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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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Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Green Fork Farmers Market Customers:
Don’t forget we will be open year round with local, seasonal, naturally grown food and handmade products!
Here’s what’s available this week:
Vegetables—Arugula, lettuce, green onions, kale, potatoes, beet greens, swiss chard, spinach, turnips, collard greens, bok choy, mixed greens, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes.
Herbs—Cilantro, sage, rosemary, and mixed herb bunches.
Eggs—Pastured chicken eggs.
Meat—Pastured beef, chicken, goat, and lamb.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Plants and Flowers—Culinary, medicinal, pollinator-friendly, and decorative plants and flowers.
Bath and Beauty—Handmade, all natural soaps.
Place your order from now until Tuesday at noon for pickup on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.
See you on Wednesday,
Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
At Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFweeMNP!
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
With every $10 in purchases you will get your choice of a free, really cute burlap bag, to use for a gift or anything you like. A pint of ice cream from Pure Joy, some cheese from White River Creamery, personal or household products from Create 4 Good, items from Abbie Kim, a gift certificate from The Bread Basket, some Lavender Pillow Spry from Gardens by You and Me,or many other items would fit well in these gift bags.
Skopp Bakery is on vacation for the rest of the year. Their son Wesley and his wife Emily came home for Christmas so they are enjoying time with them.
Beef is back on the market! There is still some produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, craft items, and pork , poultry and herbs.
The Siloam Springs Farmers Market will be closed the week of Christmas, December 20th through 26th. Stock up on all your favorites!
Thank you for supporting our local farmers and vendors! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for December 10
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 is the time for holiday artisan markets, and you can find something going on pretty much every day for the next three weeks. The last few years I’ve been listing the markets here in my newsletter, but this year there are just too many for me to list. However, the Flagpole has done a great job assembling them all into a nice descriptive list. They’ve got an online version here if you didn’t pick up the paper copy: http://flagpole.com/arts-culture/arts-culture-features/2015/12/02/artist-market-roundup. You’ve already demonstrated your commitment to buy some of your food from local farmers. Giving gifts made from local artisans is just as important, and can be even more rewarding!
At our pickup this Thursday, Kathryn from Beehaven will be there with her beautiful beeswax candles and balms. She lists them on the website every week, but I know many of you like to see those sorts of things in person before deciding to buy them. Kathryn would love to show them to you, tell you about the process she uses to make them, and generally share her enthusiasm for bees with you.
This year, both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on a Thursday. After talking with the growers, we’ve decided to take the week of Christmas off. There was less consensus, though, on the week of New Year’s. Our options are to hold it as normal on New Year’s Eve, to move it up to Wednesday the 30th, or to take that week off too, and return in January. Several of our growers are taking the extra week off regardless. Last year, we moved it to the 30th and had a very light market. Holding it on the 31st seems like a bad idea. What do you all think? I know many of you are overwhelmed those weeks with places to go and people to see, kids out of school, and general holiday exhaustion, but if there’s enough call for a market that week, we can work out the details. Let me know!
Thanks 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 afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too. A new Athens Sunday market has opened up at the Classic Center, every Sunday from 11 to 4 now through October. They have a website here: http://www.sundaycentermarket.com. The Comer Farmers Market is open in downtown Comer on Saturday mornings. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville. The Shields Ethridge Cultivator Market is held monthly in Jefferson. If you know of any 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!
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for December 6th
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Market News
Hello!
It is hard to believe we are in the second week of December, that Hanukkah begins tomorrow, and that Christmas is not long after! Especially because we STILL have this amazing selection of veggies for you – what great farmers we have in this Middle Tennessee area! Seriously, we and the other local farmers we work with have learned so much in only the past few years about season extension and how to get the diversity and quality of cold hardy crops we have now. It used to be Thanksgiving marked the end of vegetable availability, except for a few greens and storage crops. But this week we have over 40 varieties of vegetables available!
This is the week to sign up for the Holiday Wreath Making Workshop on Tally’s farm in Bon Aqua, on Saturday, December 12th from 12 – 4:00. You can read about the day, reserve a spot, and pay on the Market page under “Workshops and Classes”. Please email Tally if you have any questions!
As we are heading into the gift giving season, please note we have Fresh Harvest Gift Certificates available! These are a great way to entice your friends and neighbors to try out our services, or perhaps you have family members who already buy from us regularly and would love some money in their account! We also have other gift ideas available, such as honey, toasted nuts, Little Seed Farm soaps, and toffee!
Our schedule for the holidays is as follows: We will NOT be delivering on December 23rd or on December 30th. Weather permitting, we will be back to business on January 6th. Consider stocking up on items such as frozen meats, eggs, sweet potatoes and other root items, and hearty greens that will last a good while in your fridge!
PLEASE BRING US BACK YOUR BAGS!!! WE ARE GETTING LOW!!!
Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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!
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Dawson Local Harvest: 'Tis the Season for the Harvest!
Dawson Local Harvest for Dec. 11th
Check Out the Harvest for the Holidays!
HI EVERYONE!
Hard to believe that Christmas is just over two weeks away (wow, does time zip by). Here’s a few things to take note of.
For Christmas parties, dinner parties, and entertaining, The Harvest has you covered. Let’s start with the entrees. FIVE HENS FARMS has local free-range Beef and Pork for your dinners and great-tasting Free-range Eggs for dish preparation.
MY DAILY BREAD has a full slate of Baked Goods and Prepared items. Besides Breads, Yeast Rolls, Cookies of all description and much more, they have superb Appetizers like their Beer-buzzed Cheese Dip and their Hot Pepper Peach cheese log which I think is fabulous. What they make is different and special and you can really liven up any occasion with their unique selections.
And you gotta have Coffee at most any occasion, and JAVA GENESIS‘s Christmas Blend is a wonderful blend of Tanzanian and Mexican Coffee Beans with an amazing flavor (I’m buying one).
For great teacher, friend, relative, and hostess gifts take a look at Hanalei Bath, with an extensive menu of out-of-the-ordinary reasonably priced Bath and Beauty items.
So Gear Up, the Holidays are here!!
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
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Compost and Carrots
Good Evening,
This week I helped put up the last few boards for the three-stage compost at the Brenau Campus Garden, and played in the leaves (aka-raking for hours). It is a great reminder to encourage those at home to start or maintain a way to keep food scraps out of landfills! Instead of letting the precious organic matter go to concentrated waste sites, we can rebuild the soil around us. Mix the brown stuff (leaves) with the green stuff (food scraps)… and give it proper air, water, and time. Or! Since we aren’t one of the 200+ cities recycling food waste (or mandatory composting laws), check with a neighbor who gardens or a community garden close by, as they might love to turn your egg shells, veggie rinds, and leaf stalks from waste to rich soil. Read more about the State Of Composting In The U.S. here.
Let the cycle continue locally.
Don’t forget to order some carrots this week! Market open ’til 9pm tomorrow >>
Andrew in Hall
Chuck in Rabun
Teri in Habersham
Duette, FL: New Items Added
A little reminder that the market is open and ready to deliver. Some new items have been added since the last email. Tomatoes will be available next week. Thank you all for your support.
Betty and David
Berea Gardens: Market offerings for Dec 9
Hi Friends,
We want to welcome a few of you new members this week and thank you for your interest in our market.
The weather has been holding nicely for us this season and our produce is very nice for this time of year.
Just a reminder that when you come to pick up it is best if you drive around behind our building so we will be aware you are here. The back door is always open but the doors at the end of the main building are kept closed.
Blessings,
Bob
The Wednesday Market: Place Your Orders; Making Christmas Memories
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Be sure to check the website for this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
This is such a busy time of year for me, personally and professionally. There are so many special events, parties, and celebrations to cook for so my kitchen is in constant use. I wish that I could share with you all the delicious scents of the herbs and spices emanating from the baked goods in my oven right now!
In years past, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas have not always been my favorite. The challenge is too much work to do in too short of a timeframe – leaving me in a rather exhausted bah humbug mood. But this year, I am happy, even with the crush of all the work of producing custom baked goods, attending my boys’ special school activities, and attempting to decorate our home for the holidays. Wiser, older friends have encouraged me to “enjoy these times with your children, as it won’t be long until they’re grown!”
And, so, I’m heading into the Christmas closet right this moment to unearth the Nutcracker figurines for Charlie, who looks forward to putting them on the dining room mantel every year. I hope you all have the opportunity to create new Christmas memories with your family, too.
Thanks for supporting The Wednesday Market and for purchasing locally.
We’ll see you at The Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
I’m so excited that our farmers still have produce available. There are Kabocha Squash, a beautiful Asian variety and it is delicious. There is also Kale, Chard, a variety of herbs, and…..wait for it…..there is spinach this week!!
We also have a great variety of baked goods, jams and jellies, home made products, locally made ice cream and artisan cheeses, farm fresh eggs, and pork and poultry. Beef should be back this week as well!
Enjoy shopping this week!