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.
Old99Farm Market: Week of 11 October 2020
Growing meats and vegetables with organic and sustainable ways greatly reduces the carbon footprint of the farm and the products we offer. It also creates healthy nutrient dense vegetables and higher quality meats than conventional agriculture.
We have a good selection this week of beef,pork,chicken and rabbit. We also have sausages made by J. Waldron Butchers available in mild and hot Italian style. We had some on Friday and they are a MUST to serve at your next BBQ meal. Also available is new crop carrots, collard greens, health kick salad, tropeana onions, green frilly kale, red russian kale, chicory, potatoes, squash and many more.
*A Bee Note: the hives have produced well and we have plenty of honey available. If you would like sizes larger than 500ml jar please leave comment in the notes section of your order.
Pork Butchering Workshop
Would you like to see your side cut up just the way you want it? Or learn what cut comes from which part of the animal? Former Cumbreae’s butcher Jamie Waldron will conduct a butchering workshop here at the farm in October. First four families get their meat to take home ($5.50/lb). Cost of workshop is $50.00. Register in The Market. Date to be determined. Small group, social distancing in effect. A great educational experience for the whole family!
NEW MARKET ORDER DEADLINE TIME IS NOW 12 NOON THURSDAYS. Please remember to place your order BEFORE noon on Thursday. Orders placed after this time may not be processed. Pickup times are Thursday & Friday from 3PM to 6PM. Special pickup can be arranged for Saturdays by appointment only. Please call or text
519-755-0577 to speak to Nick.
Here is a recent testimonial received from a new a customer: “We had the roast beef last week and it was delicious! Fantastic flavor and left overs were great! My wife and daughter made cabbage rolls today with the ground pork and beef. They were outstanding too. I remember when my mother made them and these are just as memorable.”
We look forward to seeing everyone again this week.
Be well,
Nick & Angela
Ian & Cami
McColloms Market: October FFFN Market Is Now Closed
Hi All:
The Market is now closed. Pick up will be on Friday, beginning at 4:30 onward and will be curbside and staged from my front entryway.
Everything will be packaged and labeled with your name on it and the total of your order. Just leave a check in the envelope that I’ll also have out there.
Thanks a million and stay safe.
Best,
Melinda
518-354-0202
Caldwell County, KY, Farmers Market: Week 24-CCFM Online Ordering
Good morning!
Online ordering is now open. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Pickup is from 9-11 at Princeton’s City Hall parking lot where the market meets.
Whether you place an online order or stop by to see what is available at the market, we appreciate your continued support! Thank you for being a valued customer!
McColloms Market: October FFFN Market Closes Tonight
Hi All:
Just wanted to remind everyone that this month’s order closes tonight so please get your order in by 8 pm or so.
Thanks.
Melinda
518-354-0202
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Apologies for opening late. I needed to allow a farmer extra time to get inventory updated.
Announcement for the Fall/Winter market – Starting 11/7 Online order pick-up will be from 9-10:30am.
Thank you for supporting our local farmers and vendors! See you Saturday!
Siloam Springs, AR: Market opening late today
siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Good morning! Market will be opening late today, possibly around noon.
Thanks for understanding!
Stacy
Stones River Market: Market is Open until 10pm...2 NEW GROWERS and Still time to place your order this week
Reminder the October 11th and 12th Stones River Locally Grown Online Farmers Market is still open and will closes tonight (Monday) at 10:00 pm. https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Few Growers have updated their inventory so be sure to check and see what else is available.
We will continue to have our “Pull Up or "Step Up” delivery on the curb in front of Quinn’s Mercantile to pickup your orders Wednesday afternoon October 14th from 5-6:30 pm….Drive up to the canopy or you are welcome to park across the street and walk to the canopy to pickup your order using social distancing. We want to leave the area in front of Quinn’s Mercantile for their customers.
Reminder…Delivery Service is available within a 10 mile radius of Murfreessboro, outside areas will be considered and delivery is available to Woodbury at a host location. Please put your address in comments before you check out….Method of Payment is Cash, Checks, Cards or Invoice. For Delivering and Invoicing please make sure your account information is current.
Thank you for supporting our Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!
The Market’s Gift Certificates are available, great way to share the Market with others. Give a Gift of Locally Grown food and other items.
News from the Market:
We now have Reusable Market Totes available, 10 × 12 with a 8 inch gusset, not too small and not too big and reusable. This is a joint venture between Quinn’s Mercantile and our Stones River Market.
WELCOME 2 NEW GROWERS:
Fungalicious: is a small exotic mushroom farm that grows several varieties but mainly oyster mushrooms offering only the highest quality. We are not a certified organic farm but everything is naturally grown. The only thing that ever comes into contact with our mushrooms is purified water. Even when we harvest, we use food service gloves and place them in paper bags or cardboard boxes depending on the amount and they are ready to use, no washing is necessary. These mushrooms have a delicious mushroom flavor with a great texture. The umami flavor that they add to every dish is incredible! We also sustainably farm using agriculture waste to create substrate material for growing and then compost the spent waste for soil amendment. Oyster mushrooms have been used in the Czech Republic as the main ingredient in a dietary supplement used to treat high cholesterol (Hobbs, 1995). Studies in animals have shown that a diet of Oyster mushrooms reduced the development of plaque in major arteries (Bobek et al., 1995). They also have high protein content, several B vitamins, and all the essential amino acids (Marley, 2009). Its medicinal benefits include promoting anti-tumor activity and lowering high cholesterol. Oyster mushroom fruiting bodies and distillations have been shown to reduce tumor size in several studies on mice, rats, and hamsters (Hobbs, 1995)
Body and Soul Teas: I make small batch herbal tea blends for sipping and soaking. My current product line includes herbal tea blends, bath teas, and herbal steams. My herbs or organically grown purchased and naturally grown herbs or herbs which I have wildcrafted here in Middle TN. Current tea line includes:
Rocky Top Rooibos, a customer favorite
Tennessee Sunshine, a tart fruity Hibiscus blend
Shoo-Flu, a supportive blend containing elderberry for cold/flu season support
Ah-Shoo, a supportive blend containing goldenrod, elder, and peppermint for seasonal allergy support.
Herbal steams-for facial treatments as well as for coughs and sinus congestion.
All teas comes in 1 oz packages, enough for 12-16 1. servings.
Look forward seeing you “At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday October 14th 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. 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.
Champaign, OH: Wouldn't It Be Nice
But lets talk about it
Wouldn’t it be nice…
(The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds album)
Happy Monday, market lovely customers!
Kicking it all off with one of my favorite albums, Pet Sounds. Also, the Beach Boys were my first concert when I was in 7th grade. I was never into their beginning pop, but I was way into their Pet Sounds album. Our 7th grade music teacher somehow pulled off a Sunday evening field trip, to see them, in concert, and I am unclear how that came about, but I was in awe…
Anyway, the first beat of this song, just puts you in a good mood, a sing song mood, and hopefully, gives you the feel good beat to your week.
The market is open, and we will be taking your orders up until tomorrow evening at 8pm.
Have a happy Monday morning…wouldn’t it be nice?
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for October 15
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
Tomorrow’s holiday always sparks discussions of indigenous peoples and colonization. I’d like to plant an idea with you: think about all of the wonderful indigenous foods of North America, many of which have fallen into obscurity. See if you can find some to add to your diet this fall, even if it’s just to try something new for one single meal. Native plants are almost always a better choice to grow than species and varieties not adapted to our environment, but growers won’t plant them if there’s not a demand. Here’s one interesting list to get you started, and you’ll recognize some of them from the ALG listings throughout the year: 20 Native North American Foods with Stories to Tell.
This is about the time of year when Doug returns from Alaska loaded with salmon. I usually don’t get much notice when he returns to stock his freezer, and I’ve not heard anything yet. I know he drives it all back, which means passing through Canada, and they’ve got the border locked down due to covid. I suspect he’s going to have to hang out up there for a while longer.
We are still getting new customers every week (and we love seeing new masked faces!) so for all of you here’s a quick run-down on how Thursdays go:
- Don’t arrive at the beginning of your pickup window if you’ve got that flexibility. We fill the bags alphabetically (because it’s easier on us that way), but your arrival time or last name has no bearing on what items you get. The growers fill orders based solely on the time you placed your order, so that’s all been long decided by Thursday. Take your time getting there and that’ll naturally spread things out a bit. Flatten the curve, if you will.
- I’m bad with faces as it is, and masks make it even harder to recognize you and even hear you when you give your name. Many of you had papers with your name written in big letters we could read through the window, and that is wonderful. If you think to do that same, it’ll make things even smoother.
- The pickup loop does have a fair bit of room, but we don’t want you backing up into Tallassee. If you arrive faster than we can deliver orders, we may ask you to pull ahead into the loop and circle around. That may mean that some people who arrived after you may get their food before you, but as I said above, that doesn’t affect at all what items you get when things run short.
- We’ve still got three pickup windows, and it’s totally ok if you come later than the slot you chose. If you come early, odds are high that we haven’t filled your bags yet and we may ask you to come back. Tallassee is a pretty drive, and I recommend taking it to the county line and back, just for the scenery.
- We’re not accepting in-person payments unless absolutely necessary. We’ll have a drop box for checks or labelled envelopes of cash, but we greatly prefer Venmo payments to @athenslocallygrown or online payments through a card tied to your account. Venmo is free, and card payments have a 3% processing fee.
- We can not accept any recycling just yet, though that may change once we get settled.
- We cannot take your own bags or bins out of your car and fill them up
- If you’d like to go through your items before you leave to make sure you’ve got everything, or that we didn’t mix up people’s items, feel free to pull into the lot and have a look.
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 brand new home on Tallassee Road!
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. It’s not anything like it was before, so you’ll want to read up on all the changes on their website, http://athensfarmersmarket.net. The West Broad Farmers Market is back too, 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. 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!
Falls Park Farmers Market: Online Farmer's Market is OPEN!
The Falls Park Farmer’s Market online marketplace is again open for the week!
Shop online or in person for all of your favorites. Get the freshest local vegetables, flowers, snacks, coffees, cheeses, meats and more while they’re in season!
And, if you’re wondering what to do when market is over, don’t worry, we’ve already been thinking about that too! We will be rolling out our plans for the non market season soon, so keep your eyes out for those details!
Thanks for shopping your local Farmer’s Market!