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.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for August 6
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 welcome back one of the founding farms of ALG, Backyard Harvest. Boo was there with me and a handful of other growers (none of them still operating) back in 2002 when we started this thing under Dan Miller’s leadership. At some point (ten years ago or so?) he moved away to California, where he married and started a family. This year they moved back to the family farm in Oglethorpe County and returns to market this week. Welcome back, Boo!
My only other thing this week is a note about pickup times. For a while, everyone naturally spread out amongst the three hour windows, and all was good. Now, nearly 2/3 of you choose the 5pm window, and most the rest choose 6pm. That’s left us in a near panic each week as we race to get all the 5pm bags packed before you start arriving, and it’s come down to the wire. If only one thing goes wrong, like a main grower arriving late, we won’t be ready and y’all will be in a massive line at 5pm as we try to catch up.
I suspect many of you have just chosen 5pm because that’s first in the list. If you do have the flexibility to come at a different time, can you choose 6pm or 7pm instead? A little bit of breathing room would be nice :) .
We are also still getting new customers every week (and we love seeing new masked faces!) so 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!
Dawson Local Harvest: THE MARKET IS OPEN!!
Locally-grown Produce, Eggs, Milk, Meats, Baked goods & More!
Falls Park Farmers Market: It's National Farmer's Market Week!
Welcome to another announcement of the opening of the online marketplace!
This week is National Farmer’s Market Week! It’s always a good time to shop your local Farmer’s Market, but especially this week! Many veggies are at their height of production, fresh baked goodies are coming out of the ovens, not to mention your favorite pizza, sandwiches, drinks and more!
Check us out online again this week to shop the early available items and stop by and say hi on Saturday to get the rest!
(Fun Farmer’s Market Fact: There are over 8,000 Farmer’s Markets throughout the US, but Sioux Falls is one of the oldest!)
Wholesome Harvest Farm WV: Wholesome Harvest Farm online market is open!
Our online market is open for the week.
Orders need to be in by 10:00 AM on Tuesday, so make sure to order in time.
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
GFM : The Online Market is back Open.
Well, thought my surgery was going to be a walk in the park, naaahhhh. so wrong.
Anyhow, the market is open.
So please purchase here online from our vendors, and come meet them in person each and every Saturday 9 am to 1 pm.
690 Erwin Hwy.
The Doak House
Check out our facebook page, for temporary phone numbers for questions about the market, as i recover from my “walk in the park”
Thanks,
and Keep supporting Local…
Foothills Market: The Market is Open!
Foothills Market is back from a little summer break!
Browse our listings between now and Wednesday at 5 p.m. Remember to click the button to place your order, and we’ll have it ready for pick-up on Thursday between 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the east side of the courthouse square in downtown Clarksville.
Eat something fresh this week!
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 currently have Fresh Peaches, Bell Peppers, Butternut Squash, Jalapeno Peppers, Patty Pan (Flying Saucer) Squash, Cherry Tomatoes, Fresh Herbs, Stew Meat, Whole Chickens, Beef Snack Sticks (great for travelling!), Ground Sausage, Frozen Blueberries, Fresh Peach OR Apple Bundt Cake, Pina Colada Cupcakes, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Welcome to our newest vendor, Kia’s Sweet Treats and More!
Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available.
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE
The Wednesday Market: Ordering Time is Here
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. Check the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
It’s fig season. What a pleasure it is for us to be able to walk through the yard, pluck a juicy fig from the tree, and eat it right then and there! We are thankful for the previous owners of our home who planted seven fig trees near the backdoor. Someone who lived here ages ago must have loved figs! I am sharing a link to a recipe for fig preserves that my mother and I made several years ago. Delicious! If you love figs, it’s worth the effort to make these preserves so that you can enjoy the luscious taste long after the leaves fall from the trees. Here is the link: https://www.mysanantonio.com/life/food/restaurants/article/Better-Than-Average-Fig-Preserves-3682736.php
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and we’ll see you at the Market!
Thanks,
Beverly
Magney Legacy Ridge Farm: CSA #23
Dear CSA-ers,
This week’s Preassembled Bag will contain Spring Mix, Muir Head Lettuce, Radishes, Green Onions, Fennel, Starlight Tomatoes, and Parsley. Orders may now be placed on the online market at: https://magneyfarm.locallygrown.net/market
We come into August through a spell of wet, cool hurricane weather. This is not unheard of for our region, though it does feel unusual to be wanting a jacket on August 1st. July has been a month of seemingly non-stop rain. This has its pluses in reducing our need for irrigation, but it also increases the maintenance the farm needs in terms of mowing and weeding, as well as delaying plantings and harvestings during heavy downpours.
As the name implies, the whole farm is located along the spine of a geologic ridge, meaning many of our growing spaces have significant slope. This is as often a blessing as it is a curse. Though many implements that would make production easier struggle with the steep slopes, we also drain excess rainwater very quickly. While flat land would have become flooded by recent downpours, our fields are back to being plantable within a day or two of heavy rains. Though it was not initially our intention, our grow spaces have begun to look and behave something like terraced agriculture from around the world.
The dedication to farming with the land instead of “against it” is starting to really show dividends in ways we never imagined. The soil health is visibly better than when we began, darker, fluffier, and full of the beneficial lifeforms that help plants grow. I remain personally astounded by the quality of radishes and arugula that are coming out of the farm this week. For context, these are typically early spring and late fall crops, not expected to perform well during summer. There are still a lot of farmers’ market customers who are incredulous to field grown lettuce mid-summer in Kentucky. All this is testament to the power of nurturing the land through organic practice. At this point, growing any other way is unthinkable.
None of this would be possible without your support of our farm and by extension, sustainable agriculture in Western Kentucky. We tell you this every week, but it cannot be expressed enough. Our gratitude is immense. Whether you are just interested, order sometimes, or every single week- we appreciate you! Thank you for empowering us to grow the way we love.
Sincerely,
The Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team
Berea Gardens: Market time again
Here we go for another week! We will also have tomatoes avilable again during the drive-through so you can pick ’em, and bread is back this week. Tom, Melody, Kenny, Matt the mushroom man and Sharon with jams and jellies will be with us again this week. Come see us for the best stuff available in these parts.
Bob & Lynnita