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.
Gwinnett Locally Grown: The Market is open for ordering!
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
We had a great turnout for the cheese making class! Thanks to all who attended!
Workshops
Join us for a workshop! You’ll be amazed by the plethora of information and lessons offered by our fantastic workshop instructors. Our workshops cover subjects such as gardening, nutrition, nutrient dense foods, natural remedies, essential oils, and much more!
Our goal is to host one workshop a week which will always be on Tuesday. The workshop schedule will rotate from 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM for the community’s convenience. The farm brings workshops to the community as an outreach to share the wealth of knowledge we have attained over the years. We do not charge for these events but allow the speakers to charge a fee to cover their time and supplies. We hope everyone will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Please share this with all your friends and family and RSVP via FB Eventsand/or Meet-Up.
The next workshop is:
Build a Rain Barrel Workshop with Ken
Tue. Mar. 24, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Building a rain barrel for your garden helps with water conservation. Each person will build their own rain barrel with Ken’s help. RSVP on facebook or meetup.
We start the new year all wanting to get healthier and start eating right and exercising but sometimes we get stuck because we eat and feel bloated and run down and loose our motivation.
When your digestive system is off, your health can suffer in all sorts of ways. In addition to digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, or gas, you may also experience food allergies, weight gain, eczema, exhaustion, asthma, and more.
*If unaddressed, these symptoms can manifest into chronic health conditions. *
Here are 10 things that you can do to heal your digestive system by Katrina at Mind Body Green…
1. Chew your food.
Good digestion starts in the mouth. When you chew your food well, it eases the work required from your digestive system, so your body can focus on other tasks instead.
2. Eat real foods.
Focus on whole, fresh foods. Avoid the “fake” stuff, including processed foods and fast-foods, which are typically high in refined salt, sugar, and processed oils. Also, they’re difficult for your body to digest, and they don’t provide any nutritional value.
3. Eat fermented and cultured foods.
Fermented foods are high in “good bacteria” and eating them will help you to regenerate your gut flora naturally. The greater the variety of fermented and cultured foods you can include in your diet, the better. Try eating sauerkraut, kefir, fermented vegetables, kimchi, or Kombucha. If you have a severe gut disorder, start slowly. Allow time for your internal environment to change and for your digestive system to become healthier and stronger.
To read the rest of the article, http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-17784/10-simple-ideas-to-heal-your-digestion-naturally.html
_As Always….
_Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living. *_
Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!
Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Cheryl Gelatt
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
Cross Timbers Food Cooperative: CTFC Market Open for March 28 Pick-up
Hey, folks—
Ordering for the second March delivery is OPEN.
Orders can be placed through Sunday, March 22.
Pickup is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, March 28.
Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative
ALFN Local Food Club: Weblog Entry
Don’t forget to place your order before The Market closes at noon today. There are so many things you don’t want to miss out on, like: pastured eggs, fresh ricotta, buffalo brisket, edible flowers, frozen berries, garlic chives, shiitake mushrooms, raw honey, glazed pecans, chipotle hummus, multigrain bread, firecracker tea, lemon drop pepper jelly, beef bones, chicken stock, T-shirts, goats’ milk lotion, lavender candles, Easter napkins, organic compost, gift baskets, citrus trees, and 633 more products from 34 fantastic local farmers and artisans! It would be impossible not to find something you can’t live without.
-Rebecca Wild
Program Manager
Do you have questions or comments about this, or any, weblog? Thoughts on local food, goods, or events? Reply to this email and let us know what’s on your mind. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - March 18, 2015
Local Raw Honey
Spring Allergies? Hay fever? Time to buzz by the Cumming Harvest for your local HONEY….
Spring is here – Hooray!!
With it comes the warm weather we have all been looking forward to but unfortunately for allergy sufferers Spring also arrives with lots of pollen. Now is the time to start taking raw, local honey to help alleviate pesky Spring allergies and hay fever. Honey is a well known remedy for allergies, but did you know it HAS to be locally produced for it to work. Makes sense when you think about it, your local bees are gathering pollen from the wildflowers around you to create their honey. By ingesting local honey, we help our immune systems deal with the local pollens around us.
Also, the honey should be raw, honey that is not raw has been pasteurized. During the pasteurization process many nutrients are sensitive to heat and will be destroyed. It’s the beneficial enzymes found in raw honey that make it so digestible to humans.
At the Cumming Harvest we offer a variety of honey products from B&B Enterprises who offer not only local and raw honey, but pesticide free as well!
Owners of B&B Enterprises – Bob & Bev Bradbury’s grow over 200 kinds of flowers, 36 kinds of vegetables, 12 kinds of fruit, many herbs and other bushes and trees.The bees not only pollinate the plants but bring back to the hives the pollen and nectar from which they make the honey. No insecticides are ever used on any of their products.
Pick Up Options
COLONY PARK PICK-UP This is our main location and all orders will be prepared for you for pick up at this location if you don’t choose another option below. You can order and pick up meat and seafood at this location.
VICKERY PICK-UP – Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom pick up is between 1:00-1:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP item in the categories on the The Market page/tab. Customers choosing to pick up at Vickery should not order meat or seafood as we cannot transport meat and seafood due to Dept. of Ag regulations.
DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1:30-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.
Group Buy
Green Pastures – Place your order online for Cod liver oil and coconut oil. Payment is due the week you order and your items will be available for pick up the following week.
Raw Cheese – Place your order online for raw Amish cheese from Meadow Valley Farm in Indiana. Orders are to be pre-paid and cheese will be available for pick up the following week.
Butter – Butter is available NOW, you may send me an email to add it to your order or just pick some up on Saturday.
Market Classes
Herbal Gardening and Gardening Basics offered by Ladies Homestead Gathering of Dawson/Forsyth
MARCH 29 – 2pm – Leilani’s Gardens in Dawsonville
Leilani, owner of Leilani’s Gardens on hwy 53 in Dawsonville will be teaching us about growing herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes, starting from seeds, organic practices in gardening and answering any and all of your questions. Facebook Event
Homemade Baby Formula
APRIL 11 – 9-10am – The Cumming Harvest
We all know breast is best but sometimes breastfeeding is just not possible. Fortunately, there is another option besides commercial baby formula. The Weston A. Price Foundation has created a nutritionally balanced recipe for homemade baby formula using real food. We will discuss sources for the ingredients and demonstrate how to make it.
Here is a link with more information about the recipe: Weston Price Baby Formula Recipe
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The Market is closed
The Market is Closed.
Please pick up your orders at Emergent Arts between 3:30-5:30 pm (earlier the better) on Friday, March 20th.
Thank you for your support.
Hannah Seewald
Market Manager
509-936-2151
Champaign, OH: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I know…I am late in the day but the sentiment is the same!!
Hoping you had a great day if you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!! I went out for a little bit of Irish fun, and now it’s time to let you know that the market will close at 10pm, tonight!!
Go, race, run….get those orders in before you miss out on all of the local goodness!!
You still have time…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
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
Cape Locally Grown: We're in the News!
If you haven’t seen it already, check out our story this week in the Southeast Missourian here
“We’re in the Newspaper!”
But, let’s get back to reality. We’ve got more great deals this week! With your order of $25 or more, get a free pint of fresh peach ice cream from Cream of the Crust! Buy two loaf breads from Green’s Garden get a small Italian flatbread free!
Plants are beginning to grow as spring is springing! Stay tuned for more veggies to come in the next few weeks. As always, thanks for your support and for your work in creating our local food system.
The growers and artisans of Cape Locally Grown
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.
Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup on Friday, March 20th. 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 Twitter: @conwaygrown
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846