The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Father’s Day is Sunday so when you’re shopping online or at the market this weekend be sure to get something for Dad! Our farmers offer a great selection of meats for grilling or pick up some bacon, eggs, and baked goods and prepare breakfast for him. There are some great art prints or men’s aprons that would also make great gifts.
Thank you for supporting our local farmers and vendors. Stay cool this week and see you Saturday!
Independence,VA: Market closes TONIGHT at 8 pm!
Good morning!
Be sure to place your order by tonight at 8 pm! Your order will be ready for a scheduled curbside pickup this Wednesday afternoon between 4-6 pm.
Remember, a wide variety of organic Southern Exposure seeds are now available to order on the Online Market! Save on shipping and help support the Market!
Thanks again and happy shopping!
To Shop: Independence Farmers Market.
Schedule Your Pickup Time: 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 all so much for supporting the Market!
Abby
Champaign, OH: Swingin'
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon…
(Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Happy Monday, market customers!
I’ve been a bit MIA, this past weekend, as I have been doing so much behind the scenes work, leading up to dinner on the farm with Hippie and the Farmer, in conjunction with the Roadfish Bicycle group/Pan Ohio/and The American Cancer Society.
Lots of expansion projects, updates, painting, staining, organization, etc…
Anyway, as you know, this is why all of my products, as well as Hippie and the Farmer products are on vacation mode, but you still have so very much to choose from!! So, don’t forget to order all that we have to offer!!
Last night, once I got home, cleaned up, and got dinner prep underway, I took a glass of wine down to one of my hammock swing chairs, for perfect viewing of the sunset, and then the most amazing crescent moon.
I love ending my days in one of the swings. And, as I swing, I remember growing up, in the West End, of my hometown, and riding my bike to my grandparents. Long time customers know my love of where I grew up, and of my grandparents who many times acted as my parents, and lived up the street, and around the corner.
My grandfather had built the most amazing swing, and little shelter area for my grandmother. Even as young as 5 years old, I knew I could jump on my bike, and find my grandmother enjoying her swing, each evening of the summer. I would show up, and get in the swing, with her, and we would either talk about my day, her day, or about nothing at all. We would plan shopping days, or we would talk about any upsets I may have had…we would eventually drift into her kitchen to break open store bought iced oatmeal cookies, and RC Colas in her icy frozen metal tumblers. She would call my mother to tell her I was at her house, and many times, I would just stay the night in their guest room.
Even into college, when I would be home on breaks, we continued our swinging rituals. Less frequently because I was working summer jobs, going out, and busy with life. But, every chance I got, I would go visit her.
My grandfather always just let us have our time. Personally, I feel it gave him an excuse to work on late night projects in his work shop without any interruptions.
Anyway…I thought about her, a lot, last night, as I was swinging, and about how without her knowing, she taught me how to wash off the day/ignore outside noise/solve problems, all with a spell of time in a swing.
It also reminded me of this market, and it’s constant, easy, flow…the friendships, the life stories that unfold with each customer visit, the music you all share with me, and just the general support and love that you give this market. It’s like a gentle evening, on a relaxing swing…
Thank you, for always being a part of this little market community. We realize that there are now 1,000 choices of food delivery services, and online food ordering services, but we appreciate that you still keep this little market in your hearts.
Here’s to Monday…remember that the market closes for ordering, tomorrow morning, at 8am…
And, hey…go find a swing…it’s good for your soul…also, dig into this Tom Petty tune…it’s one of my favorites…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Market is OPEN for ordering!
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. Don’t miss our ongoing specials:
- Bone-in pork chops from Weaver Farms – package of 2 for $4.50
- Ground beef from Triple T Cattle Farms – approx 1 lb package for $5.00
- Tomato plants from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse – 3 for $7 (just a few left!)
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
~ Linda
To Contact Us
Our Website:
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown
On Facebook:
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail:
[email protected]
By phone:
(931) 273-9708
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.
Fresh today from
Local farmers
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for June17
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
This week we finally see some of the first summer berries listed. Blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries are all starting to ripen, and in the coming weeks we should start seeing a flood of all of them. Despite the late start, it ought to be a good year for berries, since we didn’t get any late freezes, the spring was relatively long and cool, and we’ve had plenty of rain. It might be a great season to stock up on blueberries when they’re in their peak and freeze them for later. In the fall, when the cranberries from up north arrive, just mix equal parts of those and frozen blueberries right in a dish and cover with a streusel topping (even a box “apple crisp” topping mix is fine) and throw that in the oven. So easy, and the mix of sweet blueberries and tart cranberries is perfect. Can’t wait! Oh — I just remembered I put some bags of cranberries in the freezer last fall, so I guess I don’t have to wait after all. Hooray!
It’s hard to believe that this week marks one year exactly of having our Thursday pickups at our Tallassee Road location. I know so many of you relied on our market to get you through the first couple months of the pandemic, and I can’t overstate how hard it was to keep things going, first at Ben’s Bikes and then at the YMCA. It seemed like every week brought new challenges, and then when the governor suddenly re-opened the gyms in May, it really seemed like we’d hit the end of the road. I’m so grateful for ALG customers reaching out about the place on Tallassee, where the Double Helix School was moving out to their new home on Prince. It had everything we needed to keep going, and now that things are starting to feel like their really getting back to normal, it’s nice to still have a place where we can keep up the best of everything we’ve learned over the years. I still don’t know how long we’ll be there (we’re technically leasing out some of the space month-to-month) but it’s been such a blessing for us this past year.
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 we love seeing new masked 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. 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!
GFM : Hump Day Market and Father's Day Event
Come check us out for the opening of our Hump Day Market, mid-week starting June 16th from 3-5pm. We continue to take EBT/SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks.
Welcome our new farmer Hillside Gardens as he makes his debut. He’ll have kale, spinach, beets, squash, zucchini, etc.
Cat’s Crafts & Confections will be joining with baked goods, fudge, flavored sugars and salts and more.
Green made & Vintage Traveling Bazaar with Vegan CBD Pain therapy, pet shampoo, and pet safe essential oil candles.
The Ole Farmhouse with goat milk soap and farm fresh eggs.
Also, Come out to our Father’s Day Event, June 19th from 9-2pm.
Anne and Paul from Cedar Ridge Farm will be talking about honey bees and will have an observational hive to show.
You can make a day of it by visiting The Old Oak Taproom across the street afterwards. They have an event going, from 11-5.
Keep up to date with all the market goings-on by stopping by the purple tent and getting your calendar of scheduled events and other informational materials about farming and farms in the area.
Martin's Farmstand: This is the peak of strawberry season
The next pickings are Monday June 14 starting at 7 AM and Wednesday starting 2 PM I just came in from scouting the fields and there are lots of ripe berries. Picking conditions will be very good. There are so many ripe berries to pick that I do not foresee that they will be all picked till later in the day (but one never knows). We are open rain or shine. ( We do need the rain very much)
The strawberries are ripening in a much more concentrated pattern then is common with a large portion of the berries looking like they will be ripe in the next week. The season of course will continue after that (there are still green berries) but this is not a year to procrastinate. Size and quantity will drop off quickly this year. It looks to me like we are in for an extremely intense and short season. Get your berries sooner rather than later.
Hours for u-pick are Monday starting
at 7 AM; Wednesday, start 2 PM (no morning picking on Wednesdays); Saturday, start 7 AM. This repeats through out the whole season. The patch closes when the berries are all picked or at 6 PM.
When you arrive you do not need to stop at the stand to weigh your containers if you know the empty weight already. Also you do not need to stop if you are picking into standard Quart or gallon containers.
You have the option of bringing your own containers or buy empties from us.(Quart boxes 25 cents each or $20 per hundred. Gallon buckets $3 each.)
We will be using the same random picking pattern that we did last year. This means that you may start anyplace you wish in the patches that are open as long as you are not cutting in front of someone. It is mandatory that when you are picking that all the ripe berries are picked as you move ( No roaming or grazing type picking. A section of row must either be picked or not picked when you leave. We keep scouting the patch and suggesting where you will find good picking. Daniel
Dawson Local Harvest: Locally-grown Organic Tomatoes on Dawson Harvest!
DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST, June 13th, 2021
All-Natural real-tasting Tomatoes from Leilani’s Farm now available on the Market, plus free-range Beef, Chicken, Pork, Eggs, and More.
The Market Is Open! PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!
Russellville Community Market: The Market Closes at 10 Tonight!
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 4PM – 8:00PM this Tuesday at the Downtown Russellville Train Depot. You may now come inside the Depot, or your order will be brought out to your car in full-service fashion!
WE HAVE FRESH CUCUMBERS! We also have Butter Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Yellow Summer Squash, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Garden-Fresh Zucchini, and more!
Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available. Multiple orders are encouraged!
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE
Fayetteville Farmers' Market: Online Orders NOW OPEN
Welcome to online ordering!
Online ordering is now open, a little earlier today!
BLUBERRIES FINALLY RIPE and are available online this week!
Be sure to check back as growers will be adding products this evening and tomorrow.
Ordering will close as usual at 6am on Wednesday morning. Pickup is on THURSDAY afternoon.
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 (especially produce) 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 before pickup.
PICKUP TIME:
4:30pm to 6:30 pm on THURSDAY.
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. Put your name in your window and there will be signs—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.