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.
Growing Together : Growing Together - Reminder to Order!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and are ready for this week ahead! If you’d like to order for this week, we have some great stuff still available.
The purple filet beans are beautiful,delicate, and delicious, as are the yellow wax. The heirloom white runner beans are a pole bean variety which is extremely tasty, but you do need to string them!
Thanks so much for your support. You have until noon to place your order!
Link to order: http://growingtogether.locallygrown.net.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Market Reminders
If you plan to order from Arkansas Natural Produce, you’ll need to do so by 9pm tonight, Monday.
The rest of the Market closes at on Tuesday at 9pm
See you Friday.
Barbara Schuette
Market Manager
612-220-9010
[email protected]
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for July 11
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
It’s time again for “Tomatoes at Terrapin”, the annual fund raiser for the Athens Nurses Clinic. A week from Saturday, in fact, July 20th from 4:30 to 7:00. The Athens Nurses Clinic is a quiet but hugely important group in town, and attendees at this event get to help them continue their cause of providing free medical services to our community by eating deliciously fresh, locally grown tomato sandwiches and drinking refreshing, locally brewed Terrapin beer. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the amazing tomatoes that local farmers donate to the event and help those who need medical services. There will also be live music, provided by The Common People Band. In years past they sold tickets at $25 a pop but this year the event is free to all! They’d love your donations, and they’d love to see you even more. Find out all about it at their website: tomatoesatterrapin.com — Bring your chairs, blankets, and kids!
One other note: I’ll be out of town next week, and Doug’s Salmon keeps his freezer at my house. So, if you think you might want fish next week, go ahead and grab it now.
Thank you so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park, and Wednesday evenings downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is back as well, Saturdays from 9 to 1, and you can watch for weekly news here: http://www.athenslandtrust.org/west-broad-farmers-market/. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The Oconee County farmers market is held every Saturday 8 to noon in downtown Watkinsville. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on Saturdays from 9 to 2pm. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com Folks to the east can check out the Hartwell Farmers Market, which starts bright and early on Saturday morning from 7am to noon, and Tuesday afternoons from 11 to 3pm. If you know of any other area markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest, and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!
GFM : Bring Your Neighbor Day
BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BRING THEM TO THE MARKET
JULY 20
9 AM TO 1 PM.
* Sign up to win a basket of goodies, donated from our local vendors at the market for you and your neighbor.
Drawing will be at 11 am, you MUST be present to win.
* Genetic Screening for Seniors will also be available. SEE FACEBOOK EVENT POST for more information about times and registration.
* Couponing for Beginners. SEE FACEBOOK EVENT POST for more information and times, cost and registration.
BE SURE AND STOP BY THIS SATURDAY, JULY 13 FOR FARM FRESH PRODUCE, BLUEBERRIES, BAKED GOODS AND MORE.
RAF Buying Clubs : Time to Order! (FRESH chickens this week!)
We are offering FRESH (never frozen) Whole Chickens this week for our Buying Club drop-offs in Rivermont and Forest!
(Any Whole Chickens ordered will be Fresh)
We also have our full selection of Pork, Eggs, Veggies, Herbs, Sourdough Breads and Pastries, Flowers, Pastas, and Spices!
Head over to
Buyingclubs.locallygrown.net
to place your order before we sell out of anything!
See you Wednesday!
-Restoration Acres Farm
Dawson Local Harvest: PRODUCE on The Dawson Market!
THE MARKET IS OPEN!
Summer Produce Season has Arrived, with Tomatoes, Zucchini, Green Beans, Squash, Cucumbers, Blackberries and Okra ALL AVAILABLE NOW!
This is the Summer Produce we’ve all been waiting for! The Market is Open. Place Your Order Now!
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for July 7th
Contact Info
Our Website: freshharvest.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/freshharvestllc
Email:
John Drury [email protected]
Phone:
John 615-838-0428
Market News
Hello!
Blue Honey Farm thinks that they’ll have blueberries for two more weeks. There are 100 pints available this week. To freeze: Just put the dry berries on a rimmed cookie sheet and put them in the freezer. There is no need to wash them.
We have plenty of tomatoes and cherry tomatoes this week. Purple Hull Peas and October Beans are starting to come in for the Hershbergers.
It was fantastic to watch the US Women’s soccer team win the World Cup this morning. I’m blaming the game for my depletion of energy for farming, particularly when I went to harvest the squash after the game.
The Peach Truck has freestone peaches this week. They will be set up next to us throughout the peach season.
Dozen Bakery cookies and breads, eggs, granola, honey, and coffee are in abundance.
Hemp Honey and Sorghum are available under Honey.
You have until Tuesday night to place your order.
Thanks for your support, and I will see you on Wednesday!
If you need to text me, my number is 615-838-0428.
John
Recipes
Blueberry Cobbler
4 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 4 pieces, and 8 tablespoons melted and cooled
1 ½ cups (10 1/2 ounces) sugar
1 ½ teaspoons grated lemon zest
15 ounces (3 cups) blueberries
1 ½ cups (7 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Place 4 tablespoons cut-up butter in 13 by 9-inch baking dish and transfer to oven. Heat until butter is melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, pulse ¼ cup sugar and lemon zest in food processor until combined, about 5 pulses; set aside. Using potato masher, mash blueberries and 1 tablespoon lemon sugar together in bowl until berries are coarsely mashed.
3. Combine flour, remaining 1¼ cups sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl. Whisk in milk and 8 tablespoons melted, cooled butter until smooth. Remove baking dish from oven, transfer to wire rack, and pour batter into prepared pan.
4.Dollop mashed blueberry mixture evenly over batter, sprinkle with remaining lemon sugar, and bake until golden brown and edges are crisp, 45 to 50 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking. Let cobbler cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. Serve warm.
Upstate Locally Grown Market: Upstate Locally Grown Market Reopened!
Upstate Locally Grown Market
An online Farmer’s Market
Hello to all!
This is our first newsletter in years. We are reopening Upstate Locally Grown in a new format.
To hear all about it, read on; or if you are no longer wishing to receive this email, you can go to your account page and at the bottom, unsubscribe. I believe the newsletter itself contains an unsubscribe button too. But we think you might want to join us in our continued quest to promote the local economy and to support small growers, makers, and educators.
First on the agenda is the announcement that several Southeastern experts in either foraging, herbs, permaculture, or primitive crafts are converging on Putney Farm in Honea Path SC on July 13 and 14. *It is called the Upstate Herb, Homesteading, and Foraging Festival at Putney Farm. * Featuring Green Deane, Genius at eattheweeds.com, who will teach at least 4 classes; 2 each day. You can read more about it on our market page under event reservations, but the listing will come with this newsletter as well.
Abby Artemisia, founder of the Wanderer School, and author, will be teaching on Saturday only, so be sure to register for her informative class and walk through the garden where she tells of the ten top herbs to plant in your garden and their uses.
By the founder of Meadowlark Farms School of Folk Medicine: An introduction to what you need to know to get started making your own herbal medicine. Learn what is available to you locally as well as overview of medicine making processes presented by Jennifer Galbraith
The Sacred Clown, who carves Native American Flutes from interesting pieces of wood, turning them into collector’s items, will be demonstrating how you can learn to play in a couple of minutes. (Yes, even if you think that you aren’t talented) From past experience, we know that Steve (The Sacred Clown) will be playing a few notes on the flutes that he is creating. (This is so relaxing!)
Modern Primitive Life’s James Clinkscales is offering a hands on class in the traditional Appalachian Bark Berry Basket is a beautiful and functional craft item made from tulip tree bark n this hands-on class, you will make your own bark basket to take home and use.
We have Botanists, nutritionists, Baby goats,wildlife photographers,chickens, ducks, and a Naturopath or 2, plus Permaculture Expert, Chris Sermons of Bioway Farm, Garden walks with the Putneys, Japanese Forest Bathing (fully clothed, silly.) snacks, tastings, and, oh, yes, plenty of weeds to eat, identify, photograph, and learn about.
Children accompanied by an adult are free, and a suggested $10. donation at registration gets you free bottled water, free tastes of delicious herb teas, and an entry into a door prize drawing.
The Putneys now care for a stable population of cats who happily patrol the farm for voles, moles, mice, and crickets. Any excess over costs of the event will go toward ongoing farm development and the Putney Farm Feral Farm Cat Program to ensure that they have vet fees and cost of care covered.
(No, they don’t have room for any more cats,; don’t ask. Feral cats do not allow other cats to move into their territory; they seem to know how many cats it takes to tend a farm, ;-)
About the p=. NEW Upstate Locally Grown Market:
In the new market, each grower or vendor sets his own delivery schedule and method. They may choose to have you pick up, or may choose shipping or mailing. There is no central drop-off site. Each grower/Vendor is independent and separate. For instance, Putney Farm will set a day/time for you to pick up only their products at their farm, or at a market. Other vendors may mail you event tickets or books they have offered; crafts people may choose to drop off somewhere close to where they or you live. The arrangements are up to each vendor. In this way, we can all use the same web address, all listed products go out in our newsletters, and everyone will benefit from having a central website for Upstate, Appalachian and South Eastern products.
Questions? Of course you have.
Email your vendor or Donna Putney [email protected], or write your question on your order and we will get back with you.
A reminder: when you order, check your email for your order confirmation. If no confirmation, then your order didn’t go through and is still in your shopping cart. Go back and complete your order.
You can pay ahead by clicking on the “donate” button.
if you are as excited as I am about this new concept, and if you have ideas, or want to be a vendor, first create and account on www.upstatesc.locallygrown.net, then let’s team up.!
Best, Donna and Lenard Putney
PS: View Green Deane, the world’s most watched forager (with millions of viewings, and a fan club on Facebook) on You Tube as Eat the Weeds: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eat+the+weeds+episode+1 (He has over 134 episodes) ;-)
The Wednesday Market: Remember to Order
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. See the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
We hope everyone had a festive 4th of July celebration. Our family certainly did! We made our annual pilgrimage to the mountains of North Georgia, North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee to visit family. Just when the air in central Georgia feels too thick to breathe, we go north to find some shade and cool waters of mountain lakes, rivers, and streams. Driving through Nantahala Gorge never gets old. The kids swam in the Little Tennessee River, and we traveled to the top of Brasstown Bald to feel the cool breeze on our skin. My soul feels at home in the mountains! Every year, our children look forward to their great Aunt Sharon’s country breakfasts: bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, and homemade strawberry preserves. Friday night’s supper was beef pot roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn on the cob, coleslaw, green beans, fried squash, and cornbread. There is just nothing like the spread put out by a great southern cook – simple ingredients cooked to perfection – to make you feel truly loved!
We hope you all have a good week, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Russellville Community Market: Ordering Closes at 10PM on the Market!
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. You will receive a confirmation email.
Orders will be ready for pick from 4PM – 6:30PM this Tuesday at the Downtown Russellville Train Depot!
Ordering on The Market Closes at 10PM!
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We are excited to welcome growers New Woodlands Farm, Allesafe, and The Cake Smith to the Market! We also have quite the variety of locally grown and produced items on the Market this week, so check out whats new, place your order, and enjoy your weekend! As always, thank you for choosing to shop and eat local.
Russellville Community Market
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