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.
Champaign, OH: Let The Sunshine In
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius…
(The 5th Dimension)
We are on a roll with the beautiful sunshine! Let your spirits soar, and make us your source for your inner sunshine, while you take in the physical sunshine!
We’ve got so much to choose from, with more and more to come, each week!
Go ahead…let the sunshine in, and then, get your orders in!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Champaign, OH: Let The Sunshine In
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius…
(The 5th Dimension)
We are on a roll with the beautiful sunshine! Let your spirits soar, and make us your source for your inner sunshine, while you take in the physical sunshine!
We’ve got so much to choose from, with more and more to come, each week!
Go ahead…let the sunshine in, and then, get your orders in!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Heritage Farm : We need your help!
Did you know that last week alone there were 4 meat recalls in the news for e-coli and salmonella? One of them was even from the Perdue organics chicken!!! Unfortunately we are seeing more and more of our market share drift back to these industrial producers as the general public is swayed by the misleading advertising and labeling of the industrial food manufacturers. That, combined with the fact that shoppers believe that anything with organic on it is good and safe makes the closing of more and more small farms seem like a given. The truth is that the industrial food chain is sick, full of lies and diseases and you are at risk every time you buy their meats. They may show you sunshine and grass on their slick marketing and labels but I’ll give you a 100.00 bill if you can find just ONE that will actually let you come see that pretty organic farm!!! Every week we come closer and closer to going in the red and having to shut our doors because of this consumer drift. We need your help! More than that we need your business to keep ours open. We don’t have Wall Street and the federal government behind us to keep us propped up while we send out false and misleading advertisements to bring you to the store. We can’t spend millions to make you believe were something were not so you will bring your dollars to our doorstep. We can’t sell it below cost and count on the USDA to prop us up financially. We can’t make ourselves trendy and the newest rave on the food circuit. All we can do is continue to grow and supply our products with the highest standards and provide good, clean and healthy foods for the consumers that want them. Please vote with your dollars and help us keep our doors open!
Place your orders here>>> The Store
Thanks,
The Hutchins Family
Heritage Farm
770-377-5380
www.heritage-farm.net
theheritagefarm.info@gmail.com
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Last Call - Fresh Harvest
Contact Info
Our Website: freshharvest.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/freshharvestllc
Email:
John Drury john.drury@att.net
Phone:
John 615-838-0428
Market News
Hello!
Pig and Leaf Farm has added two choices of microgreens: Fiery Asian Mix and Hippie Salad Mix. Lots of great veggies still available.
The Market will remain open until Tuesday evening for you to place an order for this week.
Here is some information on how Fresh Harvest works.
*If you see an item as Sold Out, write in the Comment section at check out that you would like that item if more becomes available. We’ll try our best to add it to your order.
*PayPal payments have to be manually added to your account. There will be a delay to crediting your account due to me needing to take time to do the bookkeeping. I also have to go to each account with cash or check payments. These are sometimes delayed by procrastination or being busy. You can still place an order even though it may cause your account to be “overdrawn”. There is no penalty for going into the minus column. Sometimes I’m a little slow in getting to the bank to make deposits, but it eventually happens.
• If you recruit a new customer to Fresh Harvest and they open an account with a $50 deposit, we will credit your account $10 for each new customer who signs up. They will need to tell me your name, so that I can credit your account. Word of mouth has been our best advertising. Any help that you can provide is greatly appreciated.
• Every week, we leave orders at the church for customers who cannot arrive at Trinity before 6pm. This has worked well for those who have difficulty with the 4-6pm window. Please let me know if you need me to leave your order at the church.
• The bag that you receive each week is to be brought back with your next order. We have been negligent in telling new customers how this works. Don’t feel bad if you return multiple bags, it happens all the time.
• We’re into reusing and recycling. Our clean egg cartons, honey jars, paper and plastic bags, berry containers are some of the items that we can reuse. If we can’t reuse the returned items, we’ll recycle them.
• We do guarantee everything that we sell. If you ever have a problem, please let us know and we will credit your account.
• If there are other products or growers that you think should be a part of Fresh Harvest, please let me know.
Thanks for your support, and I will see you on Wednesday!
If you need to text me, my number is 615-838-0428.
John
Recipes
Sauteed Mushrooms with Mustard and Parsley
1 ¼ pounds mushrooms
¼ cup water
½ teaspoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 shallot, minced
¼ teaspoon table salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 ½ tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1. Cook mushrooms and water in 12-inch non-stick skillet over high heat, stirring occasionally, until skillet is almost dry and mushrooms begin to sizzle, 4 to 8 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high. Add oil and toss until mushrooms are evenly coated. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are well browned, 4 to 8 minutes longer. Reduce heat to medium. 2. Push mushrooms to sides of skillet. Add butter to center. When butter has melted, add shallot, salt, and pepper to center and cook, stirring constantly, until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add vinegar and mustard and stir mixture into mushrooms. Cook, stirring frequently, until liquid has evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth and cook, stirring occasionally, until glaze is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir in parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Our first day in Memorial Park couldn’t have been more beautiful! Thank you for coming to see us!
This weekend is Kids Day! Lots of free activities and the water feature(splash pad) for the kids to enjoy.
Place an order by Thursday at 10 pm and pick up Saturday morning between 9-noon.
See you Saturday!
Winnsboro, TX: Online market-summer closing
Good morning,
Since our transition to Saturday pick-ups, the online market orders have been terribly slow. We realize that most customers prefer to shop the “live market” on Saturdays so this is not surprising. Because of this, the farmers market board has decided it’s best to close the online market for the summer. We will transition back to the old schedule (Thursday afternoon pick ups) sometime in September, so that you’ll be able to shop these wonderful local products during the off season. In the meantime, we invite you all out to our Saturday market, every week 8-noon on Market Street. The produce is getting better every week with this sunshine! As always, if there is ever something specific that you need & you cannot make it to shop on Saturday, please let me know & I’ll try to get it to ya!
We greatly appreciate your support of local producers!!!
Stacy
903-629-7079
903-440-5392
farmersmarket@winnsborotexas.com
Magney Legacy Ridge Farm: CSA #10
Good Morning CSA ers-
This week’s veggies will include Wild Arugula, Lemon Basil, Muir Batavia Head Lettuce, Spring Onions, Cucumbers, and Swiss Chard.
We are truly in Summer production now! Our eggplant and peppers will be going into the last tunnel to be planted this week. We always start them late, as we are trying to outsmart the nasty flea beetle that devours our small eggplants one nibble at a time. If we wait them out, our baby eggplants will grow big and strong in a matter of a few weeks and be producing beautiful eggplants in about 6 weeks.
Today and tomorrow, our team will be focusing in on planting our sweet potatoes, melons, and potatoes. We are opening new plots on the back of our farm, and this has taken us some extra time to get underway. Ray and I will be raising beds, fertilizing, and covering them with landscape fabric, in hopes that tomorrow Angela can get them planted. We are toying with ways we can add cover crops, that add to our soil fertility and help our soil stay put during heaving rains. I have been searching for ways to intercrop our melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes. One way is to plant corn and clover along side our melons. I have found some research that suggest planting okra along with sweet potatoes makes both plants grow stronger and healthier. Okra is a tough sell on our farm as we cannot get anyone to pick the rascals. When they are small, they are very prickly, and by mid-summer they are so tall that I can no longer reach the okra pods to harvest.
Thank you for your continued support. We appreciate our members and feel that you are farmily. A part of our farm and friends. We enjoy hearing about how you use the veggies we deliver and learning about your lives and families. To me, this connection is so important to the mission of our farm and to my wellbeing. As a farmer I am often tied to this land, rarely leaving, and my circle of friends involve you and the people who farm alongside of me. Sometimes it can be lonely, but it is that smile at the door when I am delivering, and the hug from a long time CSA er, that brings me such joy. I thank you for sharing this journey with me. I know I may be just your farmer, but to me, YOU are my connection to the world. You give me a person, face, family to grow for. YOU are my relationships and I can’t wait to see you each week. I don’t think we do enough sharing with people how important they are to us.
Thank you again for your support and friendships. You are cherished!
Your farmer,
Angela
Yalaha, FL: Weblog Entry
Order now through 5 pm Thursday June 6th for Sat June 8th Pickup, or tell me when you want to pick up and we may have some flexibility.
Remember to tell me when you want to pick up!
If you have any particular requests, let me know I’m happy to grow to order. Also, we have cultures; water and milk kefir as well as kombucha, let me know if you are interested.
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then set the number and click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy (it is the little picture right next to the quantity box.) Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: This Week's News
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown market
To Contact Us
Our Website:
manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook:
Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail:
tnmomof10@gmail.com
By phone:
(931) 273-9708
Our Manchester pickup location is across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building, at
216 East Fort Street, Manchester, TN
Our new Tullahoma pickup location is inside “Nature’s Elite”, in the Cherokee Square Shopping Center next to Dunham’s Sports, at
1802 N Jackson St, Ste 800, Tullahoma TN
If you don’t see a map, click on the address link.
Good morning!
Welcome to Middle Tennessee Locally Grown online farmers’ market! The market opened for ordering before 8 AM on Sunday, as always. Sorry I didn’t have time to send out a newsletter till now! But remember: you don’t have to wait till you receive the newsletter to place your order. The market is open. If you have already placed your order, we thank you. But if you missed any of these new additions, feel free to place a second order. At checkout the software will automatically combine the two for us.
As always, everything you see on our website is the “cream of the crop” from local farmers, the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! When you place an order with our farms, you know you are supporting your friends and neighbors, located in Middle Tennessee.
Please look around at various categories, since there may be some new things added to the market after I send out this message. Also please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
Don’t forget about our pick-up location in Tullahoma in addition to the usual one in Manchester. Now you can avoid the delivery charge and come visit with your market managers! Be sure to let us know via the drop-down menu which location you prefer for pickup.
Farm News of the Week:
Vegetables are Here!
Albert Lynn has added several vegetables to the market this week:
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(Top, L to R) Broccoli & Cauliflower Heads.
(Middle, L to R) Cayenne Peppers, “Patty Pan” Squash.
(Bottom, L to R) “Zephyr” Squash, Yellow Squash.
Frontier Family Farm has also added some new vegetables and fruits:
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(L to R, top) French green beans & Swiss chard bundle.
(L to R, bottom) Blueberries & strawberries.
Solace Farm now has plenty of duck eggs available, and they are great for baking!
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Important Ordering and Pickup Information
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 pm, and your order will be available for pickup at your choice of the following:
- Thursday afternoon between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.* under the big pavilion on Fort Street with signs that say “Coffee County Farmers Market.” It’s behind the Farm Bureau building on Main Street, and across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building, 215 East Fort St, Manchester.
- Or on Fridays between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. inside “Nature’s Elite”, next to Dunham’s Sporting Goods, in the Cherokee Square Shopping Center on North Jackson Street in Tullahoma.
We can also deliver your order to your home (or other location) on FRIDAY afternoon for a small fee, if it’s more convenient for you. If you prefer to utilize this service, please place an order for it, same as other products, selecting your delivery area. Don’t forget to give us your location address in the comments section of the order. Also please text Linda at (931) 273-9708 for specific arrangements.
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. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends and inviting them to give us a try. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.
Blessings,
Linda & Michael
Here is the complete list for this week.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for June 6
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
This week we see some of the first summer berries listed. Blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries are all starting to ripen, and in the coming weeks we should start seeing a flood of all of them. It ought to be a good year for berries, since we didn’t get any late freezes, the spring was relatively long and cool, and we’ve had plenty of rain. It might be a great season to stock up on blueberries when they’re in their peak and freeze them for later. In the fall, when the cranberries from up north arrive, just mix equal parts of those and frozen blueberries right in a dish and cover with a streusel topping (even a box “apple crisp” topping mix is fine) and throw that in the oven. So easy, and the mix of sweet blueberries and tart cranberries is perfect. Can’t wait!
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 is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park, and Wednesday evenings downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is back as well, Saturdays from 9 to 1, and you can watch for weekly news here: http://www.athenslandtrust.org/west-broad-farmers-market/. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on winter hours now on Saturdays from 1-4pm. Folks to the east can check out the Hartwell Farmers Market, which starts bright and early on Saturday morning from 7am to noon, and Tuesday afternoons from noon to 4pm. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com. If you know of any other area markets operating, please let me know.
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!