The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The Market is open for ordering.
The market is open for ordering until 9 pm Tuesday. The link below will take you directly to the market ordering page.
http://spacity.locallygrown.net/market
ABC Greenhouse has reduced the price of most tomato and pepper plants. If you are looking for some heirloom varieties or your starts were nipped by the erratic weather, you have a chance to start again.
We will see you Friday the 30th between 3:30 and 5:30 pm at 341A Whittington Avenue.
Have a fun, safe weekend.
Julie Alexander this week’s market manager
501 six five five 9411
Spacity@locallygrown.net
Carolina Foothills, SC: Market is Open!
http://carolinafoothills.locallygrown.net/market
Hey there folks!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Even though some of you are out of town it’s easy to order your food from our Farmers using your smart phones ! Take a moment, place your orders, food is harvested and ready for you Tuesday either in Six Mile , Pickens /Easley or Seneca..
New Growers sometimes come on during the ordering cycle so be sure to *check what’s available a few times to make sure you have everything you want.
Event
Wednesday May 28th, we will be at the Pickens YMCA from 10am to noon. Meet a few of our Farmers/ Producers , a sampling of products , and the value of meeting a grower you buy products from face to face.
See you there!!
A reminder that Crescent Moon Farm will turn off her cakes and pies Sunday evening. So order your sweeties early!
Enjoy this beautiful day.
Augusta Locally Grown: SECRETS IN THE SOIL
… Meant to mention this in the noontime blog…
SECRETS IN THE SOIL – SAT, MAY 24
Karen Smith of Southern Native Plantings will host a soil workshop at the West End Market & Bakery in Augusta tomorrow morning from 10am-11:30. Tickets are $10. Come learn from the master!!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Northeast Georgia Locallygrown Availability list for May 23
Good Evening Locavores
The market is open now with loads of great products. The vegetables are starting to come in more every week now and there are still the marvelous breads, meats, and eggs, etc.
The Cub Scouts and the Rabun County High FFA students will be selling lots of vegetable and flower plant starts Saturday morning, at the Simplyhomegrown Farmers Market at the Clayton City Hall From 9:00am until 1:00 pm.
Come on out and stock up on plants to fill your garden and support the Cub Scouts and Future Farmers of America.
Have a great weekend and enjoy local food.
Statesboro Market2Go: The market is open!
Wishing you a great Memorial Day weekend!
Enjoy shopping…the market is open!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: He's arrived!
Spa City Co-op Market manager Hannah Seewald and husband Josh welcomed their new baby, Joshua Zachary Seewald to this world on Aril 24th. Mother and baby are doing fine.
We’ll be taking donations at the market pickup toward a group gift.
Congratulations Hannah and Josh from all of us at Spa City Co-op!
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Rural Resources : Happy Memorial Day: time to order local food!
It’s time to order online from Mobile Farmers Market!
click here to go directly to the market page
To Contact Us
Rural Resources Mobile Farmers Market
mfmmanager@ruralresources.net
423-636-8171
Recipes
Spicy Skillet Turnip Greens
Prep time: 5 minsCook time: 20 mins
Total time: 25 mins
A quick recipe for spicy skillet turnip greens for a comforting, home-cooked meal.
Serves: 6
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, cut into wedges
1 pound turnip greens, cleaned and chopped
¼ cup water
pinch brown sugar
? teaspoon red pepper flakes (adjust to preference)
Instructions
Drizzle olive oil into skillet over medium heat.
Add onion and cook until just tender, about 3 minutes. Then add ½ of turnip greens. Allow to cook down and add the remainder of the greens.
As the second half of turnip greens cook down, add water, brown sugar and red pepper flakes. Adjust the amount of red pepper to your personal taste.
Once all the greens are cooked down and the flavor is where you want it, remove from heat and enjoy!
Adapted from Add a Pinch, a blog about Southern cooking.
Market News
Happy Memorial Day! This weekend brings to mind my brother, a retired U.S. Army Ranger. He served in Afghanistan and Iraq, then earned a law degree, and now works for a nonprofit legal firm that focuses on human rights. I am incredibly proud of all he has accomplished, and I know what he has sacrificed along the way.
I’m sure that like me, many of you have close loved ones who have served their country in one way or another, and who sacrified greatly for it. As you go about what are sure to be awesome, fun-filled weekend plans, please take a moment to honor them.
Be on the lookout for next week’s e-mail update, which will have a fresh, new look!
The customary reminder about our schedule: order between now and Monday at noon. Delivery takes place from 9:00 until 11:30 on Wednesday morning. If you live in downtown Greeneville or Tusculum, you can meet us at Takoma Hospital, or you can order delivery right to your door!
Otherwise, you can pick up your orders at Rural Resources on Thursday evening when we host our seasonal suppers (you can arrange other times to pick up by e-mailing mfmmanager@ruralresources.net or calling 423-636-8171).
Thanks for your support of fresh, local food!
Eva—MFM Online Manager
Local Product Highlights
Now about those fresh farm products!
New this week, we have turnip greens, an old southern favorite. See this week’s recipe for a quick, nontraditional way to prepare them.
We also have french breakfast radishes, a two tone radish which is milder and more tender than the more traditional Champion variety.
There are beautiful sage plants available. The herb itself has a variety of culinary and practical uses, and it also produces gorgeous flowers that attract beneficial critters to your garden.
Thank you for helping to connect farms, food and families by purchasing locally produced food that is healthy, fresh, and delicious!
Augusta Locally Grown: Weblog Entry
BANJO-B-QUE – MAY 23, 24
If you find yourself at the Banjo-B-Que this weekend, in Evans, come visit the “Shadow BBQ” team! Local foods advocate Patrick Sutter and his buddies are competing in the “Backyard Category” of this nationally recognized grilling contest. Their angle? Local meats from local farmers!! Volunteer local food ambassadors will be there to help promote the movement to the 7000 folks expected to attend! Hugs to Amy Sutter, our awesome ALG board member, for keeping the team fed, loved and happy. GO SHADOW BBQ!!!!
RAISED BED GARDENING WORKSHOP – MAY 25:
There’s still time to sign up for the Raised Bed Gardening Workshop 101 on Sunday, May 25, at 3pm, at Legacy Gardens in Evans. Cost is $20 and includes a garden salad meal afterwards. Contact David directly by texting 706-877-0935.
FOOD JUSTICE TALK AT THE AIKEN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH – JUNE 1
Come join ALG for a talk on food justice as we work together to envision a more vibrant local foods movement throughout the CSRA.
PICKIN’ PARTY AT HEXEMAUS FARM – JUNE 1
This is a “sold-out” event! We’re expecting 40+ volunteer berry pickers! Registrants will receive a confirmation email with the details soon!
SUMMER TOMATO SANDWICH CONTEST – JULY 17
Calling all local chefs and would-be chefs!!!!!! ALG will host a “Summer Tomato Sandwich Contest” at the Evans Towne Farmers Market on Thursday, July 17. Heirloom tomatoes will be provided by the Urban Ag R&D project in Appling. Contestants provide the fixings! Judges are being lined-up, sponsors sought and trophies ordered. Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org if you’re ready to show this town what you can do with a tomato sandwich.
See you all at the markets on Tuesday and Thursday!
Kim
Jonesborough Locally Grown: Jonesborough Saturday Market 5/24
Oh boy, it is going to be a fantastic day for the Saturday market.
This week music will be the Blue Ridge Entertainers plus Roy Andrade.
All Nature Sings with Ginny Wall will have your favorite soaps.
Garlic scapes – first taste of garlic in the spring. Cut off the plant to encourage greater bulb growth, they can be used in stir-fries, soups or diced on baked potatoes or pizza. Paired with wild nettles they make a nice spring pesto. Rodney with Salamander Springs Farm will have these along with some Shiitake mushrooms. Yum, sounds delicious!
Dominick’s Garden has finally produced and he will be with us for the first time this season.
We still need more white plastic bags, if you would like to recycle your bags please drop off at the information booth.
See you on the street!
Deb
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: JNA Farm Market is open for ordering.
Good Morning, good morning.
I snuck in a little time on the porch this morning, just to sit and talk to the husband and wake up to this wonderful creation. Hope you can find a moment of quiet today – sometimes we just have to grab it and make it happen, but it is so lovely when it does!
Ok, quiet over, peace remains and we are off…
several of you have mentioned that you didn’t order baked goods from Diabetic Friendly Baking because the quantity was 0 but order anyway. She bakes to order so don’t let that throw you off or stop you from ordering. If she doesn’t have it, she will let you know.
The Almond Flour Pound Cake was incredibly delicious if you are looking for a healthy treat.
*Conscious Cultures *will be adding his products later this morning so be on the lookout. The water kefir and Elderberry kombucha are wonderful. Many of you could not make it out to talk to him but please send him an e-mail if you have any questions. He is a treasure of information.
We are adding two new growers this week and one of them will be here Wednesday from 12-2.* Harvest Table Farm is a mixed vegetable operation run by Meghan Cole. Located in Talking Rock, GA, the farm offers an incredible diversity of vegetables, fruits and herbs, grown without the use of chemical pesticides or herbicides. The other grower is *Harvest Meadows. Nancy Newell specializes in leafy greens and herbs. I have been buying her salad blends for several years and am thrilled to have her on the market. She can grow some lettuce!
We have so many wonderful foods this week so happy shopping and see you Wednesday!
Blessings,
Mary Beth