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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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Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The Market is open
The Spa City Co-op market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown net. Please place your orders by Monday at 9pm for Arkansas Natural Produce and by Tuesday 9pm for all other vendors. Plan to pick up your order on Friday June 28th, 3-4:30 pm. If you cannot pick up please arrange for someone to do so for you.
And by all means, check out the Volunteer Spot sign up button on the market page and sign up to man a market. Its fun, rewarding, and the right thing to do to support local foods in Hot Springs.
See you Friday!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open
The Spa City Co-op market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown net. Please place your orders by Monday at 9pm for Arkansas Natural Produce and by Tuesday 9pm for all other vendors. Plan to pick up your order on Friday June 28th, 3-4:30 pm. If you cannot pick up please arrange for someone to do so for you.
And by all means, check out the Volunteer Spot sign up button on the market page and sign up to man a market. Its fun, rewarding, and the right thing to do to support local foods in Hot Springs.
See you Friday!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is open for orders!
Good Evening Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Fresh Vegetables
Clean Meats
Baked Goods with Organic ingredients
Pastured Eggs
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Market stays open from Fridays 9 p.m. until at least 9 p.m. Mondays!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m.
If you do not get an email ORDER CONFIRMATION right after you order then your order is NOT complete. Log back in and your order might still be there waiting for you to check out! If you have any trouble or questions at all, we are here to help; simply reply to this email or call Andrew at 770.530.3287
Statesboro Market2Go: The Market is Open!
Thanks for shopping with us and supporting your local farmers!
Just added in time for summer – Southern Swiss has a variety of flavors of ice cream online – made with local peaches, strawberries, and blueberries, as well as classic vanilla and chocolate!
We have a variety of summer vegetables and fruits this week – squash, zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, sprouts, okra, potatoes, onions, garlic, blueberries, nectarines, and peaches!
We also have fresh herbs, honey, eggs, coffee, bread, milk, butter, cheese, seafood, shrimp, beef, pork, chevon, garden supplies, candles, soaps, lotions, as well as items that are already prepared and ready to eat, made from local ingredients.
Bootleg Farm and Southern Swiss Dairy both have their products online on Market2Go. They are no longer regulars at the Saturday Market, so look for them here!
Did you know that Market2Go has items for your pets? You can find pet food, bones, Wagz Dog Treats, and pet grade raw goat milk from Bootleg Farm.
Don’t miss Prosser’s Seafood first fresh-caught Georgia shrimp of the season!
Remember we have changed locations for our Statesboro pickup to the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau at 222 S. Main St. Hours will remain the same, and our Sylvania pickup will remain the same at Victory Garden General Store.
We eliminated the annual membership fee – read about the changes here. To maintain support for the market, we added a surcharge of 7% on each order, beginning on March 1st.
Visit the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market this Saturday for Curcubit Day. A cucurbit is a plant of the gourd family, which includes melon, pumpkin, squash, and cucumber. Stop by the Seasonal Eating Booth special where Guest Chef Jean Middleton will have recipes and samples.
Russellville Community Market: The Market Opens at Noon!
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!
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The Market Opens at Noon!
We are so excited to be welcoming three vendors back from vacation, and one brand new one, this week! Birch Moon Apothecary, Farm Girl Meats, and Kuroki Bakery are all back on The Market this week, and The Evolving Human has just joined. Make sure you check out what these vendors and farmers have to offer!
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Fresh Squash, Tiger Lillies, Blueberries, Kale, bath & body products, Pepper plants, herbs, NY Strip Steak, Eggs, Local Honey, and everything you need on the Market this week. Thank you for choosing to shop and eat local!
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This is the L A S T W E E K for our June promotion – spend $100 in one week and win a free DVD copy of “SEED:The Untold Story”, don’t miss out!
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE
Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
Friends,
We are positively thrilled to announce a new partnership with Buona Caffe, one of our long-time market vendors and supporter of all things local. Our new downtown pick up location will be at their Reynold’s St Roastery, Training and Showroom.
Starting Tuesday, July 2, 2019, those who select “Downtown” as their location should pick up at 520 Reynolds Street between 5pm-7pm. Our last day at the old Richmond Academy building on Telfair Street is this Tuesday, June 25.
So much gratitude goes to the people of the Clubhou.se for sharing their space with us on Telfair for two years … and to Pat & John Curry Buona Caffe for opening a new door full of future opportunity for Augusta Locally Grown!!
Questions? Please text Kim at 706-288-7895.
Shelbyville, TN: The market is NOW OPEN - June 21
Hello,
Your Shelbyville Locally Grown Market is now open. Please browse and select your items between now and Wednesday at noon.
Fruit season is almost here. Stock up on your vegetables and eggs now so you can order fruit in a couple weeks.
Here is the link to the market: www.shelbyville.locallygrown.net
Eat healthy, shop local.
Patchwork Online Market: Online Market Open for Ordering!
The market is open for ordering. Please have your order in by Sunday evening.
https://patchworkfarmstand.locallygrown.net/market
CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 3:30-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning!
We will have blueberries, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, and other fresh-picked goodies from the garden on the extras table today, so come early for the best selection.
If you ordered plants, please bring a box to put them in.
This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.
Steve
Dothan, Alabama: June 22, 2019 M@D Newsletter
This Week’s Newsletter:
Blueberry Bliss
Buying “Organic” Part 6
LOTS of Market Chitchat this week
Grower Notes
IN SEASON
We couldn’t resist. Blueberry season is upon us and something about these nutrient packed little balls of bliss turns us into a kid again. They’re just so GOOD, and so versatile. We’ll never discount eating them fresh and raw, but we are sharing some recipes from our Market family. All are tested and true and most are pretty healthy.
ON THE HOME FRONT
This is part 6 and the last in a series reprinted with permission from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Previous installments of this may be found on our Weblog.
Simple ways to enhance garden management:
Protect and increase soil organic matter by using compost (make your own!), mulch, and cover crops and by choosing organic fertilizers, such as fish emulsion, kelp, and manures***.
Use an adequate mulch layer, even in a vegetable garden, to help conserve water, prevent soil erosion, and build a food source for beneficial soil microbes.
Use drip irrigation or soaker hoses to reduce water waste due to evaporation, and use these irrigation systems only when the weather calls for it. Learn how your plants use water by digging in the soil to determine how quickly it dries or stays moist because consistent soil moisture reduces plant stress.
Choose plants and vegetable varieties suited for your climate. This reduces water use, susceptibility to pests, and overall plant stress.
Use caution when applying any pesticide as some can also kill beneficial insects, such as honey bees and predatory insects. Think first of other control methods, such as row covers and trap crops that confuse pests, or the pick-and-stomp method (levels 1 and 2 above). Most important, realize that produce does not have to look like a grocery store display—a little aesthetic damage does not mean the vegetable tastes less yummy than the unblemished one.
Learn to recognize beneficial insects (lady beetle larvae, big-eyed bug, braconid wasps, etc.) that help reduce pests in your garden and landscape.
Finally, when you cannot grow it yourself, buy locally grown and locally made products. Knowing your farmer is one way to learn how the food on your table was produced.
Know the N to P (Nitrogen to Phosphorus) Ratio
- Most plants use a 5:1 ratio of nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P). If the organic fertilizer contains a 1:1 ratio of N to P (as do manures), it will be necessary to apply excessive amounts of P so that the plant’s N needs can be met. This leads to excessive amounts of unused P in the soil. Soil test annually, or every second year, to ensure that P levels do not exceed the recommended amounts, and read the product label to learn nutrient percentages of the fertilizer you intend to apply.
MARKET CHITCHAT
A special invitation from our friend, Susan Avello, aka The Lean Bean Chef. Susan and The Kitchen have partnered to offer a HAND MADE TORTELLINI and RAVIOLI Workshop in July. If you LOVE Italian food Susan will walk you through the process from creating the perfect hand-made pasta dough, to the myriads of fillings and the art of shaping pasta by hand and cover the types of sauces that can be used to finish the pasta. There’s more, but if you’re already hungry just thinking about it she may be reached at [email protected]. She’ll be glad to fill you in on the details . . . and don’t wait, there are only a few spaces left.
We’re excited to announce a new book by a local author, Robin O’Sullivan Robin teaches in the History Department at Troy University. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies, M.A. in American and New England Studies and specializes in environmental history & cultural history.
Looks fascinating doesn’t it? If you’d like to see more it’s available on both Kindle and Hardback through Amazon where you can read a few pages, and check out both the reviews and the author.
New & Relisted Products – Woo-Hoo!
- Perpetual Spinach from Avalon Farms
THIS WEEK’S GROWER NOTES
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
D’S JELLIES: D’s Hot Pepper Jelly is wonderful served with fresh peas as well as an appetizer with Ritz crackers and cream cheese. D’s BlackBerry Jelly is the best for your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or a hot buttered biscuit. D’s Mayhaw Jelly is the best jelly for buttered toast. Jellies are unique gifts! Treat yourself or someone special. Dianne Herring
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AVALON FARMS: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the state of the farm lately. We’re in the crazy time of year, doing both M@D and Poplar Head markets. It’s always difficult to keep up with the farm work schedule, even in the non crazy times: planting, weeding, harvesting, watering, fertilizing, weeding, delivering. (Repeat) The super hot weather and being down with my foot surgery made it even more interesting. Through all this I’ve been learning to prioritize even more. (and pondering the difference between making excuses and explaining reasons! )
You might have noticed that I pulled all the squash and cucumbers from the market. I thought they were coming back from the heat wave….extra water and fertilizer. But they were still dropping fruit and showing signs of disease. Had to put on my big farmer pants and mow them. That’s a very hard lesson for me to learn, but I’m learning. In order to be productive you sometimes have to cut your losses and move forward.
Sigh. I hate it. The 3rd planting of squash and cukes are growing, but it will probably be a month.
Okra will be coming soon. Saw the first blooms a few days ago. Been working on rescuing them from the crab grass.
Sweet potatoes are in the ground. Another weeding task!
Winter squash are next on the list to get planted.
Have a new product for this week: Perpetual Spinach. This faux spinach is in the chard and beet family but it tastes like spinach! And it grows in our Summer heat! Give it a try!!
FOOTNOTES
We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write [email protected].
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: 10am – 12pm, Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: 11am – 11:30am, Parking area behind Daleville Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Pickup: 12pm – 12:30pm, Grocery Advantage, 1032 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise
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