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Fayetteville Farmers' Market:  Online Orders NOW OPEN


Welcome to online ordering!
Online ordering is open early today!

Ordering closes as usual at 6am on Wednesday morning. Pickup is on THURSDAY afternoon 4:30 until 6:00 pm.

A few notes:
-New this week: locally made gluten free bakery products!
-More products will be added by Monday so check back!
-Dripping Springs is back online with certified organic produce and flowers.
-Enjoy local blackberries!
-Plenty of local eggs, meats, cheeses, baked goodies are available as well as local crafts, salsas, peanut butter, and more.

New customers always welcome—no minimum order required.

Order at

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

TIPS:

1) When you start shopping, if you see items that have low availability, choose, checkout, and pay for those first.
2) Some sellers add more products on Monday or Tuesday in the ordering period, so be sure to check back.
3) Multiple orders from you will be combined into one order before pickup.

PICKUP TIME:
4:30pm to 6:00 pm on THURSDAY. Note earlier closing time.

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.

CLG:  Opening Bell: Chicken, Potatoes, Onions, Coffee!


Hello friends!
Due to the increasing Covid rates in our area, Saint Peter’s has re-instated the mask mandate for inside the lobby at the church for Friday pick ups. Please wear a mask when you pick up your ordered items. Thank you. We will also continue contactless delivery for those interested, just call or text 501-339-1039.

Several growers have been planting a second crop of produce like tomatoes and cucumbers and zucchini. Hopefully will be having some of those options available in the coming weeks. Lots of good stuff to keep you healthy in these trying times. Stay strong!

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]

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. Check the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

We hope you all have a happy afternoon, and we’ll see you at the Market. Thanks for supporting Georgia Grown.

Beverly

Berea Gardens:  Market open for orders


Hi Friends,

This week’s market is now open for orders. We are a bit early today so I can get some field work done.

Along with what is listed here we will again have additional tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers and perhaps more sweet corn on the table this week. Our “Little, Ugly Melons” will be available too. McColley Gardens, Bop & Nana’s Bakery, Kenny Point, Circle S Farms and Carol Houchin (with local honey) will all be joining us this week. Come see us for the best food options in the region.

Blessings,
Bob & Lynnita

Dawson Local Harvest:  THE MARKET OPENS TONIGHT AT 8pm!


Beef is Back, lots of Produce, Chicken, Pork, Sausage and Eggs, too!

Dawson Local Harvest Opens Tonight at 8!

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!


Middle Tennessee Locally Grown market

will be open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm.

Due to the Coronavirus restrictions, if you would prefer home delivery of your order, please just ask. No charge during this time.

Please also remember that our market is much safer than any grocery store.
All our products are direct from grower/producer to consumer, with no middle men handling.

Please share this information with your friends and help them to understand how safe our open-air markets are.




The Market is open this morning for ordering, just as usual.

Please feel free to search through the market listings for the items you would like to purchase.





Weaver Farms products will be in vacation mode till their next processing date in a few weeks.


Have a great week, and see you on Thursday at your preferred pickup location:
216 East Fort St, Manchester, OR
1802 N Jackson St, Ste 800, Tullahoma TN







Our Manchester pickup location is across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building, at
216 East Fort Street, Manchester, TN


Our Tullahoma pickup location is in front of “Nature’s Elite”, in the Cherokee Square Shopping Center next to Dunham’s Sports, open air during this time, at
1802 N Jackson St, Ste 800, Tullahoma TN


For a map, click on the address link.




Only the best fresh flavorful farm products for your family! No more week-old produce trucked cross-country. All the fresh local farm products listed come from your grower and maker neighbors in Middle Tennessee. The freshest produce is picked the day you receive it!

Your year-round weekly market is open for ordering from Sunday morning at 8 am till Tuesday evening at 10 pm.

Receiving options:
THURSDAY afternoon pickup (4:15 – 4:45 p.m.) at the market pavilion on Fort Street, Manchester.
THURSDAY afternoon pickup (5:30 – 6:00 p.m.) outside “Nature’s Elite”, Tullahoma. Open air market during this time.
Delivery on THURSDAY evening will be free during this time, or at other hours by arrangement.

See the “About” page for details.

Please help us grow:
spread the word about our market.
share this newsletter with someone.
make my day and ask to hand out some fliers.
And if you are hungry for something special, just let us know, and we will do our best to find it for you.



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Stones River Market:  Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday on the Porch or Curb or request Delivery


Welcome to the August 1st and 2nd Stones River Locally Grown Online Farmers Market.

The Market opens 8:00 am on Sunday Morning and closes 10:00 pm Monday evening. Order early before quantities available run out! https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net

We look forward seeing you on the Porch or Curb Wednesday August 4th from … 5-6:30pm … with deliveries following. Please comment to the Manager when you checkout that you would like curb service and approximate time of arrival so we can have your order ready and watch for you. https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net

Reminder…Delivery Service is available within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas additional $1.00 per mile is added. Delivery is also available to Woodbury to a host location. If this is the first time you’ve requested delivery please put your address in comments before you check out….Method of Payment is Cash, Checks or Credit/Debit Cards or we can email an Invoice including a $1.00 Invoice fee. For Delivering and Invoicing please make sure your account information is current.

Welcome to our New Grower:

Sap Creek Gardens: We are Sap Creek Gardens born in middle Tennessee. Our main focus is in growing medicinal and culinary herbs as well as antique roses. We will also offer herbal extracts.

News from Our Growers:

Welcome Back…. Sassy Cassies and Carole Herbs (CS3 Farms)

Sassy Cassies: We are back from a little Summer break and rolling out our August Featured Dish at the Stones River Market today. Chicken Marsala is our Featured Dish for August. We lightly dredge, then brown, chicken breast medallions. Then they slow cook for hours in a succulent Marsala sauce, using local Blue Oyster mushrooms. A bed of seasoned linguine rounds out this Italian classic. As an added bonus, all our yeast rolls are on sale for $10 (6 rolls) this month.

Carole Herbs (CS3 Farms): We have bitter melon, lost of winter squash and some herbal and regular tea, all of which is great cold or on ice for a hot summer day. We also have a little bit of ginger fig shrub available.

Trinity Rose Oberhasli Dairy Goats: Will be taking a week off, will return next week.

Ewe and Me Homestead: Have you tried Sheep’s Milk, if NOT you are missing out on a delicious and healthy milk. Use like you would ‘milk’, makes delicious ice cream and cheese.

Rainbow Hill Farm: OUR PEACHES HAVE ARRIVED, order early before we run out. Also enjoy our delicious Sangre potatoes, they are thin skinned potato that bakes or boils well. Creamy with a sweet taste. Organically grown.

East Fork Farm/Worm castings: What are worm castings? Worm castings contains minerals such as concentrated nitrates, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus. They are 100% organic fertilizer that can increase a plant’s yield, protects both soil and plants from diseases, repel insects and help the soil retain moisture. Can be used as a top dressing, side dressing, worked into the soil or brewed into a liquid form (Worm- Tea- Ni) to water your plants. Worm castings have a very long shelf life and never lose their potency if they are kept DRY. Once wet, the castings need to be used within 48 hrs. 100% safe to be used around pets and children. Can be used to revitalize old soil in gardens and around your household plants. East Fork Farm organic worm castings have a neutral PH of 7.0.

Mama D’s Bakery: Hi everyone! We have everything available this week! We have a 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!!

RnR Farm: We have the best selection of naturally grown lettuce in Middle Tennessee. Also plenty of items to mix in your salad for a complete meal. Tomatoes of many types, cucumbers, and new this week, Lemon Cucumbers. Little yellow balls of goodness that are amazing sliced and put on any RnR Farms lettuce.

Oakview Farm: We know it’s still summer but our ‘winter’ squashes are growing fast. Winter Squash are a harder skin and with a thicker texture than Summer Squash, stores well. Acorn, Buttercup, Yokihama and Small Sugar Pumpkins are available this week along with Mango Mint Jam, Okra, Yellow Squash, Japanese Cucumbers and Lemon Balm.

Spring Meadow Farm: Back this week with several delicious items! Mint, Garlic Bulbs, Kale, Lemon cucumbers, Red Pontiac Potato, Sunburst Squash, Assorted Cherry Tomato’s and White Kennebec potato’s.

Quarter Spring Farm: Summer is great. Long days at the lake and long nights around the campfire. Good times with friends and family. And bugs. Lots of bugs. If you want to enjoy being outside without being feasted on by flying foes, try our Bug Off bar from Quarter Spring Farm. It is formulated to be easy on your skin and the planet, but hard on bugs. We have several new scents available for our lotion bars and have released our seasonal summer soap scents: Kiss from a Rose and Cream Soda. Be sure to check them out this week on the market.

Sow’s Ear Piggery: We continue to have lots of great choices of products for grilling and smoking. As always, our pork is raised outdoors, in sunshine and fresh air. No antibiotics or hormones. Fed non-GMO feed and fresh vegetables.

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse: Something NEW! Rudbeckia, NEW FOR 2021! This popular plant produces a mass of golden yellow daisy-like flowers from July to September. The flowers are borne to a height of 24 inches, above slightly hairy, lance-shaped foliage. Dazzling mounds of yellow flowers with a deep brown center. Rudbeckia is very long blooming, unbothered by insects or drought. Grows in rich, moist soil in full sun to part shade. Plant in the border garden or cottage garden, where the nectar rich flowers will attract butterflies. Use as a cut flower. Hardy in zones 4-9.
Also several varieties of Mints and herb plants available and Hosta Plants this week, miniature and midsize as well Hanging Baskets.

Short Mountain Cultures: We have so many delicious and usable items to select from its hard to just select a few to highlight. Our Bulk Dry Products are plentiful, Fermented and Culture Products are always delicious and beneficial. We feature Hatcher Dairy Milks and various other products for body and health.

Flying S Farms: Be sure to order your favorites this week, taking a week off next week. Summer Produce is becoming more available. Most requested Tomatoes, Corn. Other items include: several Assorted Sweet Peppers, Assorted Eggplant varieties, Cabbage, Potatoes, Variety of Summer Squash, Cantaloupe and Watermelon.

Always a 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. Quinn’s Mercantile will soon be adding be listing some of their wonderful Tennessee made items that you can will be able to order through the market.

Thank you for supporting your Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!
We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday August 4th from 5:00 – 6:30 pm, please contact me if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, please phone, email or text me 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 6:30 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

Martin's Farmstand:  Sweet corn by the dozen or the bagful


We have lots of sweet corn today! It is available by the single ear ($.60) by the dozen ($6) or the bagful ($16). This is also peak season for beans, basil, pickles and cucumbers. The girls just came in with another 6 bushels of green beans. If you wish to make dilly beans, pickles or pesto now is the time. We have lots of dill, garlic and onions. This weather has been lovely with enough rain and just the right temperatures. This means the gardens are yielding produce full strength. It is a pretty picture to see the stand full of this abundance. Come and get it. This fresh produce makes some wonderful good eating. Daniel

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
  • Millen: Thursday afternoon at Project for Better Health 3:30 – 4:30
  • 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 or Statesboro – Outreach Center as pickup location.
You can get help placing an EBT order on Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 at the Statesboro Outreach Center, 515 Denmark Street. Or for more information, email [email protected]

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Our Saturday markets have returned at Synovus parking lot Downtown Statesboro. Come out and show your local farmers some appreciation! Our featured vendor this week is Azure’s Gourmet & Sweets. Find her honey bars and sweet creations at the Saturday market.
Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Visit Statesboro. We are grateful to them for providing a home for our Market2Go and drive through every week. We look forward to our continued partnership towards keeping the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market, and all of its services, going strong!

Our Market2GO will still be available all year for shopping online Friday-Tuesday with Thursday pick up.

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Market is open for orders!


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

Go to the market >>
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!