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.
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is Open for ordering!
Happy Friday! It’s time to order for this Wednesday pick up.
Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Order before 6pm on Sunday!
ORDER CONFIRMATION:
If you don’t get an email right after you order then your order is NOT complete. Log back in and your order will still be there waiting for you to check out.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on ***WEDNESDAY*** at 1300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 1104, Suwanee at Cultured Traditions from 1 pm to 6:30 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, Zelle, PayPal, and credit cards online. Credit cards can not be swiped at pick up location b/c there is no Wi-Fi.
To pay by credit card on file click “Pay Now” button at the bottom of the check out page. I don’t run credit cards until after pick up on Wednesdays.
If paying by DWOLLA or PayPal, please pay by Wednesday! I pay our vendors on your behalf before you pick up so I need all payments initiated by Wednesdays.
Old99Farm Market: Old 99 farm, week of Apr 29 2019
Last minute reminder, yes the market is open and I’ve lots of luscious greens, ready to pick.
As well as eggs, meats, compost and some tree saplings.
Healthy eating
Ian and Cami
Champaign, OH: Thanks For The Love!
You really, totally, grooved this week’s market!!
Thank you for always supporting all that we do!!
We are your very own lovely little market, open year round, bringing you so much local love!
We are opening, again, for the week…
Get ready!! Let’s all show the love!!
XOXO
Cosmic Pam
Shelbyville, TN: Shelbyville Locally Grown 2019
Our market will be open tomorrow morning. You can order through our website until Wednesday at noon, and pick up will be The Shops at Main & McGrew on Thursday. If you haven’t signed up on our website you can do so here: www.shelbyville.locallygrown.net. Special opening market sale on eggs.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for May 9
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 a week of transitions, what with UGA done for the semester (and Maymester starting up) and the public schools starting to wind down for the year. With sudden changes in schedules and routine, it’s also a week that more people that usual tend to forget to pick up their orders. It’s a good time to check the phone number on your account, over on the Your Account page, to make sure that it’s current and preferably a cell phone. I start calling people who haven’t arrived at 7:30 — we are open until 8 — and every week there are folks I reach who completely forgot it was Thursday. There are also usually people I’m not able to reach at all, because I have a number for a home phone or they don’t answer and don’t have voice mail set up, and 8 o’clock rolls around and their food is still sitting there. When that happens I have to give the food away and charge them anyway, because the growers deserve to get paid. I’d much rather you get the food you order, even if we have to work out an an arrangement when I reach you with the reminder call, and that’s much easier if I can reach you before we leave for the night.
Since we could still use some more folks: We’ve got a consistent crew of volunteers every Thursday filling your orders, but sometimes one of them catches a bug or needs a week off. When that happens, I start calling the backup crew to take their place. I’d love to add a few more people to that list, so if you’re generally free on Thursdays from 3pm to 8pm and would like to earn an occasional market credit in exchange for filling orders for fellow customers, please let me know! We’ll get you all trained up (this Thursday, if you’re able), and then you’ll be on my go-to list when one of the regulars needs a week away.
I don’t have any other news this week, so I’ll let you get right to ordering. 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 many other area markets are starting to return! 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 closed for the season, and you can watch for their return 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. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on winter hours now on Saturdays from 1-4pm. 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 noon to 4pm. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com. 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!
Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for May 8th pickup!
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Good evening,
It’s time to place your order for the week. We still have a wide variety of seeds available for purchase from Southern Seed Exchange!
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.
Upcoming Events:
Join us for the opening of the 2019 Market Season in Town Park next Friday, May 10th from 9 am- 1 pm! We’ve invited area artisans to join us Opening Day so you can find a perfect gift for Mother’s Day.
Join us Sunday, May 26th from 2-5 pm for Farm Day at Wagon Wheel Farm, 1132 Gold Hill Rd, Independence VA for an afternoon of hands-on activities. See and try out some of the best market garden tools. If you’ve taken our “Grow More Vegetables” class, you’ll see those spacings and planting ideas in the ground and growing! Tour the greenhouse, high tunnel and field. Free kids activities. Rain date is Sunday June 2, same time and place.
Thank you for supporting the Independence Farmers Market!
Abby
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: May 1st Market Opens
The Online Market is open for ordering from 8 AM Wednesday till 8 PM on Thursday.
Please feel free to make your selections from the great products available this week.
Remember the New Customer Referral Program
From March 20 through June 30
How it Works
1. Tell a friend about the CUMMING HARVEST farmers market.
2. Have them register at cumming.locallygrown.net. (the market managers will contact all new customers to ask who referred them)
3. After their third purchase (3 different weeks), your credit will be applied to your account.
Thank you for sharing your love of healthy food and for helping to support our local growers!
Stephen Daniels
770-905-9155
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed
The market is closed for ordering.
The Spa City Co-op is now closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your orders between 3pm and 4:30pm on Friday, April 5th. Should you be unable to pick up, please arrange for a friend to do so for you.
And don’t forget to look at the Volunteer Spot program acessible thru the Market page and sign up to volunteer for a Friday Shift. It’s fun, you get to meet your fellow co-opers, and earn a couple of months extention to your membership PLUS a $5 gift card.
See you Frida
Statesboro Market2Go: Order Before Midnight!
Remember to place your order for this week before midnight tonight.
Don’t miss items from our new vendors – goat cheeses from Bootleg Farm and extended varieties of honey from H.L. Franklin’s Health Honey.
The Thursday pickup location for Statesboro has changed to the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau at 222 S. Main St.
RAF Buying Clubs : Last Call on Orders!