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Russellville Community Market: Remember to Vote AND order from RCM!
Remember RCM closes at 10 p.m. this evening – lots of great breads, meats, and veggies to choose from! You’ll also receive a RCM rewards card – you’ll save $5 on your third order!
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
GFM : Pot Luck Dinner Meeting
Recipes
Sweet Zucchini Crumble
Silky smooth baked zucchini is the surprising filling in this sweet dessert. Like the best apple crumble, this dessert has a tender, lemony-sweet, spiced filling just waiting to be discovered beneath its irresistible, crunchy crust. Don’t count on having leftovers. From Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables
Serves 6 to 8
4 1/2 cups flour
3 cups sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
11/2 cups shortening, softened, or butter, cold
6–8 cups thinly sliced zucchini (about 4 large zucchini)
2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Stir the flour, 2 cups of the sugar, and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Add the shortening or butter and cut it into the flour with a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse oatmeal.
3. Pour half of the mixture into a 9×13-inch cake pan. Using your fingers or a rubber spatula, press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and set it aside.
4. Combine the zucchini and lemon juice in a large pot over high heat and cook until zucchini is tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Simmer for 1 minute more. Stir in 1/2 cup of the reserved flour mixture and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove the pot from the heat to cool for 10 minutes.
5. Pour the zucchini mixture over the baked crust and sprinkle with the remaining flour mixture. Return the pan to the oven and bake until it is lightly browned and bubbly, 40 to 45 minutes.
Market News
To Contact Us
423-552-3023
[email protected]
Customers & Vendors
All Gardeners, Producers of Poultry, Meat, Eggs, Honey, Bakers, Food Vendors, Crafters, Visitors, Customers and Potential Volunteers/Board Members in East Tennessee are welcome.
We will be holding our annual Yearly Vendor & Board Meeting on January 26, 2017
If you are a CUSTOMER of our online market, our Physical Market or both, located under the livestock pavilion of the Greene County Fair Grounds, you are invited to attend from 5 to 6. Break Bread with your vendors, find out more about their farms, what they will be offering in the upcoming season. Make suggestions as to different things (produce) ect., you would like to see at our market this season, and here on line.
RSVP REQUIRED Call Judy @ 423-552-3023 or email to [email protected]
When: January 26, 2017 from 5 to 8 pm.
Where: The meeting will be held at the 1st Presbyterian Church, located at 110 N. Main St, Downtown Greeneville. We will be in the Fellowship Hall located on the 2nd floor.
EVERYONE is asked to bring their favorite dish to share with others, GFM will provide Coffee, Tea, Water, all paper products and utensils. Please RSVP by Jan. 23rd, so that we will be have enough drinks and eating utensils on hand.
Please bring your creative ideas for this up and coming market season. Write down questions, bring those with you as well. We have several things in the works, that we will require committees and volunteers. We want YOU to be part of our team family.
Please help support the market by using amazonsmile.com when you place Internet orders and choose Greeneville Farmers Market as your non-profit charity to support. Amazon Smile shares with the market a percentage of all purchases to help support our market.
If you haven’t visited our website, greenevillefarmersmarket.com we also have online books that can be ordered through our site that also helps support the market.
Also, If you haven’t signed up for our online market, please do so today. Both as a customer and a vendor. gfm.locallygrown.net There is no charge to vendors to be a part of this online market.
Let’s support each other and our community in this endeavor.
Don’t forget: Please RSVP no later than Jan. 23rd, so that we will be have enough drinks and eating utensils on hand. You may call Judy @ 423-552-3023 or send an email with RSVP in the subject line.
Thank You,
Board, Staff, and Vendors of
Greeneville’s Oldest, Established Farmers Market
Greeneville Farmers Market, Inc.
423-552-3023
Citrus County Locally Grown: Bonus (Yes Free) Microgreens
UPDATE FROM
CITRUS COUNTY LOCALLY GROWN
Your On-Line Farmers Market
Next Market: This Thursday
## THE MARKET PLACE ##
3 Rock Farm is offering Bonus Microgreens with every Market Order
(Select the offer in the "Micros and Sprouts Section of the Market. Limit One per customer and subject to availability Market Manager )
## THIS WEEK ##
3ROCK FARM
Micro Greens are back! Plus Scones, Aminos Pepitas (pumpkin seeds),
Maple Nuts, Granola and Olive Trees!
ARBOR TRAILS
Is reopening on a limited basis starting Friday, October 28th. The new hours will be limited to Friday and Saturday 10am to 2pm. We will have a variety of lettuces, eggplant, bok choi, kohlrabi, fresh herbs, and other greens ready for the reopening. Tomatoes and strawberries will be ready around Thanksgiving. Check out the Increased offering all are available on our market.
BENT PINE FARM
Eggs – Brown Large – Free Range Chickens – All organic non-GMO feed
We also offer, Duck Eggs and Cayenne Pepper all (OGG).
BUSH BOYS BEEHIVES
Our Wild Brazilian Pepper Honey is in good supply. Just a little Orange Blossom Honey still available.
FLORIDA FRESH MEAT
Naturally raised chemical and hormone free meat.
HIDDEN DREAMS FARM
Goat Milk Fresh or Frozen and Marinated FETA cheese.
LIBBYBNATURAL
A Full range of Health and beauty products all locally made. & Hair Care Products.
SNOW"S COUNTRY MARKET
Great range of (CGV) Produce available
SANDHILL FARM
Fresh raw cows milk, Per FL Law intended for ANIMAL CONSUMPTION only.
Milk now available in 1 gal and 1/2 gal sizes. Also eggs fresh from their own hens.
GOAT MILK available
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Enjoy browsing the products from the comfort of your own home.
Delivery to your home is available in most areas. Just $8.00
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THE MARKET IS OPEN
Click on the text below to go to the Market.
www.citruscounty.locallygrown.net/
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest Reminder! Lots of Great Veggies! And Vote!
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
[email protected]
JohnDrury
[email protected]
Recipes
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Market News
Hello!
This is a big moment for our country, and we certainly hope you get out and vote! Our democracy works best with your participation! ANd we’ll see you on the flip side!
And in other nerws…we still have a great selection of vegetables for you! Amazingly delicious broccoli and carrots, as well as so many other greens and lettuces and squashes of all kinds! Lots of good stuff to keep you healthy and happy.
So please exercise not only your right to vote, but also your right to access good food!
If you haven’t yet placed an order, you have until Tuesday evening to do so!
Thank you so much for all your support!
See you Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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!
Champaign, OH: Hello, Old Friend!
As I am strolling down the garden path,
I saw a flower glowing in the dark.
It looked so pretty and it was unique;
I had to bend down just to have a peek.
Hello old friend,
It’s really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,
It’s really good to see you once again.
(Eric Clapton-Hello, Old Friend)
Hello, this evening, to our old friends, End Of The Road Farms!!! Make sure to show them some love, show them how much they were missed, and show them your love for this little local market of love…
I hope that all of you had amazing, beautiful, sunshine filled weekends!! Today was like a breath of spring!! I just had to pop my A/C on, again, my herbs are the most beautiful yet, the Hippie and the Farmer gardens are seeing a second run of tomatoes, peppers, and lettuce, and I am sooooooo trippy, hippie happy for all of this!!
Also, tomorrow I am meeting with someone who is interested in becoming your next market manager!! So excited for this person who has been so dedicated to the local cause, for so many years!!
So, this evening, hello, old friends, old market of love, and a huge dose golden sunshine days!!
Remember to order…you have until tomorrow evening, but you don’t want to miss out on any of the fun!!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Yalaha, FL: Nov 7 to Nov 10 Ordering 2016
Time to start listing again for Fall. Offerings still a little limited but I am working on getting more farms to list so please check back often.
New Product Wheatgrass.
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy. 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. (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.)
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market Weekly Product Listing
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
The Online Market will now be open Sunday through Thursday. Place your order by 9 p.m. Thursday evening and pick up on Saturday morning between 9-11 a.m.
The newsletter with product listing will come out each Monday, ensuring that all inventory updates have been made over the weekend, but, market will still open on Sunday so you can place your order as usual. You might want to check back in during the week to see if any additional items were added.
Have you ever tried Bok Choy? Bok choy (aka pak choi), Brassica rapa, is a type of Chinese cabbage. Records show that the Chinese have been cultivating the vegetable since the 5th century AD. It wasn’t introduced to the United States until early in the 20th century.
Bok choy prefers mild to cooler weather and will bolt when temperatures are consistently colder than 50 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer than 75. It can withstand occasional frosts, making it a great crop for the early spring here in Yavapai County. Plants are generally ready to harvest 50-60 days after planting. Most of the bok choy found in grocery stores and farmers markets is “baby” bok choy, meaning it was picked while still immature and/or is a variety selected for its small size.
When harvested, the plant is cut just above the roots, leaving a loose head of leaves attached by their stems to the base. All parts of the harvested vegetable can be eaten. When selecting bok choy, feel for stems and leaves that are still somewhat crisp. Store the vegetable in the fridge and use within a few days to ensure that it still has its crunch.
Bok choy is an excellent source of vitamins A and C and K and a good source of potassium, folate, vitamin B6, calcium, and manganese. It has a mild flavor and slightly crunchy texture, and is fantastic in stir-fries. It is a great stand-alone vegetable when sautéed—the stems stay crisp while the leaves wilt, becoming silky. You’ll find bok choy in nearly all Asian food cultures. Bok choy features prominently in soups: Japanese Udon, Vietnamese Pho (a noodle soup), Filipino pork sinigang, and Taiwaneese beef soup. It’s a popular ingredient in rice and noodle dishes across Asia. Bok choy is truly a delightful green to experiment with and mix up your greens intake.
Give this nutritious vegetable a try!
(credit to http://www.prescottfarmersmarket.org/bok-choy/ for the great info and photo)
Lake Placid Online Farmer's Market: Reminder: Last Call for November Market
Hi everyone,
Just a friendly reminder that the November market will close ordering capability tonight at 10 pm, so if you intend to order, please do so soon.
Thanks and enjoy this beautiful day!
Best,
Christie
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Newsletter -- PLEASE READ!!
Bits and Bites
Heirloom Living Market
Heirloom Living Market
What’s Happening….
It seems the last few months have been a roller coaster ride for our Farmers! The drought continues and has certainly taken its toll! I ask that you keep all of our Farmers / Providers in your prayers.
New Meat Buying Option
How do you buy your meat items? Do you create meal plans for the week and purchase enough to create those specific meals? Do you scan through the meat offerings and choose what you think you will use, would like to have on hand or will plan meals around after you have it on hand? In the past, I purchased 1/4 animals (for beef and pork) and I had a choice and planned from there. It was a huge financial investment and took up a huge amount of freezer space! When that stopped being a viable option for economic reasons; I planned my meals and purchased accordingly…I am not sure when that changed! Now, I admit to scanning – not impulse buying exactly, but definitely purchasing what ‘looks’ or ‘sounds’ good to me when I am shopping the Market. I would like to get back to having options in the freezer and planning!
I was talking to our Meat Farmer, Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm about various subjects this past week. The major subject of our discussion is the drought and how it is affecting, not just his family farm but all of our local producers. Greg has always been able to feed his cows on pasture through the winter with periodic times when he has had to purchase hay. (His animals are never fed grain) This year, again because of the drought in our state, good quality hay is in extremely short supply and expensive.
He can sell cows, he can find and pay extremely high prices for good quality hay, he can butcher more cows now rather than ‘over wintering’ them. Choice 1 would create a ‘shortage’ come Spring and would mean higher prices. Choice 2 will also result in higher prices for Greg’s bottom line and would necessitate increased prices for us.
While I certainly cannot pretend to know Greg’s best options, seeing the writing on the wall for us prompted me to think ‘outside the box’. Although Greg offers 2 Meat CSA Boxes (one large and one small) to his regular Farm customers, they have never been offered on the Market. I asked Greg if he would be willing to offer it to our Market Members and he said yes!
Here is how it works:
Choose the Box you would like to receive on a monthly basis
Place order
Pay for order
Receive 10lbs or 20lbs of meat once a month for the next 4 months. (December, January, February, March)
To quote Greg:
‘Our meat CSA offers a monthly variety of prime, choice and premium meat cuts in a 10 pound (small) or 20 pound (large) monthly box. You will get a variety of cuts including ground beef, beef roast, stew beef, pork sausage, chops, steaks, bacon, chicken, soup bones, cased sausages, link sausages,duck,lamb and more for a GREAT price.’
Although it is a sacrifice up front, I will get a variety of meat each month – and will not have to utilize a huge amount of space to store it! The average price of purchasing individual products is reduced! If I see I need or want additional items, I can still purchase those on a weekly basis.
I do not know if this is a viable option for you and your family; however, I hope that you will give it some thought and consideration. While I have never been a great fan of Veggie CSA’s, I think that a Meat CSA is a wonderful idea and something that is definitely worth trying. Check out the Meat CSA Boxes on the first page of the Market offerings.
We will have a Special Treat available on the Farmer Sales Table this week at both Markets. Bethe Munn, one of the Coordinators for the Lawrenceville / Dacula Market is bringing back some Satsuma Mandarin Oranges! These have been lovingly grown by Bethe’s Mother for many years. Bethe brought some back last year and I adored them! Bethe said that sadly, many went to waste because there were just too many for her Mom to use and no one was interested in picking them. I suggested that she ‘bring them to Market’ this year! As I write this, Bethe is at her Mom’s plucking these outstanding gems from her Mom’s trees and you can taste their ‘creamsicle deliciousness’ this week. They will be selling for $4.00/lb. Of course they are free of all pesticides and fungicides!
Fry Farm has items listed on the Market this week.
Butternut Squash
North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash
Wild Garden Kale Mix
Lettuce ‘Wild Summer Mix’
French Breakfast Radishes
Hakurei Turnips (with or without greens)
Hinona Kabu Turnips
The cooler Fall weather is a perfect time to order some of Dabrielle’s wonderful Spelt Pumpkin Muffins, Pumpkin Roll or Pumpkin Spice Bread! Wonderful with a cup of Tea or Coffee! (or a nice big glass of cold and creamy milk!) Your pup might also appreciate a Pumpkin Treat! I am also partial to the Sourdough Bread! Again, I remind you that My Daily Bread sets aside time and resources to bake for us each and every week! Let’s support them and reach our minimum to ensure we can keep them in our offerings!
Eggs
As of this writing all Eggs are Sold Out! I have contacted our Farmers and have asked that extra be sent if they are available. This is ONE example of the result of inconsistent ordering! The amount of Eggs that we were ordering dropped dramatically. Chickens were still laying Eggs – Farmers need to sell those Eggs (or Milk or Meat or Veggies or Baked Goods) – if we cannot support them, someone else will!
Last week, we were able to get additional eggs and I believe that we will have eggs for Table Sales this week. When I send the reminder email on Thursday, I will let each Market know how many Eggs will be available on Table Sales! They will be sold on a First Come, First Served basis only!
Cow Milk and Goat Milk
For now, our Raw Milk orders are remaining constant – in fact, we have added a few 1/2 gallons thanks to new Members! Sam and I will continue to monitor the orders and I will inform you if delivery will change.
Goat Milk will NOT be available until December!
All Saints Lutheran Church
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
Click Here for Map
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,
Here is what’s available this week:
Vegetables—Eggplant, arugula, kale, bok choy, celery, lettuce, red mustard, potatoes, pumpkins, beets, carrots, radishes, Japanese turnips, sweet potatoes, garlic, winter squash, and peppers—Sweet Italian fryers, bell peppers, Carolina reaper, mild jalapeno, regular jalapeno, serrano, habanero, Tabasco, Datil, cayenne, and mixed hot peppers.
Herbs—Rosemary, dill, cilantro, basil, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Eggs—Pastured, free range.
Meat—Pastured beef, lamb, chicken and goat.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut, okra, and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Go ahead and place your order, then pick up and pay on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
We look forward to seeing you!
Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
Inside Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—-if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!