Statesboro Market2Go:  Market2Go Friday pickup

Please read carefully as our pickup procedure has changed again.

PICKUP LOCATION! Due to the high volume of Market2Go orders, we’ve temporarily moved our Market2Go drive-through operation to Uncle Shug’s on Main (old RJ’s) at 434 South Main. At your designated pickup date and time, please drive in the market entrance on the far side of the lot and circle around the perimeter to the main restaurant entrance.
DRIVE-THROUGH CUSTOMERS SHOW US YOUR NAME!!!
Please make a placard with your order name(s) and place it on your dashboard.
Last Name, First Initial

Last names A through M Pick up between 10:00am and 11:00am
Last names N through Z Pick up between 11:00am and Noon.

If you have a serious problem observing the assigned time slots, please let us know, so we can adjust our planning.

Thank You!

Russellville Community Market:  The Market Is Open!

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!

NEW this week – Catfish Fillets! Welcome to our newest farmer, Rivers Blend Family Farms, and their USDA and FDA-certified, locally-raised catfish.
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We have a large selection of meat products, fresh greens, herbs, and vegetables, and homemade breads and pastries. All of our farmers, growers, and artisans live within 150 miles of Russellville.
Thank you for your continued support of local farms and farmers.

Russellville Community Market

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Champaign, OH:  Till The Morning Comes...

Till the morning comes
It’ll do you fine
Till the morning comes
Like a highway sign
Showing you the way
Leaving no doubt
Of the way on in or the way back out…
(Till The Morning Comes-Grateful Dead)

So, your market manager is home for the evening, enjoying a glass of cabernet, and listening to the Grateful Dead…because, the hippie in me is just a little bummed out that my beloved Dead-esque music festival, in May, is now cancelled. And, as I get a recharge from the day, this song just seemed to have the perfect lyrics to open with…

Till the morning comes…

I have to tell you…I have nothing but HUGE, HUGE shout outs to customers, vendors, and our team, who made this HUGE market, such a smashing success!!

The winds were strong, the air was brisk, and the lines were constant, but it was such an enjoyable market, such an honor to serve each of you, and such a feeling of awe to have such great vendors with great product!!

We open, again, for ordering, this week!! We bring you all the best of the local scene, we bring it to your car, you are not fighting the big box stores, you do not have to come in contact with the general public, AND…you get great food, grown and produced right here, in our lovely community!!

I love you more than words can say…

And, I just received word of yet another honor, but, I’ll surprise you with that, later…

For now…good night, and keep shining the love…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Siloam Springs, AR:  Egg Inventory is Updated and Flower Bouquets Now Available!

https://siloamsprings.locallygrown.net

Payne Family Farm has added additional egg inventory.

Welcome our newest farmer Lee Family Gardens! They have added a wide variety of beautiful flower bouquets as well as some produce.

Flowers for Easter would be a beautiful addition to your home!

Place your order by 10 p.m. tonight!

Champaign, OH:  A Floral Day!

For those of you in the pick up line, today, Hickory Acres will have an outside stand with their fresh cut tulips, in creamy white/yellow!

6 bunches of 10 tulips for 12.00 a bunch!

Thank you!

Pam

Champaign, OH:  Your Reminder

Good morning, lovelies…

Just a reminder that tonight is market night. It’s a crazy cool market.

The pick up times are…

A-K…4pm-5pm

L-Z…5pm-6pm

Both of your market managers will be bringing orders to your cars!

If you have prepaid, we thank you! If you would like to prepay, please call, this morning!

Paying by check? Please have it made out to Oakview Farm Meats!

Paying by cash? Exact amounts, inside a ziplock bag, would be ever so kind!

If you need to run into the retail shop, please park off from the pick up line, and the Hippie’s father will be making a guest appearance as shop helper, today.

Above all…please be patient, please be kind, pull up in a car line fashion, and know that we will have everyone taken care of in a timely manner…

And, thank you, thank you, thank you…our market is most humbled by your patronage, and our vendors are forever thankful.

See you, beginning at 4pm…

Much Love,
Pam

Fresh Harvest, LLC:  Bloomy Rind Cheese for April

We had a lovely response to the first round of Stock Your Cheese Drawer boxes. Thank you for the orders!

We’re adjusting a few things this week as we try to figure out what works best for everyone. We are going to offer a cheese box subscription!

Fear not, fellow commitment-phobes, it’s just for the month of April-ish. You can select a weekly Woodland Wine Merchant pickup (4 total) or you can opt for every other week (2 total). There are three sizes: small, large, or “the works,” which is a mix of several cheeses and at least one accompaniment, like salami, crackers, preserves, olives, etc.

Why a subscription? This will help us be able to plan some cheese orders, thus helping cheesemakers by buying more and making it possible to find some more fun cheese options to include in your boxes. Planning ahead of time means we can be sure to send different cheeses each week, so you can try lots of different varieties. Also, our friends at Woodland Wine Merchant can work up pairing suggestions with a little extra lead time.

Sign up by completing this form:
https://forms.gle/KL6unUa7KQh1Um3k9
Order by Thursday (4/9) at noon.

In case a subscription isn’t the right fit right now, there are more ways to get great cheese:

1) We supply the cheese counter at Porter Road Butcher. Call 615-650-4440. Ask cheesemonger Shira to pick out some cheese for you. Tell her how many cheeses, anything you don’t like, and a budget. She’ll have it ready for curbside pickup. Easy peasy.

2) Our friends at MEEL (localmeel.com) are offering our cheese boxes this week. As long as you order some other goodies from their site with the cheese box, delivery to your home is FREE!

3) We’re also excited to supply Turnip Truck with local Sequatchie Cove cheeses, an awesome sheep cheddar called Somerset, and small batch Il Porcellino salami from Colorado, so grab those goodies while you’re grocery shopping.

If you have questions along the way related to the cheese order, please text/call/email The Bloomy Rind (615-429-9648/[email protected]).

Safety first: The Bloomy Rind is licensed and inspected by the TN Department of Ag. All of our cheese producers are licensed and inspected by their respective state agencies. We are based in Citizen Kitchens, which is not open to the general public. The cheese is only handled by cheesemonger Kathleen with gloved hands on sanitized surfaces that are used only by us. We will package your order in a to go box or bag, so delivery folks are only handling the container, not any of the individual cheeses. Your health and safety is our #1 concern – now and always. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Thank you for your support. A cheese box purchase helps not only The Bloomy Rind stay afloat during these challenging times, but also a handling fee goes to our partners. Most of the cheeses we’ll be sending out are from regional and domestic cheesemakers who desperately need to sell product right now, especially the soft cheeses that can’t age out. Many thanks all around!

Statesboro Market2Go:  MORE CHANGES THIS WEEK for Market2Go customers

Please read carefully as our pickup procedure has changed again.

PICKUP LOCATION! Due to the high volume of Market2Go orders, we’ve temporarily moved our Market2Go drive-through operation to Uncle Shug’s on Main (old RJ’s) at 434 South Main. At your designated pickup date and time, please drive in the market entrance on the far side of the lot and circle around the perimeter to the main restaurant entrance.
DRIVE-THROUGH CUSTOMERS SHOW US YOUR NAME!!!
Please make a placard with your order name(s) and place it on your dashboard.
Last Name, First Initial

NEW!! STATESBORO PICKUP DAYS. Statesboro customers have a choice of pickup days!
To ease the flow of traffic and avoid long waits in line, we expanded drive-through operations to four hours on Thursday plus two hours on Friday. When you ordered, you were asked to select Thursday afternoon pickup or Friday morning pickup. Please check your order acknowledgement and make sure you pick up according to that selection; otherwise your order may not be available.
Designated THURSDAY pickup times for Statesboro. If you elected to pick up on Thursday, please arrive during the time slot assigned alphabetically by last name of customer order:

Last names A through G Pick up between 3:00 and 4:15
Last names H through O Pick up between 4;15 and 5:30
Last names P through Z Pick up between 5:30 and 7:00

We want all our customers to be able to get their groceries. If you have a serious problem observing the assigned time slots, please text 912.481.2263 with your order name and the time you can pick up your order, so we can adjust our planning.

FRIDAY MORNING pickup times for Statesboro. If you elected to pick up on Friday morning, please arrive between 10:00 and noon.

SYLVANIA pickup times. The pickup for Sylvania will be in front of the Victory Garden General Store on THURSDAY between 4:30 and 5:45.

HOME DELIVERY OPTION. If you selected Home Delivery, your order will be brought to your home on Thursday afternoon, unless otherwise arranged. Boro Takeout will provide deliveries.

New DRIVE-THROUGH Procedure

• Please arrive at UNCLE SHUG’S within your designated time slot.
• Drive clockwise around the outermost perimeter, maintaining a tight queue, from the designated entrance to the front of the restaurant. Be polite, be patient, and follow the instructions of police or our market traffic volunteers.
• A staff member will check you in as you come alongside the restaurant; please display the customer name(s) for the order(s) you’re picking up on a windshield placard.
• Your order will be brought out to your vehicle from the main restaurant entrance as you wait in the line of traffic.
• Provide access to your vehicle and to the containers you want loaded (bags, boxes, bins or coolers); e.g., unlock the back door or pop the trunk, with containers inside.
• Wait in your car for the runner to return with your order and load into your containers.
• If you did not prepay on line with a debit or credit card, please make a check for exact amount when your order is delivered. (You may pay cash in exact amount, but any “change” from cash received will be credited to your account.

Remember that this service is new to us – we’re still growing exponentially and redefining our operation every week, including many procedural changes this week. So please be patient and help us to be successful.

Here’s how you can help.:

• Arrive during your selected date and designated time slot.
• Allow plenty of time for your pickup; be patient and be prepared to wait in line.
• Help us maintain social distance and avoid contact with unsanitized items
• Bring containers for your order (bags, boxes, bins) but leave them in your vehicle
• Do NOT offer to return egg cartons, produce containers or other used items
• Recognize that because of exceptional volume, some items may be sold out; your order will be adjusted and you won’t be charged for any items the vendors can’t deliver.
• Pay online with credit or debit card — we’ll help you register your card..
• (Again) Be patient — we’re in this together.
• Let us know if you have ideas to improve our pickup process.
• Tell your neighbors and social media friends about Market2Go drive through.
• Tell the vendors how much you appreciate their making good food available

Champaign, OH:  Tomorrow’s Order Pick Up!

Hello!!! What an amazing gorgeous day and evening!!

I am taking this time to give you the lowdown on tomorrow’s pick up!

We have 60 customers, and huge amounts of product! We want to streamline the pick up so that not everyone is arriving, waiting, and jammed up!

So, we are breaking it down, alphabetically!

A-K…..your pick up time is the 4pm-5pm time slot!

L-Z…your time slot is 5pm-6pm!

We will have marked signs for entering, and exiting, and will run it like a school drop off line! Pull up, one behind the other, and Mark will take any payments, and alert me as to what box to bring out!

Thank you, so very much, for understanding the need of the split times!

With the size of this market, we are also asking that you double check your orders with the forms that are attached to your boxes, to make sure it’s all there!

See you, tomorrow!!!

Thank you for being awesome!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Foothills Market:  Extended Hours for New Addition! Strawberries!

We’ve just added a new grower, Hummingbird Farms, to the Foothills Market, with fresh strawberries!

To give everyone a chance to get berries, we’re going to extend the closing deadline for the market today to be 6:30 p.m.

Although the berries are available by the individual quart, the farmer said he prefers to sell them by the flat (which is equal to 6 quarts). The price per quart is the same, regardless of whether you buy a single quart ($5) or a flat ($30).

Welcome, Hummingbird Farms!