Green Fork Farmers Market:  Weekly Product List

Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,

Here’s a summary of what’s available for preorder from now until Tuesday at noon for this Wednesday’s market:

Vegetables
NEW this week—Green Fork Farm has snap beans, cucumbers, and small salad onions.

Also available—green bell peppers, jalapenos, potatoes, Shiitake mushrooms, and fresh garlic.

Meat
Pork, beef, duck, lamb, chicken, and items for soup stock.

Herbs
Green basil, Thai basil, parsley, mint, fennel leaf, lovage, thyme, sage, chives, and mixed herbs.

Eggs
Free range chicken and duck eggs.

Prepared foods
Lacto-fermented sauerkraut and jalapenos, salsa, cookies, olives and olive oil, dried Shiitake mushrooms and mushroom powder.

Botanical bath and beauty products
Soap, sugar scrub, muscle salve, moisturizer, lip balm, scented oil, facial elixir, mouthwash, and massage oil.

Pet products
Dog bones and frozen, ground meat for pet food.

Baby chicks are also still available this week.

Go ahead and place your order, and we’ll see you on Wednesday!

Thanks,

Green Fork Farmers Market

Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
In the Breezeway 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.

Farm Where Life is Good:  Online Market is OPEN for Business (Week 29)

Well, I guess Rog’s lifting restrictions are off now!

Life on the Farm (Week 29)

We awoke to another distraction. I can either be overjoyed that I don’t have to go find the carrots seedlings in the weeds today, or I can be majorly disturbed by the fact that we have an 24+" diameter mature box elder tree down across our driveway. The downpour we received yesterday was the proverbial straw on the camel; the soil gave up the ghost on the big old tree’s rootball. Over she came. So the carrot-weed competition shall continue for another few days, and the pile of maple cooking firewood will grow immeasurably. (And I will be able to go to work tomorrow!)

Summer squash is in full flowering kick! We will have squash this week!

Ok, enough yammerin’; I need to get back to the tree and prevent Rog from undoing all of the nice surgeon’s work.

The Market is now open for your produce delights.

Ordering will be open from Sunday morning until Monday 8pm. Get your orders in now so harvesting can begin specific to your requests.

Deliveries will be made Wednesday per usual to your chosen Dropsite Location .

Recipes for your consideration

Sorry, I’m just going to refer you to the Recipe section on the website for some useful recipes this week. Hard physical labor calls to me.

If anyone has some good recipes for this weeks ingredients, pop on over to the website and enter them there for everyone’s benefit!.

Did You Know…

The box elder tree, Acer negundo, is a small (nope, I don’t agree_), usually fast-growing (certainly is!) and fairly short-lived (_50 years is youngster for at tree, wish it were the same for us!) tree that grows up to 10–25 metres (33–82 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of 30–50 centimetres (12–20 in) , rarely up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) diameter (yep, that’s the truth). It often has several trunks and can form impenetrable thickets.

Subscription Box Highlights

Anticipated this week for the CSA/Subscription Boxes:

Broccoli
Kale
Cabbage
Head lettuce
Green onions
Kohlrabi
Summer squash
Cucumbers
Thyme
Garlic chives

Start your meal planning now!

We hope to feed you soon!

Roger and Lara

**If you’d like to stop receiving emails, just jump into your account on the website (farmwlig.locallygrown.net, My Account) and scroll to bottom; check appropriate box.

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  SUNDAY MARKET REMINDER

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow (Monday) 9.a.m.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. 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
Benji from Anderson Farm has some additions to his pork line for this week; as of this writing Lisa from Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch has “sticks” of honey (on-the-go personal snack size) left and Back River Farm has pints of Sungold Yellow Tomatoes (the only yellow tomatoes I really, truly love!)

I am on a “working” vacation, so I will see you in a couple weeks, but Dave will be handling market this week.

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
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. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. For right now, we generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please call Nik first to verify. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!

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!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  "Bits and Bites" July 12, 2014

Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:

Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information

The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.

Volunteers Needed

My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Volunteer Coordinator, Chance Claar-Pressley. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com .

“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, The Wallace Family and and Sue Martinson who all volunteered at the Lilburn Market on Thursday; Sara Heath and Sarah Rockey who volunteered for the Hamilton Mill Market on Wednesday!

We still need YOU! Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!

If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.

and now for the news…

Farmer Updates

Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips, New Potatoes and Zephyr Squash. Since many of us enjoyed the tiny yellow and green Zephyrs last year, I asked him to make these available again. Perfect for ‘dipping’ in your favorite homemade dressing as a snack or raw side dish!

Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice!

Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and the new Tomato Lovers Box! Doug shared samples of his delicious ‘V-7’ Tomato based juice with folks at the Lilburn Market this past week. Be sure and pick up a copy of his wonderful recipe this week at all Market pickups!

Miss Vicky of Fry Farm ‘Candy Onions’, ‘Cippolini’ Onions, ‘Red Candy Apple’ Onions’, ‘Superstar’ Onions, Shallots, Squash and Zucchini! Vicky has listed ‘Superstar Onions’ as a Weekly Special – great deal, so be sure and check it out! Also, Vicky has added ‘Braided Garlic’! Not only is this garlic a yummy addition to your savory dishes, the Garlic Braid looks great hanging in your kitchen. Brings back childhood memories for me! Constantly adding new items as they come available, Vicky works hard to provide wonderful products!

Roger and Reggie Ramos of Grow With The Flow are our ‘newest Farmers’ and are offering: ‘Asparagus’ Beans, ‘Chinese Mosaic’ Beans, ‘Provider’ Beans, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Kale, ‘New Zealand’ Spinach, Squash and Zucchini at the Lilburn Market only.

The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, ‘Silver Queen’ Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of sweet and hot, peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.

Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!

David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!

Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!

My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are offering lots of goodies! From Challah to German Rye, Chocolate Zucchini Bread to Cookies, Dabrielle’s Organic, Fresh Baked Goods are sure to please. They have also listed both Blackberries and Blueberries! They are in short supply, so be sure and get your order in today! In order for them to deliver from their wonderful Bakery and Farm located in Cleveland, GA, we must meet a minimum, so be sure and get your items ordered today!

I tease Marie of Bakery on Brooks that she is my ‘mad-scientist-baker-friend’! Her latest creation, Hummingbird Bread, with some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can enjoy! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!

Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! Try any of Jay’s Creamed Honey for a special tasty treat on toast! My favorite is the Cherry Creamed Honey!

Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!

The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies! Located in Butler, Georgia, Sam’s cows enjoy grazing on 1200 acres of this Certified Organic Farm and we are fortunate that he is willing to transport this fresh, creamy milk to us. Working together, we need to ensure that we meet a minimum order for each Market so it remains economically viable for deliveries to continue! Share the goodness of Cedar Rock Dairy milk with friends and family!

Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The milk from Little Tots also makes wonderful cheese! It is great for pets with stomach issues, also! To keep The Black Lab, healthy, he enjoys some everyday!

Azure Standard

Order Deadline for this month is Tuesday, July 15th at 6:00pm

.

For items that are not produced/grown locally we blessed to have a great resource! With over 9,000 Organic, “Clean” food products to choose from, Azure Standard can now be your “go to” place to get your Pantry Staples and other great items that are just not available from the local farmers and producers! You can order items in bulk or individually and save on the premium prices charged at places like Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts! All items are shipped via semi-truck to our Drop Off location in Lawrenceville on a specified date. On pickup day, you come to the location, pickup your items and you are good to go! Simply log onto Azure Standard, create a free account and start shopping!

Please share this information with friends and family to ensure that we will all have this great resource available to us!

Here’s the scoop:

This Newsletter is basically a repeat of last week’s missive, although some of the veggies listings have changed! Next week, I promise to change things up and offer some recipes and suggests for ‘putting up the harvest’!

I hope you are all well and enjoying the bountiful harvest offered by our wonderful, hard-working Farmers and Producers!

Note to Folks who placed bulk order from Good Shepherd Herbals. Dena has been out of town and just returned this weekend. She will pull the order together this week and ship the items to me the beginning of the week!

I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!

It is time to say – thank you for taking the time to read this missive…

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  "Bits and Bites" July 12, 2014

Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:

Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information

The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.

Volunteers Needed

My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Volunteer Coordinator, Chance Claar-Pressley. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com .

“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, The Wallace Family and and Sue Martinson who all volunteered at the Lilburn Market on Thursday; Sara Heath and Sarah Rockey who volunteered for the Hamilton Mill Market on Wednesday!

We still need YOU! Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!

If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.

and now for the news…

Farmer Updates

Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips, New Potatoes and Zephyr Squash. Since many of us enjoyed the tiny yellow and green Zephyrs last year, I asked him to make these available again. Perfect for ‘dipping’ in your favorite homemade dressing as a snack or raw side dish!

Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice!

Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and the new Tomato Lovers Box! Doug shared samples of his delicious ‘V-7’ Tomato based juice with folks at the Lilburn Market this past week. Be sure and pick up a copy of his wonderful recipe this week at all Market pickups!

Miss Vicky of Fry Farm ‘Candy Onions’, ‘Cippolini’ Onions, ‘Red Candy Apple’ Onions’, ‘Superstar’ Onions, Shallots, Squash and Zucchini! Vicky has listed ‘Superstar Onions’ as a Weekly Special – great deal, so be sure and check it out! Also, Vicky has added ‘Braided Garlic’! Not only is this garlic a yummy addition to your savory dishes, the Garlic Braid looks great hanging in your kitchen. Brings back childhood memories for me! Constantly adding new items as they come available, Vicky works hard to provide wonderful products!

Roger and Reggie Ramos of Grow With The Flow are our ‘newest Farmers’ and are offering: ‘Asparagus’ Beans, ‘Chinese Mosaic’ Beans, ‘Provider’ Beans, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Kale, ‘New Zealand’ Spinach, Squash and Zucchini at the Lilburn Market only.

The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, ‘Silver Queen’ Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of sweet and hot, peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.

Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!

David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!

Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!

My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are offering lots of goodies! From Challah to German Rye, Chocolate Zucchini Bread to Cookies, Dabrielle’s Organic, Fresh Baked Goods are sure to please. They have also listed both Blackberries and Blueberries! They are in short supply, so be sure and get your order in today! In order for them to deliver from their wonderful Bakery and Farm located in Cleveland, GA, we must meet a minimum, so be sure and get your items ordered today!

I tease Marie of Bakery on Brooks that she is my ‘mad-scientist-baker-friend’! Her latest creation, Hummingbird Bread, with some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can enjoy! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!

Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! Try any of Jay’s Creamed Honey for a special tasty treat on toast! My favorite is the Cherry Creamed Honey!

Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!

The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies! Located in Butler, Georgia, Sam’s cows enjoy grazing on 1200 acres of this Certified Organic Farm and we are fortunate that he is willing to transport this fresh, creamy milk to us. Working together, we need to ensure that we meet a minimum order for each Market so it remains economically viable for deliveries to continue! Share the goodness of Cedar Rock Dairy milk with friends and family!

Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The milk from Little Tots also makes wonderful cheese! It is great for pets with stomach issues, also! To keep The Black Lab, healthy, he enjoys some everyday!

Azure Standard

Order Deadline for this month is Tuesday, July 15th at 6:00pm

.

For items that are not produced/grown locally we blessed to have a great resource! With over 9,000 Organic, “Clean” food products to choose from, Azure Standard can now be your “go to” place to get your Pantry Staples and other great items that are just not available from the local farmers and producers! You can order items in bulk or individually and save on the premium prices charged at places like Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts! All items are shipped via semi-truck to our Drop Off location in Lawrenceville on a specified date. On pickup day, you come to the location, pickup your items and you are good to go! Simply log onto Azure Standard, create a free account and start shopping!

Please share this information with friends and family to ensure that we will all have this great resource available to us!

Here’s the scoop:

This Newsletter is basically a repeat of last week’s missive, although some of the veggies listings have changed! Next week, I promise to change things up and offer some recipes and suggests for ‘putting up the harvest’!

I hope you are all well and enjoying the bountiful harvest offered by our wonderful, hard-working Farmers and Producers!

Note to Folks who placed bulk order from Good Shepherd Herbals. Dena has been out of town and just returned this weekend. She will pull the order together this week and ship the items to me the beginning of the week!

I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!

It is time to say – thank you for taking the time to read this missive…

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  "Bits and Bites" July12, 2014

Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:

Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information

The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.

Volunteers Needed

My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Volunteer Coordinator, Chance Claar-Pressley. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com .

“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, The Wallace Family and and Sue Martinson who all volunteered at the Lilburn Market on Thursday; Sara Heath and Sarah Rockey who volunteered for the Hamilton Mill Market on Wednesday!

We still need YOU! Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!

If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.

and now for the news…

Farmer Updates

Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips, New Potatoes and Zephyr Squash. Since many of us enjoyed the tiny yellow and green Zephyrs last year, I asked him to make these available again. Perfect for ‘dipping’ in your favorite homemade dressing as a snack or raw side dish!

Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice!

Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and the new Tomato Lovers Box! Doug shared samples of his delicious ‘V-7’ Tomato based juice with folks at the Lilburn Market this past week. Be sure and pick up a copy of his wonderful recipe this week at all Market pickups!

Miss Vicky of Fry Farm ‘Candy Onions’, ‘Cippolini’ Onions, ‘Red Candy Apple’ Onions’, ‘Superstar’ Onions, Shallots, Squash and Zucchini! Vicky has listed ‘Superstar Onions’ as a Weekly Special – great deal, so be sure and check it out! Also, Vicky has added ‘Braided Garlic’! Not only is this garlic a yummy addition to your savory dishes, the Garlic Braid looks great hanging in your kitchen. Brings back childhood memories for me! Constantly adding new items as they come available, Vicky works hard to provide wonderful products!

Roger and Reggie Ramos of Grow With The Flow are our ‘newest Farmers’ and are offering: ‘Asparagus’ Beans, ‘Chinese Mosaic’ Beans, ‘Provider’ Beans, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Kale, ‘New Zealand’ Spinach, Squash and Zucchini at the Lilburn Market only.

The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, ‘Silver Queen’ Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of sweet and hot, peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.

Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!

David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!

Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!

My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are offering lots of goodies! From Challah to German Rye, Chocolate Zucchini Bread to Cookies, Dabrielle’s Organic, Fresh Baked Goods are sure to please. They have also listed both Blackberries and Blueberries! They are in short supply, so be sure and get your order in today! In order for them to deliver from their wonderful Bakery and Farm located in Cleveland, GA, we must meet a minimum, so be sure and get your items ordered today!

I tease Marie of Bakery on Brooks that she is my ‘mad-scientist-baker-friend’! Her latest creation, Hummingbird Bread, with some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can enjoy! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!

Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! Try any of Jay’s Creamed Honey for a special tasty treat on toast! My favorite is the Cherry Creamed Honey!

Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!

The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies! Located in Butler, Georgia, Sam’s cows enjoy grazing on 1200 acres of this Certified Organic Farm and we are fortunate that he is willing to transport this fresh, creamy milk to us. Working together, we need to ensure that we meet a minimum order for each Market so it remains economically viable for deliveries to continue! Share the goodness of Cedar Rock Dairy milk with friends and family!

Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The milk from Little Tots also makes wonderful cheese! It is great for pets with stomach issues, also! To keep The Black Lab, healthy, he enjoys some everyday!

Azure Standard

Order Deadline for this month is Tuesday, July 15th at 6:00pm

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For items that are not produced/grown locally we blessed to have a great resource! With over 9,000 Organic, “Clean” food products to choose from, Azure Standard can now be your “go to” place to get your Pantry Staples and other great items that are just not available from the local farmers and producers! You can order items in bulk or individually and save on the premium prices charged at places like Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts! All items are shipped via semi-truck to our Drop Off location in Lawrenceville on a specified date. On pickup day, you come to the location, pickup your items and you are good to go! Simply log onto Azure Standard, create a free account and start shopping!

Please share this information with friends and family to ensure that we will all have this great resource available to us!

Here’s the scoop:

This Newsletter is basically a repeat of last week’s missive, although some of the veggies listings have changed! Next week, I promise to change things up and offer some recipes and suggests for ‘putting up the harvest’!

I hope you are all well and enjoying the bountiful harvest offered by our wonderful, hard-working Farmers and Producers!

Note to Folks who placed bulk order from Good Shepherd Herbals. Dena has been out of town and just returned this weekend. She will pull the order together this week and ship the items to me the beginning of the week!

I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!

It is time to say – thank you for taking the time to read this missive…

Champaign, OH:  Eight Days A Week

Ooh, I need your love, babe
Yes, you know it’s true
Hope you need my love, babe
Just like I need you…
(Beatles – Eight Days A Week)

So, I know I could use eight days a week, every week!! It seems like before I know it, the week is once again over with me looking back at it like…um, where the heck did you disappear to??

And so it goes with this market. We could use an extra day to this market, we can always use your love, and in return, we are sure that you can use our local love!

Local customers, your local little market, you love us, we love you…we hope we continue to bring you nothing but sunshine and love.

Since we don’t have that extra eighth day to show you just HOW much we love you, you need to get your orders in, on time, in the seven day week:)

We’ve got nothing but love for all of you and want to show you…let us help you plan the week! We are there, loving you all the time…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Stones River Market:  The Market is Back Open

Market News

The Market is back open and our vacationing producers have returned and the pick-up schedule returns to normal. Casa Segovia-Paz, Carol’s Vibration Cooking and Erdmann Farm are back with their products this week.

Some new and returning products have been listed. The Blue Porch introduces watermelon salsa. Flying S Farms brings to us blue and red potatoes along with all their varieties of squash. Blackberries are back this week from Rainbow Hill Farm. Erdmann Farm is bringing several varieties of cut flowers to the Market, including a bouquet with zinnias and hydrangeas.

Chef Jenny with JENuine Health introduces another seed snack this week. From Jenny:

Cuckoo Cocoa Banana brings the flavors of childhood cereals (like Coco Puffs) into a nutritious mix that is not loaded with sugar. Toasted sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and banana chips are combined with agave, cocoa, and spices for a mix you can enjoy anytime of the day. Try it with: Banana Pudding, Granola, or Trail Mixes.

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! I am taking a break from recipes this week. If you have created a dish and want to share with everyone, please send it to me.

I am taking break from recipes this week. They will return next week.

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market is Open and Tammy Sue Needs Our Help!

Howdy Food Club,

The market is open and SO ready for as many orders of local food as you can muster! Temperatures and mugginess would seem to indicate that we’re now officially into the real Arkansas summer, when simply stepping outside brings sweat stains almost instantly. It’s times like these that make me actually thankful to have a cozy job in the air conditioning. Farming is always tough work, so I really can’t even imagine what it’s like to toil in the over 100 degree heat. Thankfully, we’ve got a committed, talented, and tough team of growers that continue to provide us with the highest quality food all year-round. Thanks to their hard work, we’ve got…

• All sorts of cuts of buffalo from Ratchford Farms. I’ve known for a while that getting it ground can make some of the most delicious, nutritious burgers around, but I can’t wait to try me some buffalo brisket, boneless strip steaks, ribeye steaks, sirloin steaks, tenderloin, or roast. The general rule is to cook buffalo pretty much the same as beef, except to watch out for overcooking because the meat is so lean.

• Fresh purple hull peas from Hardin Farms. I’d never even heard of this highly nutritious legume until I first moved to Arkansas four years ago, but have absolutely fallen in love with figuring out new ways to enjoy them.

• I’ve been loving the red torpedo and candy onions from Armstead Mountain Farm. For those of you that don’t know the Nuffers, they are one of the reasons that the Little Rock Local Food Club exists, which you can read more about here.

• Fresh mountain mint from Food for Thought Farm. There’s more than a few uses for it, whether cleaning carpet, repelling bugs, making a spicy tea, or even reviving the dead? I can’t officially vouch for the last one…but the others and so much more are all possible with this versatile herb.

• All sorts of early winter squash from Barnhill Orchards. I know, I know, it’s not quite winter yet (to put it mildly)…but these butternut, sunshine, acorn, and spaghetti squashes are all great for grilling.

• I got to talking hot peppers with Robert from Willow Springs Market Garden the other day. I love a little heat in my life and have noticed that the jalapenos in Arkansas seem to be a lot hotter than the ones I grew up with in Pennsylvania. He reported that his Maule’s red hot is habanero hot, while the El Tiburon would be better for stuffing like a poblano. That’s also what I’d do with Bluebird Hill’s chillies. I’m determined to also try Arkansas Natural Produce’s serranos and Crimmins Family Farm’s cayennes and jalapenos to test out the different flavor profiles of all the heat Arkansas has to offer.

• So many great goat’s milk products from Tammy Sue’s Critters. It’s hard to believe that just one person makes all of these body butters, bug banisher, laundry soap, lotions, hair bars, shaving bars, lip balms, beautiful gift baskets, and SO many kinds of incredible soaps, all with milk from her own goats. And somehow she offers all of these incredible products at an affordable price!

Speaking of Tammy Sue…she’s currently looking to crowdsource a loan of $5,000 to expand her operation by finishing phase two of her goat house and hay storage structures. By lending to her through kiva.zip, you’ll be helping an awesome local business expand through obtaining a bank-free, interest-free loan. This will allow Tammy Sue to provide more wonderful goat’s milk products, and within two years you’ll get your money back! Please help support this wonderful local business by sharing and supporting at this link.

Locally yours,

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

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