The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Heritage Farm : Farrm Truck/Beef Delivery
Hi Everybody,
The beef is ready and we are scheduling the farm truck for 06/11/2022 to make the deliveries on the farm truck. Please get in any orders you may want and we will see you next week!!!
NOTE!!!—You may receive an order cancellation from any older orders but that is not for the current orders!!!!!
Thanks,
Greg Hutchins
Heritage Farm
770-377-5380
The Store
[email protected]
Russellville Community Market: 6/3/22 opening
To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. You will receive a confirmation email.
Don’t forget to check out the extras when you pick-up your order from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM this Tuesday at the Downtown Russellville Train Depot.
Please allow an RCM worker to help you pack your order and check your invoice to make sure you recieve all your purchases:)
WELCOME – The Depot is open! Please come in or remain in your car and your order will be brought out to you in a full-service fashion.
We are happy to serve you!
REMINDER- We can no longer accept credit or debit cards. We will be able to process SNAP and EBT transactions! We apologize for any inconvenience!
Welcome to our new baker! Look for new baked goods from Messy Mom Bakery!
We have tons of baked goodies, try something new today!
We have lots of live plants for your yard or garden, Pine Ridge Gardens has sweet potato plants this week!
Lots and lots of fresh herbs are available, Shoal Creek Farm even has fresh ginger!
Check out the bath and beauty section for soaps, moisturizers and especially natural bug repellent!
Maybe it’s a good week to try a new interesting jam or jelly flavor to pair with those fantastic baked goods…
There’s still some lettuce and kale available this week, but Holland Farms has squash and zucchini! Happy Horseshoe has broccoli and Kohlrabi available and Shoal Creek has all kinds of nutritous and flavorful microgreens!
Shop early and often to see what’s available!
Support your local growers and get the freshest and highest quality products around!
Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available. Multiple orders are encouraged. :)
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE
Miami County Locally Grown: The Ground Beneath Our Feet
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I used to work for a county soil and water conservation district (SWCD), of which there is one in every county in the state, in most states. These government organizations were born out of the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s, when prolonged drought ruined farms because all of the topsoil blew away. The federal government realized that conserving soil was vital to the nation, thus a great conservation effort was launched that continues to this day. Free technical assistance is available to farmers to implement what is termed Best Management Practices.
I learned a lot from that job. Most importantly, I learned that soil is more complex than just its physical components (e.g., particle size, mineral content, water-holding capacity, etc.) Healthy soil has a vital biological component—an entire living ecosystem that exists within the framework of its physical structure; that is, within the thin layer of topsoil. Topsoil is only a few inches deep at most, and many, many decades are needed for nature to decompose plant and animal mass to produce more of it.
Hence the need to understand and conserve existing topsoil and protect it from overuse of toxic herbicides and chemical fertilizers, wind and water erosion, and urban sprawl. All of our food comes from topsoil, whether it be directly from plants or the animals that graze on them. And the quality of vegetables, fruits, and meats is directly related to the biological and mineral balance of that soil.
Which brings me to the cusp of the next essay, two kinds of agriculture…
Caroline McColloch
Chez Nous Farm
[email protected]
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Champaign, OH: A Surprise Early Opening!!
All of you lovely customers have picked up, early, this evening, so here I am, giving you the gift of early ordering for next week!
Also, your co-market manager would like me to inform everyone that he has been busy in the fields, and was finally able to update all meat quantities on the market!
Let’s go! Hello, June!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Independence,VA: Market is OPEN for pickup June 8th!
GOOD EVENING!
*The Online Market is open for orders! Support your local farmers and artisans.
Pickup will be Wednesday, June 8th, at the Grayson Landcare office (104 Courthouse St.) between 4-6 pm.
If you’d like to schedule a curbside pickup to conveniently have your box awaiting upon your arrival, please feel free to schedule a time using the Calendly link below. Otherwise, You can drop by and pick up your order inside the office any time on Wednesdays between 4-6 pm.
Thanks again and happy shopping!
To shop: https://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/
Schedule Your Pickup Time (OPTIONAL): Calendly.
After you click “Confirm” on your time, be sure to enter your information and click, “Schedule an Event”. You will get a confirmation e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation, you are not scheduled and need to try again.
Thank you for supporting the Market!
-Jordan
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Grumpy Goat: Market is open
The market is open for orders. Notice that we’ve gone back to our summer pick up options. We’ve added some sugar snap peas, Muir lettuce, and Grandma Hadleys lettuce. We’ll still have snow peas as well.
Things are crazy busy on the farm right now. We’ve baled the first cutting of hay for the year, goat kids will be leaving for their new homes starting Thursday, and there’s a back log of things to plant in the garden as well as beans still to plant in the fields. Fingers crossed we get it all done!
Miami County Locally Grown: We're open!
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We’re open for the week! And what a busy week it is with the Strawberry Festival happening this weekend in Troy. It is very refreshing to be able to have the full festival again this year.
I’ve lived in Troy all my life, and I grew up right where the parade route ended, so I have many memories of Strawberry parades and the drama that sometimes ensued at the end. The famous strawberry donuts became a part of the scene when I was in high school, headed up by the Troy Music Boosters (I think…the details get fuzzier the older I get.) Since I was in the band, we were expected to help at the donut booth.
But my favorite memory is of when my Dad helped make a float for the Southwest Historic District. The float was of Puff the Magic Dragon. My Dad was an engineer, and projects like this were always very elaborate and time-consuming, but also a lot of fun. Puff was a huge paper mache dragon whose mouth opened and shut and had other fantastical elements that I can’t remember.
When the parade was over that year, somehow my Dad got to keep Puff. From then on, he was rolled out to the front of our house for every Halloween, often with dolls hanging out of his mouth for effect. Such fun memories of being a life-long Trojan!
Erin
Statesboro Market2Go: Order Before 10pm!
Fresh peaches are available on Market2Go this week!
Some great ways to use these sweet, juicy fruits are:
CLG: Tuesday REMINDER: tamales!
Hi!
Don’t forget to place your orders for fresh veggies, meat, eggs, milk, and TAMALES!
Pork, chicken or jalapeño & cheese.
They come in packets of 5, all same kind, for $7.
Text your order to Sandra.
206-890-7460
Grumpy Goat: Bags Needed!!!
The store is open this afternoon until 6:30. Swing on in for some fresh snow peas or sugar snap peas along with our other regular greens and herbs.
I’m hoping to entice you all into cleaning out your closets and cabinets of any lightly used bags – plastic or paper. We are running low and would rather not buy new ones. Just drop them anywhere in the store! Thanks in advance!