Fayetteville Farmers' Market:  Online Orders Open Today

Happy Tuesday and Opening Order Day

You can now go online and place your order for Saturday Pick-Up at market starting at 12:00 noon today and before orders close on Thursday at 9:00 pm.

You’ll find plant starters for your garden, baked bread, pies, granola, cinnamon rolls, baskets, soap, candles, pottery, art, cards, and LOADS of fresh produce, meat, cheese and eggs.

And don’t forget the Fresh Cut Flowers!

Order now online for Saturday pickup! All orders are required to pay online with credit/debit except SNAP customers please leave in comment field SNAP order.

Thank you for ordering online and continuing support to the Farmers and producers of Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.

We appreciate your support!

Independence,VA:  The Market Re-opens THIS Friday!

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Good evening,

Thank you for your patience while we paused the On-line Market to strengthen our safety protocols. We have set a target date of opening the On-line Market for orders on FRIDAY April 17th followed by a Pickup on the following FRIDAY April 24th. Pickup will continue to be held curbside, outside the IFM/Grayson LandCare office at 104 Courthouse street.

We changed the Pickup date to Friday because we are uncertain when/if we will open in Town Park. Current restrictions on operating an outdoor farmers market are too restrictive at this time to consider operating in that fashion. Please let us know if the change to Friday On-line Pickup DOES NOT work for you. Please contact Michelle at [email protected], 276-768-0597 or 276-655-4045 with any questions or concerns.

We are taking every possible safety precaution. All staff will be taking their temperature before coming to work. Once at the office, they will be wearing masks, washing hands, and sanitizing surfaces regularly.

Vendors have been provided with masks to use during order processing and delivery. Gloves are in short supply so handwashing is required both at home and before they enter the office to deliver your products. They also have a delivery schedule to help with social distancing and keeping numbers of folks in the office at the same time as low as possible. Only the vendor you ordered from will handle your product.

We ask that you pay by credit card when you place your order to further reduce contact. More details are below if that is inconvenient for you. Please stay in your car to allow staff to keep social distance as well.

In the event that you test positive, please let us know as soon as possible and we will also contact all customers should a vendor or staff member develop symptoms.

Here is how the Market will work:

The Online Market will shift to a Friday Pickup from 2-6pm. By appointment. Abby will include a link each Friday when the Market opens to Calendy-an Online calendar- which will let you pick your preferred pickup time. The Market will open for orders Friday at 8pm and close Wednesday at 8pm.

You will order as usual, but now you will PAY On-line. You may want to strengthen your account password, although the ordering process will take you to a secure server. You may pay by credit card or you can estimate your monthly shopping and send a check payable to the Independence Farmers Market that will be deposited in your account and your credit will be reduced as you shop. A similar system will be set up for SNAP and senior coupon users, please contact Michelle for assistance. 276-655-4045 or 276-768-0597. New customers are welcome.

All orders must be placed using the On-line Market, Independence Farmers Market. – if you have difficulty creating an account or have limited internet or computer skills, please call Michelle at 276-655-4045 or 276-768-0597 to place orders for you during regular ordering period

Please choose your preferred pick up time using the Calendly link that will be sent out each Friday when the Market opens, we are scheduling 3 customers every 15 minutes. Please pick an alternate time if your first choice is already full. Your bin will be ready on a table at curbside. Please let staff move away from the table BEFORE you exit your car. Please remove your products and leave the box. Be sure to bring a cooler for perishable items.

Thanks very much for your continued support and understanding!

The Independence Farmers Market

Champaign, OH:  Rebel, Rebel

Rebel, Rebel…
(David Bowie)

Seemed like the perfect song that I am currently blasting to begin the day, for this little rebel market that has grown by leaps and bounds!

Welcome to Tuesday…you have until 10pm, this evening to get those orders in, as we rock and roll into another phenomenal week!

A few notes…Old Souls has added a few new varieties of their products!

We have a couple of fun vendors joining the market family when the market reopens on Thursday!

I’m so excited to see all of the new customers, the regular customers, and all the love…

The little rebel market is making big waves…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

McColloms Market:  April Market is Closed

Hi All:

The April Market is now closed. Pick up is Friday from 4:30 onward as described in the message I sent when I opened the Market last Friday.

Stay strong and healthy.

Melinda
518-354-0202

Locally Grown Market CCF:  Veggies are here this week!

Good Evening,

The market will be opening tomorrow at noon.

Salad greens are maturing in the hoop house! These fresh spring greens are such a treat after months of hydroponic winter lettuce. This week the Romaine is ready, next week the butter crunch and the adorable little gem lettuces. Stock up with some dried shiitake mushrooms to have on hand whenever you need them. Soak them in hot water for 10 minutes and they are ready to be used like fresh. In addition, that soaking water is essentially mushroom stock.

Stay Safe, Keep Clean, Buy Green!

Lynn

Old99Farm Market:  Week of April 13 2020

Hello everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new grower for the Market Garden at Old 99 Farm. He’ll say more about himself and his goals in his own words.

My name is Nick LaMarsh and he moved to the farm last fall with my wife, Angela Hanlon.
I have been growing natural and organic vegetables and leafy greens since I was about 10 years old and have had a passion for food ever since. That passion has kept me growing fresh produce most of my life and has led me into various areas of food industry and food production. From making Polish style deli meats and other charcuterie, to managing a small cafe to working in very busy restaurants as a line cook and more. It’s been a great journey and I couldn’t be happier to be able to grow quality organic produce for you and your family. I was an urban farmer and managed a large community garden for about 4 years before moving to Old 99 Farm to market garden on a large scale.

I utilize an old and very little known method of growing produce called Korean Natural Farming. It’s an organic and completely natural style of farming that uses the theory of delivering exactly what the plant needs at its different stages of growth. As well as utilizing things like compost and manure ‘tea’, the Korean Natural Farming process requires me to collect all natural local ingredients such as young plant shoots, emerging plants, roots and microbial rich organic matter to create the inputs. They are rich in microbial life, minerals and nutrients that feed the soil and in turn feed the plant and give it the best possible environment to grow in to produce the best food possible.

I will be growing a wide variety of leafy greens including kale, mustard, stir fry greens, chard, Asian greens and salad greens. Also on the grow list is purple sweet potatoes, white potatoes, onions, leeks, beets, berries, asparagus, tree fruits and rhubarb. I also raise meat rabbits and chickens and will have them available by end of summer for you to enjoy.

I look forward to seeing you at the farm!

Be well friends,
Nick

This is the ‘in-between’ season for vegies, our stored root crops are almost depleted, overwintered greens are in demand but plants are heavily cropped. We have lots in the greenhouses coming. This week we can offer chard (perpetual green variety very succulent and spinach-like), arugula, radishes and baby mixed greens. We have a new flock of chickens, brown and white layers so the production is increasing (along with demand I’ll also say). The meat freezers are full with beef and chicken.

For your garden we have active compost and in about a month we’ll have vegetable seedlings for you to transplant.

The new precautions for covid19 are working fine. You place your order as usual and pick up outside. We’ve loosened our hours so there’s no crowded times; state your preferred pick up time on your order. E-transfer is preferred.

Nick will be doing a round of phone calls to randomly selected customers asking for suggestions and feedback on buying local from Old99, starting this week. Please take a moment to share your thoughts.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

GFM :  SUPPORT OTHERS DURING THE GLOBAL REBOOT

SUPPORT OTHERS DURING THE GLOBAL

REBOOT AND HANG ON! 

It’s tough times, but we are in this together.

We know it’s an inconvenience. We understand that you would prefer to touch, smell and pick out your own produce and products.   But please have faith and trust in your vendors to still provide you with the freshest and best produce or product they have available.  They won’t fail you.    Please don’t fail them.

 We will have our product and produce available online only, with pickup location to be announced closer to market opening date of May 9.  Payment to be made on line by Credit Card. No cash or checks to pass hands during the virus outbreak.

It’s in your best interest and the best interest of our vendors to practice social distancing during this crisis and this seems to be the best way to ensure the produce and products that our vendors offer,  can be delivered safely at this time.

We all look forward to a time when these precautions are no longer necessary, and we can all meet once again at the market. Be able to talk, laugh, shake hands, and hug one another.

Oh, how I for one, miss seeing all of you, and your smiling faces.

Please place orders weekly with your favorite vendor, keep them in business, don’t let them go under.

Shop Small, local businesses, even, if for now it can only be online.

Thank you,

Vendors, Volunteers, and Staff of

Greeneville Farmers Market

Falls Park Farmers Market:  Market Open!

Week 2 of our online store has come and gone with great success. Thank you to all of our wonderful customers that ordered and drove through market to get their goodies!

Week 3 is here with a bunch of new products. Be sure to check them all out! Ordering is now open until midnight on Wednesday evening. Pick up is Saturday from 10-Noon. Highlighted are some of the new vendors and products available this week.

Pink Lady Bakery- Variety of yummy pies and cookies.
Hebda Produce – Salsas galore and MORE jam flavors.
Sweetgrass Soapery – All of their wonderful soaps, balms and deodorants.
Seedtime and Harvest – Tomatoes, Peppers, and Herbs for your garden that can pre-ordered and picked up May 9.
Parable Coffee – New coffee flavors to jazz up your morning.
Mary’s Kitchen & Gardens – 3 varieties of potatoes
The Cornucopia – Spring FRESH eating produce box and Herb plants for your garden.

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!!

https://siloamsprings.locallygrown.net

This week there are new plants available, beautiful flowers for your home, lots of in-season produce, the best beef, chicken, and pork around, pecans, farm fresh eggs, honey, artisan breads and baked goods(new options there as well), and personal and home care products.

You can still purchase gift cards to your favorite downtown businesses!

We appreciate all of our customers and thank you for continuing to shop with us and support the farmers market! Be sure to tell your friends how easy it is to order and pick up curbside.

Have a great week and see you Saturday!

McColloms Market:  Leeks, Leeks and More Leeks

Hi All Again:

Denise Griffin just emailed me that she’s up to her eyeballs in leeks and is hoping that folks will take advantage of their availability this month.

They’re listed on the McColloms Market site so if you’d like some and have already placed an order, just go ahead and place a second order for the leeks.

Thanks.

Melinda