South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Announcement from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse says:

We are taking orders through December 22 for beautiful Christmas kissing balls. Made with live greens and other natural materials, these balls are about 18" diameter and come in three styles. They are suitable to hang on a shepherd’s crook for a beautiful outside Christmas decoration. Each one is mounted on a sturdy hanger and includes a red ribbon bow.

Make a collection of common culinary herbs, to keep for yourself or to give as a gift. Please see the description under ‘Planters and Baskets’, and specify your choice of herbs from the list. If intended as a gift, please order early to allow time for custom preparation. Includes planter.

New Field Farm's Online Market:  ORDER FOR FRIDAY DEC. 12

Greetings,

We still have some carrots, onions, cabbage, celery root, garlic and kale to offer.

YOU CAN ORDER ANYTIME UNTIL THURSDAY DEC. 11 AT 8:00.

The Ailsa Craigs are now $1.00 each. They’re still large, but the area around the neck may be soft. I’ll try to find the hardest ones, but even with a soft neck 95% or more of the onion will be fine.

We just have the Winterbor kale, not the Lacinato. The leaves will be smaller like the last order. Not much growing going on now!

Thank you and stay warm.

Tim

McColloms Market:  FFFN Order Open Until Tomorrow at 5 pm

Just in case you plan to order and haven’t had a chance to do so yet.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Melinda

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder!

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

Hope everyone is enjoying getting ready for the Winter Holiday Season! It can be hectic but to see everyone’s excitement, the lights on people’s houses driving home and the yummy smells this time of year are all things that get me love this time of year!

Having said that…we want to enjoy our families the week of Christmas at the Farm so there will be no Market on December 23rd. We will be closed the week of Christmas. Please be sure to stock up on all your Holiday needs for Market on December 16th!

The Veggie Patch at Bouchard Farms
USDA Certified Organic
Local USDA Organic Produce Farm

Website: www.veggiepatchga.com

The Veggie Patch grows a huge variety of organic vegetables practicing sustainable organic farming in order to provide locally grown produce for a healthy lifestyle. On our 300 acre farm we harvest from about 30 acres as well as from 7 green houses.
The Veggie Patch organic veggies can be purchased at Athens Farmer’s Market, on-line locally grown markets, at the farm, or join our CSA to get a veggie box every week.

Callidora Farms

Website: www.callidorafarms.com

Grass-fed, pasture raised meats
Callidora Farms is owned and managed by Raul and Genel Rivera (The Farmers). Farming is new to them, but it has been in Raul’s heart since his childhood days. In 2008, Raul began searching for the perfect land to purchase and start farming. After 5 years of searching, he finally found the perfect 71-acre plot in historical Madison, GA where he and his family could live the dream of operating a sustainable farm. Soon after buying the land, The Farmers realized that sustainable farming is both a way of life and a business. Having little knowledge in farming, the first year and a half was a definite learning curve. During that learning curve the one philosophy they adhered to was to provide natural solutions to all of the challenges that they face so that the animals experience the best life possible.

A growing number of people want to know where their food comes from, how it is being raised, and who is raising it. The Farmers believe that the best way to obtain these answers is to get connected to farmers who are very passionate about how food is raised. Their passion for staying connected to their food source drives them to continue to seek better ways to farm.

We also have yummy baked goods in time for the holidays!

Rancho Alegre Freshly Made

Website: ranchoalegrefarm.com

Rancho Alegre Freshly Made produces freshly-made products for you and your family. We focus on gluten-free, low carb baking as well as healthy salsas with NO PRESERVATIVES. Everything made fresh on market pick up day.

If you are trying to be gluten-free or are looking for delicious freshly-made products, order from Rancho Alegre Freshly Made.

In stock now! Saddle Creek Bee Farm specializes in pure raw wildflower honey. This honey is collected from Gwinnett and Barrow Counties. It is a great item to beat those allergies! Mixed selection of squeezable plastic, and glass containers.

We also have Wilderness Family Naturals Coconut Sugar, Flour and Organic Popcorn in the Market for sale! When you come to pick up your order, check them out! They are also now online!

Please be sure to check out ALL our great Growers to prepare for your Holiday baking and meals!!

Remember we have Kombucha available! If you are not familiar with it, Kombucha is a naturally fermented tea with natural probiotics! It has been around for centuries originating in Asia. It is said to have healing properties and because it is naturally fermented, is a great support for the digestive system. When your here, ask me for a sample! I’d love your feedback!

If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!

*If anyone has plastic grocery bags you’d like to get rid of and recycle, we can always use them at the Market! Feel free to bring them with you on Tuesday…

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.

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open with Plenty of Gifts!

Good Morning Market,

Is it officially the most wonderful time of the year yet? Cause it sure is starting to feel like it. The lights in my neighborhood are popping up night after night, some radio stations are now only playing holiday music, and everyone’s begun the mad scramble for gifts. Speaking of gifts, the market’s got plenty of ’em! Besides the incredible quality of our products, purchasing local really is the gift that keeps on giving. When you spend your money with a small Arkansas family business, it allows them to invest that money back into making even more wonderful products that we then get to enjoy! Products like…

• Cookies in a jar from Green Acres Atkins. These cute quart mason jar kits come complete with all of the dry ingredients for one of nine varieties of cookies…just add liquid ingredients and bake!

• Glazed pecan meats from Bluebird Hill Berry Farm. Pecan meats are coated with egg whites and a sugar cinnamon mix then baked to produce a wonderful snack. A delicious gift…if you can handle giving them away!

• Check out the gift baskets and sets section for some beautiful gift sets from Tammy Sue’s Critters. Order any combination of her wonderful goat’s milk soaps, lotions, body butters, lip balms, and hair bars….just let her know in your order comment which scents you’d like.

• Or snag some stocking stuffer individual soaps from Homayd Natural Care Products. They’ve got everything from all-natural hand sanitizing spray to butter bars.

• My wish list is full of canned and pickled products like apple thyme sauce, spicy garden pepper marmalade, and Caribbean Paw Paw Sauce. Just saying’…

Remember filling out a customer survey in September as part of ALFN’s strategic planning? Welp, I’ll be sharing the results of our first phase of planning this Wednesday, December 10th from 1-1:45pm at the Clinton School of Public Service Sturgis Hall Classroom I. Just e-mail tljohnson@clintonschool.uasys.edu if you plan on attending. If you can’t make it but are still interested in the results, e-mail me at arlocalfoodnetwork@gmail.com to receive a copy.

Thanks so much and happy shopping!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

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!

Independence,VA:  The Market is open for delivery Friday December 12th at the 1908 Courthouse

Friends of the Market,
Thanks for making our Winter Markets a sucess again this year despite the less than lovely weather. Anne Donnelly was the lucky winner of the Gift Basket. The online market is open for shopping and pick up is back to the usual time and location for the rest of the season:10am to noon in the conference room of the 1908 Courthouse. Thanks for supporting the Market!
The links are here: http://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market/
you can also get there from the webpage, www.independencefarmersmarket.org

Stones River Market:  The Market is Back Open

Market News

Hard to believe we are already in the second week of December. The Market opens again with its variety of locally grown and made products.

The farmers and producers have provided me with the news this week.

Nuance Coffee & Tea has added several new teas to their offerings this week. They are: Se Chung Oolong, Sencha Kakagawa green tea, Double Berry Oolong, Fuji Apple Spice Sencha green tea, Kenya Changoi Lion’s Mane black tea, and Apple Spice Rooibos herbal. Enjoy!

“Season” Greetings from Chef Jenny. The Seeds of Success are back on the market this week with gifts for the holiday season. The Original Seasoning and Cinna-Spice jars come with a recipe card and an attractive bag. There is also the Holiday Snack Pack with Fruitcake and Sweet & Salty mix that comes tied with a festive ribbon. These are great gift for friends, family, teachers, and neighbors.

White City Produce and Greenhouse has added Christmas cactus and fruit baskets.

Wedge Oak Farm has added a couple of varieties of turkey sausage made from their pasture raised turkeys.

West Wind Farms has restocked many of their offerings of beef

There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.

Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too! If you have created a dish and want to share with everyone, please send it to me.

The recipe this week came to me from an email I received using food still is season. Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert. This book can be purchased from amazon.com.

Tish and I tried it earlier in the week. Tish thought it needed a few more potatoes and did add milk in place of some of the water.

Kale Potato Soup

What you’ll need:
1 large bunch of kale, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 large potatoes or sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
5 cups vegetable broth (or 5 cups water with vegetable bouillon)*

Steam kale and set aside. Melt butter in a large stock pot. Add garlic and onion and saute until golden. Add potatoes and broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft. Add steamed kale, then let cool a bit. Puree in batches in a blender until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

*If you like a creamier soup, you can substitute some of the water out for milk.

The Wednesday Market:  Good Morning! It's Time to Order

Good morning to all within The Wednesday Market community.

The Market is open, and it is time to place orders. Please order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Please visit the website for this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

We hope everyone has a restful Sunday, and we’ll see you Wednesday.

Thanks,

Beverly

United States Virgin Islands:  VI Locally Grown Market: Week of December 7, 2014

Good morning!

The VI Locally Grown market is open for orders. Thanks for supporting your local farmers and craft makers!

Don’t forget that the location of the market has changed and is now hosted at the Lawaetz Museum at Little La Grange on Mahogany road.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

-Jillian and your VI Locally Grown producers

United States Virgin Islands:  VI Locally Grown Market: Week of December 7, 2014

Good morning!

The VI Locally Grown market is open for orders. Thanks for supporting your local farmers and craft makers!

Don’t forget that the location of the market has changed and is now hosted at the Lawaetz Museum at Little La Grange on Mahogany road.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

-Jillian and your VI Locally Grown producers