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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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Jonesborough Locally Grown: Local Food Survey
In an effort to learn more about our region’s local food economy, the Appalachian RC&D Council is conducting a survey on residents of Northeast TN and Southwest VA. The ARC&D is currently working on a USDA Local Food Promotion Program grant and data collected from the survey will help inform their efforts. The survey should take between 5-10 minutes to complete. Here’s the link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/local-food-survey2
If you have any questions about or comments on the survey, please direct them to Alexis at alexis@arcd.org.
Thank you for your time and participation in the Local Food Consumer Survey!
Thanks,
Lexy
StPete.LocallyGrown.Net: Market NOW Open - July 20th, 2015
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FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS You are invited to watch our Market Tutorial before you begin. If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.
SPLG BENEFIT: Direct Order Service
Here’s how it all works: Whenever you order an item that is labeled as a “DIRECT ORDER”, the Grower will deliver that item to you at a convenient pre-arranged time, separate from your normal SPLG Friday delivery. These plants are too large for our regular Friday deliveries. There is NO additional cost to you for this service. An added convenience is that you will pay for the plant(s) with your regular order from us. The only difference is that you will receive an email contact from the Grower to schedule delivery. We are grateful to Growers who have such a passion for selling more developed plants—including exotic fruit trees—to assist customers in building sustainable & beautiful edible food forests.
Summertime Volunteer Opportunities
MARKET PRIORITIES: FIRST, particularly needed is a volunteer to pickup dairy in Oldsmar every other Thursday afternoon. We will not be able to continue carrying The Dancing Goat’s products as of Oct. 1st without a volunteer to go pick up the orders for our Market. Details at Market link below. Only SIX Markets remain before we must pull the plug on carrying these items. Even once a month would be better than no raw dairy at all. Please respond to make arrangements for this week if possible. NEXT PRIORITY – We have three shifts to fill for Friday deliveries. Commitment is a 3-hour shift between 1130AM & 630PM. Delivery volunteers are asked to train to become a part of our Friday team and attend a 20-minute phone conference orientation at their convenience. Teams of two deliver via large air-conditioned cargo van throughout St. Petersburg, near Largo, and into Gulfport. Volunteers must be detail oriented, working with checkoff sheets and distributing invoices. Our delivery duos are forming bonds and meeting smiling and grateful customers excited about their vegetables.
Details of volunteer needs for the following folks are listed at the links below.
St. Pete Locally Grown Market is the hub for selling & delivering fine products of many of St. Petersburg’s urban entrepreneurs.
Pioneer Settlement Garden in St. Pete
The Dancing Goat in Oldsmar
Alexandra Lake Farm in Dade City
Message from Your Market Manager
NOMINATE US?
We need your support with a nomination for St. Pete Locally Grown to enter into the competition for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay. Please link to Goods & Services and enter St. Pete Locally Grown into all the following categorie: Best Farmer’s Market, Best Place to Shop Green, and into Best Category We Forgot enter “Best Chemical-Free Food Coop”. Then link to People, Places and Politics and enter St. Pete Locally Grown as “Best Place to Volunteer”. Thanks in advance!
ORGANIC LEMONS
Ours are gorgeous and grown in USA! I have not seen a certified organic lemon in local health food stores any larger than a golf ball and they cost up to .99 each! Abundance is scarce so the price is way up. Ours cost a bit more than local pricing this week but they are a nice size, high quality AND you are getting them practically at cost. Thought you might like the best “Giveaway” we could find!
SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR YOUR MENU
Baby Globe Artichokes These are so beautiful! Wondering how to cook these? Here is a brief youtube showing how easy it is to prepare them. 2 or 3 per person should do it.
Tatsoi is one of the least understood MILD greens available on our Market. Pioneer Settlement and Brenon’s Homegrown have both carried these in the past and NOW Grower Faithful Farms has brought them back on board this summer! “…this unassuming Brassica vegetable is supercharged with calcium, carotenoids [for eye health], vitamin C and glucosinolates, which makes tatsoi one of the healthiest salad greens out there.” SOURCE: http://www.healwithfood.org/ Eat raw, steam, or stirfry and drizzle a little sesame oil on the finished product.
Roasting Radishes Here is just ONE reason out of five to roast radishes this summer, besides the fact it takes only 10 minutes. “Roasting mellows out their bite: If eating spicy radishes isn’t your favorite thing, you have to understand that roasting mellows them into sweet little bites.” SOURCE: Great recipe! and all the right reasons to change up your menu. Don’t miss Customer Kim’s posting on our Market Community Blog about the soup she made from radish greens.
FINDING DEALS ON OUR MARKET
I’ve done just some of the work for you below but remember to do a search in future Markets (on the Market page) by entering “sale” in the “product name” box at top of the product list to find all sale items. Or search for “direct service” to find larger plants for your expanding food forest. Filter products by “economy” to find larger size packages for big savings & lots of 1-pound bags of basil ready for pesto making! Filter by “giveaways” to find items that are priced just above cost to encourage you to try them out. Need help? Call YOUR Market Manager to learn how.
SALE PRICING
ALL coffee, Goat Chevre, Goat Kefir, Medjool dates, ALL lamb cuts (there will be no more lamb in the future), Molly’s Suds products including dog wash, several pork cuts, one of Jennifer’s incredible Remedies, and both warm & cold smoked salmons.
“GIVEAWAY PRICING”
GIVEAWAYS are your chance to try items you might not otherwise try. This week our “giveaways” include organic butter, dark sweet cherries, ALL size salmon portions, high quality USA lemons, and luscious tatsoi greens. You won’t know what you’re missing until you’ve tried them. Giveaway pricing is here for the summer to help us all save money and avoid waste.
SPLG’S FRUIT BASKET
Fancy lemons, dark sweet cherries, Medjool dates, seedless green grapes (recipe for Sunken Grape Cake which I have made numerous times), luscious peaches, and both green and ripe papayas grown in St. Pete!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Our Market has high standards for what it sells. Despite that—as seasons transition—the challenges of evolving weather and pesky insects can take its toll on the crops. Market Growers are being very selective about what they are willing to present to you. No, it won’t always be picture perfect (which is part of its charm) and sometimes an insect is going to evade capture! But we won’t send you anything that we wouldn’t eat ourselves. If for any reason we have goofed and you are dissatisfied, please report it to me right away so we can rectify the situation. That’s how we get better and we all benefit from that. Your satisfaction is key to our success as a resource for St. Petersburgs’ lovers of chemical-free, organically & locally grown vegetables.
YOUR COMMENTS REQUESTED
If you are happy with our produce, products and services, PLEASE leave us a brief review on Local Harvest, a national directory of farms, markets, CSAs and folks like us. Just click here to “Post a Review”?
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.
Upcoming Events
All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
- “Monthly Potluck Social”, July 25th, Nathan’s Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM for active Market customers, growers, and volunteers. BY Whoozin.com e-vite ONLY. SPEAKER THIS MONTH: Rita Sewell, always a knowledgeable and very interesting speaker! “Why I Volunteer” Come hear Rita Sewell-a 5-year veteran volunteer of SPLG and longtime local activist and community volunteer within St. Petersburg. For Rita, growing community is an interactive process of give and take. She will share her experiences volunteering for St. Pete Locally Grown and promote more volunteer participation from our Market Community. NOTE FROM YOUR MM: Let’s make this a celebration of volunteerism at large. All social attendees are encouraged to mingle after Rita’s talk and to promote the organizations that they volunteer for. You may bring handouts to pass around.
- “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Aug. 8th, 8-10AM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
- “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Aug. 15th, 8-10AM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
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!
Dawson Local Harvest: Summertime Produce
Dawson Local Harvest for June 24th
Summertime Produce in July
HI EVERYONE!
Hope you are all finding a way to stay cool! Here’s the news for The Market this week.
LEILANI’S has a very attractive, unusual white Eggplant named Gretel with an outstanding mild flavor ready this week. You could use this grilled instead of the Oriental Eggplant (see recipe in the Recipes section) which would be a real eye-catcher. Also, the Okra is almost ready, so stay tuned.
No Bread this week. Due to maintenance requirements MY DAILY BREAD is “offline” this week. Bummer. They’ll be back next week.
If you’re looking for a safe, all-natural laundry detergent, take a look at the offering from HANALEI BATH in the Home and Garden Supplies section. Made from pure Coconut oil soap and essential oils, Litsea Lavender Laundry Soap is great for people with sensitivities and only requires one tablespoon per load. Give it a try!
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
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
*NEW this week: Green Fork Farm has Thai basil, sweet italian frying peppers, long red cayenne peppers and shiitakes, and Bee Well Gardens has a few new varieties of plants for you to choose from. Figgieville also has a new shipment of olives and olive oil straight from the grower in California.
Also available this week:
*Vegetables—Onions, potatoes, tomatoes, tomatillos, green bell peppers, red mexi-bell peppers, jalapenos, poblanos, anaheims, long red cayennes, sweet italian frying peppers, and sweet banana peppers.
Herbs—Green basil, purple basil, Thai basil, sage, mint, tarragon, and mixed herb bunches.
Mushrooms—Fresh log-grown Shiitakes.
Meat—Pastured beef and chicken.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut and jalapenos.
Cookies—Chocolate chip cookies made with wheat or oat flour.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Plants and Flowers—Culinary, medicinal, and pollinator plants, ready-made flower arrangements.
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 SFMNP!
Gwinnett Locally Grown: Sunday Market Reminder! Running Wild Alaskan Seafood, LLC Salmon Update!
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.
Salmon Update!
What’s up with the Salmon?
The salmon are running and Bill from Back in Time Farm will be supplying Alaskan Wild Caught salmon through his son, Running Wild Alaskan Seafood, LLC. He is going to Homer, Alaska and will be back with salmon and have it posted for the Market opening on Thursday, August 6th. It will be open to order then but we will be notifying and watching for those who were on the list to make sure their orders are handled first. You may continue to order after the first week until the supply runs out. I’m being told that there may be a chance for a second catch to be added but not guaranteed yet. So if you are wanting salmon, I recommend purchasing while you have the chance.
This deliciously fresh salmon is carefully selected directly from the fishermen’s nets from the cold Alaskan waters before it ever enters the ship’s hold. Only the best is chosen to become part of " Running Wild Alaskan Seafood’s" premium offerings. The fish is immediately bled and iced down before making the short boat ride to the processor located in Homer, Alaska. Here it is quickly processed and flash frozen (to ensure freshness) then packed into coolers for the overnight trip to Georgia. This is the freshest salmon available without going to Alaska to catch it yourself. Red Sockeye salmon is packed with flavor and nutrition.
We are within a week or so of having this salmon at our very own market! The packages will be in a couple different ounce packages and range in prices based on $19.00 a pound.
We are placing an order for Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil if anyone is interested in ordering! Please email me at grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com with your contact info and what you want to order. Thanks!
Workshops for July
Beekeeping for Beginners with Jay
This is a one hour condensed instructional class that will take you through a brief history of honey bees and into the A-Z basics of the keeping of bees.
Wed. July 22, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $10
To attend please RSVP on facebook or meetup.com.
Yummy Raw Snacks Workshop with Marilyn
The raw food diet: benefits including improved digestion, more energy and improved overall health. Join us for a class about what makes live food so yummy. Watch demos and taste a variety of delicious sweet and savory snacks.
Tue. July 28, 2015 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: $10
To attend please RSVP on facebook or meetup.com.
Mozzarella Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew
This workshop is 60 minutes, includes a mozzarella cheese sampling once finished. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.
Tue. Aug. 11, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $5
To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.
Wine Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew
This workshop is 60 minutes, includes a mozzarella cheese sampling once finished. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.
Wine making workshop, Session 1: Tue. Sep. 22, 2015
Wine making workshop, Session 2: Tue. Oct. 20, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM for both sessions
Cost: $25
– Session 1 | Sanitizing steps, mixing the ingredients, tips/tricks
– Session 2 | Bottle, Cork, and label your wine, take it home
To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.
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 input!
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.
The Wednesday Market: The Wednesday Market is Open
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Lots of great veggies! Here is the link:
https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you for supporting locally grown agriculture and for choosing to buy locally.
We’ll see you on Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly
Russellville Community Market: RCM Opening Bell
Welcome to another RCM Market Week!
Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!
Happy shopping! Eat Local!
Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.
Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.
Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Reminder:Place your co-op order today!
Just a friendly reminder that the market closes today at 6 pm. (I decided that since summer days are longer to extend our market just a little longer also to 6 pm instead of 5 pm…)
Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Tuesday!
Palouse Grown Market: Last day to order!
Happy Sunday!
It’s the last day of the week to order from your local online farmers market.
https://pgm.locallygrown.net/market
New, fresh, naturally grown products every week!
Check out the abundance the Palouse has to offer!
Thank you,
Holly
Market manager
CLG: Opening Bell: Last week for CORN!!!
Good afternoon,
Drink water! The heat is here for a while, and the goodies keep coming. Green Acres Atkins has cantaloupes, melons, and cured organic garlic. Barnhill Orchards still has zucchini! :-) And also tomatoes, okra, and onions! Check out all the local food being grown for you. It’s packed with flavor and nutrients for better health.
Note from Hardin Farms: This will probably be the last week for corn, cantaloupes and melons, so get them while you can. Corn and cantaloupe freeze very easily. We appreciate all the folks at Conway Locally Grown!
Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table.
The market is now *OPEN *for orders. Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846