Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

Sorry I forgot to open the market! I will keep it open until Thursday at nine!

Stacy

CLG:  Tuesday Reminder - Buffalo & Kale added: Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.

Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, September 16th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm. See you Friday!

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – [email protected]

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Closes at 10 p.m. tonight!!

Good afternoon everyone!

Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m.

There’s lots of fruits, veggies, breads, and meats available this week. Support our local farmers and order on-line :)

Happy ordering!

We’re looking forward to seeing you on Thursday for the market pick-up from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!
Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

ALG Test Market:  Weblog Entry

LOVE TO OUR FARMERS
Sending love to our farmers this weekend as they weather this tropical storm. We hope it brings the rains they need without damaging the fruits of their tireless labor. Y’all are truly the heroes of our community, patiently working with whatever the heavens bring.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ====

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
We’re putting together a strapping team of volunteers for our Harvest Bytes event on October 28-29 at the Clubhou.se! Cook, serve or set up! Be a part of the get-er-done crowd, and have fun doing it! Text Kim at 706-288-7895

LOCAL FOOD EVENTS CALENDAR ====

TUES, SEPT 13 – VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET!
Support the most feel-good farmers market in Augusta. And yes, we double EBT!!! Every Tuesday, 4:30pm-7pm, at 1850 Broad Street, Augusta.

TUE, SEPT 20 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE SUBURBAN GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!

THU, SEPT 22 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA. Contact [email protected] to get the RSVP link.

FRI, SEPT 23 – WINTER GARDEN PLANTING AT THE CLUBHOUSE.SE GARDENS
Come help us out in our fall crops and learn what the upcoming “incubator kitchen and gardens” is all about! Friday, Sept 23, 9a-11a, 540 Telfair St, Augusta. RSVP Kim at 706-288-7895.

SAT, SEPT 24 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.

SAT, SEPT 24 – WHOLE FOODS BIRTHDAY BASH
Join us and others to celebrate Whole Foods’ 2nd Birthday at their store in Augusta. Kids activities from 12noon-4pm; more adult activities from 4pm-8pm. Come learn about getting involved in our Food & Tech Hackathon too!

SUN, SEPT 25 — THREE FARM TOUR & PROGRESSIVE FARM DINNER
We’re very excited to announce another “Three Farm Tour & Progressive Farm Dinner!” This time we’re focusing on the Aiken area. Meet the good folks at Pascalina Farm for soup and salad; Happy Earth Farm for meat stew; and Trail Ridge Goat Dairy for dessert. Tickets are on sale now through our on-line market! $20 each. 1p-5:30p. A limited 25 tickets will be available. Buy now! This is a very popular event.

FRI, SEPT 30 – WINTER PLANTING AND HERB TASTING AT THE DPH! More details soon!

SAT, OCT 1 – MICROBIAL MAKEOVER WITH ICEBOX FARM
Icebox Farm has just announced a fascinating, full-day workshop called “Microbial Makeover,” held at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Evans. In this hands-on workshop, you and your friends will find out what microbiota and microbiomes are, where they come from, and how we interact with them in ways that affect our health. Expert facilitators are Dr. Steve Fountain, MD, PhD, and Tasha Alison, of Icebox Farm. Visit the event’s new website at microbialmakeover.com. to register. Space is limit, includes an amazing meal, and will sell out fast!

WED, OCT 5 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE WESTLAKE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!

FRI, SAT, OCT 7-8 – PLANT SALE AT SOUTHERN NATIVE PLANTINGS!
Get great deals on your fruit trees and other edibles for fall planting. Juicy details coming soon.

TUE, OCT 11 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!

SAT, OCT 15 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.

SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – “HARVEST BYTES” – A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. Start the night with a Socratic-style cocktail hour, following by “Hacking the Microbiome” with speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack-A-Thon the night before, sponsored by Whole Foods Market! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it. Proceeds from this event will fund an “Incubator Kitchen” at the Clubhou.se to support start-up and pop-up chefs in Augusta. Tickets are on sale now at www.harvestbytes.org.

TUE, NOV 8 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE HIGH GROVE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!

THU, NOV 10 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA.

SAT, NOV 19 – NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FAMILY DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT!
Save the date! Bring your family! Make a difference!

SUN, NOV 20 – BRUNCH ON BROAD WITH GROW HARRISBURG … More details soon!

TBA – SIBLEY SOILWORKS!
An all-new project of G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!

HOW YOU CAN HELP ====

MATCHING CORPORATE GIFTS!
Augusta Locally Grown is blessed to be the recent beneficiary of two sets of matching corporate gifts: one from Merck and one from the Augusta National Golf Club. Does your company match employee gifts or volunteer hours? If so, please consider choosing ALG as your beneficiary. There are so many ways to contribute to a more healthy and vibrant local food system!

DIG IN TO HELP, AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
People often ask how they can help support our efforts. Here’s a healthy menu of opportunities!

DIMES FOR DIRT
Turn your spare change into soil for our Hundreds in Harrisburg project. We’ll be installing 50 more raised beds at individual homes throughout this neighborhood. Collection jars are located at both ALG Market pick-up locations, The Veggie Truck Farmers Market, Southern Made, Grovetown Feed and Seed, Bricko Farms and Humanitree House.

ALG FACEBOOK BUTTON
We now have a donation button on our Facebook page!

AMAZON SMILE
A portion of your Amazon purchases can benefit ALG’s educational programs when you sign-in through www.smile.amazon.com and select us as your beneficiary.

DIRTY TO DELICIOUS FUND-DRIVE:
This on-line fund-drive benefits all of ALG’s educational programs through the CSRA. From elementary school visits to our post-graduate internships, your donation supports a better understanding the power of local, healthy, wholesome food for our community. Visit https://fundrazr.com/219NRc.

Cheers!
Kim

Duette, FL:  Opening The Market

Dear Customers,

We will open the Duette Locally Grown Market this Friday, September 13th for delivery on Friday September 23.

We hope you have had an outstanding summer! David and I have been busy getting the market ready to begin another season of providing you with fresh and delicious vegetables. We have some new things growing along with your favorites of last season. We have added Broccoli Raab, (Rapini) Broccoli Romanesco, round yellow and green zucchini that are perfect for stuffing, Malabar Spinach (a spinach that will grow in Florida’s warm temperature) and several new tomato varieties. This early in the season, we are proud to offer several varieties of squash, green beans and some early greens.

This Friday, we will send you the list of what we hope to have available.

Thank you for your business. We look forward to serving you this year.

Please tell your friends and neighbors about our market.

David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market

Champaign, OH:  When The Leaves Come Falling Down

I saw you standing with the wind and the rain in your face
And you were thinking ’bout the wisdom of the leaves and their grace
When the leaves come falling down
In September when the leaves, come falling down…

And at night the moon is shining on a clear, cloudless sky…
(When The Leaves Come Falling Down-Van Morrison)

If you ever want to get lost in a beautiful song, with beautiful lyrics, put this on, light candles, pour a glass of wine, or tea, or water, or coffee, or cider…and begin your dinner prep…the music will let you drift back in time, or let your thoughts swirl into the autumn sunsets with the first leaves…

I know that we have not crossed that threshold from summer to autumn, just yet, but yesterday, I had the afternoon to myself, and I took a drive out on back roads, with my convertible top down, back to my roots, my old stomping grounds, the West End. The breeze, the sunshine, the golden hue…all signals that the change is in the air. The crisp passing of the seasons.

I spent time going in and out of roads, went past the house I was born in and lived until I was two. I drove past my old school. I landed at my mother’s house, and sat in my favorite spot, at this time of year. The back porch has steps leading down to the back yard, and with all of the majestic trees, overhead, I love to sit, listen to the quiet, and watch the sunlight dance through the shadows of the trees.

Instantly, I remember racing through yards, playing games with all of the neighbor kids, remembering growing, coming of age, leaving home for college, leaving home for California, leaving home, leaving home, leaving home…

But, yesterday, as I sat on the steps, I was no longer the toddler, or the young girl, or the teen girl…I am now grown, always busy, always flitting to everything I am involved in, but for those fleeting moments, on that porch, I am revisiting an old friend, my old yard, house, memories…

Just like this market, this week…everyone seems to be returning to our little local market of love home. Customers, vendors, everyone is finding their way home after their summer away.

Like falling leaves that swirl…we all swirl back to where we belong…

We have products added back to the market, we have Champaign Berry with their added popular jams and sauces that they needed to replenish.

Think about the comforts of home, heart, family, and autumn love…plan the shift in your cooking, baking, eating…we have it all to make it feel like you are back home…

Today is Tuesday, the market seems to be exploding, and I want you all to get in on the ordering fun!! We close, tonight, at 10pm!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Green Fork Farmers Market:  Weekly product list

Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,

Ordering will be open until 5 pm Tuesday!

NEW this week: Beyond Organics Farm has pumpkins and butternut squash available!

Also available this week:

Vegetables—tomatoes, okra, potatoes, sweet potato greens, garlic, mixed veggies, pumpkins, delicata and butternut squash, and peppers—green bell, mixed color bell, sweet banana, poblano, Anaheim, mild jalapeno, regular jalapeno, hot Thai, Aji Criolla Sella, habanero, Tabasco, Datil, Carolina Reaper, and mixed hot peppers.

Honey—Local and delicious.

Herbs—Basil and rosemary.

Eggs—Pastured, free range.

Meat—Pastured beef, 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.

Live plants—Fig trees.

Go ahead and place your order, then pick up and pay on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.

If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.

See you on Wednesday,

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!

DeForest, WI:  Markt update!!

Welcome back to Bristol Valley Farm. Farmer Crystal is offering some varieties of garlic. Great for fresh eating or to use as seed for your own crop next July.

And Farmer Rich is reminding you that this will be the last week of sweet corn til 2017. He is offering a “freezing” bag of sweet corn too. There will be at least 5 dozen ears in each bag.

Please remember that the Forest Run Farm Farm Stand CSA punch cards are not valid for purchases from Bristol Valley or Ripp-N-Good offers.

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of Sept 11, 2016

We had fun putting up the tomatoes last weekend:now have juice, sauce, and a garden cocktail, all recipes from the 1977 Rodale classic, Stocking Up. (You can still find it used online.)

Last nite was first 10dC low temp which means outdoor tomatoes will become scarce. We’ve got lots in the greenhouse but the romas will now get about a week on the vine before we bring the rest in.

Oh, I harvested Asia Pears from our orchard, one of the few fruits that produced this summer. And a bushel of crab apples, for jelly. I can sell some too if you’re interested.

How about trying that honey garlic lamb sausage? Tasty on the bbq or baked.

It’s a long list of available offerings this week: eggplant, spinach, swiss chard, beet root, beet tops, green onions, leek, rhubarb, kale, arugula, tomatoes including cherry, beefsteak and roma, carrots, string beans (yellow, green and purple varieties), potatoes (cobbler, dakota and purple), garlic, and herbs: chives dill, spearmint, bronze fennel and lovage.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  Reminder

The Spa City Co-op market will close Tuesday evening at 9 pm. Be sure to place your order before that time, and be sure to hit the “place this order” button at the bottom so you don’t arrive to pickup and be disappointed.

And as usual, we NEED volunteers to sign up for the pickup, so if you’re free and want to extend your membership and earn a 5$ gift card, sign up at the volunteer spot at the top of the market page.

Many thanks,
Karen