Martin's Farmstand:  Setting up the plant table, heat mats and lights

The farm stand is open today (Saturday January 29) from noon till 5 pm. Come to us for a selection of the normal winter veggies and bulk foods. We have lots of freshly dried apples made from our homegrown organic heirloom apples. Take a look a the list below.
It is so cold now, however spring is expected in about 10-12 weeks from now. Today we are planning to set up the plant table, heat mats and lights in the living room to start tomatoes, kale, and early lettuce for setting out in the solar greenhouse in March. In about 4 weeks it is time to seed 70,000 onion seeds and start heating a greenhouse. We do not heat the greenhouse early on when the plants are few enough to fit in the house under lights. February still has the potential to be very cold. Enjoy the wonders of winter now as the seasons move on quickly and surely. Daniel

Champaign, OH:  Flourish! Flowers! Valentine's Day!

Good morning, lovely market customers!!

I’m spending this very cold morning with a cup of coffee, rewatching one of my favorite movies, and bringing you the news of flowers!!

Listen up…because this is going to be a fun, yet different way for you to get flowers, ON VALENTINE’S DAY, from the market!!

First…our girls from Flourish have come up with a great plan to put some florals into your life, via the market, and just for Valentine’s Day.

Second…the pick up, FOR FLOWERS ONLY, will be on the MONDAY, of Valentine’s Day, at the market site greenhouse, between the hours of 11am-12pm!! You can stop, pick up your order, and then be on your way with the beauty of florals!!

Third…the rest of the market orders will be handled, like always, with a Thursday pick up!!

Fourth…to make it easy on your market managers, to keep the Monday orders separate, PLEASE PLACE YOUR FLOWER ORDERS, THEN PLACE YOUR MARKET ORDERS!! And, you can of course just order flowers that week, but I do need the orders to be separated!

Fifth…payment will be as always, on that Monday. If your card is on file, I will run your flowers on that. If you are paying by check, please make it out, as always, to Oakview Farm Meats. If you are paying with cash, PLEASE put it in a ziplock bag, WITH YOUR NAME. This makes it all so easy to keep track!!

And…now that I have given you my market manager speech, I am going to include a note from the Flourish girls…

You can’t hurry love… but we just couldn’t wait to share our brand new Valentine’s Day flower menu with you!

We’ve designed a stunning Valentine’s Day flower menu making it easy to impress your sweetheart or gal-pal.

Dozen roses ($35) or a half dozen proteas ($25)

Classic Vs. Quirky
Choose your adventure! ????

Stop by the market between 11am-12pm on Feb. 14th and you grab your bouquet and be on your way! Orders must be placed by Feb.4th

ONE MORE NOTE…You may begin ordering the florals, NOW, and I will be keeping track of your orders, putting them aside for that Monday pick up!! There are limited quantities, so act fast!!

And, a HUGE dose of love to the Flourish girls for bringing us this lovely floral opportunity!!

Statesboro Market2Go:  Market2Go is Open!

Market2Go Is Open! Time to order!

Please be aware that the freezing weather may affect the availability of produce this week. Our farmers will try their best to fill all orders.

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
See all products

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!*

Champaign, OH:  Till The Next Time

Now that’s a recipe I sure do need
Some cider vinegar and some elderberry wine…
(Rolling Stones)

Good morning, lovely little local market customers! It’s another snowy, cold day, and as I sit here, in the early morning glow, sipping coffee, I am playing old Rolling Stones tunes, while I work.

This song, to me, is just so beautiful, and, for some reason, The Stones are heavily played, in my bag of tricks, all winter. Also, I used the lyric for the elderberry wine, to reference our hardworking elderberry syrup/tincture vendor, Sarah Doty, with S&S Naturals.

I’ve become an elderberry fan, this winter, and I her products are just the best. She makes no medical claims, but the products are powerhouses of antioxidant loveliness…

So, when you are placing your orders, read up on her products…

And, along with all of our other hard working vendors, we are here, ready to get you through these winter days, where we may be your only sunshine of the week!!

Happy Friday, lovelies…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  Welcome Back!

Time for more ordering fun!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 3:00-6pm. Bring eggshells, 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. 501-339–1039

Our suet cakes are the main attraction for the song birds that over winter in our area. Lots of happy beaks and full tummies. Stock up! We’ll have 20 suet cakes on the extras table for only $1 each.

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.

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

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

Miami County Locally Grown:  An Ecology lesson!

I hope you’re all staying warm as we head into this cold weekend. I know I plan to stay in but my son is going camping with his Boy Scout troop – brrr!

Reminder – Join us for the upcoming Valentine Night Market on Tuesday, February 8th from 4pm-7pm here at First Place. If you normally pick up your Virtual Market order before 4pm, feel free to shop around early. We will have your orders ready in the same room as the Night Market this time.

-Erin

And now a thought from Caroline McColloch of Chez Nous Farms:

Here is your ecology lesson for the day! The connection between soil and human health is not especially obvious. The soil ecosystem, like that of the air, water, flora, and fauna is essentially a process of elements cycling through: soil is a vital part of the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles, etc. This is really what sustainable means—renewable, recyclable.

Soil is very complex, with living and non-living components. It is negatively impacted by so-called modern “chemical agriculture”, which typically uses toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizer. Mostly involved in commodity grains like soy and corn, also included is genetically engineered seeds that produce plants designed to withstand the pesticides.

From a soil standpoint, pesticides interrupt much of the nutrient cycling through decimation of the soil microbes and invertebrate insects essential to that process. Chemical fertilizers do not have all the trace minerals and other complex biological compounds that are contained in good compost. When these are not put back into the soil after harvesting the biomass of your crop, then the soil is depleted in terms of what is subsequently contained in the plants that grow in it and the animals that eat those plants.

This is how the modern American (“Western”) diet is often characterized, that is to say, depleted of essential vitamins and minerals, compared to diets of several generations ago. It seems likely to me that these dietary deficiencies may be correlated with some of the chronic diseases that are so common.

Hence the need for diverse, small-scale, direct-to-consumer local farms that have good soil conservation practices! Hence the need to buy organic whenever possible. Lucky us to have MCLG! Can I get an amen?

Independence,VA:  Market is OPEN for Feb. 2nd pickup!

Good evening!

The Online Market is open! Pickup will be Wednesday, February 2nd, at the Grayson Landcare office between 4-6 pm.

If you’re starting to think about seeds for the season, we have a great variety of seeds from Southern Exposure! Save on shipping and support the Market!

If you’d like to schedule a curbside pickup, please feel free to schedule a time using the Calendly link below. You can also drop by and pick up your order INSIDE (please remember to wear a mask) the office any time on Wednesdays between 4-6 pm.

Thanks again and happy shopping!
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.

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!

Abby

Foothills Market:  Market Reminder

Foothills Market is open until 5:00 today for shopping fresh, local food!