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.
Cross Timbers Food Cooperative: CTFC Market Open for January 28 Pick-up
Hi, folks—
Ordering for the second January delivery is OPEN.
Orders can be placed through Sunday, January 22.
Pickup is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, January 28.
Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative
ALFN Local Food Club: Volunteers Needed
We are in need of a couple of volunteers this weekend. Please consider “signing up”https://signup.com/client/invitation/6775657374/1141969/false#!1141969/false/false for the early (8-10:30) or late shift (10-12:30) – or both! You will receive $5 credit or one month of membership for every shift.
As you know, volunteers are what make our organization run! We appreciate each and every one of you!
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Newsletter:Group Buy FCLO this weekend and more
Link to this week’s newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/4ctdg
Thanks for everyone’s feedback on the new newsletter format! Glad you all like it!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Reminder - Ordering Closes Tonight at 8pm
Just a friendly reminder that the market orders are due today by 8 pm.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Saturday!
Click Here To Order
Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for Jan. 25th pick up!
Dear Friends of the Market,
Just a little reminder to let you know the Market is now open for pickup next Wednesday, January 25th, between 4 pm and 6 pm at the Grayson Landcare office.
To shop, go here-
https://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market
Please remember…
Our market is doing great, but we love to see it grow! If you get a chance this week, please tell a friend or coworker about us! Feel free to share our posts on Facebook too!
If you are interested in planting your own berry plants this year, you should know that Grayson County 4-H program is selling a variety of live strawberry, blueberry, and thornless blackberry plants. Please pick up an order form at the Grayson Landcare office. All orders are due by FEBRUARY 1st. For more information, please call 276-773-2491.
If you ever have any questions, or need to reach me, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 541-243-3899.
Thanks and have a great week!
Abby
Cook Farm: Weblog Entry
Hi from the farm,
I’m back in the kitchen this coming Sunday, baking granola and bread. I plan to only bake once or twice a month, so if you have room in your freezer you may want to order enough for the month. Double bagged the bread stays fresh quite well for the month. Especially good wrapped in foil and warmed in the oven!
I have made some changes to the Pick-up locations and times too, so be sure to check the Q and A page!
Thanks for shopping with me
Susan Cook
McColloms Market: February FFFN Date Change
Hi All:
Sorry for this, but I’m going to have to change the date for the FFFN Order. The Market will open on Friday, Feb. 17th and pick up will be on Wed. the 22nd.
Thanks.
Melinda
518-354-0202
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This Week at The Cumming Harvest
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The Cumming Harvest
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This Week
I’m devoting the newsletter these first few weeks of the year to documenting in detail just how TCH works. I’ll spend some time next week talking about how growers get allowed in the market, and what standards they have to meet. But this week, I’ll get into the details of how the market sustains itself financially.
First off, we’re legally a sole proprietorship, and the market is owned and operated by me. It has never legally been organized as a co-op, though it’s always run in a cooperative spirit and it’s commonly referred to as the co-op.
We’re not a non-profit, either, but we’ve structured things so that over time the market can just barely cover its own expenses. Just like all of our member farms are sustainable growers, the market itself needs to be sustainable. So how do we cover its expenses? One small way is through the memberships you pay. The $25 a year you give to the market is enough to cover the costs of having customers: banking fees from depositing your checks, paper and ink for printing, web hosting fees, and that sort of thing. We currently have 146 paid members out of the 1602 active accounts on the website.
By far the bulk of our funding comes from the growers themselves. They generally pay a 10% commission on their sales through the site. This money covers the the food allowance we offer our volunteers, rent and utilities at Holy Spirit church, etc. During the slow parts of the year, the sales are usually not enough to cover our weekly costs, but in the busy times (late fall and early spring, for us) there is extra. If we plan things out well, it pretty much all evens out in the end.
The growers get paid out of the shared cashbox for their week’s sales when they drop off their items. Then, you arrive and pay into the cashbox for your order. I post date the checks to give me time to rush to the bank to deposit the money to cover the checks we just wrote to the growers (money you pay via credit cards takes up to a week to reach our account). As explained elsewhere on the website, you are really ordering directly from and paying the growers yourself, but our shared cashbox system makes things convenient for you and them. (Imagine if you ordered from ten growers having to write ten checks when you picked up your items!) This shared cashbox system has so far satisfied the tax man, but it does mean that if you place an order and then never arrive to pick it up, we’re left holding the bag. For that reason, you are responsible for paying for orders not picked up, and that amount is automatically added on to your next order for your convenience.
That’s how we operate financially. Our market might be more expensive to run than a traditional “booths and tables” farmers market, but that price buys a system that’s simple, time-saving, and flexible.
Pick-Up
Market Location and Pick Up
724 Pilgrim Mill Road, Cumming, GA 30040
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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!
ALFN Local Food Club: Market Reminder
Good evening all!
Don’t forget to place your orders on the market before noon. Last Saturday our market volunteers tried the peach preserves from Green Acres with some Arkansas Fresh birdseed bread…we highly recommend it!
See you this weekend,
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
Miami County Locally Grown: Yes! We have appliances!!
As the market opens tonight, here’s some wonderful news… Thanks to Dawna Elko, of Coldwell Banker, who came across a great deal and thought of our market, we now have a commercial fridge and freezer!
We look forward to working with the health dept, so we will soon be able to add new offerings from amazing area producers…
Chicken from local favorite King’s Poultry
Milk, yogurt and cheese from FreshStart Farm
Eggs from Adams Greenhouse
Cheesecake, Danish, and other goodies from Sugar Pie Bakery
This market thrives on connecting the community with incredible producers who live just around the corner.
Thanks to everyone for your involvement and support!!