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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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Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for Feb. 27th pickup!
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Good evening,
The Market is open for your orders this week. I hope everyone made it home safely today. Thank you all for coming out in not so great weather. I really appreciate all of you and I’m so grateful to be a part of this community!
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.
Thank you for supporting the Independence Farmers Market!
Abby
Champaign, OH: The Last Minutes
Good morning, little local market of love customers!
That weather!! What a strange mixed bag of tricks!!
I know that it’s on everyone’s minds, trying to get to work, trying to hustle the kids around, but we have 15 minutes left of the market for the week…
Just in case we can help you out of this weather jam, this morning…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed.
The Spa City Co-op is closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your orders between 3 and 4:30 on Friday. Should you be unable, please arrange for a friend to do so. Don’t forget to sign up to volunteer for a shift Friday. It’s fun, and you will earn a five dollar gift card from Kroger and a 2 month detention on your membership.
See you Friday!
Miami County Locally Grown: Our Featured Vendor Tonight...
We’d driven past the gorgeous homestead on State Route 201 hundreds of times on the way to my parents, always remarking what a lovely spread – and were completely intrigued one day a few years ago when a large sign went up at the end of their drive declaring it Honey Creek Farm – Farm Stand, Open! We were vastly curious who was behind this new addition to the local food scene!
If you’ve met May Alanzi at her home farm stand, the downtown Troy farmer’s market, or one of our Night Markets at First Place, so many things are quickly evident – while she’s the least pushy and most modest vendor you may ever meet, the variety of unique goods she offers is astounding. From gangly gourds, exotic vegetables, gorgeous floral arrangements, and fragrant herbs to homemade jams (for a crazy low price, I might add), unusual baked goods and quaint carpentry projects, the woman seemingly does a bit of everything… with a knack for the most creative and unusual ideas!
When asked whether she’d always wanted to farm, she didn’t hesitate – “not necessarily”, although she always loved spending the 3 months every summer at her grandparents farm (the Honey Creek Farm where she and her husband now reside). She moved away from home, and spent a long time in New York, where she dreamed about round bale houses and being an architect while working toward her degrees in Political Science and Anthropology. Unable to completely escape that farming bug, she worked in a nursery and became a Master Gardener in order to learn as much as possible, before finally moving back home to Tipp City where her parents now lived at her grandparents farm – and still do, raising their own garden and encouraging May’s wide variety of farming and homesteading endeavors.
Her grandmother passed down a love for doing crafts, as well as a fully stocked basement with “all the supplies you could imagine” just waiting for May’s creative juices to flow. And she still loves doing woodworking in her grandpa’s workshop… “when I have time”, she admits, before laughing that she never really has time, shaking her head at herself. Surprise surprise!
Most people may expand slowly but surely – not May, having constructed her own high tunnel (think unheated greenhouse for extending your growing season) this past year and adding chickens and goats to her growing farm. I wouldn’t have thought it possible she could get more excited, yet she did when talking about the goats, saying she chose Nigerian dwarfs as they’re small (under 30”) and manageable, particularly for her two nieces whom she’s taken under her wing as apprentices the last two summers. Wanting to practice last year with just two female goats, she intends to find a buck this summer – let the breeding and continued expansion begin!
It comes as no surprise she hates asking for help (“that’s just not a good motto!”) – her independence is obvious, stating she prefers to figure things out, and “research research research”, even if it means putting 7 years worth of work into her strawbale house before ever actually beginning construction. And if you’ve had the pleasure of seeing her incredible home up close (she said yes to hosting one of our Community Potluck’s this summer!! Woohoo!!) you’d understand how awestruck I was while she nonchalantly showed me around as if it were ordinary for people to not only draft and design their own home, using the most natural of resources, but document and photograph the entire project down to the minutest detail, with the thought of writing a book on the experience. No kidding!
Looking around open-mouthed, I kept thinking this was the kind of thing you read about in books, wondering how these people actually pull off something so extraordinary. And she’s right in our backyard, growing vegetables for us?! What a woman! And what an asset to our Market family :-)
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The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This week on The Cumming Harvest
To Contact Us
The Cumming Harvest
[email protected]
Facebook
This Week
Market opens at 10AM
Hi everyone! It is with mixed feelings that I announce that the market will be shifting hands at the beginning of March. Due to the increasing conflict between work, family life, and volunteer time spent running the market, I will be stepping down from my position and Fill Ministries taking over ownership of The Cumming Harvest. I’m so very grateful and glad that Fill Ministries has agreed to continue the market, but at the same time I am sad that I will miss seeing each of you every week. Don’t worry, the Saturday market will still be in the same location and at the same time, but please stay tuned for minor changes that may take place in the coming weeks. The future of local food in Forsyth County is bright!
ON THE MARKET:
Click here for Vegetables
Vegetables on the market include Bok Choi, carrots, kale, lettuce, tomatoes, swiss chard and more!
Click here for Eggs
Chicken and duck eggs available this week!
Click here for Probiotic and Fermented Food
Ancient Awakenings has listed this week, so make sure to get your favorite kombucha, kefir, and fermented vegetable products.
Click here for Microgreens and Sprouts
Click here for Bakery Goods
Royal Rose Bakery has the most delicious quiches and pot pies, yum!
Click here for Meats
Southern Grass Meat grass-fed beef
Indian Creek Angus grass-fed beef
Back in Time Certified Naturally Grown pastured chicken, offering SOY-FREE products
Click here for Seafood
Doug’s Wild Alaskan Salmon is back in stock! 5lb packs of salmon fillets, salmon portions, and 1 lb salmon burger
Click here for Bath and Beauty Products
For many other products sold on the market, including honey, sauces, jams, and essential oils, click HERE
Pick-Up
Market Location and Pick Up
Pick Up every Saturday from 10am-12pm.
Located in a small building directly behind The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit.
724 Pilgrim Mill Road, Cumming, GA 30040
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight after 10pm.
Hello friends!
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, February 22nd.
The market closes TONIGHT after 10pm, maybe even midnight! Come early on Friday for the best selection from the Extras table. See you Friday!
The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping:*
https://conway.locallygrown.net/market
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – [email protected]
Siloam Springs, AR: Opossum Hollow just listed produce!
Produce available:
Chard
Collard Greens
Kale
Mustard Greens
Red Loose Leaf Lettuce
Romaine
Spinach
Thankful the greens are growing well!
~Stacy
Statesboro Market2Go: Order Before Midnight!
Remember to place your order for this week before midnight tonight.
The Thursday pickup location for Statesboro has changed to the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau at 222 S. Main St.
Don’t miss the fresh strawberries just added by Jacobs Produce, and Caribbean Feast is now on Market2Go!
Dawson Local Harvest: There is still time to order
Good morning,
The market closes for orders at 9 pm tonight, but you still have time to get in on the action!
Fresh eggs, refreshing Jun, jams and jellies, crisp veggies…
Take a look around and see if anything jumps out at you.
If you like what we are doing, please tell a friend! Also, we appreciate any feedback from you all – after all, this market is for you! If there is anything we can do to improve, we’d love to know!
Thanks!
Yalaha, FL: Wheatgrass available
We DO have plenty of Wheatgrass this week.
Order now through 5 pm Thursday February 21st for Friday Feb 22nd or Saturday February 23rd Pickup, (or contact me if you want a different day, we do have some flexibility.) This week Friday may be best or early Sat Morning.
Remember to tell me when you want to pick up!
Hi All, Just want to share that I have been getting back into fermenting again. Let me know if you are interested in getting fresh cultures for Kombucha, Milk Kefir, or Water Kefir. My Kefir grains especially have been growing fast. The Kombucha scoby is a little slower about it.
Please let me know what micro greens or shoots you are interested in and I can start growing enough to make them available (most take less than 2 weeks.)
Also, if you want me to list super foods like Purslane, let me know, I have it volunteering wild here and I will likely also have nettles come winter/spring season.
If you have any particular requests, let me know I’m happy to grow to order.
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then set the number and click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy (it is the little picture right next to the quantity box.) Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)