Miami County Locally Grown:  Congratulations to our Winners!

Breakfast #1 Basket – Ruthie Myers

Breakfast #2 Basket – Walt Pemberton

Great Grilling #1 Basket – Pam Hull

Great Grilling #2 Basket – Ronnie Witmer

Homemaker #1 Basket – Erin Luring

Homemaker #2 Basket – Jean Ward

Scrumptious Salad Basket – Brenda Carroll

Herbal Tea Basket – Angie Purdy

Special Little Extras #1 – Ceal Turnbull

Special Little Extras #2 – Sonja Besecker

Easy Dinner Basket – Nancy Brogden

Chicken Dinner Basket – Sue Garretson

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners! Please pick up your winnings at Pickup this Tuesday September 1st, 4:30-7pm :-). Any questions, just email me at [email protected]!

Thanks to everyone for entering!! We’ll look forward to our next Giveaway – this was so fun!!

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

Hello friends!

Tamales!
Pork, chicken or jalapeño & cheese.
Five for $7. All same kind.
At market this Friday, September 4th.
Text me your order.
501–339-1039

We are starting to see some wonderful fall produce: butternut squash, apples, acorn squash, jalapeños. If your family has never tried butternut squash, you should. It may become your favorite fall vegetable. It’s delicious cut into half inch pieces and baked with a little butter and Beaverfork blend.

Check out the new baked goods from Wholesome Bread. The hearty white sandwich bread is my favorite, but the friendship bread is incredible too.

Be sure to SEARCH for your favorite items using the search field. For instance, type in the word “sale” or “pork” and see what pops up. We have almost 500 items available now!

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! :-)

In accordance with the current guidelines, we will not have more than 10 people in the lobby at any time. We have four volunteers who can bring your order to your car if you prefer, just call or text 501-339-1039.

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the Extras table. See you Friday!

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]

Washtenaw Organic Collaborative:  Weblog Entry

ORDERING OPEN Sunday, August 30th through through Tuesday, September 1st for pickup SATURDAY, September 5th.

HOW IT WORKS : Order Sundays-Tuesdays for Saturday pickup or delivery.

1) CREATE AN ACCOUNT Enter your contact info & pick-up location or delivery option – this can be adjusted later. Here is a map of the current pick-up locations: Brines Farm and Slow Farm.

2) ORDER Select “The Market” and begin placing items in your cart. When finished, select “proceed to check out.” There you can verify the quantity of items ordered, leave notes for your growers, and choose your pick up location or delivery option, and pay. You’ll receive a receipt by email. All submitted orders are considered final on Tuesday at 11:59pm.

3) PICK UP & ENJOY Every Saturday, pick up your individually packaged order. The Slow Farm pickup location is a no contact pickup – please stay in your car, we will place items in your trunk. The Brines Farm pickup location is self-service off of farmhouse porch. Paid delivery option will arrive at your doorstep about midday. Pick up will be at either:

Brines Farm: Saturdays 9am-5pm (self-serve porch), 6384 Walsh Rd., Whitmore Lake, MI 48189. OR

Slow Farm: Saturdays, 9am-12pm (no-contact pickup, items placed in your car), 4700 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Final Notes:
- Double check the pickup location noted on your receipt/invoice – and remember it for Saturday.
- Delivery to your location is created by adding the $10 delivery item to your order basket.
- If we cannot fulfill an item it will be refunded.
- We cannot accommodate late pick ups or changes in pick up locations.
- Missed Pick Ups will be donated or returned to vendors.

We appreciate your support! See you on Saturday!

Stones River Market:  Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday on the CURB!

Welcome to the August 30th and 31st 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
Be sure to check again over the next 2 days as some of our Growers may be updating their inventories.

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 September 2nd 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.

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.

*Hard to believe it is the last few days of August and soon the transition into the Fall weather. Labor Day Holiday weekend is a great time to enjoy getting outside, having family and friends over, light up the grills and enjoying several products our growers have available. *

News from some of our Growers this week:

Mama D’s Bakery: Hi everyone! We have added coffee glazed cake donuts this week! Also, we have everything else available this week too! We have bagels, breads, granola bars, protein bars, cinnamon rolls, cookies, cream cheese Danishes, fruit Danishes, donuts, fruit scones, mini fruit scones, pies, and soft pretzels. Get yourself or your family breakfast (scones make great grab and go breakfasts) or snacks and munchies or just a treat for the week!

Sow’s Ear Piggery: we have plenty of bratwursts and ground pork for a twist on “hot dogs and hamburgers” for Labor Day grilling OR go BIG with whole pork shoulder for barbecue! As always our Pork is Non-GMO, No Corn or Soy Fed.

Sassy Cassie: Our Celebration Yeast Rolls will be made with Red, White and Blue Sprinkles this week for Labor Day weekend brunches. Our Casseroles are a complete dish. Feed a family of 4 for $15, we’ve done the work for you so you’ll have time to spend with family and friends during the upcoming holiday.

C&M Valley Farm: Our baby chicks are growing up! We have both Beginner Eggs and Pasture Raised Free Range size eggs available this week.

Quarter Spring Farm: We still has delicious grass-fed lamb, but they are selling fast. New to the market this week, we have lamb liver available. Lamb liver has a milder flavor than beef liver, but is just as full of iron and vitamins. We also have jumbo chicken legs this week, just in time for your Labor Day grilling.

Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farm): We have a few more delicious Kieffer Pears, pickled black walnuts, in addition to our standard herbal fare of mustard, honey and herbal tea. We will be moving from Murfreesboro to the farm in Beechgrove soon, and as a result, will have to scale back on some of our offerings for a few weeks. We are building a house and will be living in an RV for about 6 weeks (talk about downsizing, right?) We expect to be in the house by the end of October and should be able to offer lettuce, spinach and micro greens by the end of September. Thank you for your patience and understanding during our transition.

Wedge Oak Farm: We have butchered a 100% grass fed beef this week after allowing for a two week dry age. The beef is unsurpassed in flavor and butchered into beautiful steaks that will delight your family this Labor day. Bone in and boneless pork chops are simple for your grill or the cast iron skillet. Just sear and simmer while your Nashville Hot Chicken Sausages and Mild Italian Sausages grill or bake to perfection. Another option for the grill is a Half Chicken. These pasture raised birds offer something for the breast lover and the dark meat aficionado as well. Shop locally at Stones River Market. We appreciate your patronage as well. Don’t forget to grab some breakfast sausage and a pack of Applewood Smoked bacon for your morning delight.

Farrar Farms LLC: Time to light up the grill for our Briskets and/or Beef Patties to enjoy during the Labor Day Holiday. We are continuing our GROUND BEEF SPECIAL, purchase 5 pounds of Ground Beef and get 1 pound FREE.

Rainbow Hill Farm: Apples available this week: Gala: these are sweet, fine textured, and aromatic. Ozark Gold: Has Golden Delicious in its breeding. Flavor is more tart. Rhode Island Greening: An heirloom apple. Originated in Rhode Island during colonial days. Crisp and juicy with tart. Yellow Delicious: Very sweet to the taste. It is a favorite for salads, apple sauce, and apple butter.

Flying S Farms: This week we have Green Beans, Corn, Okra, Garlic, Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes, Winter Squash are starting to come in, few Jams and Jelly, Artisan Breads and Sour Dough Bread.

Look forward seeing you “At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday August 26th 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.

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/GAkJS1wawbr

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  The Best of Fresh & Local

From CS3 Farms:

We have a few more delicious Kieffer Pears, pickled black walnuts, in addition to our standard herbal fare of mustard, honey, and herbal tea.

We will be moving from Murfreesboro to the farm in Beechgrove soon, and as a result, will have to scale back on some of our offerings for a few weeks. We are building a house and will be living in an RV for about 6 weeks (talk about downsizing, right?). We expect to be in the house by the end of October, and should be able to offer lettuce, spinach, and micro greens by the end of September. Thanks for your patience and understanding during this transition.

Top (L to R) Kieffer Pears; Pickled Black Walnuts.
Bottom (L to R) Gourmet Mustard – Scarborough Fair; Gunpowder Green Tea.

New addition from Solace Farm:

Dried lavender bunch.

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

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

Remember:
No contact delivery available for no charge during this time!
Just ask on your order comments.

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 (please note change in time for Tullahoma):
Thursday afternoon pickup (4:00 – 5:00 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 and local is best!
Your Local Neighborhood Farmers

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 outside the Downtown Russellville Train Depot. Your order will be brought to your car in full-service fashion!

We have so many Chicken selections right now! We also have Lean Ground Beef, Beef Snack Sticks, Cranberry Lemon Scones, Fresh Okra, Golden Delicious or Gala Apples, Edamame, Peach Melba Shortbread Bars, Mashed Potato Squash, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Vegan Iced Sugar Cookies, and a large selection of fresh vegetables!
Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available.

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE

Miami County Locally Grown:  Gift Basket Giveaway Deadline TONIGHT

The opportunity to enter our annual Gift Basket Giveaway ends tonight at 9pm!!

Check out the MCLG category on The Market tab of our website for a list of the Twelve Baskets available, including a list of their contents!! Each is approximately filled with $30 worth of local Market products!! Wow!!

The winners will be drawn and announced tomorrow via weblog and emailed directly!

Any customer who has placed an order by 9pm tonight is eligible to enter!

Good Luck, and thank you for shopping Local!!

Dothan, Alabama:  August 29, 2020 - M@D is now OpeN!

Bag Business
In the Kitchen
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes: Simple & Sweet

SCRUB A DUB-DUB

What follows is probably more suitable for our Market Chitchat section, but it’s been a while since we addressed some nuances concerning reusable Market bags.

Market at Dothan started encouraging the use of reusable bags a few years ago in an effort to reduce waste. It was (and still is) such a strong conviction we invested meager resources into good reusable bags and made them available on the Market Page. This morning I had to remove the listings because we’re OUT! With any luck we’ll be able to relist them before the week is over.

In the meantime the issue that needs to be addressed is cleanliness. Covid has made all of us a lot more aware of the need to sanitize, sanitize, sanitize and our Market Bags need TLC as well. Those of us involved in bagging and giving your orders to you every week do not worry about the virus as the bags we pack in get to sit a good long week in between uses, but they do pick up dust and who-knows-what as they move from us to you and back again.

image courtesy of cleaninginstitute.org

We’re designating September as CLEAN YOUR BAG MONTH. Those who use our bag rotation system are encouraged to start cleaning your designated Market bags and continue the process through September and longer if necessary so that all your bags are in tip top shape. We’ll have ribbons on hand starting Friday to identify your clean returned bags and will make every effort to rotate through them.

Thanks in advance for your help and cooperation!

WITH MOM

Many of you know my Mom has been living with us for a few months. She takes over the kitchen sometimes and has introduced us to some of her favorite recipes. One of them is an interesting egg muffin thing. She’d make a batch and have a couple for breakfast one day or one as a snack the next till they were gone. They were too nutritionally dense to be quiche or a traditional muffin.

Last week she modified a batch substituting three duck eggs & Richter Farms smoked sausage. The combo was wonderful and Kathy (Kathy’s Cluckers) told me they are called Egg Bites. Mystery solved!

Mom’s Egg Bites

1 lb Italian Sausage, cooked, drained and COOL
5 eggs
10 oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained well
2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning
2 Tablespoons minced onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
2 Tablespoons olive oil

Mix well and bake in silicone (or well greased) muffin tins 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool before refrigerating. May be reheated in oven or microwave if desired.

There are many Egg Bite recipes on the internet, both with and without dairy and some using things like pepperoni for pizza flavor. There are also many ways to cook them if you do not wish to heat up the kitchen using the oven. Feel free to shoot us any favorite recipe and/or photos if you take the plunge to try them yourself.

MARKET CHITCHAT

What a blessing to see everyone who had orders yesterday! We appreciate you so much and even with covid preventing the occasional hug, seeing you, knowing you’re well enough to be out and about – it’s encouraging!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Items Danny’s Gourmet Lettuce is relisted Chocolate Almond Biscotti from Simple & Sweet South Anna Butternut Squash, 3 sizes, from Restoration Gardens Peach, Raspberry & Almond Crostata from Laura’s Confections Pumpkin Bread, 2 sizes, from Laura’s Confections _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GROWER NOTES

We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.

Simple & Sweet: NEW ITEM! I got a new recipe to try from my mom, and the results are too delicious not to share. Check the baked goods section for my new listing of Chocolate Almond Biscotti. These crunchy sweets are the perfect compliment to your morning cup of coffee, and who doesn’t love dessert for breakfast? 

FOOTNOTES

We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write [email protected].

Market Schedule
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: 10am – 12pm, Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: 11am – 11:30am, Parking area behind Daleville Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Pickup: 12pm – 12:30pm, Grocery Advantage, 1032 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email: [email protected] On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan
Join our Online Discussions! www.facebook.com/groups/MarketatDothanDiscussion
Be sure to use our hashtag! #marketatdothan

Our COVID protocol is still in place for everyone who wants curbside service.

I. Order Payment:
1. Voluntarily prepay by 6 pm Thursday if possible using this PAYPAL link. This eliminates passing paper currency back and forth or handling debit/credit cards on site. Your invoice will be marked PAID and pickup is fast and easy. In the event of undelivered items you will be issued a Market credit that will apply to your next order.
2. Debit/Credit – One of us will briefly step within 6 feet for you to put your card in the chip reader. We do our best to avoid touching your card or you touching the equipment which means we sign an “x” for your signature.
3. Cash and Checks – You may hand them to us. Exact change is preferred if using cash to prevent a lot of passing back and forth. If you choose curbside pickup you are welcome to put payment in your trunk/tailgate as that would eliminate the need to come near your window.

II. Order Delivery:
1. Curb Service: Please pull up next to the Market Shed. We will direct traffic a little bit if needed. Have your trunk/ hatchback open and we’ll load you up!
2. Walk Up Pickup: Please do not come inside. When we see you coming we’ll put your order near the entrance and step back for you to claim it. This system works really well for those of you wishing to get extra veggies that may be available.
3. Regardless of how you choose to accept your Market order please know that we make every effort to practice safe distancing and ask that you do the same.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION It takes all of us working together to keep everything running & everyone safe!

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!

Martin's Farmstand:  Watermelon and sweet corn by the bag

This is peak season for melons. We have several hundred melons that should be moved in the next few days. The best thing that can happen to a watermelon is to have someone eat it! Today ( and probably Monday) we are planning to cut and serve watermelon and cantaloupe samples to anyone that wishes for some. There will be little pieces for a taste and bigger pieces that make a meaningful serving. It is fine with me if you eat several pieces. A little watermelon secret is that there is quite a bit of difference between the seeded and seedless choices in flavor with the seeded one tending to be sweeter and richer in taste. I also am of the opinion that our melons tend to be better than most store melons and our melons are guaranteed. We have little personal melons for as little as $2.50 each and larger melons for $4 to $8 each. Come and get them.
Today we also have about 20 bags of sweet corn for sale by the bag ($15 per bag) and oodles of beans ($15 per box). Daniel

Statesboro Market2Go:  Market2Go is Open!

The Statesboro Market2Go is open!

Place your orders now through midnight Tuesday for pickup or delivery on Thursday. Browse the product categories and click on the market baskets next to items you want to purchase. Selected items will be added to your shopping cart.and listed on the left. When you’re done, continue to Check Out to place your order.

Remember to choose your pickup location from the drop-down menu before you check out. Options are

• Statesboro: Thursday afternoon at SCVB
• Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at Victory Garden General Store
• To Your Home Delivery (must add delivery to cart and prepay)

Please pay online to make our process more efficient and to better meet health guidelines. 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.

You may now use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you’ll receive “bonus” fruits and vegetables through the Georgia Fresh for Less program, effectively doubling your benefits in fresh produce. If you write “EBT” in the order comment field, we will be able to award your bonus dollars. All EBT transactions must be made by swiping your card at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau during the Thursday drive-through. If you want to know more about how to use an EBT card to make market purchases, email [email protected]