ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder

Remember to finalize your orders in the market before tomorrow at noon!

Mushrooms, berries, melons and veggies are still in abundance this week. As a friendly reminder with the heat we are having, remember to quickly take your produce to a cool area after the market. If you plan on picking up your produce on Monday, make sure you don’t select products that can easily go bad. We refrigerate everything we can, but the melons, greens and other fruits have been sun AND heat ripened so they are best consumed fresh or processed for storage.

All of this is a good thing. I don’t want food that spoils slowly. I’m not interested in eating cardboard, but food that is ready to be eaten now. Fresh has its challenges, but there is a greater joy in the having peach juice dribble down your chin. So tie on a bib and let’s dig in.

Sincerely,

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

CLG:  Tuesday reminder. Market closes at 10pm.

Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, July 17th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm.

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Champaign, OH:  A Happy Tuesday!! And, A Big Swisher Hill Farm Day!

Just a reminder that after you attend the local event of Art Affair On The Square, on Saturday, you then need to plan to attend the lovely day that Swisher Hill Herbs has planned for our market, on Sunday!!

It’s a big, fun weekend!! Make sure to join us out at Swisher Hill Herbs!!

Swisher Hill Herbs invite you to enjoy our display and production Gardens Sunday July 19, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Located at 4083 Swisher Rd.
Swisher Hill Herbs display gardens have established in the 1980’s for visitors to learn about growing herbs, using herbs, and how herbs can be planted in gardens along with annuals, perennials, and shrubs in the landscape.
Demos: how to make: worm box, Herb vinegars
Relax with cup of herb tea, sample herbal butter, dips and cookies.
We are looking forward to your visit!!!

GFM :  We are Open !

We are open for online ordering.

Don’t forget, the physical market is also now open on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 pm for your shopping convenience.

Thank You,
Your Local Farmers & Crafters

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm. week of July 12, 2015

Blueberry u-pick across the road opened up this weekend, inspiring me to hustle on saturday and offer the same for raspberries, currants and vegetables. We had a few eager pickers and will continue this weekend. You too may wish to try u-pick, especially if you want to freeze some chard for the winter.

A couple of new entries this week: beet tops, summer squash and the napa cabbage is joined by an early white cabbage, the Tiara.

Eggs prices are going to increase this week but I will be offering different sized dozens: medium, large, extra large, maybe even a few jumbos. This is not because my feed costs have gone up but the average egg size has gone down, due to the new younger flock. So my average price has gone down while my costs stay the same, comprends?

I got an email today from Palatine Fruit saying they could deliver cherries this wednesday. But that’s too short notice. Let me know if you want cherries next week at $55/20 lb box.

The season of bounty is upon us!

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

Fresh Harvest, LLC:  Fresh Harvest - Still Lots of Great veggies to Order! And Blueberries!

Market News

Hello!

We have so much good food still available! If you haven’t done so, please take a look at the Market – you are sure to find some great summer veggies there! Tomatoes, Cucumbers galore, green beans, greens for cooking, and lots of other goodies. Blueberries are also happening now!
The best way to support your local farmer is to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables!

Thanks so much for your support! Stay cool, and we will see you on Wednesday!

John and Tallahassee

Coming Events

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  Two Days Left to Order -- New Fruit!

Hello,

The Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is currently open for orders until Wednesday at noon.

Check out the market to see what is available. You’ll see new fruit from Crow Mountain Orchard. They are offering savory peaches and apples. These were very popular last year. Get them while they last!

Here is the link to your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market.

Happy Market Shopping,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters.

Yalaha, FL:  July 13-16, 2015 Ordering window Open

Still just Aquaponic Lynx LLC farm products available but we are open for ordering.

We have plenty of Lettuce, garlic chives, and Basil.

Probably not this week but perhaps the last week of July, I may have channel catfish available for ordering. If anyone is interested please let me know. I can’t legally clean them for you, they would be whole on ice (please bring your own ice and cooler for me to pack them in.) We would have to plan a single pick up time for anyone wanting the fish because my rule is we only disturb a tank once per week. The operation for harvesting fish is I net them out and place in a bin of water with elevated CO2 to knock them out and put them down with the least amount of pain or trauma to either the fish or the people. Once they are still, we weigh and pack them in ice. You can’t get any fresher than this unless you eat them direct from the water.

Martin's Farmstand:  Beans

There is lots of good food at our stand. I picked 140 lbs of beans this morning. The cabbage is ready and there is abundance of summer squash and salad fixings such as lettuce. We dug the first new, red potatoes this morning. The sweet corn is not ready yet but it has silk and baby ears now.
The strawberry season is coming to an end. The patch is open for gleaning anytime the stand is open for the next few days and when there is nothing left I will renovate the strawberry plants.

The chemical companies and big agri-business keep pushing the idea that science is on there side, that it has never been proven that there is a problem with GMOs or chemicals. They are whining that consumers are not accepting science. How do they expect us to believe them though, after all the lies in the name of science. Daniel

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Locally Grown - Availability for July 15, 2014

Hey Local Food Lovers,

Just want to make a very short and sweet last minute reminder to get your orders in before tonight at 9PM.

Today I want to say just a few words about how much fun it is to feed your one year old baby wholesome local food. We’ve been joking around the house for the last year that if everyone ate as pure a food as what we’ve been feeding our daughter then we’d all be a lot healthier.

I have to give my wife almost all the credit. She’s been dedicated to making our babies food from day one. That means all organic ingredients. I won’t get into the details of peas, carrots, sweet potatoes and apples getting cooked and chopped up, but I will say often the smells in the kitchen are so good I want to eat the baby food.

What’s been more fun for me lately is our daughters interest in anything and everything we’re eating, and the faces she makes when she takes a bite of something for the first time.

Lately I’ve been slicing Mtn Earth blueberries in half and slipping them in her mouth. Did I already mention how she’d mash and suck the pulp and then spit out the leathery (somewhat bitter) peal. This morning we were sitting outside drinking coffee (just me silly) and she watched as the birds came down and were plucking all the berries (even the unripe ones) from the bush. I could see her little gears turning realizing HEY, they like the same stuff I do, and HEY wait a minute what do they think they are doing.

Also this weekend I scrambled some Homegrown Products eggs with Baker Springs heirloom tomatoes cooked in. I’ve always loved all kinds of veggies in my eggs and especially yummy heirloom tomatoes. I was pleased that Ayla liked the combination too. Then I wanted to see if just a bit of tomato uncooked was tasty to her as well….and yes….success, she loved it.

There’s some sweet treats as well but those you can feel good about. A blueberry, raspberry and banana smoothie with Mtn Fresh Milk, organic yogurt, organic apple juice, and dollop of Mtn Honey. Ok, I did put one small spoonful of vanilla ice cream too. That’s my secret to incredible smoothies. Ayla and I shared a glass and towards the end there was some competition on who would get the last full spoonfuls. And why does it taste better one spoonful at a time?

There’s so much more but hopefully that’ll whet your whistle for local foods this week.

One last plug to take our FARM TOUR SURVEY! Your feedback is very valuable to us. It only takes a minute of your time. And if you were a farmer on the tour, we’d like your feedback too!

Order big. It’ll improve your week!

EAT WELL,

Justin, Chuck, Teri and Andrew