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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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South Cumberland Food Hub: Sale!!
Good Morning from the South Cumberland Food Hub.
In Town Organics has fresh romaine lettuce for 50 cents a pound! All must go so order quick to get in on this deal.
Check out the rest of our products here:
Click here to go directly to the Rootedhere Locally Grown Market Page
Have a great day!
Risa
Farm Where Life is Good: CSA Produce Subscription Distribution -- Week 23
Your box for Week 23!
Farm Where Life is Good
Produce Subscription (Week 23)
Hey, who brought summer to the Midwest so EARLY! More greens, lettuce and now some broccoil this week. Everything is bolting (going to flower) extra early and thus throwing our best laid plans all a kimbo.
Your boxes will be in their respective drop site locations by 9am Wednesday. (Dropsite Location Details) Find the box with your name and have at it!If you have any questions, please call Roger on his delivery phone 626 488 5437 (if before 10a) and the farm phone 715 426 7582 (if after 10am).
More greens and roots and the beginning of baby broccoli season in your boxes this week!
Broccoli These early sprouts take top billing. The heat brought them on quickly…too quickly! Almost missed them. Hopefully more to come. 
Mesclun This salad mix might be a bit zingy; this heat! (I know, how can I belly-ache about “hot” after that winter!) 
Braising greens, variety The heat has brought this harvest to a close pretty darn quick (quiet, ya’ll, their good for you!) We just enjoyed Cheezy Mac and Greens; give it a try! 
Lettuce A pint-sized romaine and a big fluffy leaf-lettuce! 
Parsnips Try them made simply; slice, place in pan with ½ of water and dollop of olive oil and tsp or so of dried dill weed. Simmer away until water is all steamed off. Mmmmm. 
Potatoes, Purple majesty More of the queenly treats. 
Boc choi, red These fellas are showing their dislike of the heat and the pesky flea beetles. Taste is still my favorite. Next year a different variety! (I’ll save these for the fall when they are beautiful.) 
Radish, red rover I just love the color and the crunch…then the mouth zing gets me several minutes later. 
Turnips, salad The pop of the red radish and the clean look of the crystal white turnips will jazz up your salads or dippin’ platter this weekend. 
Chives Couldn’t pass up the floral bouquet; use them in a centerpiece! 
Garlic Chives These little fellas are great; check out the recipe for Asian Chive Pancakes. Fab! 
Rhubarb Just like my grandmother used to grow…literally! I give thanks to her for some wonderful heirloom rhubarb. 
Recipes for your consideration
I just love biscuits. These are great as a side to a soup or even accompanying a savory breakfast (with a Gimme Lean Veggie Sausage patty sandwiched in between.
Chedda n Chive Biscuits
1 cup soymilk
1/2 cup green olives w/ pimentos
2 Tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp onion granules
1/4 tsp mustard powder
1/4 tsp garlic granules
1 1/2 cup unbleached AP flour
1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour (or all AP is ok)
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup minced chives
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven 400F
Place first 7 ingredients in blender and whiz until smooth.
In a large bowl, stir together remaining dry ingredients + chives. Make a well in the center and pour in the blended mixture. Stir until well moistened, but don’t over mix. It will be sticky.
Drop by spoonful onto parchment papered, oiled or non-stick baking sheet. Bake 15-20min or until just starting to brown. Cool on wire racks. Serve warm or room temp.
Adapted from: The Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak
I was reading this great farm book and out of the blue they stuck a sidebar in with a recipe of my favorite thing…sorta (check out The Tea House in St Paul for Scallion Pancakes; close second.) These puppies are fab!!!¬
1 cup AP flour
1/4 cup rice flour
3/4 cup cold water
1 Tbsp canola oil, plus extra for pan
1 cup garlic chives, chopped into 1" lengths
1/4 cup soy sauce
3 Tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil
Optional: sugar, hot pepper flakes, minced garlic, minced ginger root, toasted sesame seeds to taste
In large bowl, mix the flours together. Add water, a little at a time, until you reach the consistency of thin pancake batter. Add the 1 Tbsp canola oil and stir until smooth. Stir chopped chives into batter, tossing to coat.
Heat large frying pan over medium heat and coat with oil. Add batter to hot pan to make 1/4" pancakes. Cook over medium heat approx 4min; flip and repeat on that side. Serve hot with dipping sauce.
Dipping sauce: Whisk together all ingredients; add extras as you prefer.
From: The Season’s on Henry’s Farm by Terra Brockman
This is quite incredible! I was introduced to it with asparagus spears, then adapted it to lightly braised/steamed boc choi. Mmmmm good.¬
1/4 cup Veganaise or Nayonaise
1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted
1/2 tsp ginger root, zested/grated
1 clove garlic, minced
Whisk all ingredients together; served chilled with steamed vegetable of your choice. Asparagus and boc choi both work great!
Everyone feel free to add your favorite recipes to the website.
For Your Reading Pleasure
The Season’s on Henry’s Farm by Terra Brockman.
This is a great read that puts you into the flow of a working vegetable farm thru all seasons. Recipes accompany the changes in seasons after reading about the harvests. Well done and good insight into where our produce comes from…or “should” come from. (just a little soapbox ? )
Farm News
Working on empty tonight, so not wit and wisdom from this end right now. We may need to make some delivery adjustments next week for CSA/subscription members and the Online Market may NOT open this weekend. Rog is going in for some quasi-elective/not-so-elective surgery on Friday and will be in the hospital at least thru Monday if all goes well. His little wifey-poo will be there making the doctors and nurses toe the line.
So this puts a bit of a crimp in the flow of things. There may be an abbreviated box or none at all next week, so be advised. I’ll keep ya’ll posted, as I sit and pull my hair out down at Mayo this weekend! (More than you wanted to know, I know!)
He’s gonna throttle me when he sees this!
Ok, a little bit of wit. :)
Please bring your boxes back this week. Reduce – Reuse – Recycle (thanks!)
Have a wonderful week, and enjoy the vegetables.
Roger and Lara
Urban Market : Problems making orders- Please try to make an order.
Have received emails that its been difficult to use the online market or the order won’t go through.
I believe the issue has been resolved please try to make an order if you are interested in anything on the Market.
Thanks,
Eric Stewart
Urban Market
Champaign, OH: Thank You!
I would like to thank each of you for placing orders, this week!!
We appreciate the local love!!
The market is now closed! We will see you on Thursday!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Just a Few Hours Left to Order!
Please remember to place your market order very soon. This week’s market will close for ordering at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wed), for delivery fresh from local farms on Thursday. Don’t forget all our yummy vegetables, eggs, creamline milk, and new perennial plants & hanging baskets!
Pickup will be at Square Books, 113 E. Main St, Manchester, from 3:00-4:30 on Thursday. Please e-mail me or call (931) 273-9708 if you would prefer to pick up on Friday morning between 10 am and 1 pm.
Thanks for your orders last week! Please encourage your local friends and family to shop with us and support local farmers!
Here is the complete list for this week. See you on Thursday!
~ Linda
How to contact us:
On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
ALFN Local Food Club: New Products, Renewed Products, and News!
This time of year, it’s pretty much the norm for fantastic local produce to start ripening faster than we can tell you about it. Come Saturday, I’m sure you don’t want to discover that you missed out of the first ripe tomatoes of the year, do you? So take this opportunity to browse The Market one more time before it closes tomorrow morning. You won’t regret it!
Recent Arrivals:
- I did mention ripe tomatoes, didn’t I? Green Acres Atkins is ahead of the curve with their Certified Organic early girl tomatoes. Pair these sun ripened beauties with American feta from White River Creamery and Japanese cucumbers from Arkansas Natural Produce, and you’re already half way to a refreshing summer salad.
- You know what else comes back every summer? Armstead Mountain Farm! They’re back in action this week with plenty to offer. If you missed out on their beets and broccoli, don’t forget to pick those out first thing next week. In the meantime, there’s plenty of turnips, beet and turnip greens, lettuce mix, snow peas, and shunkyo radishes to go around. Now’s your chance to turn those turnips and greens, along with Irish potatoes from Barnhill Orchards, into a delicious colcannon-esque concoction.
- As we rejoice in the return of the familiar, we’re also welcoming a new farm to our Food Club family. Bee in my Bonnet Farm hails from Scott, and is on a mission to provide a diverse assortment of delicious vegetables and gorgeous flowers, all grown using sustainable, soil building methods. Check out their salad mix, Italian basil, and lemon basil, and get ready to meet owner Katie Beaton this Saturday morning!
-Rebecca Wild
Program Manager
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Statesboro Market2Go: Patty Pan Squash in season now!
Squash Skillet:
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
2 cups cubed patty pan squash
2 med tomatoes, quartered or smaller
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. flour
Saute onion and bell pepper in butter. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and sugar. Add squash and tomatoes and cook until just tender.
Delicious and uses many vegetables that are currently in season!
Place your order before midnight tonight!
Russellville Community Market: Order Reminder! Lots of great products to be had!
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder about ordering… We’ll be closing tonight at 10:00 for orders.
There are lots of great products available this week, including: fresh blueberries, fresh yellow squash and zucchini!
With the break in the rain, doesn’t it just feel like grilling time? Well, Meatworks’ has your fix. Try this week’s Butcher’s Buy of the Week, the MeatBOSS. This package includes brats, ground beef patties, and 2 NY strip steaks! Also, don’t miss their gourmet beef blends, with the Warrior and the Smokehouse!
Happy ordering!
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Champaign, OH: School's Out
School’s out for summer
School’s out forever…(School’s Out For Summer, Alice Cooper)
Do you remember the absolute freedom you felt back on the last day of school? The last bell? Your escape to freedom?
In my high school, it was tradition, for the graduating class to have this song blasting on the PA system, as they made their exits, a week early, from the rest of us. We were all left, looking out the windows, watching as they fled, carefree, into their cars, to go off doing senior type things.
The rest of us felt the same sense of wildness and freedom, a week later, but just without the fanfare of ‘the song’. But, with the last bell, the last slam of the lockers, we were all off! Piled into cars, heading off to parks, parties, pools…it was summer and the livin’ was easy!
Remember that feeling of total excitement once the last day of school hit? Summer fun was right in front of all of us. Summer jobs, summer vacations, endless hours spent tanning, swimming, listening to summer tunes, bleaching out our hair, seeking out and making summer memories.
Well, it’s that time of year, again!! And, even though most of us are way out of school, I do still get that same summer freedom feeling. The feeling that summer adventure is just around the corner, waiting to happen!
Go out, enjoy your summer vacations, your summer adventures, your summer fun. Let us do the work of worrying about your local food needs! You can shop us from your phone, poolside, cabana side, vacationing…you go have the summer fun, we will make sure you are all taken care of, so you don’t have to miss a minute of it!!
Make it part of your summer ritual…click on us, place your order, forget about it all until Thursday evenings!!
School’s out for summer…go find your adventures!
Remember…it is Tuesday, we close the market at 8pm…get your orders in!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam