Russellville Community Market:  RCM Opening Bell

Hey everyone, and welcome to a new market week!

Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!

Happy shopping! Eat Local!

Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.

Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.

Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Champaign, OH:  Local Love!

Happy Sunday, little local market of love customers!!

Today, in our continued series of Local Love via our vendors, I am excited to bring you, Joe and Charlene of Swisher Hill Herbs!! You know Charlene as one of your assistant managers of this market, she has been a driving force in this local movement when it was really, simple…just local. Before we had to make it an actual movement, just to get it all back on track.

Here you go…Local Love…

The Question put forth to all vendors of the Champaign Virtual Market is
Why are you part of this Local food movement? Speaking for one half of this Swisher Hill Herbs
partnership it is easy to answer, but hard to write about. Perhaps you have heard the term “You
can take the girl off of the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the girl.” I truly believe that
being raised on a farm and the life skills and work ethic instilled in me by my parents and family
have grounded me throughout my entire life. When you live with fresh from the garden to the
table, gathering the eggs, helping your father in the milking parlor and having to help scrub
down the milk house, help with planting the garden. Dad assigned you a row in the unplanted
prepared garden, hand you a cupful of bean seeds, gave you planting instruction and informed
your butt was a lot closer to the ground for perfect placement of the seeds.( message received”
Don’t mess this up !”) Life wasn’t always easy and at times there would be grumbling in the
ranks about chores. My father and mother’s simple statement is always with me. “Grow where
you are planted.” It seemed everything was a community effort. Neighbors helping neighbors,
word of mouth through the church, and other community leaders we were informed of families in
need. We learned to share with others what we had in excess.
My husband Joe and I during our first 20 years of marriage moved from one side of the United
State to the other and back. We spent 4 years in Germany and traveled throughout Europe with
our little family of 5. We lived in the small village of Igstadt for 2 years. We were the only
American family in that village. The local residents embraced us. The village had a flower shop,
bakery, grocery, meat market, and a drug store. I shopped 3 times a week in the little village and
enjoyed the benefits of supporting the local economy, learning a new language and meeting my
neighbors. Every move we made, everywhere we lived we planted a small garden, whether it
was on the second floor balcony of an apartment or a small section of yard by our house and we
would seek out Farm market stands and other sources of fresh local baked goods, fruits,
vegetables, eggs, and meat products.
Supporting your local Farmers Market’s help…
Enhance local economy: By purchasing produce and other items from local growers you are
providing stability to your local economy through the support of local businesses.
Save natural resources: Buying locally makes you an invaluable link in the process of saving
resources such as fossil fuels and packaging materials. We are right here in your community so
the expense of transportation and delivery is kept to a minimum.
Provide learning opportunities: Locally Grown supporters provide member growers the
means to help educate our community about the importance of sustainable agriculture.
Supporting a way of life: When you their food come from as well as helping to preserve the
Family Farm an honest and worthy means of making a living.
Take Thyme,
Joe and Charlene Stapleton

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Reminder: Place your co-op order today! Group Buy this weekend!

Just a friendly reminder that market orders are due online today by 6 pm.

Group Buy Grass Fed Cheeses – Last chance to order cheese!

Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.

Lastly, we still need a volunteer for 3pm shift. I can not cover this shift and really need someone to help! Please click this link to sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a44aea623a7fa7-volunteer

Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!

See you on Tuesday!

Click Here to Place Your Order

Stones River Market:  Time to Order Local Food - Exciting Changes This Week!

Market News

Welcome back to another week of locally grown and made products. Last week was another interesting week of weather and fortunately, the Market was not drastically affected. I hope everyone made it safely through the snow.

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I started Stones River Market in 2008 with just a handful of vendors. Farmers and producers have come and gone through the years. Progressively we have grown to where we are today and there have been many changes along the way.

All this time I have had a full-time job in Nashville. Now that I have “retired,” I am busier than before. With one of my current jobs, I have the opportunity to travel to places I have never been and can no longer give the Market the attention it needs.

Effective immediately, management of Stones River Market is being transferred to Tracey Burks and Ashleigh Newnes. They have been a part of the Market for several years as Botanical Harmony. As I have been training Tracey and Ashleigh these last couple of weeks, they have been focused on making the transfer as smooth as possible for both the vendors and our customers. They bring with them some new ideas for expanding our vendor base and I am excited to see the potential growth for Stones River Market.

You will still see me at the Market since I will continue to grow produce and flowers. I will also be assisting Tracey and Ashleigh as needed as we move forward. Many of you have been with the Market a long time and I consider you friends not just customers. Please give Tracey and Ashleigh the same support that you have given me all these years.

Sincerely,

John

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As for other Market news:

Alfresco Pasta is having a special on some of his products including the butternut squash ravioli and portabella spinach ravioli. Look under Noodles, Pasta and Italian Sauces for the complete list.

Flying S Farms keeps changing the soup options so this week she has added a potato shroom variety.

Rod with Double Star Bar Farms continues his work in kitchen and has now added New York style bagels. You will find plain and salted this week.

There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.

Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!

I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder

The market is open.

Update: New Vendor & Community Market Day

We have a new vendor in the market this week. Viney Creek Farm is a dairy goat farm out of Dover, AR. The farm raises Nigerian Dwarf goats, a breed prized for their milk with a butterfat content more than cows and other goat breeds. Viney Creek transforms their goat milk into goat soap. You can find their products on ALFN’s market under Bath, Beauty & Health. Welcome Viney Creek!

Community Market Day

As mentioned in previous posts, this year we will be celebrating local ingenuity, knowledge and skill on the last Saturday of every month. This Saturday, we will have our first Community Market Day of the year. Tammy Pope of Tammy Sue’s Critters will be at the market meeting members and showcasing her products. Tammy Sue’s is a remarkable farm with an outstanding array of products. Many of you love the lotions and soaps made on the farm, but they are also known for their eggs. This Saturday, take an extra few minutes and get to know Tammy and her critters. It is an exceptional opportunity to converse with those who commune with our domesticated animals…especially goats:) During this market, we will have locally brewed coffee available. As a year-round market, ALFN specializes in providing a consistent pick-up point for regional products. However, I hope it will be enjoyable to not just pick-up, but chat for a few minutes with our local producers and thinkers during these Community Market Days. I look forward to seeing all you this Saturday. Remember, if you have something you want to share during one of our Community Market Days, shoot me an email, and we can make it happen!

For those of use washed in critter products, lathered in the butterfat of even-toed ungulates, purified by the ancient, feral Pan god, here is a poem to consider the wild, unflinching goat-gaze. May we all find ways to climb over pasture fences and sit on the knoll with this noble beast and stare back at the rush of civilization.

The Goat and I
by Robert William Service

Each sunny day upon my way
A goat I pass;
He has a beard of silver grey,
A bell of brass.
And all the while I am in sight
He seems to muse,
And stares at me with all his might
And chews and chews.

Upon the hill so thymy sweet
With joy of Spring,
He hails me with a tiny bleat
Of welcoming.
Though half the globe is drenched with blood
And cities flare,
Contentedly he chews the cud
And does not care.

Oh gentle friend, I know not what
Your age may be,
But of my years I’d give the lot
Yet left to me,
To chew a thistle and not choke,
But bright of eye
Gaze at the old world-weary bloke
Who hobbles by.

Alas! though bards make verse sublime,
And lines to quote,
It takes a fool like me to rhyme
About a goat.

United States Virgin Islands:  This week in VI Locally Grown

Greetings All! The market is open for orders. See you Wed!

Blessings,
Your VI Locally Grown Growers

Duette, FL:  Duette Locally Grown Availbllity

Please have a look at what we have this week and place your orders.
Thank you,

David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market

Old99Farm Market:  Unpaid Political Announcement!

Stop Pipeline Approvals: Stop Making Climate Change Worse

(I am hopeful you will appreciate the concern that I share will many people about a the moral dilemna we face between climate and lifestyle: energy and ecology: fossil fuels and growth.)

Hamilton 350 Committee invites you to a RALLY on Tuesday, January 26 at 11 am at the Federal Building (55 Bay Street, near York Blvd) in Hamilton. We are calling on the Trudeau government to keep its election promises and halt the broken National Energy Board pipeline hearings.

During the recent federal election campaign, Prime Minister Trudeau and his party promised to include climate change in pipeline reviews and to respect community voices – especially First Nations. Their election platform promised to “replace Mr. Harper’s changes to the environmental assessment process” including a pledge to “modernize and rebuild trust in the National Energy Board” and “move towards a system where federal environmental assessments of projects include an analysis of upstream impacts and the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the projects being assessed”. Events in the past week indicate those promises are being broken.

The Kinder Morgan (Trans Mountain) NEB hearings resumed last Tuesday despite multiple protests, including civil disobedience, by First Nations, the mayor of Burnaby and other British Columbians. We stand in solidarity with those demanding suspension of these hearings. The Trans Mountain project would triple bitumen flows across southern BC and out through Vancouver harbour.

Last week also brought the proposed 4600 km Energy East pipeline back into the public eye. The City of Montreal and municipal governments representing over half the people of Quebec declared their opposition to this scheme to ship bitumen across Ontario and five other provinces to be exported through Saint John, New Brunswick. Elected officials in Alberta and Saskatchewan are attacking the principled stand of Montreal.

Fossil fuels are the main cause of climate change and our poisoned atmosphere, and their extraction and spills devastate the land. Why is anyone trying to increase the extraction, transportation and use of materials that must be phased out? Please join us on Tuesday morning to demand the Trudeau government keeps its promises and suspends NEB pipeline reviews. Stand in solidarity with First Nations and all those threatened by the Trans Mountain and Energy East pipelines.

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  Reminder -Market pickup today

Reminder- The pickup for Spa City Co-op will be held at 2-3:30 pm today, Saturday the 23rd.

Please plan to pick up your order as early during hat time slot as possible, in consideration of our hard working volunteers.

Should you be unable to pick up at that time,please arrange for a friend or family member to do so for you.

Sorry for any inconvenience this postponement caused, but we felt that it was best to ensure the safety of all concerned.

See you this afternoon, and thanks for your support of Spa City Co-op.

Karen Holcomb
Market manager
501-282-6314

Naples,FL:  Market closes tonight

Please get your orders in