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Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!


Statesboro Market2Go is open!
Be sure to place your order this week.

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Northeast Georgia Locallygrown Availability list for Mar 6.


Good Evening Locavores
This week-end is a herald for spring with our shift to daylight savings time.
Remember to set your clocks forward Saturday night.
Lets hope that sun and warmer days for the weekend will be the start of a genuine warming trend. Every added minute of sunlight each day now is giving a boost to new plant growth.
Enjoy the weekend and eat local food.

Superior Seasons:  Great New Products to Try




Order Now (until Monday at 4:30pm) for Pickup or Delivery next Wednesday! We are still offering HOME DELIVERY to Individual customers! Restaurants, Institutions, and other wholesale customers can access delivery with wholesale pricing – ask us how! CLICK HERE, to see what’s available, set up your account, and order.

See What’s Featured and New Click HERE

Read our Recipe’s section HERE

South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Time to Order Local Food!





It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
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To Contact Us

Cumberland ’s Market
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
931-592-3399 (no voice mail)

Recipes

Market News

FROM WHITE CITY PRODUCE & GREENHOUSES
Register for our CSA during March and receive $10.00 off the share price. And don’t forget, the deadline for ordering your CSAs is APRIL 30.
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ISO BLUEBERRY BUSHES
One of our customers is looking for blueberry bushes (high bush) for sale. If you or anyone you know has some, please send a (new) e-mail to cumberlandfm@gmail.com. (Do NOT Reply to this e-mail.)
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IF YOU COME TO MARKET
and forget your check book, credit card, or cash, we will give you an addressed envelope to take with you. If you have a left-behind order, we will put an envelope on the refrigerator door in the kitchen for your payment. Your payment should be mailed within 24 hours of market closing so it will arrive in time to post to your account before the next market.
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EXTENDING YOUR GROWING SEASON
Three webinars, each 75 minutes long, remain in March. All webinars will be broadcast from 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. EST.
Webinar Schedule
• March 10 — Crop, Irrigation & Equipment Options
• March 17 — Insect, Weed & Disease Control
• March 24 — Producer Views & Series Wrap-up
For more information, and to register, please contact Miranda at 859-218-4384 or miranda. hileman@uky.edu.
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EBT CAPABILITY IS BACK!
We are pleased to announce that the CFM is once again able to process EBT cards.
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REQUESTING DELIVERY
If you would like your market order delivered, please contact Rachel Lynch. E-mail: radelo50@yahoo.com or phone 931-598-0774.

Payment of all CFM orders MUST be made in advance of Tuesday’s delivery. Checks must be mailed in time to be posted to customer accounts before closing of market ordering on Monday. Mail checks made out to CFM to Kir Strobel, 744 Timberwood Trace, Monteagle, TN 37356.
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PLACING AN ORDER
Before you order, be sure you see the little shopping cart. If you do not, log out and log in again. If this fails, turn off your computer completely and start again. This includes ordering from smart phones.

If you want to leave a comment for a grower, be sure to put it in the “Leave comment for grower” area in RED beneath the item you’re ordering. Placing comments in the market manager section will not be seen by the growers.
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Don’t forget…
If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. E-MAIL OR CALL US to get the problem solved so you will not be disappointed on market day.

Please remember the market closes at 10 a.m. on Monday; therefore, your order must be completed and placed, and you should be signed out of the software.
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If you have any questions, please call (931.592.3399, no voice mail) or e-mail (cumberlandfm@gmail.com) us.

Kir Strobel & Linda Boynton
Market Co-Managers


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Lake Placid Online Farmer's Market:  Time for March Farmer's Market!


Hello Everyone,

The March Farmer’s Market is open! Spring is right around the corner (we hope) and as always there are some great offerings available. Please email at christiesausa@icloud.com with any questions.

Best,
Christie

Augusta Locally Grown:  THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!N


SPRING IS IN THE AIR … AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!

COLLEGE SUMMER INTERNS … We are excited to put together several college internship positions for Summer 2015. These positions will match students’ academic interests and talents to the needs of our local food community. Stayed tuned for an official announcement soon!

THU, MAR 12 – 100 IN HARRISBURG PROJECT … We’re so, so close to finishing those 100 raised beds at individual homes. 82 in, 18 more to go! Come help us fill these beds with soil on Thursday, March 12. We’ll be working from 9am-3pm; your help at any point in the day would be very appreciated. Text Kim at 706-288-7895 to find us, as we’ll be on the move!

THU, MAR 12 – FERMENTED MILK WORKSHOP … Danielle Shelton of “Thoroughbrewed” is back! This time teaching a hands-on workshop with milk, including yogurt, kefir and skyr. Tickets are on sale through our on-line market. The workshop will be held 5:30pm-7pm, at the Local Foods Classroom at 1808 Broad Street, in Harrisburg.

SAT, MAR 14 – BEEKEEPING 101 SEMINAR … The good folks of Clyde’s Fresh Produce will be hosting a free Beekeeping 101 Seminar for beginners at Grovetown Feed and Seed on Saturday, March 14, from 3pm-5pm. Local apiarist Dr. Steve Powell will instructor. Address is 5234 Wrightsboro Road, Grovetown, GA. For more information, contact Foster Olson at 706-951-4190.

TUE, MAR 17 – OPENING DAY AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET … “Dark Leafy Green St. Patty’s Market Party” is what we’re calling our opening day festivities this season. And yes! We’ll be doubling SNAP/EBT again this year. This will be a “soft opening,” given that the rains have held back the farmers spring planting. The market is in Harrisburg, across from the Kroc Center, every Tuesday, 4:30pm-7pm, through October.

WED, MAR 18 – THE GEORGIA DIETETICS CONFERENCE will be held in Augusta this year. ALG will provide an educational booth on local foods. We’ve already been blessed with a great volunteer corp for this event! Thank you!

SAT, MAR 21 – GROW HARRISBURG PRESENTS: RE-VIBETHE COFFEE HOUSE! Details soon!!

MARCH 23 – HERB TEACHING GARDEN AT HELMS COLLEGE … We’ll be helping the culinary arts students at Helms get a spring start on their herb garden again this year. Let us know if you can help! 8am-10am.

MARCH TBABEE THERE! … GROW Harrisburg partners with Denice Traina of the Harrisburg Honey Cooperative to host “Bee There,” a short-and-sweet free beehive installation workshop. The date is still unknown; apparently honey bees don’t use calendars;) Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org to sign up!

THUR, APR 2 – OPENING DAY AT THE EVANS TOWNE FARMERS MARKET … We’re taking vendor, sponsor and volunteer application now!!! Also looking for musician and cooking demo volunteers. Visit our updated website at www.evanstownefarmersmarket.com. The market opens April 2. And good news: we’ll be doubling EBT too!!!!

TUE, APR 7 – SEEDLING DAY … Participants of our 100 Raised Beds in Harrisburg will be invited to chose from thousands of free fruit and vegetable seedlings (baby plants) that G.R.O.W. Harrisburg volunteers started at the GRU campus greenhouse this winter. If you’ve got any extra spring seedlings to share, or if you can come help people plant those seedlings, come join this fun effort. Distribution will be held at the Veggie Truck Farmers Market between 4p-7pm on Tuesday, April 7. It’s all headed up by Master Gardener Phil Williams.

SAT, APR 11 — SHEAR FUN AT KHAKALAKI FARM … This family-friendly event will include the full range of fiber fun, from sheep shearing to spinning and knitting demos. Kids activities, farm tour and a farm lunch will be included. Overnight camping at this beautiful site is also an option. Tickets are on sale now through this website! $20 for adults; $5 for kids. Space is limited.

SUN, APR 12 – THREE FARM TOUR AND PROGRESSIVE MEAL … Join us for an educational tour and a three-course farm meal … with a different course at each location. Starters at Spirit Creek Farms in Augusta; Stews at Noah’s Farm & Forest in Keysville; Sweets at JandL Farm & Stable in Hephzibah. Tickets are on sale now through our on-line market. To order by mail, email kim@augustalocallygrown.org. $20/person. Space is limited to 20 participants.

SAT, APR 25 – BENDERDINKER! Registration is OPEN! Visit www.benderdinker.com. The BenderDinker is our only big fundraiser each year for Augusta Locally Grown, and the presenting sponsor of the Evans Towne Farmers Market.

FRI & SAT, MAY 22-23 – SHADOW BBQ RETURNS! – This local competition bbq team will again compete in “BANJO-B-QUE,” a nationally-sanctioned event in Evans! Better yet, they feature local meats from local farmers while also promoting Augusta Locally Grown. Save this date, buy your tickets and GO SHADOW BBQ!!!

SUN, MAY 31 – FAMILY FARM DAY … Come meet your farmers at Clyde’s Fresh Produce in Grovetown. Show up anytime between 2pm-6pm to see all the goings on at this bio-diverse local farm. Seasonal samples and young farm animals make it all the more fun. Save the date.

MON, JUNE I – RAINWATER WORKSHOP FOR URBAN VEGGIE GARDENS … Join us for another “pop up” food-growing workshop. This one will be held at Bottle Tree Farm in Augusta. Instructors Candace & Nate Zukas will share the nitty gritty details of their own rain barrel system, which waters their beautiful urban farmette. 5:30pm-7pm. $5/person. This one will sell out fast!

TUE, JUNE 2 – Augusta Locally Grown is truly honored to be a partner in the Fruit & Veggie Rx pilot project, a first-ever for the Southeast! The pilot will be hosted and coordinated by the Harrisburg Family Healthcare clinic, funded and designed by Wholesome Wave Georgia, educationally enhanced by Icebox Ministries, academically enhanced by Emory University, held together by Good Neighbor Ministries/St. Luke UMC, and made real by medical student volunteers from MCG. Augusta Locally Grown is the project’s cheerleader. June 2 is the project’s kick-off date! Your donations would be very much appreciated.

McColloms Market:  March FFFN Market is OPEN!!


Hi All:

This Month’s Market is now open for business and will be open until Monday at 5 pm. Pick up will be next Wed., the 11th from 4:30 – 6:45 at 118 Shepard Ave.

Happy shopping and have a good weekend.

Melinda
(518) 354-0202

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Market is Open!


The Market is now open for ordering…Happy Shopping!

Market Closes at 8:00pm Monday!
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 6:30pm
Pickup Location: All Saints Lutheran Church
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
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Hop on over to the Market and place your order…


Thank you for your support!

See you at Market on Thursday!




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Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Market is Open!


The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Thank you for your cooperation in getting to Market early yesterday!

Market Closes at 8:00pm Monday!
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 6:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit Ozone
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046


Take me to the Crossfit Market.

Joyful thoughts and bountiful blessings,

~Maryanne

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Aiken:  The market is open


The market is open now. It will stay open until 8pm Monday. Thank you