The Wednesday Market:  Here's Your Weekly Reminder to Order

Good afternoon.

The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 2 and 4 p.m. Wednesday. See the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

Thank you for supporting Locally Grown. We’ll see you at the Market this week. In the meantime, GO DAWGS! Bulldogs, please bring a National Championship home with you when you come home from Indianapolis!

Thanks,

Beverly

Green Acres Atkins:  Good morning

Good morning

Hope your new year is off to a great start

We have lots of great items in the freezer for you!

Please place those orders by Thursday at noon

Thanks

Tom Kami & Oliver

Stones River Market:  Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday

Welcome to the 2022 January 9th and 10th Market. The Market is open for another exciting year.

We look forward to seeing you on the Porch this Wednesday, January 12th from 5-6:15, with deliveries following. Know that our growers have the hour prior to get their products organized so things might be a bit hectic (and crowded) if you come early.

If you can not pick up during these hours, please let us know before closing, we can make your orders available with Quinn’s Mercantile so you can stop by and pick them up.

Please share our market web address with your health-conscious friends, via text, email, or social media (and/or forward this message). https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net The more healthy members we have, the more variety of produce and product we can provide!

Delivery Service is available for $10 within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas additional $1.00 per mile is added. Delivery is also available to Woodbury at a host location. If this is the first time you’ve requested delivery please put your address in the comments before you check out and any special instructions. An Invoice will be emailed to you that includes a $1.00 Invoice fee after your order is Delivered. Venmo is also available, leave in comments your account information and code. Please make sure your email and address is current.

Weblog from some of our Grower’s:

Bean Man: As promised, the second pizza crust mix has been added to the market -

Gluten Free Tapioca and Rice Pizza Crust Mix.

Just as with the Almond and Coconut Flour Pizza Crust Mix, all the dry ingredients are packaged so that you can make 2 pizzas with no measuring of the dry ingredients required. Just see the back label for the wet ingredients and the directions.

The dough made with this crust is just as workable as the Almond and Coconut Flour Mix and yields a very similar texture and thickness.

Tapioca and Rice Flour are very familiar to us as they are the base ingredients along with White Bean Flour to make pancakes as well as the base ingredients for an upcoming bread surprise.

Mama D’s Bakery: Hi everyone! Happy New Year!! We have everything available this week!
Bagels (plain, cinnamon-raisin, blueberry and everything)
Gluten free/Vegan Bagels (new recipe!!), 3 kinds: Cinnamon, Plain, and Everything, Pumpkin Spice Bagels,
Hummingbird Cake (with a gluten/dairy free option too),
Pumpkin Cake Roll, Gingerbread Cake Rolls and Chocolate Swiss Roll
Blueberry Muffins, Jumbo Pumpkin Muffins, Mocha Muffins,
Ginger Cookies, Oatmeal Cookies, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies,
Sourdough Sandwich Loaf, Organic White Wheat Bread, Crusty French Bread, Yeast Breads, Sourdough Breads, and Fruit Scones
Donuts (cake and yeast), several varieties.
Strawberry Swirl Bread, Raspberry Swirl Bread, and Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread,
Cream Cheese Danishes, Banana Bread and Pumpkin Bread (with the option of nuts or not),
Pies (chocolate fudge, pecan, chocolate chip pecan, pumpkin, and sweet potato), and Granola and Protein Bars.

Rus-T-Acres: We have an ‘Eggcellent’ fresh farm egg special this week. It might be freezing outside but it does not bother our ‘Feather Coat’ Chickens, they are still busy producing Free Range Eggs.

Quarter Spring Farm: Several great selections of Chicken. Enjoy in a hearty body warming soup or great with any meal.

Do not forget during these colder temperatures your skin and hair need extra protection our Moisturizer Soaps and Shampoo. Our Soap moisturizers are very simple and pure. They only contain 6 ingredients and is truly skin nourishing. Use it as a body moisturizer when bathing. Ingredients: organic coconut oil, raw cocoa butter, aloe vera gel, filtered water, local beeswax (trace amounts) Essential oils. Don’t forget your Hair, cold weather is also rough on it, several options available, no more plastic bottles invading our plant!

The Market methods of Payment is Cash, Checks or Credit/Debit Cards, Invoice ($1.00 fee) or Venmo. Reminder, please make sure your email and address is current.

Thank you for supporting your Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!

Special THANK YOU to Quinn’s Mercantile for their support of our Locally Grown Market and the use of the front porch. Please be sure to check out the Store, several great gift and useful items, along with Tennessee made items.

We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile WEDNESDAY, January 12th from 5:00 – 6:15 pm, please contact the Manager if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, please phone, email or text the Manager (615.542.1078) so we can make arrangements to get your order to you.

If we do not hear from you, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount since we still need to pay our Growers for their products. Remember we do have Delivery if you think you will be later than 6:15 pm

How to contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
Locations: Quinn’s Mercantile on Wednesdays: 301 North Spring Street, Murfreesboro
map: https://goo.gl/maps/GAkJS1wawb

CLG:  Tamales! Opening Bell: Chicken, Pork, Honey, Mushrooms!

Hello friends!

Tamales!
Pork, chicken or jalapeño & cheese.
Five for $7. All same kind.
At market this Friday, January 14th.
Text me your order.
501–339-1039

Please wear a mask when you pick up your ordered items. Thank you. We will also continue contactless delivery to your vehicle on Fridays for those interested, just call or text 501-339-1039.

Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!

And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)

The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping: *https://conway.locallygrown.net/market

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – [email protected]

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Market is OPEN for ordering!

Click here for the complete list of available fresh local farm products for this week.

Dothan, Alabama:  M@D is OPEN! Jan 8, 2022 Newsletter

CAUSES & CURES: BEATING WINTER BLUES

Wouldn’t it be lovely to start the New Year feeling energized and ready to take on the world? Unfortunately that’s not the case for most people. Even children get winter blues and while there is no medical consensus as to what causes this, there are theories and proven effective ways to deal with it. While nutrition is one of many factors involved we thought the topic timely and important enough to tackle.

Causes
Abnormal Neurotransmitter Levels: The theory is that a lack of sunlight affects the workings of the hypothalamus which, in turn, affects the formation of neurotransmitters, chemicals that brain cells use to communicate with each other. People experiencing winter depression typically have low levels of serotonin (the happiness molecule), and high levels of melatonin (the need to sleep molecule).
They also tend to have lower levels of dopamine and norepinephrine. Both of these neurotransmitters are essential for making you feel motivated, energetic, and interested in life.

Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction: One study that followed patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), an extreme form of winter blues, concluded that this disorder is similar to jet lag. It’s thought that people with SAD release melatonin too early or for too long a period during the winter, contributing to their lethargy.

Vitamin D Deficiency: For much of North America and Europe, the UV index reaching 3 or above only happens during the summer months which may explain why an estimated 77% of Americans have subpar levels of vitamin D. This deficiency may be responsible for the depression and anxiety some people experience during the winter months. The only way to know how low your vitamin D level is and how much vitamin D you need to get it back to normal is to get your vitamin D level tested.

Other factors:

Genetics: It’s thought that there is a genetic component to seasonal blues since it often runs in families, especially those with a history of depression or substance abuse. Interestingly, some researchers believe that winter depression might be a survival mechanism that helped our ancestors survive harsh winters. Just as bears, chipmunks, and hedgehogs hibernate in the winter, it’s possible that some of us have an inherent tendency to semi-hibernate during the darkest months to conserve energy.

Post-Holiday Depression: There’s a subcategory of winter blues known as post-holiday depression. For some the holidays are fraught with pitfalls that can leave one feeling down: eating badly, drinking too much, sleeping too little, and neglecting normal exercise.. Both financial and unresolved family issues can worsen this.

Don’t be this guy

How to Beat Winter Blues
Thankfully, winter blues usually subside on its own with the warmer, brighter days of spring, but there’s no reason to wait until then to feel better. These proven remedies can have you feeling happier and more energetic.

1. Eat a Serotonin-Boosting Diet. If you’ve got winter blues, you may find yourself craving and eating more sugar and refined carbohydrates than usual. A healthy diet should emphasize vegetables, fruit, lean protein sources, and healthy fats, but you don’t have to completely give up eating carbohydrates. In fact, there’s one dietary “trick” that raises levels of mood-boosting serotonin — consuming carbohydrates on their own, separate from protein.

2. Take the Right Supplements:
FISH OIL may be the #1 supplement for treating winter depression. Iceland is one of the northernmost countries in the world, yet has one of the lowest rates of a serious form of seasonal depression known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The secret is believed to be their huge consumption of fish — 225 pounds per person per year! That would be a challenge for the rest of us, so taking a high quality fish oil supplement is recommended.
VITAMIN D When healthy adults with winter blues were given 10 to 20 mcg (400 to 800 IU) of vitamin D, their mood improved considerably.
TRYPTOPHAN is an amino acid that’s the precursor of happiness-boosting serotonin. Research has found tryptophan to be as effective for depression as antidepressant drugs. It is most effective when used with LIGHT THERAPY.
ST. JOHN’S WORT is specifically helpful for winter blues, but should be used with caution as it has many side effects and interactions.

3. Practice Meditation – this ancient practice has been proven to help.

4. Get Cozy. Scandinavians don’t look at winter as something to be endured. They embrace it, and one of the ways they do this is by getting cozy. The Danish call it hygge (pronounced hoo-ga). It is a time to slow down and enjoy being at home, reflecting, and spending quality time with friends and loved ones. It’s simply a matter of changing your mindset to embrace, rather than resist, winter.

5. Get Some Physical Exercise. Don’t take the idea of spending time curled up in front of the fire too far. It’s important to stay physically active. Exercise is one of the most important things you can do to stay happy all year long as it releases all the good brain chemicals: serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and endorphins. If exercise outdoors is not possible, exercise indoors with your yoga mat or treadmill near a nearby window to get more daylight, if you can.

6. Plan Something to Look Forward To. If you’ve always wanted to try a particular hobby, now is an excellent time to get started. It turns out that purposeful activities like knitting, sewing, woodworking, arts and crafts, and home repairs can focus your mind, thereby improving mental well-being. One study found that over 80% of knitters with depression reported feeling happier when they knitted due to an increase in their dopamine levels.

The heart of winter is also an excellent time to build anticipation by making long-range plans like next year’s summer vacation. Oddly, it’s been found that people who travel actually get a greater boost of happiness from the anticipation of the trip than from the trip itself. So even if you have to delay your trip, you’ll still get a happiness boost now just thinking about it.

One great way our Market vendors build anticipation is by poring through gardening catalogs planning your spring garden strategy.

7. Cross an Item Off Your “To-Do” List. Even a task as small as clearing out your junk drawer can increase your dopamine levels. Low dopamine is linked to apathy, boredom, and general lack of zest for life.

Next week we’ll share some more coping strategies.

GROWER & MARKET NOTES

As promised we have re-opened for orders!

By now you should have heard our exciting news going into 2022 – Market at Dothan now accepts EBT. We are hopeful this will be a blessing to our community. Please share this information as you have opportunity.

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AVALON FARMS: It’s always hard coming back from a break, but it will be great to get the market going again. Indirectly we all connect on Friday mornings. I don’t get to see you all on Fridays but it still feels like a connection. 2021 was a complicated and tumultuous year for this farmer. I’m looking forward to and praying for smoother sailing in 2022.

There are so many things in the works here; garden bed preparation, seed ordering, planting schedules, transplanting schedules, calendars for schedules…You get the idea. Working on organizing sheds and barns. Trying to improve processes in order to provide better produce to you.

I have a confession to make, we ate all the broccoli! With the really warm weather it all just popped at once so it was picked and put in the refrigerator before it ruined. We ate SO much broccoli. Plus sent coolers full home with kids. That’s the way it goes. That’s why I have to work on all those schedules to try to avoid this next winter.

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HORTONS FARM: Blessings abound! While the rebuilding of our regular gardens is frustratingly slow, it’s nice to have something go right and to that end we have just listed some culinary/medicinal herbs from our newest garden project. We’ve been cutting and using them for a couple of months and they’re doing so well that we are able to share a limited amount with our Market family. To that end we are listing “New and Reslisted" items here:

Kumquats relisted
New – Fresh Dill
New – Fresh Cilantro
New – Curly leaf Parsley
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GRIER ACRES: Nothing to report here much, Jeannie’s mom just went through her 2nd and hopefully final surgery associated with her stroke. We are just trying to get through things with her and will start back with our garden. We hope to have okra again. We bought onions but haven’t done our soil test yet to plant them. Jeannie saved a tabasco plant from the freeze. We also got a few pecans again this year. Mainly the smaller ones which I hear are better for pies/baking because the oil is more concentrated. Our best news is we have had 2 goats go into labor and they gave us 3 healthy appearing kids so far. 2 bucklings and 1 doeling. We are considering rehoming or slaughtering our buck. He has been here through 3 generations and he tends to stay in rut 365 days a year lol. We are thinking these 2 bucklings might be a good restart and making one a wether so we can put them together in a buck pen. We are slowly working on rotational pastures for the goats. We are looking for old trailers to make rolling goat tractors for housing. If you have one let us know—we are willing to purchase btw. It doesn’t have to be road worthy just in our pasture lol. Jeannie made some marmalade and orange peel candy with some gifted oranges and satsumas. She is so grateful for Ms. Melody coaching her through the canning process. Jeannie says she has been a godsend since her own mom who was a canner is no longer able to help her with these tasks. We are getting some collards but our garden is not being maintained so the deer and the gopher tortoise kinda took over. We also planted some fig trees so hoping that will develop into a crop. Our citrus plan froze a few years ago and we just don’t get any fruit. Hoping we eventually will get our own citrus.
Prayers for a better year for us all and peace for Jeannie’s mom. Hope you all have a safe and prosperous new year.

Martin's Farmstand:  Black walnuts and dried apples

The farm stand is open today (Saturday January 8) from noon till 5 pm. Besides the normal winter veggies and bulk foods we have lots of freshly dried apples made from our homegrown organic heirloom apples. The other new item is local black walnuts. They are a really rich flavored nut. They have very tough shells that one has to crack first though to get to the riches inside. I like to crack a few and just eat them as I pick them out. They also make a really good sticky bun when combined with lots of maple syrup and butter along with the normal cinnamon etc. We are offering them on the stand in shell, fully cured and ready to crack. I hope to see you soon. The stand is planned to be open every Saturday afternoon through out the rest of the winter. Daniel

Locally Grown STT:  Your Online Farmers Market is now open!

Good Morning!

Market is now open!

Recycling is suspended until further notice.

Happy shopping!

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
• Statesboro – Outreach Center: Thursday evening 6:15 – 7:00
• 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!*