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.
Foothills Market: The Market is Open!
Foothills Market is open for another week of bringing you fresh, local food!
Browse the market between now and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Be sure to click the “Place your order” button to submit the order. We’ll have your items ready for pickup on Thursday between 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Eat something fresh this week!
Statesboro Market2Go: Olive Oil!
Just added – Georgia grown extra virgin olive oil from Terra Dolce Farms, a small farm near Lyons, Georgia. They have been growing a selection of olive trees for 10 years, and in 2014, their olive oil won a Gold Medal from the New York International Olive Oil Competition.
Magney Legacy Ridge Farm: CSA #26
Dear CSA-ers,
This week’s Preassembled Bag will contain Green Beans, Spring Mix, Watermelon Radishes, Aji Dulce Sweet Peppers, Eggplant, Basil, & Oregano. Orders may now be placed on the online market at: https://magneyfarm.locallygrown.net/market
It is hard to believe that we’re near the end of August already. Summer’s heat is starting to lose its edge; cool nights move in quickly and the air is beginning to just barely smell like Autumn. Slowly but surely we’re beginning to move back into one of our stronger seasons for crop production. For those of you who have missed us at our physical farmers’ market locations, know that we’ve been doing some rebuilding and striving to keep the CSA online market the best that it can be. You are our priority. We want you, who have taken a personal interest in our farm, and trusted us to bring produce to your home, to have the best of all that we grow.
One of the most exciting projects we have been working on internally is foraying into pasture-raised chickens. The Magney Family has a great deal of experience raising pastured chickens in Georgia where the family lived previously. Some of you have already had the opportunity to enjoy our fresh farm eggs; we are now offering a very limited amount of meat bird portions as a trial. The chickens are raised and fed organically on our farm, protected from predators in mobile chicken enclosures (chicken “tractors”) that move to fresh pasture daily. The chickens forage through the grass where they achieve a diverse diet which is further supplemented by scraps from processing the vegetable portion of our CSA. For food safety reasons the chicken operations take place on a separate portion of the farm from where the vegetables are grown. What we like is that chickens help compliment the ecology of the farm allowing us to reduce the waste created internally and utilize portions of the farm with terrain unsuitable for vegetable production.
Again, chicken shares are extremely limited this time around, and we are only listing 4. We chose to offer a larger portion as there are special considerations with chicken as it must be delivered and received frozen for food safety reasons. If you choose to buy one of the trial portions you will receive a phone call or email this week making sure that we can coordinate a delivery time when you will be able to accept your chicken. Additionally, we will be able to answer any questions you may have. If you want chickens but miss out this time around, there will be one more round this year in October. Please inquire if you wish to reserve one of those. There is other good news on the chicken front as the new rotations of laying hens have begun to produce their first eggs. Likewise, the amount of egg portions listed will increase within the coming weeks.
Maintaining a diverse CSA year around is hard work. For this reason, we are grateful to our farm team, who work diligently at their components to make the system work in rhythm. Yet ultimately, it is the support of you, our customers and community who make such a unique system possible. We thank you for your support and welcome your feedback always. It is our intention to keep improving our CSA and the online market offerings. It fills us with joy to see sustainable organic agriculture begin to take root where we live.
Sincerely,
The Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team
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. See the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you for supporting Georgia Grown and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
Berea Gardens: Market open
Hi Folks,
This week we are introducing two of my favorite items. These are individual size winter squash types that are absolutely delicious and nutritious. We have quite a large crop of winter squash this year and these two are the earliest. We only have a few this week, but we will have plenty more coming next month. These also store without refrigeration for a long time. Delicata and Sweet Dumpling are the two varieties this week. In September we will be adding a number of others. Split and baked like a baked potato, these are one of our go-to simple meals. We will again have tomatoes on our table for add-ons.
Our fall crops of lettuce, greens, cabbage, broccoli, beets, turnips, radishes, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and more are being transplanted this week. I love the fall garden with its freedom from bug and weed pressure!
Hope to see you Wednesday,
Bob and Lynnita
Green Acres Atkins: Good morning!
Good morning the market is open!
The fall tomatoes are doing well and starting to bloom.
The purple hull peas are really starting to take off!
The pumpkins are trying to make but they could use a rain ????
Please place those orders by noon on Thursday at greenacresatkins.locallygrown.net
Thanks
Tom and kami
Stones River Market: Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday Walk-up or Curb
Welcome to the August 23rd and 24th 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.
THANK YOU Everyone for your patience yet again during our ‘twentysecond!!’ “Pull Up or "Step Up” delivery on the curb in front of Quinn’s Mercantile to pickup your orders Wednesday afternoon August 26th 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. Shop Local and Stay 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 Our Growers:
WELCOME Sassy Cassies: Find our items under Frozen Meals, Biscuits and Yeast Roll categories. We use fresh ingredients (no soup cans here) and elevate classic dishes with a touch of SASS. Our casseroles are great for family dinners, parties, new Moms, sick friends, new neighbors, or for a weekday break from the kitchen.
Rainbow Hill Farm: Apples are arriving, this week Gala, Honey Crisp and Ozark Gold.
Oakview Farm: We’ve added Cubanella and Sweet Banana Peppers and Poblano Mildly Hot Peppers.
C&M Valley Farm: We raise Cotswold, Icelandic, Gotland and crosses. We also shear our Angora goats, as well as a few Angora rabbits. Their wool has so many purposeful as well as artful uses. It is great for felting, spinning, flame retardant quilt batting, weaving, art pieces, curly shawls, socks, hats, bonnets, belts, rugs, placemats, and the ideas are endless!
Quarter Spring Farm: We now have Grass Fed Lamb cuts available, Loin, Shanks, Roast and Ground. Chickens and chicken cuts for your grilling and roasting pleasure. Check out our Goat Soaps and Dog Treats as well as our beautiful washable napkins.
Flying S Farms: This week we have Green Beans, Corn, Okra, Garlic, Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Onions, Summer Squash and Zucchini and Winter Squash are starting to come in, also 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: Fresh & Local for YOU!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown market
is 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.
We have no specific “news” for you this week, but here are a few of our star performers:
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Top (L to R) Fig leaves from Solace Farm; Red onions from Frontier Family Farms.
Bottom (L to R) Rose pink Anemone from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse; Fresh Holy Basil from CS3 Farms.
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
Washtenaw Organic Collaborative: ORDERING OPEN Sunday, August 23rd through Tuesday, August 25th for pickup Saturday, August 29th
ORDERING OPEN Sunday, August 23rd through through Tuesday, August 25th for pickup Saturday, August 29th
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.
Dothan, Alabama: August 22, 2020 M@D Newsletter
Laura & Marco Sitting in a Tree . . .
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes: Avalon Farms
THUNDER & LIGHTENING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING
Silly headlines, I know, but if you’ve been watching the news you know the southeastern US is expected to get a good lashing by Mother Nature from this duo, Marcos & Laura, this coming week.
Storms are nothing new to those of us who have lived in this area a while. We’ve seen a lot of devastation, a lot of rebuilding and if we’ve not been affected we know someone who has. Neighbors run to help neighbors, insurance companies are insanely busy, and its hard to find contractors to get your stuff fixed in the days and months following.
All of us can agree that covid and 2020 in general has forced us to think in terms of long term survival. The topic is hard enough for the general public. For those of us who try to eat healthy it’s a bit more challenging as a loaf of bread with lunch meat or Jif peanut butter that would be an easy meal for someone else could quickly worsen existing health issues and for some even be deadly! Issues like this are one of the reasons we occasionally talk about canning/drying/freezing foods in this newsletter.
Preparedness is a big topic that reached beyond food & water to include shelter eventually getting to niceties like being able to take a shower. It’s too much for one newsletter so we’re going to give you a few resources and leave any further research to your discretion. We want this to be educational and uplifting at the same time so hang on!
Let me introduce you to someone.
This is Kat. She’s a crazy creative, serious recycler (that’s how we met), super thrifty superwoman and is the original Providential Prepper on Facebook. How lucky can a girl be to have a friend like that? Kat’s page is loaded with tips, tricks, good information, etc. compiled by a woman for women.
Even if you don’t like to listen to the local news, it’s a good idea to know your tv and radio stations for weather information during a storm. WTVY has some great beforehand tips and advice for Wiregrass residents.
Other sources of information:
1. This article from The Simple Prepper has some great tips: Among them, “Preparedness is roughly 90% about having food and water.”
2. This preparedness Facebook Page has both practical and hard core prepardeness ideas.
3. If you’ve got the time and can filter through the craziness there are a number of TV Programs showcasing both sane and marginally sane people with both good and bad ideas.
MARKET CHITCHAT
THANK YOU to everyone who made Market Donations this week. Your kind consideration is greatly appreciated and helps keep us running.
GROWER NOTES
AVALON FARMS: Being the fickle person I am, I don’t like it when I buy a chicken and it has a broken leg or wing. Just looks bad, even though it tastes the same. So when a bird gets damaged during processing I won’t sell it to you without you knowing it. Hence Scratch n Dent sales. These birds are slightly reduced but still wholesome and delicious, just maybe not presentation worthy.
We do have more meat birds growing. They are growing SO slow. We are 2 weeks past when we expected to start sending them to freezer camp. Based on my research it is probably the high temperatures we’ve been having. Been doing extra things to keep them comfortable, like extra shade and wetting down their feed and the ground area with cool water in afternoon, but they just aren’t eating as much. Hopefully they’ll be ready in the next month.
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].
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 Email: [email protected]
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.
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!