Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

Don’t forget to order your favorite items online and pick them up at the market on Saturday!

The last market in the park will be October 25th. The first online order pick up date after market ends will be November 1st and we have a new pick up location. We will be located in the conference room adjacent to the new Main Street Siloam office, located in the parking lot where the food trucks are set up. More information will be provided as we get closer to November 1st.

Thank you to everyone who came out for Customer Appreciation Day! I will send out another email letting everyone know who the prize winners are.

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open!

Welcome back market,

Looks like Autumn came on strong while we took the week off. In the midst of falling leaves and artificial pumpkin spiced-everything, there’s still loads of local food to warm our souls. We even gained some new growers while you were gone. So rejoice! The market is back open with lots of new products!

• We’ve still got a few tickets left for our Fall Fundraiser: Foodcraft coming up this weekend. Learn new culinary skills from some of the most talented foodies around all while supporting your Arkansas Local Food Network. Tickets can either be bought through the market under ALFN Tickets and Gifts or through our eventbrite.

• A big market welcome to Birds & Bees Honey and their 100% pure, raw, and chemical-free honey straight outta South Arkansas. This honey is bursting with wild sweetness and comes with a whole host of health benefits.

• Another market welcome goes out to Crescent Creek Farm and their pasture-raised eggs. These eggs are from hens that are rotated across pastures where they are free to feel the wind in their feathers, pick the ground for delicious bugs, and generally embrace their chicken-ness in a natural, stress-free setting.

• Beautiful greens are back from Bee in my Bonnet Farm. Collard greens are basically meant for the crock-pot, dino kale would be great in a massaged salad, and her red russian kale should be scrumptious sauteed.

• Homegrown honeydew from Barnhill Orchards. Check out the specials section to get a great deal on matching a melon with their pears and/or cantaloupe.

• More muscadines, now from Kornegay Berry Farm. Turns out they’re not all that hard to de-seed, and it’s well worth it for this simple and delicious dump cake.

We’re so excited that the inaugural St. Joseph Farm Fest is just two weeks away! Farm Fest is a weekend celebration of sustainable agriculture and healthy lifestyles presented by St. Joseph Farm and the Farm and Food Innovation Center.
Join us during two days of farm tours, speakers, artisan craft demonstrations, local music, and good food and drinks at St. Joseph Farm in North Little Rock. You can donate here to help make this amazing festival happen and purchase tickets here to join in on the Fall fun.

Happy Autumn Eating!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

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Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder!

:This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow at noon.

The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 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

So many new things are happening at the Market!
We are carrying natural laundry products, jams and are working to bring more items in the coming months! So watch for that!!

I will be reaching out this coming week to those who expressed an interest in purchasing cold expelled coconut oil and fermented cod liver oil. Things for responding!

I’m really enjoying meeting all of you who come and support the Market! In case I haven’t gotten to talk to you except to just fill your order, my name is Cheryl and I’m the “new” kid on the block! I’ve known Pilar for a little while now and came to help out on the Farm this Summer. I’m the “Kombucha Girl” who has helped get a long awaited dream of Pilar’s off the ground! She believes in fermented and nutrient dense foods so this is one of many things we are planning to add to the Market.
I studied and received my certification as health and wellness coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition so the Market is important to me for the health and wellness of all of you!
If you have anything you wish we would carry, please reach out to me and let me know!

We are going to be offering gift baskets for the Holidays! How fun to give someone a basket of yummy natural products to pamper themselves with! We will keep you posted on those!

Look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!

Grateful for each and every one of you!!

Shop often and eat well!

Market Manager
Cheryl Gelatt
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our events and news.

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

It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
click here to go directly to the marketpage

Market News

TONS OF NEWS THIS WEEK

CFM BOARD MEETING will take place this Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center.
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Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) presents:
Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference, January 14-17, 2015 in Mobile, AL. For all the details, go to: www.ssawg.org/january-2015-conference/
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MAILING IN CHECKS
Dear Customers, please remember to send your checks to arrive before the following market. Kir has to post them to your account prior to market order closing, i.e. Monday at 10 a.m.
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CALLING ALL CUSTOMERS
Before we know it, the holidays will be here. It’s time to start thinking about holiday gifts and what you would like to see offered on the market. E-mail us your “wish lists” and we’ll see what our vendors can do!
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ONLY 4 MORE WEEKS
After October 28th, the market will no longer offer home delivery. Perhaps you could arrange with a friend/neighbor to pick up one week, and you take the next week.

You could also leave your order behind, but it MUST be picked up within 24 hours, i.e. 6 p.m. Wednesday. If the order is not picked up, it will be disposed of, and you must still pay for it. Please remember, other markets do not offer this service; we are trying to be as accommodating as possible within the restraints of the Community Center. As of this writing, there is still no freezer in the Center, so it is imperative your orders be picked up.

If you or someone you know may be interested in delivering to customers in Monteagle or Sewanee, please call Linda at 931-592-8384.
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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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There is plenty more available so take your time and check out the whole list.

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Coming Events

Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook Page .

Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!

Thank you for shopping with us!
Fall veggies are coming in – order your butternut squash and sweet potatoes!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Northeast Georgia Locallygrown Availability for Oct 3

Good evening Locavores
The evening is cool and fall is coming in a big way this weekend. Here in Tiger we are expecting a low temperature of about 37 Sunday morning.
Located at the head of Bettys Creek and lower slopes of Pickens Nose Mtn, Leah Lake Farm is preparing for a low of 34 degrees. Leah Lake is taking this week off from the market to prepare hoop houses for frost and also plant garlic and winter crops. We will miss their greens but, they will be back next week.
The cool temperatures will make the greens a little sweeter as well as wild delicacies like persimmons and fox grapes. This would be a good weekend for some hiking and wild foraging.
Put a blanket on the bed and enjoy the weekend, starting with foraging on Locallygrown.

Carolina Foothills, SC:  MARKET IS OPEN!!!!!!

Carolinafoothills.locallygrown.net

Hello all,

Sorry the market was opened so late today.

I am getting ready for the Easley Farmer’s Market as tomorrow is the final day for the season. I am printing 100 postcards to hand out regarding carolinafoothills so with luck we will gain some new customers/sellers.

Anyway, as always there are many items to check out so buy, buy, buy.

Susan.

Lake Placid Online Farmer's Market:  OCTOBER MARKET OPEN!

Hi everyone,

The October Market is now open for ordering and will be until the 6th (Monday) at 5 pm. Please send me an email with any questions at c.sausa0526@gmail.com.

Hope you have all been enjoying this unseasonably warm weather!

-Christie

Jonesborough Locally Grown:  Online ordering open!

Order now til Sunday at noon, pick up Monday 5-6pm at visitors center!

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

OCTOBER IN GEORGIA: A GLORIOUS TIME TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
HERE’S HOW WE’RE SPENDING OURS:

FRI, OCT 3 – MUSCADINE WINE MAKING WORKSHOP WITH FERMDAMENTALS. We’ve filled the classroom! See all you ticket-holders tonight!

SAT, OCT 4 – “TASTES OF EARTH” FARM TOUR & DINNER WITH CHEF CHARLEEN AND SOUTHERN NATIVE PLANTINGS AT LONGWOOD PLANTATION. This is also a sold-out event, happening tomorrow evening. See all you ticket-holders tomorrow!

TUE, OCT 7 – RAISED BED BUILDING GARDEN PARTY AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET. Come help us build raised beds to be planted throughout Harrisburg. Volunteer work starts at 4:30pm; share soup & salad with us afterwards.

THU, OCT 9 – GOAT CHEESE COOKING DEMO WITH THE EXEC CHEF OF EDGAR’S GRILL AT THE EVANS TOWNE FARMERS MARKET. It’s no secret: Trail Ridge Farm goat cheese is famously addictive. Come learn how to make it even better (as if that were possible) with Chef Lonnie. Starts at 4:30pm.

TUE, OCT 14 – CHILLIN’ AT THE CHILI COOKOFF AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET. You’re the judge at this competition among six MCG med students. Share chili and cornbread afterwards. Starts at 4:30pm.

TUE, OCT 21 – HANDCRAFT HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK MARKET, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEST END MARKET & BAKERY. Calling all local hand crafters: you’re welcome to sell at the farmers market that day! No table fee. Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org to sign up.

SAT, OCT 25 – CLEAN UP THE BRANCH-ES WITH THE BENDERDINKER. With exactly six months left til Dinker time, there’s some cleaning up to do along Betty’s Branch to get it ready for April! Bring your kayak or small motor boat, pack up a cooler, find your work gloves and maybe a handsaw or clippers. We’ll make it a day on the water! Think tailgating, but better. Starts at 9am. Big love to Kristina of the BenderDinker and to Larry of Broadway Tackle for making it all happen. The BenderDinker helps support our educational programs at ALG year-round.

SUN, NOV 2 – CROP MOB AT CLYDE’S FRESH PRODUCE FARM IN GROVETOWN. Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org for a volunteer afternoon on a beautiful local farm. Share a simple farm meal afterwards. Order you free meal ticket through ALG on-line!

SEE YOU ALL AT THE MARKETS!
Kim