplicity.  All products  originate from our chemical free beehives and/or sustainable gardens, and each small batch artisinal product is made with great care to help you live life to its fullest.
The farm started when “Mama Roz” as some call her, started keeping honeybees fifteen years ago. Mama Roz has gone on to become a Master Beekeeper and is currently a board member of the Alabama Beekeepers Association. While all this was going on, the Mr. at the farm developed methods to successfully cultivate and produce the raspberries and rhubarb he missed from his childhood in Oregon. Sustainable fruit, berry and some vegetable production is now a standard part of the farm operation.


KATHY’S CHURPERS – Farm Fresh EGGS!!!!


SANDSPUR FARMS
Longhorn Ground Beef, Liver, Ribs, NY Strip, Ribeyes, Tbone & Soup Bones
Pastured Pork
Applesauce made from Organic Apples
Home Cooked Breads
Carrots, Cabbage, Collards, Kale
Breakfast Fixin’s! Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Frozen Biscuits, Jams & Jellies


SMITH FARMS
Ground Dexter Beef
Ground Lamb
Many cuts of Lamb for your choosing


AUGHTMON
All Natural Soy Candles – perfect for cozy winter nights!
Fragrant Goats Milk Soap
Professional Massage Oils
Shave Soap and Beard & Hair Oil for Men


Farm to Table Recipes

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD


If you’re familiar with this delightful one dish meal you probably realize there are many ways you can make it! What follows is a general guideline for you to adapt to your own food preferences.

Prepare Dressing: Mix and Whisk Well
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon very finely chopped peeled ginger
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon oil (olive, sesame, canola or vegetable)
1 tablespoon hoisen sauce
1/2 teaspoon sriracha (optional)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup honey (optional)


Prepare Salad
1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted 2-3 minutes in skillet and cooled
2-3 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted in skillet and cooled (white, black or combination)
appx. 1 lb cooked chicken – my be rotisserie chicken, cooked chicken breasts or dark meat. turkey can be substituted.
appx. 1 lb cabbage, halved & shredded into thin strips. You may use green cabbage, napa cabbage, red cabbage or a combination of them
2 carrots, julienned
3 scallions, white and green part, washed and thinly sliced
1/2 cup crispy noodles. Wontons, Chow Mein or Ramen type noodles may be used
Drizzle dressing over combined salad ingredients. Mix and serve.


Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Market at Dothan Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

Footnotes

Market At Dothan is a small group of niche growers and producers promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting our local economy. Each grower/producer is dedicated to providing the freshest, highest quality products to their customers. Our growers use natural growing principles without synthetic chemicals. Local products available include: fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, goat cheese, frozen casseroles, pottery, nuts.
All growers /producers believe in providing locally grown foods and goods seasonally to promote a strong, local community and economy. Our goal is 100% Customer Satisfaction…comments, questions or concerns are welcome!

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!

Posted by: Roslyn Horton at Monday January 25, 2016 08:44 PM EST

Yalaha, FL:  January 25-28 Ordering open


Please sign in at https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market to put in your orders for this week. Ordering open Monday evening through Thursday evening for Saturday pick up.
Sign in and visit the Market Tab to place your orders. Remember to check out to make your order final and let me know what time on Saturday you want to pick up.

Posted by: Aleece Landis at Monday January 25, 2016 06:53 PM EST

GFM :  A break in the snow!


We have a break in the snow but the roads are still a bit slushy. So take advantage of the online market and get some of your shopping done.
Remember there’s never any shipping fees. And you can help the market by using smile.amazon.com to do your shopping when you shop Amazon. A small portion of your sales will go to help support the market
Orders placed today through Thursday can be picked up on Saturday at the fairgrounds parking lot under the trees.

Thank you for shopping with us!

The Vendors, Staff, and Board of

Greeneville’s Oldest, Established Farmers Market

Posted at Monday January 25, 2016 03:16 PM EST

Princeton Farm Fresh:  Sorry the market is opened late.


Hello Everyone,
We are sorry about opening the market late. My mom has been fighting an infection and was hospitalized overnight due to low blood pressure from dehydration. She will becoming home sometime this afternoon after they finish running some tests to make sure she has fully recovered. Not to worry, the market is still on for Friday pickups. We will be there with all your favorite winter veggies.
See you Friday,
Hannah

Posted by: Angela Magney at Monday January 25, 2016 01:42 PM EST

Conyers Locally Grown:  Available for Friday January 29th


Hello. I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We have lots of great pork, salmon and winter greens like collards, mustard, turnips and a few more. We also have loads of sweet potatoes. Thank you for all your support we will see you Friday between 5 and 7 at Copy Central.

Thank you,
Brady

Posted by: Brady Bala at Monday January 25, 2016 08:51 AM EST

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of Jan 23 2016


Eggs are back to regular price of $6.75/doz for extra large, $6.25 for large. Please bring in egg cartons, I’ve had to buy new cartons recently because we were sending out so many.

Special on ‘Bonny Red’ Chicken roasters, $1 off the per kg price.

As of Jan 24th, we can offer the following crops: sweet potato, cilantro, parsley, kale, fresh dug carrots, chard, collards, spaghetti and turban squash, whole wheat flour, red skin and purple potatoes.

Camelia is cooking prepared foods from our produce: apple sauce, stuffed peppers, cucumber relish, quiches (on order).

Why is the energy/climate consensus so durable, even in the face of compelling facts or logic? A persuasive analysis of this social phenomenon by Irish systems thinker, physicist and human systems ecologist David Korowicz can be found here.

He writes, “We are trying to comprehend our world within the world-views and economic orthodoxies developed over an extra-ordinary, two-hundred year period of compound economic growth. This growth was coincident with increasing wealth, complexity and globalized integration. Part of our dominant consensus is that this trend will continue. Much of what is important to us, how we live, our expectations, what we value and hold dear, was shaped by this process. And we, the global 10%, have done well out of it.”

“When the conditions that underpinned the consensus change, it can be very difficult to acknowledge and let go of our attachment. For acknowledgement means rejecting not only the familiar but something that may have embodied our status, past efforts, our hopes and even our collective mythology.

Defending the dominant consensus is always reasonable, confident and considered, for it is born out of the cosmology or world-view of the age. But world-views shape their own perceptions and contain the narratives of their own defence."

What consensus views do you share or refute? Where do you stand on the fringe (of conventional wisdom) looking in? Organic food? Limits to Growth? Grassroots democracy? Population overshoot?

Healthy eating,
Ian Cami and Kazlyn.

Posted by: Ian Graham at Monday January 25, 2016 07:40 AM EST

CLG:  CLG Reminder: No Market this Week.


Just a quick reminder that we won’t be having market this week, but will return next Sunday night. Lots of great food being produced locally. Have a great week!
Steve

Posted by: Steve & Carissa Lunk at Monday January 25, 2016 12:52 AM EST

Athens Locally Grown:  ALG Market Open for January 28


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

I don’t have much new to report this week. I’ve been spending my last few days getting ready to drive up to Lexington, KY tomorrow for the annual SSAWG conference, my favorite educational farming conference of the year. I’m on the staff, and they keep me busy, but I never fail to learn a ton of stuff and meet many wonderful people all the same. The very first SSAWG conference I was on the staff for was in Louisville, years ago, and it’ll be nice to see that part of the country again. Some of it is under considerable snow and ice, but it’ll be good to see it anyway.

While I’m away, I’ve left our Thursday market here in the hands of our many capable regular volunteers. There are a few things they can’t do, such as looking up account history and resolving old payment issues, so you can send those queries to me via email or wait until the following week. Also, Doug’s Salmon keeps his fish at my place in a freezer, and I bring his sales in to market for him. Since I’ll be gone, the fish will not be available to purchase this week. It’ll all be back next week, though.

I hope you all have a pleasant week. Looks like it should be both warmer and drier than the one we just had. And as much as I miss the occasional heavy snow (the Yankee in me hasn’t left completely yet), I’m glad we didn’t get the 30 inches some of my friends in the mid-Atlantic got. I know our growers feel the same.

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 closed for the winter. You can watch for news during the offseason on their website. The other area markets are also all closed for the season, I believe. If you know of any winter markets operating, please let me know. And they might all be closed, but we’ll be here all year round!

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!

Posted by: Eric Wagoner at Sunday January 24, 2016 10:16 PM EST

Dawson Local Harvest:  The Harvest is Back This Week!


The Harvest is Back This Week!

HI EVERYBODY!

I hope you survived our touch of winter last weekend. The Harvest is back for this week, and hopefully we won’t be beset with more inclement conditions!

We want to welcome back MY DAILY BREAD this week, with all the delicious Breads, Chocolate Zucchini Bread, Bagels, and so much more! LEILANI’S will have Cabbage, Baby Leeks, and Kohlrabi, FIVE HENS FARMS has their free-range Beef, Chicken, and Eggs, and there are other goodies hiding in the Market listing for this week. Take some time and take a look!

THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!

REMEMBER! You can order until Tuesday night at 8pm. 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

Posted by: Alan Vining at Sunday January 24, 2016 08:59 PM EST