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!
https://siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Good Morning!
The Online Market is open and ready for you to start shopping!
Thank you for supporting our farmers, vendors, and downtown businesses through your purchases online. We appreciate you so much!
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Falls Park Farmers Market: Online Farmer's Market is OPEN!
The Online Falls Park Farmer’s Market is open again this week. We have over 600 products online again this week for your first look.
Be sure to scroll through your favorite categories as a number of new products have been added this week. As the summer continues on, shop online for some of your favorites and walk the market for the rest. Veggie season is getting into it’s peak and more fresh products are showing up each week at the market.
Pickup as always is 8-10am in front of the market structure.
Thanks for checking us out this week!
Champaign, OH: Because Your Market Manager Can Make Mistakes!
In my morning weblog, I mistakenly gave Darlene credit for the song, when it should have been credited to her friend, Dena…
Ugh…I hate not giving credit where credit is due!
So, here’s to Witchy Woman, The Eagles, and great customers with great musical tastes!!
And, this gives me another chance to remind you about orders, AND, to get your songs ready to shout out to me…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Champaign, OH: Customer Song Of The Day!
She’s a restless spirit on an endless flight…
(Witchy Woman-The Eagles)
From Customer: Darlene
See…when you shout out a song, you get the spotlight! Darlene was the first to give me a song, so it goes into the market playlist of songs!
It’s a Monday, and already your market manager has been hard at work! Customers, and myself, noticed that the market categories needed some cleaning up, so for 3 hours, I have been working on doing that!
And, on this sunshine morning, remember to get your weekly orders in before tomorrow evening, at 8pm!
It’s going to be another hot week, so be a cool cat, and make things easy on yourself by letting us do the hard work for you!!
I am now off to get my day started, and to get my own orders in! So many great products!!
And…don’t forget the bloom bar from Flourish, at market pick-up!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
McColloms Market: Reminder - FFFN Market Open Until Tonight
Hi All:
Just a reminder that this month’s Market will be closing tonight so if you want to place an order, today’s the day.
Thanks a lot.
Melinda
518-354-0202
Heritage Farm : Farm Truck Runs Saturday 7/18
All,
Farm store is open and ready to order. We will run again on Saturday July 18th to all listed locations and home delivery.
We have added some limited produce and chicken items and will add more as items begin to come in.
If you’re selecting home delivery please make sure and add the home delivery charge to your order. We can not process them with out the home delivery charge added to order.
Thanks,
The Hutchins Family
Heritage Farm
770-377-5380
The Store
[email protected]
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for July 16
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
Ordinarily, these would be the lazy days of summer, where everything seems to come to a stop while everyone tries to stay cool and catch their breath before the town comes roaring back to life for August. This year, though… I’m reminded of a quote from one of my favorite movies, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: “I’m right on the edge. I don’t know what comes next.”
The pandemic seems to be as bad as it’s ever been out there, and we’ve been hunkered down at home just like we’ve been every week since April. We all need to eat, though, and there’s no better food than what our growers have produced for ALG. So, we’ll be out Thursday suited up in our PPE packing grocery bags to load into your cars. Other than that, there’s not really anything new to report.
We do still need some more people in the back filling bags, and another couple sets of hands will make a huge difference keeping things sustainable. If you’d like to give up five hours of your Thursday (3pm – 8pm) helping growers unload and then filling bags with food, please let me know. Volunteers do get a food credit every week they work, and the labor can be a bit demanding of late. If you’ve told me before you’d like to help, let me know again. Things change so quickly these days, I probably shouldn’t assume that what was true six weeks ago is still true now.
We are also still getting new customers every week (and we love seeing new 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 Comedian 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 Dawson Market is Open
AND WE ADD A NEW VENDOR, PITTS’ ORIGINAL featuring their APPLE BUTTER, APPLE SAUCE, and APPLE CIDER VINEGAR!
Vegetables, free-range Meat and Eggs, lots more.
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!
Yalaha, FL: No lettuce to speak of now
Milk is available, we pick up Wed so if you want some I need to know by Tuesday.
Summer time brings weather not conducive to growing much here, So I am trying out throwing together anything edible (including edible weeds) and salad like into a mix and calling it Wild Summer Mix – Cut Salad Mix
Basil Plants available. Lots of Basil available actually, it is a good time to make Pesto.
We have lots of Shoots and microgreens available this week.
If you want to place and order and pick up before the standard window, just let me know.
Standard Ordering window below.
Order now through 7 am Friday July 17th for Sat July 18th Pickup, or tell me when you want to pick up, we usually have flexibility, especially if you order buy in products or milk or just want to pick up during the week.
We Are Flexible, TELL ME if you want to make special arrangements for produce, I am open and willing especially now. I just need to know the day before so I can harvest anything that needs early morning handling and I like to know when to expect people to show up.
Remember to tell me when you want to pick up! (and if I don’t reply to confirm within a day, bump my e-mail or text me 407-342-8515. Though I have cleaned up my e-mail so hopefully I won’t Miss Anyone.)
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then set the number and click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy (it is the little picture right next to the quantity box.) Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)
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 Raw Local Honey, Zinnia Flowers, Fresh Pole Beans, Green Beans, New Red Potatoes, Straightneck and Patty Pan (Flying Saucer) Squash, a fantastic selection of small and large Tomatoes, lots of meat choices including Chicken, Fish, Pork, Lamb, and Beef, and much more on the market this week!
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Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available.
Russellville Community Market
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE
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