Miami County Locally Grown:  Order today for pick-up this Tuesday!

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We still have some kale, microgreens, and Swiss chard available this week. Pretty soon we’ll have more exciting produce to offer as we get into the growing season. I can’t wait!

Today you can definitely feel spring on its way. Whenever we get weather like this in late winter, I get so invigorated, and then distracted, dreaming about my garden. But my husband worries and frets about the trees, always proclaiming, “It’ll snow in April, it always does, just wait and see…” The crocuses ignore him as they pop up, optimistic and premature.

I’ve spent many a spring night out in our yard covering trees and hitting ice off the branches before they break from the weight, and my yard is less than an acre in size. Can you envision the work and worrying that our real farmers must do around this time? But to stay connected to the outdoors and the seasons and the earth’s cycles is so energizing and life-affirming that I imagine it’s one of the reasons farmers do what they do. I’m guessing another reason is that they feel a connection and therefore responsibility towards the earth. There is a popular quote about farmers that I love…“God looked down on his planned paradise and said, I need a caretaker – So God made a farmer.” Farmers are caretakers of our precious earth – what an awesome job description!

-Erin

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Locally Grown STT:  The market is open for ordering!

The market is open!

Welcome to a new grower this week, Greens VI! He’s got lots of good Arugula.

Check out what’s in season on the market this week!

Lettuce, Swiss Chard, sugar cakes with local grated coconut, celery, local eggs, scallions, Bok Choy and more.

Also, there are plants for sale for that home gardener within!

Check out the produce for sale this week at stt.locallygrown.net

Martin's Farmstand:  The nut cracker project story

The farm stand is open today (Saturday, March 5) from noon till 5 pm. Yes there is still some local food available even in March. One of these food items that is abundant is black walnuts. They are an extremely nutrient dense food that stores well. They have a unique fairly strong rich flavor that I really like. My daughter says they have an good earthy flavor. If you would like to taste black walnuts come out to the stand. Today I have cracked nuts samples available for tasting. I plan to have these samples available throughout the early spring as supplies allow. (We have cracked Black walnuts available for purchase also.) Walnuts grow in very sustainable permaculture way that should be developed wherever we can. These walnuts however are a tough nut to crack with one of the hardest shells that can be found in the nut world. In addition to being very hard and strong the nut meats are locked into the shell cavity in a way that makes them hard to separate. There are various traditional ways to crack them using hammers, vises or manual lever nut crackers. All these ways are very slow and it is hard to crack the shells with out smashing the nut meats more than needed which makes them hard to pick out from the shells. This winter my son Phillip and I built a tractor powered mechanical nut cracker. The machine we came up with ( we had no plans to follow) works reasonably well as I had in my vision. We ran 200 lbs. of nuts Thursday evening after supper. We learned that we can partially separate shells and fines by various sifting screens. The separation process is then completed by hand sorting. If any of you have any experience with nut cracking I would love to talk with you and learn what you know.

Statesboro Market2Go:  Market2Go is Open!

Market2Go Is Open! Time to order!

Place your order by 10 pm Tuesday night for pickup on Thursday.

Choose your pickup location or delivery option from the drop-down menu before you check out.

• Statesboro – SCVB Drive Through: Thursday afternoon 4:00 – 6:00
• Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at the Market on Maple 3:30 – 5:00
• Home Delivery – must add delivery to cart and prepay

Please pay online. Register your debit or credit card at Your Account and click “Pay Now” when you check out. Your card will only be charged after you have received your order, including any adjustments for missed items or other credits.

Use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you can receive matching “bonus” fruits and vegetables through the Georgia Fresh for Less program. You must write “EBT” in the order comment field. EBT customers must select Statesboro – SCVB drive-through.For more information, email [email protected]

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Market is open for orders!

Good evening Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!

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Fresh Vegetables
Clean Meats
Baked Goods with Organic ingredients
Gluten Free goodies
Pastured Eggs
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Market stays open from Fridays 9 p.m. until at least 9 p.m. Mondays!

Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!

PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m.

If you do not get an email ORDER CONFIRMATION right after you order then your order is NOT complete. Log back in and your order might still be there waiting for you to check out! If you have any trouble or questions at all, we are here to help; simply reply to this email.

COVID19: Thanks for recognizing we can all do our part in operating in the safest way possible. Be on the lookout for the order reminder email with any changes to pickup or ways you can help minimize risk for our volunteers and each other. Thanks for your support!*

Russellville Community Market:  The Market Closes At 10PM!

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.

Orders will be ready for pick-up from 4 PM – 7:00 PM this Tuesday outside the Downtown Russellville Train Depot.

IMPORTANT NOTICE – the Depot has been closed to the public due to the ongoing COVID outbreak. Please remain in your car, and your order will be brought out to you in a full-service fashion. You may ask an RCM worker about any available extra items! We are happy to serve you, and we thank you for your patience during this public health crisis.

Last call, the Market Closes at 10PM!
Photo of NY StryBagels from Pleasant View Farm

REMINDER- This will be the LAST WEEK we accept credit & debit cards. We will still be able to process Cash, Checks, and SNAP/EBT transactions.
We appreciate your patience with us during this transition.

Highlighted on the Market – Smoked Bacon, Ground Lamb, Sorrel Greens, Fudgy Hazelnut Brownies, Fresh Basil, and Daffodils!

We also have swoon-worthy scented soy wax candles, farm-fresh eggs, an assortment of baked goods, freshly-picked veggies, handmade farm crafts, and a vast selection of roasts, sausages, steaks, and pork available!

Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available. Multiple orders are encouraged. :)

Thank you for choosing to shop and eat locally!

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Russellville Community Market:  The Market Is Open!

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.

Orders will be ready for pick-up from 4 PM – 7:00 PM this Tuesday outside the Downtown Russellville Train Depot.

IMPORTANT NOTICE – the Depot has been closed to the public due to the ongoing COVID outbreak. Please remain in your car, and your order will be brought out to you in a full-service fashion. You may ask an RCM worker about any available extra items! We are happy to serve you, and we thank you for your patience during this public health crisis.

REMINDER- This will be the LAST WEEK we accept credit & debit cards. We will still be able to process Cash, Checks, and SNAP/EBT transactions.
We appreciate your patience with us during this transition.

It’s that time! Start your weekend off right with RCM!
Photo of Farm Fresh Eggs from Bluff Top Farm.

Highlighted on the Market – Red Kale, Arkansas Smoked Bacon, Lamb Loin Chops, Fudgy Hazelnut Brownies, Salad Mix, Cinnamon Rolls, Daikon Radish, and Jalapeno jam!

We also have swoon-worthy scented soy wax candles, farm-fresh eggs, an assortment of baked goods, freshly-picked veggies, handmade farm crafts, and a vast selection of roasts, sausages, steaks, and pork available!

Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available. Multiple orders are encouraged. :)

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CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 3:00-6pm. Bring glass jars, & egg cartons please

Good morning!

Please wear a mask today when you pick up your ordered items. Thank you.

We will continue our contact-less delivery to your vehicle when you are parked outside the lobby. Just text me your name and vehicle description and we will bring your order out. 206-890-7460

This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Sandra

Champaign, OH:  Happiest Girl in The Whole USA

Shine on me sunshine
Walk with me world, it’s a skippidy doo da day
I’m the happiest girl in the whole U.S.A.
(Donna Fargo)

This is how I feel after each market pick up! You all make me want to sing, smile, and dance! You are the best customers!!

Fun fact about this song…when I was young, I knew all the words to this song, along with all the lyrics to Harper Valley PTA! I would pull a chair up to the big mirror in my young bedroom, grab my hairbrush, used as a microphone, put my little 45 records on my record player, and would spend a lot of time on my pretend stage, being a pop star of the 70s.

Just like then, this weekly market makes me want to belt out the happiest of tunes. What were some of the songs of your childhood that you use to belt out, on your own stage?

While thinking about that, I am opening the market for the week!

Sing your song, and place your orders!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Miami County Locally Grown:  Ever heard of Weston A. Price?

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An excerpt from Nourishing Traditions, published by the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF):

The diets of [nonindustrialized] peoples…contained several factors in common…they valued animal fats as absolutely necessary to good health; and they ate fats, meats, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains all in their whole, unrefined state.

The populations that Dr. Price studied in the 1930s were all very healthy, and he attributed that to their nutrient-dense diet of whole foods and avoidance of refined or denatured foods and ingredients, low fat products, pasteurized and homogenized dairy, hydrogenated oils, white flour, protein powders, synthetic vitamins, and food additives and colorings.

While it is a challenge to prepare everything from scratch, I still build a few meals a week around some organic fruits and vegetables and locally sourced meat. For the few processed items used, I read labels and avoid artificial colors and flavors, corn syrup, and monosodium glutamate, and I prefer limited ingredient lists and look for non-GMO certification. My motto is, perfect is the enemy of good!

Caroline McColloch
Chez Nous Farm
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