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Athens Locally Grown:  ALG Market Open for December 16


Athens Locally Grown

How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Market News

What with the warm, balmy air and violent storm fronts, you’d be hard pressed to know winter officially starts next week. But, it does and so the days will soon start getting longer once again. There are plenty of holidays these next few weeks, and I hope whichever ones you celebrate are as joyful as they can be.

We’ll be celebrating winding down our twentieth year while sadly winding down the market altogether. It’s certainly bittersweet. If you missed my big announcement that ALG is closing down for good next week, on December 23, you can read all about it here: https://athens.locallygrown.net/weblog/view/45988.

I can’t tell you how much all the kind words y’all have said in emails and in person mean to me. It’s been an amazing twenty years, and I’ll miss you all after these three weeks! I’ll be sure to tell you where you can find all of our wonderful growers after next week.

Thank you so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you at our market’s home on Tallassee Road!

We are still getting new customers every week (and even now we love seeing new faces!) so for all of you you can find a detailed run-down of how Thursdays go on our website here: https://athens.locallygrown.net/faq#7

Other Area Farmers Markets

If ALG doesn’t have everything you need, please support our growers at the other markets that are now back up and running, or at their own locations. The Comerian takes online orders for Saturday pickup at the bakery here: https://www.thecomerian.com/online-ordering. The Athens Farmers Market is holding their Saturday market once again in Bishop Park and Wednesdays at Creature Comforts.They’re still operating under pandemic rules, so you’ll want to read up on all the changes on their website, http://athensfarmersmarket.net. The West Broad Farmers Market is back, holding a drive through market just like us (and using my software too, so it’ll be nice and familiar). You can join them at https://wbfm.locallygrown.net. The Saturday market in Comer has also returned. They’re small, but sometimes an early Saturday drive to Comer is just what the soul needs. And of course Collective Harvest is going strong over at https://www.collectiveharvestathens.com.

All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!

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!

Fayetteville Farmers' Market:  Online Orders NOW OPEN


Online Orders are OPEN! Close at 6am on Wed morning.

We’ve STILL got it: Want chestnuts for roasting? How about apple seconds for holiday baking? Gluten free baked goods? Meats for winter meals from the crockpot, oven or grill? Greens for cooking or salads? Stock up on baked treats—cookies, breads, pastries, pies, granola. Cheese, honey, mushrooms, jams and more. More frozen local peaches this week!

All this plus don’t forget to check for gift ideas from our makers of handcrafted items including holiday greenery, fabric crafts, soaps and personal care items, jewelry, wooden items, local salsa—too much to list. Take a stroll around the categories on the market list.

PICKUP TIME:
4:30pm to 6:00 pm on THURSDAY.

Order at:

https://fayettevillearkansas.locallygrown.net/market.

SNAP CUSTOMERS ONLY: you may choose pay at pickup and bring your card on Thursday. We will swipe and match as usual.

Produce growers will be adding throughout the order period so be sure to check back each day if you can’t find what you were looking for.

New customers always welcome—no minimum order required.

ONLINE ORDERS CONTINUE REST OF YEAR AND INTO 2022!
Just a reminder that online ordering is year round.

Schedule and location will remain the same until further notice. Ordering Sun 6pm until Wed 6am. Pickup Thursdays 4:30-6pm.

One exception:
NO PICK UP ON THURSDAY DEC 30

FIRST 2022 PICKUP IS JAN 6

TIPS:

1) When you start shopping, if you see items that have low availability, choose, checkout, and pay for those first.
2) Produce sellers OFTEN add more products on Monday or Tuesday in the ordering period, so be sure to check back. The product list changes each week, even from the same seller, so it’s worth exploring the categories you are interested in.
3) Multiple orders from you will be combined into one order before pickup.

PICKUP LOCATION AND PROCESS:
The OUTDOOR parking area at the south end of the new part of the Fayetteville Public Library. Approach on School Street and turn west into the outdoor parking lot (look for sign). Put your full name in your window (LARGE PRINT PLEASE) someone will meet you and direct you to a spot and your order will be brought out to you.

Thank you for your continued support of the online market.

Grumpy Goat:  Weblog Entry


Get your orders in tonight for pick up on Tuesday afternoon (2-6:30). This will be the last pick up for the year! We will put out the last of our handmade holiday items, gift baskets, and our other normal goodies! If we don’t see you all this week have a great end to your 2021 and we will see you next year!

Foothills Market:  No Market This Week


Many of our farmers are tied up with finals week at the university this week, so we’re taking a week off. We will be back on the week of December 19 in case you want to pick up any last-minute items before Christmas.

See you next week!

Monroe Market:  We are closed this week, but one more before the Holidays!


Hi everyone!

We will be closed this week. I will be at the Monroe Farmers Market for the last pop-up of the season.

Monroe Locally Grown will open Saturday, 12/18 at 12pm for you to place your orders until Tuesday at 5pm. Pick up will be Thursday, 12/23 from 4-6.

This market will be just in time for you to get all of your holiday meal items, meats, veggies, breads, and treats for your guests and pets.

Hope to see you at the market!
Audrey

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.

We are quickly approaching Christmas and have lots of goodies perfect for gift-giving season!

Highlighted on the Market – Christmas Cookies, Holiday Decorations, Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach, Hakurei Turnips, and Beef Ribs!

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!
Photo of Fried Eggs from Bluff Top Farm & Challah Bread from Kuroki Bakery

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE

The Wednesday Market:  This Is Your 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 Georgia Grown. We look forward to seeing you this week at the Market.

Thanks,

Beverly

Green Acres Atkins:  Good morning


Good morning

Wow this weather is crazy 70 then 25 yikes!

Hope your holiday plans are coming together

Merry Christmas

Please place those orders by noon on Thursday

Thanks
Tom, Kami and Oliver

Berea Gardens:  Market ordering enabled


Hi Friends,

With the growing season winding down Lynnita has a smidgen of time to do a little baking, so we have added some of her hit items to the list this week.

Our last market for this year will be the market on Wednesday, December 22. Weather determines when we will reopen for 2022 and our hope is that we can get things rolling again in early April.

We still have a quantity of the Kabocha Squash varieties and plenty of Potatoes if you want some quality foods that will store until we reopen in Spring.

Blessings,
Bob

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


Welcome to the December 12th and 13th Stones River Locally Grown Online Market! There are 3 Markets remaining before the Market takes a brief break.

  • The Market is Open today December 12th & 13th with regular market hours and pickup. However the Market will be open Sunday 19th & Monday 20th BUT pickup will be on TUESDAY, December 21st and will reopen January 2nd.

We are looking forward over the next coming weeks to offer several Christmas Holiday gifts made or produced by our Crafters and Growers, this will make your Holiday shopping sweeter and easier over the next few weeks and KNOW you will be supporting: ALL LOCAL ARTISIANS AND GROWERS!

The Market is open Sunday 8:00am through Monday closing at 10:00pm. Pickup your order on Wednesday December
8th, 5-6:15pm. 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!

We look forward to seeing you on the Porch this Wednesday, December 15th 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.

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 an d 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.

Stones River Market: Don’t know what to give a friend, co-worker, family members or Welcome to Neighbor hood, Get Well etc. There are Gift Certificates available in several different amounts.

News’s from Grower’s and Crafters:

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

Bean Man: We’re getting closer to the holidays and have added our wooden, hand-made spoons to the market – all of the spoons will fit into the gift boxes so if you order a spoon and more than one box. Leave your message in the Comment Box when you check out of email me [email protected] and let us know which one gets the spoon. Also, we are offering a shipping option for the gift boxes – as with the spoons, just email the address of the recipient and we will fill the card out for you. Order by the evening of the 19th (a Sunday) and the gift box will arrive by Christmas via UPS. We ship anywhere in the continental US.

As always, we have our Fresh, Non-GMO and Gluten Free Dry Beans, Flours and Scottish Oatmeals available with more recipes added to our website each week.

Oakview Farm: Oakview Farm has a variety of jams available this week: Green Tomato Marmalade, Rum Raisin Apple, Apple Butter, and Cranberry Ginger Port. We also have Brown Butter Macadamia Nut Sugar cookies, Hickory Bark Syrup and Pancake mix combos, candied ginger, herbal tea blends, and dried herbs for cooking and baking!

Singing Bee Honey: Looking for a great, local product to gift to that special someone this year? We have a new jar size available! The attractive glass jar holds 10.5oz of the same, great product as our other jars. This is a perfect size for gifting to others (or to yourself- we won’t tell!) this holiday season…….For any of our sizes, specify in the “comment to farmer” when you order an item that it will be a gift and we will package it for you so it is ready to give to that special someone. Packaging includes bee tissue paper, a gift tag, and attractive flower to table information. Please specify what you would like packaged together if you are purchasing multiple items.

Quarter Spring Farm: We have several options of Chicken to select from, Breast, Legs, Whole Chickens – Jumbo (who needs Turkey when you can have a BIG Chicken), Large and Regular Size. We also have Bruise and Headache Balms. Several selection of Goatmilk Soaps – to highlight a few for the season – Boozy Santa, Goatmeal (Dry or itch skin), Milli Vanilla, Piney Wacko and Shampoo Bars – Peppermint or Strawberry. Don’t miss our selection of Cotton – Reusable Napkins.

Bluhen Farms: Enjoy our Microgreens, Lettuce, Spring Mix and Tomatoes from our Greenhouse.

Emerald Acres: This week we offer Black Radishes and Watermelon Radishes, Spinach, Red Russian Kale and Stir Fry Greens.

Sassy Cassie: Several delicious options during the colder days, Soups, Pasta or Meat Casseroles, Vegetable Casseroles hint…Brussels and Bacon Casserole Large or Regular size are a hit this time of year. We have you covered with Breakfast Yeast Casseroles or Rolls, Pot Pies, Chili, Hashbrown Casseroles, you will not have to spend your time away from your family cooking, we’ve done it for you, you just need to turn on your oven!

Barefoot Acres Herbs: We grow the herbs we use for our salves, syrups, elixirs, tinctures and glycerites here at Barefoot Acres Herbs in Christiana. If we run out of some thing or there is some thing we can’t grow ( cinnamon, cloves, etc.), we source these herbs organically and sustainably. We believe fresh is key, even when using dried herbs. We know when and how our herbs are grown which ensures a fresh, a more potent and pure product. We’ve added many chemical-free skin products as well as fresh, authentic sourdough, sandwich bread. Spicy Immunity Cider coming soon.

JillianFaithArt: I sell original artwork and prints of original pieces. They will make wonderful gifts or can brighten anyone’s day.

HempinShrooms: Many mushrooms have medicinal benefits and each one has a unique array of compounds that allow them to help with different issues in the body. They lead to a healthier, happier life. Available this week Chestnut, Lions Mane and Oyster Mushrooms and Dehydrated Mushrooms.

Beaded Beauty: Our youngest local artisan creats unique beaded jewelry for clients of all ages. Designs/products can be premade or custom ordered for length and color scheme. (FYI this is Caron’s daughter!)

Bead Wench: Handcrafted Bracelets & hand-knotted Malas made with a healing purpose using real gemstone beads, love, and reiki!

Five White Oaks: I am a 4th generation resident of Murfreesboro, Tennessee who has been baking for friends and family for years. I make cakes, cookies and pies using recipes handed down in my family for more than a century. You will find that my goodies look and taste like what you remember when your Grandmother baked years ago. I use real butter and sugar, fresh eggs and cream in my bakes just the way I was taught so many years ago. My secret ingredient is the same as my own Grandmother’s was – the love I put into it!

Periwinkle and Pine Co.: I make beautiful handmade wreaths, bouquets, and decor using high quality faux florals and greenery.

Singing Bee Honey: I am a third generation beekeeper with 15 beehives in Woodbury, Tennessee. The honey produced is 100% local, raw, unfiltered, and pure. I do everything from managing the hives to harvesting the honey and labeling the jars. My plan is to continue to expand my apiary each year to increase inventory as return and new customers increase. Right now it is all liquid honey, but I plan to add cut comb honey next year.

Terry’s Treasures: I create one of a kind art work and beautiful arrangements of cactus and succulent gardens. Each design is unique, no 2 are exactly alike. Planters and designs vary in size from extra small to large. If you have a special container you would like me to use I can also do that. Prices vary.. Thank you.

Thweatt Things: I sew handmade items for personal use and for the home. Items include cloth masks, bowl cozies, aprons, clothing, and anything else I see that I want to try. I also do very basic alterations.

Quinn’s Mercantile: We enjoy having the Market on our porch each week. We carry several Tennessee made items in our Store and have a few items listed on the Market each week you can add to your cart. Several other things can be found in our store for your home, gifting, cards and clothing, jewelry, decorating and especially now with Christmas fast approaching. Highlighting this week is: Brass Horn Coffee Christmas Blend, EV Originals Craft Series Salsas, Local Honey, Nashville Toffee – Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate and Toffee Popcorn.

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 December 15th 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 so we can make arrangements to get your order to you. After trying to reach you and if we don’t 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