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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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Independence,VA: Market closes Monday night at 8 pm!
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Good morning,
Don’t forget to place your Online Market order this week! Thanks to everyone for their continued support!
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.
Thank you for supporting the Independence Farmers Market!
Abby
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown market
To Contact Us
Our Website:
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown
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!
The market is open for ordering, although I have not had time to prepare a newsletter.
It seems that I (Linda) have been suffering from heat exhaustion, probably for a while now. You know how it is: we all have people (and animals!) in our lives that depend on us, and we just keep going like the Energizer Bunny, taking care of them. So I’m trying to slow down, stay inside, eat better, and take care of myself a bit.
This all means that I will try to put together a newsletter Sunday afternoon or evening. But just in case I don’t – please remember to check for new items in the Vegetables category for sure – and perhaps elsewhere in the market that I didn’t notice! :-)
Blessings,
Linda & Michael
Dothan, Alabama: June 1, 2019 M@D Newsletter
This Week’s Newsletter:
Welcome New Vendor
Buying “Organic” Part 3
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes
LAURA’S CONFECTIONS
Dothan M@D customers have enjoyed a special treat as Laura has blessed us with samples from her kitchen the last two Fridays. We’re happy to welcome this sweet lady and hope you’ll take advantage of her serious passion for quality products. They are everything she describes and more. Just ask the staff at Dothan Nurseries!
I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself as a new vendor. If tradition means carrying on something we hold dear what I bake is the essence of that meaning. Many of my recipes were handed down to me by my grandmother whose lessons I carry on with a good deal of pride. Everything I offer is made fresh from scratch using only the highest quality ingredients. Initially, I will be offering Grandma Rhea’s Chocolate Cake, an 8” two layer cake with a French Butter Vanilla Frosting, Pecan Squares (9) soft, butter and nuts delights, Banana Bread made with 3 bananas, New York-Style Cheesecake (9”) baked in a water bath for a delectably creamy consistency, and to compliment, Fresh Strawberry Sauce. I’m very happy to join the Market at Dothan family and your feedback is always welcome.
ORGANIC PEST MANAGEMENT
This is part 3 of a series reprinted with permission from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. In an ongoing effort to become the best educated consumers possible, we felt it important to share what the US Department of Agriculture has to say about what certified organic is and is not, and also the practices they approve.
Pest Management for Certified Organic: For disease, weed, and insect pest problems on the farm, management practices are chosen to reduce negative environmental impacts. The NOP standards emphasize a three-tiered, integrated approach, with particular emphasis on practices of level 1 and level 2. Farmers must also consult with their certifying agency to ensure that approved methods are used in the overall pest management plan.
The first line of defense, level 1, is using cultural practices, such as crop rotation, cover crops, resistant plant varieties, and trap crops. Level 2 consists of adding mechanical and physical control methods, such as mulching, row covers, mowing, and others. The last resort, or level 3, is to use (OMRI) approved pesticides.**
- What is the Organic Materials Review Institute? (OMRI) The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) is an organization that tests and catalogs soil improvement and pesticide products for approved use in certified organic production. Organic-approved chemicals range from mild chemistries, such as soap sprays, to target-specific biopesticides, such as Bt, to more harsh chemistries, such as copper sulfate, spinosad, and pyrethrum that require EPA registration. As with any pesticide, always read and follow the label directions for safe use and environmental protection. Spinosad and pyrethrum are examples of highly toxic OMRI-approved pesticides. These are safe when applied correctly but can be lethal to pollinators and other organisms when misapplied.
More on this next week!
MARKET CHITCHAT
A hearty THANK YOU to everyone who picked up early on Friday. Try as we do to keep the temperatures under control in the Market Shed it still helps your orders stay fresh longer to get them home as soon as possible. We appreciate the cooperation, plus it gets us out of the heat sooner!
Ever wonder why some text is green in our newsletter? Those are links to more other websites with more information. If you click on them be sure to come back and finish the newsletter!
If you’ve been with the Market any length of time you’ve probably seen this note on the bottom of an invoice:
Our growers list products for the upcoming week every Saturday, but try as we do, sometimes things just don’t turn out as planned or expected. We appreciate your understanding in these situations.
New & Relisted Products – Woo-Hoo!
- Banana Bread from Laura’s Confections
- Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookies from Laura’s Confections
- New York Style Cheesecake & Fresh Strawberry Sauce from Laura’s Confections
- Granda Rhea’s Chocolate Cake from Laura’s Confections
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Laura’s Confections
- Pecan Squares from Laura’s Confections
- BLUEBERRIES from 2 Growers! Avalon Farms & Casablanca Ranch
- Garlic from Avalon Farms
THIS WEEK’S GROWER NOTES
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
GRIER ACRES So sorry for our absence but the Hurricane Michael put us back. We are so excited we are getting cucumbers, squash, and okra. Our tomatoes and peppers are growing. We also have some basil growing. Our garlic is being dried out. We have a few bulbs we started drying last week and about 5 yesterday. Our olive trees are growing nicely. We have 4 varieties, Arbequina, Picual, Koreneiki, and Arbosana. We have 20 trees but lost 1 this week. Another didn’t look so good but otherwise they are thriving. Harry obtained some bees with a bee club member Friday but we are almost certain the queen is absent. We have several blueberry plants with fruit. We also have some volunteer Pawpaws that came up from the rootstock of a tree which was destroyed by the hurricane. They are thriving but will not fruit for a few more years.
We also have native PawPaws which are setting fruit right now. If we can keep the possums away from them, we should have some for the market around the end of July. We have a mayhaw pond that had fruit but due to hurricane recovery work we did not harvest it. We plan to check and see if any of the fruit is still there. Jeannie is terrified of snakes and has not been eager to help with this project. Rumor has it that water moccasins love this area. If anyone is interested in the harvest of this fruit we might be willing to work a “deal” for Jeannie to avoid this task of harvesting. We also seem to have an abundance of mullein since the hurricane. It appears when it is cut it comes back 10 fold!!! We also have catnip growing prolifically under a hickory tree. This is our cat’s favorite tree. She rolls in it at times and just loves it. I can’t imagine a cat who doesn’t enjoy catnip. Cammie is always “stoned” after a roll in it. Our chickens are doing well. We’ve seen a racoon in the daytime near the coop and we also have a hawk nesting nearby. Since we are free ranging them in the afternoons we may sustain some losses due to predators. Time will tell.
AVALON FARMS: Many of you know that I, Avalon Farms, participate in other markets over the Summer months. I just want to assure you that you are my favorites. My friends at the Market at Dothan will always get first pick of everything I have.
Love to all and thank you for your support. I couldn’t do this without you.
Wendy
PS – Please keep the heat and drought in your prayers. We need relief on both fronts.
FOOTNOTES
We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write marketatdothan@gmail.com.
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: 10am – 12pm, Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: 11am – 11:30am, Parking area behind Daleville Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Pickup: 12pm – 12:30pm, Grocery Advantage, 1032 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise
Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com
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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!
Heritage Farm : A word about eggs!!!
A word about our pastured eggs!!
Did you know?
1-You can’t always judge a quality egg by yolk color alone. While it’s true yolk color matters it can change greatly with the age of the chicken and the season! For example new pullet eggs tend to be paler and smaller that mature eggs but carry higher levels of nutrition. These “first eggs” come during the first 4 or 5 weeks of a hens laying cycle as the oviduct develops. While they may be paler than their more mature counterparts they are every bit as high, if not higher, in taste and nutrition.
2-Yolk color is but one measure to a good, healthy egg. Its easy to manipulate yolk color. The industrial egg industry actually feeds a dyed food product to enhance yolk color so even the industrially housed hens can have bright yolks. These eggs are often ninety days old when they hit the store shelves and very low in true nutritional value. What you want to look for is the airspace in the egg to be minimal, the shell to be hard, the firmness of the yolk and white to be stiff (with minimal “watery” appearance), a good yolk color and most of all they need to be from pasture raised hens that free range outdoors with plenty of fresh air, sunshine, fresh water, bugs and forage.(You know….like ours!)
3-A chickens diet is the most important factor in egg quality. Our hens are pasture raised, are fed and organic diet of non soy and non gmo feed and feast on free choice bugs and forage.
4-During very dry seasons a chickens eggs will not be as bright orange as during good grazing climates. Natural yolk color is a direct result of how much green grass is available for foraging.
Our eggs are ALWAYS non soy and non gmo eggs, are ALWAYS pasture raised, free range and cage free, ALWAYS only a few days old and are ALWAYS some of the highest quality you can buy!!!
Place your orders here>>> The Store
Thanks,
The Hutchins Family
Heritage Farm
770-377-5380
www.heritage-farm.net
theheritagefarm.info@gmail.com
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: MARKET IS OPEN FOR ORDERS!
Good Evening Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Market stays open from Fridays 9 p.m. until at least 9 p.m. Mondays!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m.
If you do not get an email ORDER CONFIRMATION right after you order then your order is NOT complete. Log back in and your order might still be there waiting for you to check out! If you have any trouble or questions at all, we are here to help; simply reply to this email or call Andrew at 770.530.3287
Statesboro Market2Go: The Market is Open!
Thanks for shopping with us!
Market2Go has a variety of summer vegetables and fruits this week – squash, zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, sprouts, beets, potatoes, onions, blueberries, and strawberries.
We also have fresh herbs, honey, eggs, coffee, bread, milk, butter, cheese, seafood, shrimp, beef, pork, chevon, garden supplies, native plants, candles, soaps, lotions, as well as items that are already prepared and ready to eat, made from local ingredients.
Did you know that Market2Go has items for your pets? You can find pet food, bones, Wagz Dog Treats, and pet grade raw goat milk from Bootleg Farm.
Bootleg Farm and Southern Swiss Dairy both have their products online on Market2Go. They are no longer regulars at the Saturday Market, so look for them here!
Don’t miss Prosser’s Seafood first fresh-caught Georgia shrimp of the season!
We still have a small supply of Doug’s Wild Salmon 100% Sockeye Salmon burger meat. We will continue to have it for sale until we run out. Doug will be back in late Autumn to replenish our stock.
Remember we have changed locations for our Statesboro pickup to the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau at 222 S. Main St. Hours will remain the same, and our Sylvania pickup will remain the same at Victory Garden General Store.
Click to read about our exciting changes. We eliminated the annual membership fee and in its place — because we have to maintain support for the market — we instituted a surcharge of 7% on each order, beginning on March 1st.
Visit the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market this Saturday for Berry Fest. Come celebrate local blueberries and blackberries. We’ll have local blueberries and blackberries from Berry Organic Farm and Jacobs Produce, blackberries from Ogeechee Peaches and some more berries from vendor fields and back yards. Stop by the Seasonal Eating Booth to learn how to make a Berry “Shrub” – a refreshing drink made with fruit, vinegar and sugar!
Our featured vendor this week is Berry Organic Farms. Jason Berry and his son Chelden will be at the Main Street Market on Saturday June 1st. Come celebrate and sample local organic blueberries and blackberries with them. Jason is large-scale organic farmer in Vidalia who used to be a regular at this market. He mostly sells now through an organic cooperative called Hippie Organics.
Growing Together : Availability for June 3
Happy Friday to you all! We hope you had a great holiday weekend!
We’ve got a lot of product in the market right now – we’re in that amazing in-between of spring and summer. You’ll see we’ve still got greens going strong, and we’re starting to get some early summer summer crops like squash and zucchini.
Definitely check out the:
Green Coriander – sweet, grassy, and zingy!
Red Potatoes – perfect for on the grill or potato salad
Chinese and Joi Choi Bok Choys – we’ve been grilling, sauteeing, and fermenting these greens! So cruncy and delicious.
Thanks for supporting the Growing Together farmers!
-The Growing Together team
LINK TO ORDER: http://growingtogether.locallygrown.net.
Patchwork Online Market: Online Market Open for Ordering!
Hello!
he market is open for ordering. Please have your order in by Sunday evening.
https://patchworkfarmstand.locallygrown.net/market
Russellville Community Market: The Market Opens at Noon!
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. You will receive a confirmation email.
Orders will be ready for pick from 4PM – 6:30PM this Tuesday at the Downtown Russellville Train Depot!
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The Market Opens at Noon!
We have Blueberries, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Carrots, Sirloin Tip Steak, Fresh Eggs, Local Honey, Pastries, and so much more available on The Market this week!
Russellville Community Market
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Augusta Locally Grown: THE ONLINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
Your weekly support of local farmers makes all the difference in our local food system! Thank you for cooking and eating in a way that strengthens our community overall.