Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Time to Order Local Farm Products!

Hello, folks!

The market is open this morning as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm. See the section of this message entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

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NEWS AND NOTES

Delicious Nutritious Bread will be on vacation for a couple of weeks, but will bring her fabulous bread back to us soon.

This is the place to find wonderful winter vegetables, all locally grown and harvested just for you. Check out the market listing for additional details.

But our farmers’ market is not just about vegetables. Please take note of some of the seasonal items available this week: Live Water Kefir Grains and Square Bale Grass Hay from Triple B Farms; Ground Beef from Paccman Ranch; several flavors of grape jelly from Weaver Farms; and strawberry jam from Sand Dragon Farm.

We also have lots of our regular year-round items: perennial, herb, and fern plants, as well as a good selection of houseplants; local milk, eggs, and honey; lots of different pork cuts; several dried herbs and fresh, as well as lots of homemade herbal products too.

Stop by Square Books soon and see our MLG Table, with lots of non-perishable farm products for sale. Pick up some honey, jam or jelly, hand lotion, or a basket of herb plants to enjoy this winter.

(L to R) Creamline milk in two size containers from Casey Family Farm, Spinach from Frontier Family Farms, Water Kefir Grains from Triple B Farms, Lotion Bars in various shapes and scents from Solace Farm, and Aloe Vera Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse.

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Important Ordering and Pickup Information

Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708.

Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, and your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Although the Saturday markets are closed for the season, wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.

More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends, calling their attention to the later pickup hours, which may be more convenient for them. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.

Blessings,
Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market Is Open

Sheesh, wasn’t it 75 degrees a couple of days ago? Maybe I really will need to get out my winter clothes this year:) Welcome to another week of food. The ALFN market is open for ordering!

News & Updates

• We had an great market on Saturday. Thanks to our awesome coordinator and volunteers who pulled off a feat. The internet wasn’t working on Saturday, yet the team was able to pull through with few hiccups! Well done! I’m reminded of how integral ALFN members are to our weekly markets. I was also reminded of the importance of food infrstructure. This weekend, planned food convoys to Madaya, a city under siege in Syria was delayed until Monday after reports of death by starvation have been growing. It is hard to fully conceptualize the importance of food systems and infrastructure until they breakdown. Yet, how unique is it to take part in a locally governed and managed food distribution system? To take part in a democratic, horizontal system of local food is refreshing and empowering.

• On January 30th, we will have our first Community Market Day. Are any of you interested in sharing a skill, recipe or talent? Do you have a friend you would like to coerce? Shoot me an email!

Waste

I went off on plastic last week, so I thought I would stick with the theme for a bit. Afterall, January is about cutting back the excess anyway, right?

I know many of you compost your kitchen scraps. In our home, we feed them to our chickens and worms. I’ve had a growing fascination with microbes that do all the dirty work AND the microbial waste they emit as they compost our trash. Afterall, it is microbial waste and flatulence that gives us fizzy drinks and alcohol. In Mozambique, I was always looking into systems that tried to capture the gas from decomposing waste for cooking fuel. From cow manure digesters, to food digesters surround by composting wood mulch, scientists have found ways to use the excess gas for cooking and powering cars. A couple of entrepreneurs have set up a pretty slick system for families. Evidently, the Biogas system will provide 1-3 hours of cooking gas from residential kitchen scraps. Check out their video here: HomeBiogas. Alas, Christmas is far away from now:)

In a book entitled, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things the authors argue our economic system, sparked by the Industrial revolution is a linear system that drives from extraction to waste disposal. The authors, McDonough and Braungart, suggest that Industrial Revolution birthed a system that:

• puts billions of pounds of toxic material into the air, water, and soil every year

• produces some materials so dangerous they will require constant vigilance by future generations

• results in gigantic amounts of waste

• puts valuable materials in holes all over the planet, where they can never be retrieved

• requires thousands of complex regulations—not to keep people and natural systems safe, but rather to keep them from being poisoned too quickly

• measures productivity by how few people are working

• creates prosperity by digging up or cutting down natural resources and then burying or burning them

• erodes the diversity of species and cultural practices. (pg 18)

From this bleak systemic reality, the authors argue for restructuring an economic model that loops back on itself. Waste returns to the beginning point as raw material. Thinking in circles may be poor thinking for a logician, but it is ecological thinking for environmental scientists, and it should be the way new economists and engineers think. As eaters, it doesn’t take much to see the loops in our own household economies. From food to waste to soil, there are numerous pathways to put energy back into the system instead of flushing it down.

Have a regenerative week!

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

Bedford County:  Check out this week's offerings!

The Market Is Open!

Greetings! Hope you are all enjoyed the wornderful warmer weather!

Rocky Glade Farm and Erdmann Farm have delicious greens listed and are incredible in winter soups!

Botanical Harmony Farm has what winter skin craves: pure, nourishing soaps and moisturizing butters to protect your skin! Check out the petroleum-free vapor product called BREATHE to aid in sinus issues and congestion! It is a must have for these stuffy nose days.

We have lots to choose from this week, all from the comfort of your home and a quick pick-up on Thursday evening!

See you soon!

Important Market Information

Customers have from Saturday 5pm until Tuesday at 9pm to place orders. The market will be closed Tuesday evening.

On Thursday’s from 4:45pm – 6:00pm customers can pick up their orders at 865 Union St Shelbyville, TN 37160 (opposite Piggly Wiggly). This is where customers are to pay for their orders in check or cash.

If you have any problems or any questions please do not hesitate to ask (our contact info is above)

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Bedford County Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

United States Virgin Islands:  This Week in VI Locally Grown

Greetings everyone!
Please place your orders for the market before Tuesday at 6pm. We’re looking forward to seeing you Wed. Thanks so much for supporting local growers and producers.
One Love :)

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  News from ANP/ Spa City Co-op

Arkansas Natural Produce will need to close out their orders for Spa City Co-op on Monday nights in future markets, so you’ll need to place orders for their products between Saturdays at 9 am when the market opens and Monday nights at 9 pm.

This will be the schedule for ANP until further notice. The other vendors will remain available until the full market closes at 9 pm on Tuesdays.

Thanks for your support and understanding.

Duette, FL:  Strawberries are in!

We have some new products available this week. Please place your orders.

Thank you,
David & Betty
Duette Locally Grown

Naples,FL:  market closes tonight

Please get your order in

Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!

Thank you for shopping with us!

Dothan, Alabama:  JANUARY 2016 NEWS, UPDATES, RECIPES, ETC.

Market at Dothan

How to contact us:
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net

Our Email: [email protected]

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan

Market News

JANUARY ONLINE SCHEDULE Order January 9-12 for Pickup on January 15 Order January 16-19 for Pickup on January 22 Order January 23-26 for Pickup on January 29

Don’t forget to furnish your own market bags! Courtesy bags will be available from the market for a $1 deposit, refundable on return

AUGHTMON All Natural Soy Candles – perfect for cozy winter nights! Fragrant Goats Milk Soap Professional Massage Oils Shave Soap and Beard & Hair Oil for Men

BABY J ENTERPRISES The Original Wiley Wok in Regular & Large Sizes

CHARTER SPICE & OIL Flavor Infused Oils and Vinegars Large Variety of Herbs & Spices Quinoa Raw Cashew Pieces Gourmet Barbeque Rubs Split Moong Beans Himalayan Pink Sea Salt Gourmet Pepper Mix

HORTON’S FARM Local Wildflower Honey Cinnamon Creamed Honey Fire Ant First Aid Beemu Propolis Products for Health & Skin Care Simply Beecause Bath & Body Products Buckwheat Pancake and Sourdough Bread Mixes Wildcrafted Mullein, Chickweed & Stinging Nettle Shea Butter & Cocoa Butter 100% Natural Beeswax Candles

KATHY’S CHURPERS Farm Fresh EGGS!!!!!!!!!

MOUNT MORIAH FARM Bee-u-tiful All Natural Bath and Body Products Fresh Pies! Fresh Home Baked Cakes All Natural Jams & Jellies FUDGE!!!! Green Bean and Sweet Potato Casseroles Frozen Broccoli Soup Frozen Organic Butter All Natural Laundry Pods Zucchini Bread

SANDSPUR FARMS Longhorn Ground Beef, Liver, Ribs, NY Strip, Ribeyes, Tbone & Soup Bones Pork Chops Applesauce made from Organic Apples Hoe Cooked Breads Fresh Produce: Carrots, Cabbage, Collards, Kale Free Range Eggs Pork Sausage: Hot & Link Pastured Pork: Many Cuts Jams & Jellies

SMITH FARMS Ground Dexter Beef Ground Lamb Many cuts of Lamb for your choosing

SPRING HILL FARMS Fresh Nut Butters Cereal & Granola Mixes Fresh Homemade Breads Seasoning and Dressing Mixes Soup Mixes Honey

SWEET CAKES Cinnamon Rolls, Eclairs, Croissants, Danishes Homemade Pasta & Gnocci Dinner Rolls, French Bread, Rosemary Bread Brioche, Cakes & Cookies

For our customer’s convenience Market at Dothan accepts cash, checks, Debit and Credit Cards

Farm to Table Recipes

ROASTED WINTER VEGETABLES

1 Onion, cut in vertical strips 1 Red Potato, washed and cubed 1 beet, peeled and cubed 1 small butternut squash (or sweet potato), peeled & cubed 1 lb fresh or frozen brussel sprouts 2 or 3 carrots, washed & sliced Toss all prepared vegetables together in oven proof baking dish. Sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper. Drizzle with Blood Orange Infused Olive Oil* (available at Charter Spices & Oils) Bate at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

*other oil flavors can be substituted

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

Footnotes

Market At Dothan is a small group of niche growers and producers promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting our local economy. Each grower/producer is dedicated to providing the freshest, highest quality products to their customers. Our growers use natural growing principles without synthetic chemicals. Local products available include: vegetables, herbs, eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, goat cheese, frozen casseroles, cut flowers, pottery, nuts.
All growers /producers believe in providing locally grown foods and goods seasonally to promote a strong, local community and economy. Our goal is 100% Customer Satisfaction…comments, questions or concerns are welcome!

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!