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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: New items on the market!
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
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New items on the market!
Vegetables – Sunchokes – Sunchokes can be used in place of potatoes in any recipe but are best when roasted, and can be served raw in salads, boiled and mashed or pureed into a soup. Serve raw sliced Sunchokes in a crudité with creamy or oily dips.
Vegetables – Kale ’ Black Tuscan ’ Perfect for making kale chips – AKA Lacinato, Dinosaur Kale. This Heirloom variety comes from the Tuscan hills of Italy, where it can be found in nearly every garden. Due to its dark green color, it is likely the most nutritious of all the true kales.
Vegetables – Snap Bean ‘Fortex’- his stringless French filet pole bean is scrumptious when fresh or cooked, the rich, sweet flavor is a welcome treat. Great for stir fry or a side dish.
Vegetables – Rhubarb – ‘Victoria’ – This heirloom variety has tender stalks which are mostly green with a hint of red. Sweeter and milder than other varieties and has been around for 175 years. Rhubarb is technically a vegetable, we tend to treat it as a fruit, because our view of the plant has been shaped by the sweet and sour desserts of English origin. But beyond England, rhubarb is used in a wide range of dishes.
Cilantro – Fresh – Also known as coriander herb, cilantro contains an impressive list of nutrients, essential oils and anti-oxidants that are required for optimal health. It’s a classic addition to salsa as well as adding a finishing touch to chili and curries.
Veggies – Cabbage ‘Napa’- Chinese Napa Cabbage is good raw in salads and slaw. It has a mild flavor and crunchy texture. It can be cooked by boiling or steaming to be eaten as a side dish or as an ingredient added to various Asian dishes. It is also pickled with spices to make Kimchi. This Cabbage can be also be used as a substitute in any recipe that uses Cabbage.
Blondeez Pumpkin Pie- This blonde brownie is for lovers of rich flavors of fall. The warm flavor of cinnamon spice swirled with organic pumpkin is delicious. Our gourmet blondies are rich and buttery, and made with the highest quality ingredients!
Market News
My Daily Bread will not be on the Market this week
My Daily Bread will be listing their items every other week. They will be back next week.
Lizzie’s Pantry has added Organic Buckwheat and Organic Quinoa to the market. They also have their 5 Gallon Plastic Bucket w/E-Z Open Lid and Gamma Lids ON SALE this week!
Southern Essentials finally has more of their popular Lavender with Activated Charcoal soap back on the market. Charcoal and soap-are two words that don’t really seem to go together. Activated charcoal(a specially processed form of carbon) draws impurities and toxins out of the skin, helping to relieve acne and other skin problems. Fragrance Free Activated Charcoal soap is also available.
Buffalo Gal Grassfed Beauty has added EYE REVIVE – Herbal Tallow Eye Treatment. The skin around our eyes can lose its elasticity and collagen more easily than other areas of the face. That’s why we usually see the effects of aging or dietary and environmental stressors around our eyes first. The skin is thinner and more prone to damage. Therefore, it is beneficial to use a product that supports collagen production and helps this skin stay hydrated and smooth, thus reducing dark shadows, puffing, sagging, and the appearance of fine lines. * We created EYE REVIVE, something absolutely UNIQUE to the skincare market, to seriously nourish and support the skin around the eyes so that it maintains its thickness and generates more collagen! AND we use only real, whole food based ingredients — THE BEST WE CAN FIND! No botanical oils are used in this formulation, the only plants are from herbs and essential oils.
Volunteers Needed
Please consider volunteering. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
WE NEED 1 VOLUNTEER THIS TUESDAY FOR THE 5PM SHIFT!!
THANK YOU Sybille, Pam, Chuck, Cindy, and Vicki for helping out last Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
The schedule through the end of the year is posted. To sign up click: Vounteer Sign up
No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Grass Fed Cheese – 10/30 – 11/1
Unrefined Sea Salt – 11/6 – 11/8
Wilderness Family Naturals – 11/20 – 11/22
VitalChoice – Seafood only 12/4 – 12/6
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!
Jonesborough Locally Grown: Saturday Market Oct. 24th
Our 2015 season is winding down, only 2 market shopping days left! This week we are showcasing our seasonal craft vendors for Art at the Market. We have 2 guest painters with us, Pat Sheets and Charles Jones. They will be painting on site, check them out.
Kids Day, hosted by Rural Resources Teen Program. Pumpkin dishes and samplings. Yum, don’t miss it!
PLANTS
Perry Phillips – bushes and trees for fall planting
Local food is fresh food. If you’re buying at a Farmers Market, the produce has often been picked that morning.
PRODUCE
Dominick’s Garden – sweet potatoes, fennel, chard, sweet and hot peppers, gourds, decorative broom corn and cotton.
Buffalo Trail – apples, squash, pumpkins
Ranchito la Chiva – beets, turnips
Serenity Knoll – lettuces, squash and more
Salamander Spring – fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms
Rural Resources – sweet potatoes and more
FROM THE FARM
Kany/Perservation Farm – chicken products
Clover Creek Farm – lamb products & eggs
Hawk Nest Farm – beef products
Rosey Apiaries – honey
Dotson Farm – eggs, eggs, eggs
Ziegenwald Diary – goat cheese
FROM THE KITCHEN
Farmhouse Gallery – wood fired breads, granola bars, muffins
Dona Eva – tamales, salsa
FROM THE ARTIST – Art at the Market
Tim Roberts Pottery
Free Reign goat milk soap
Mountain Mule Hardwood
The Rusty Barn Star
Earth Thyme
WoodshopKitchen
Bluebird houses
Sticky Paws
Guest artist – Pat Sheets & Charles Jones
BREAKFAST
This weeks menu:
Sausage biscuits with Sentelle’s homemade sausage
By request – sausage & egg biscuits
Parfaits – yogurt with apples, granola and caramel sauce
Music
The fabulous Bill and the Belles
Featured Vendor
Earth Thyme – local, natural household products
Vendor since 2012
See you on the street
Deb
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Honey Time
Jay describes how he collects bees that have swarmed into houses, and how he believes adapted bees are the best approach to healthy colonies. He allows the colonies that do well to raise a new queen and breeds the new bee queens himself. Of course, they each have their own personalities and some can be downright mean on occasion. But the beauty shines forth through their mathematical approach to how, when, and where the bees select the nectar surrounding them. As a beekeeper, Jay is constantly in touch with which plants have displayed their pedals to the world around him. He described the approach to understanding where the bees are getting their nectar from and how it translates to the color, viscosity, and taste of the honey. Although I didn’t get to see the sheen he described when the bees feed from the different blooms, it was easy to imagine. He has a great desire to raise his bees using the most natural ways possible, and is proud to be Certified Naturally Grown. Dances with Bees has apiaries in Norcross and tucked away along the Chattahoochee River in Habersham County. Jay has been keeping bees for a while now, but just recently has set out to make it a full time venture.
This is where Jay collides with you! Of course he makes the trek down to a very selective market around Atlanta and sells through a few other markets, but wouldn’t it be great if he can truly feel the support of his local community!?
Thus northeastgeorgia.locallygrown.net has a new addition! Jay with “Dances with Bees” has now been approved and is ready to supply this market with Honey on a weekly basis! Thanks for letting me introduce you to Jay. Now you know who produces your honey and where it comes from. Be sure to check out his grower description page and their website for more information.
As we near the holidays, keep a look out for bath and beauty products and candles that his wife Patti supplies using beeswax and honey. Click to browse honey products
CSA Farmers Market: Growing Season Update Oct 22, 2015
- The previous windy weather has made it impossible for the tribal fisherman to get on the great lakes to retrieve their fish. Not that the winds have died down they have harvested their catch and fish is again on the market.
- Winter Greens are here, some plants like mustard, pakchoi, tatsoi, turnips, kale, spinach, lettuce and others greens love the cooler temperature fall has to offer. Whetham Organic Farm, Law Family Farm and White Pine Farm are now offering many of these delightful greens. Kale after a frost becomes sweeter and stays sweeter until we have a heat wave.
Gwinnett Locally Grown: Weblog Entry
The market is open! Don’t wait until the last minute to place your order!
Rockin’ H Farm is starting to dry off their goats for breeding season and will only have a limited amount of goat milk until the end of November and then will be out until March. If you’d like to have some delicious goat milk over the winter, stock up now and freeze it!
The Market is open Thursday at 9am – Monday at noon.
After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning.
Pick up your order Tuesday from 4-7pm only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
Don’t forget to follow us on facebook and on instagram @gwinnettlocallygrown for discount codes and promotions!
Upcoming Workshops
These are the upcoming workshops hosted at Rancho Alegre Farm:
Choose Natural Solutions for Your Health! – Thursday, November 5 at 7 PM – Cost – FREE – Come and learn how essential oils can replace many items you have in your home naturally!
Essential Oils for Mood Management – Tuesday, November 10 @ 10am – Cost – FREE – Join us as we discuss how essential oils can help with feelings of stress or jut helping manage your mood!
Healthy Eating for a New You – Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM – 9 PM- Cost: $15 – Enjoy a delicious meal with Kelia Bortini and her husband. They will show you how he achieved a 90 pound weight loss that he has sustained for 3 years now. They turned to whole foods and a new way of eating.
Visit ranchoalegrefarm.com for more information and as always, contact me for any questions or for more information!
See you Tuesday,
Amanda
-Market Manager
Superior Seasons: Choose some goods!
Order ingredients for Pickup or Delivery this Saturday! We are still offering HOME DELIVERY to Individual customers! Restaurants, Institutions, and other wholesale customers can access delivery with wholesale pricing – ask us how! CLICK HERE, to see what’s available, set up your account, and order.
What’s Featured and New?
Come see the new products online including special Local Harvest Boxes! Click HERE to find vegetables, meats, syrups, milled products, bath and beauty products, and more!
ALFN Local Food Club: Volunteers for Saturday
Members,
I still have three slots open for volunteer work this Saturday. Two spots for the early and one for the late shift. Please sign up at Volunteer Spot if you are able.
Thanks!
Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager
Palouse Grown Market: Last week!
Good morning!
This is the last week Palouse Grown Market will be open for the season!
This is your opportunity to make an order of local foods that’ll be harvested just for you and ready at pick up!
Thank you to all who supported this endeavor this season and the people, families and farms that make up this local online farmer’s market!
We’ll keep on growing and finding new ways to bring locally grown clean foods and handmade crafts to the table.
Warmly,
Holly
http://pgm.locallygrown.net
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: This Week at The Cumming Harvest
Market News
Good Morning,
Ancient Awakenings is listed this week.
*Keena’s Kake Designs has her delicious all natural goodies listed online this week. These are REALLY good and would make great teacher gifts.
There are Beans, Blackberries, Collards, Eggplant, Fennel, Kale, Lettuce, Okra, Green Onions, Black Eye Peas, all kinds of Peppers, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Spinach, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Strawberries, Swiss Chard, and Turmeric just to name a few items available this week.
The online ordering closes on Thursday at 8pm.
Your Account
FREE MEMBERSHIP You can now waive your membership fee of $25 just by signing up to volunteer one full Saturday morning, 8:30am-12:30pm. It’s fun and rewarding to experience “behind the scenes” of our locally grown market. Volunteers greet farmers and customers, organize food delivery and pick up, and check-out customer orders using a ipad. Check out this online sign up sheet to find an opening. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4baca92fa13-thecumming
UPDATE CONTACT With all the hustle and bustle of back-to-school and new routines, it’s easy to forget things like picking up your TCH order. Remember that we can’t keep your items past 12pm, and we’ll try contacting you any way we know how to make sure you get what you ordered. Now’s a great time to check the phone number on your account to make sure it’s a number I can reach you at 11:45am on a Saturday. I start calling everyone who hasn’t picked up yet then, and will keep trying to reach you until 12pm, when we have to pack it all up. I hate seeing people’s food go somewhere else, and having a good phone number on your account is the best way to keep that from happening.
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
To Contact Us
The Cumming Harvest
[email protected]
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The contact information for each farmer and vendor is located on the Grower page.
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!