Let’s Show Our Appreciation

Please consider writing a quick thank you email to a farmer this week! If you don’t know the email and don’t feel like looking it up on our growers page, simply respond to this email with the name of the farm and I will send you their email.

This market website can be seen as quick and easy way to buy fresh food, but I want to encourage you this week to actually see the name of the GROWER that is behind a product that you have enjoyed in the past. Because you don’t see the farmers each Saturday, it’s easy to forget that the food we are ordering is being harvested personally for us by a local farmer in our community. Use this opportunity to to spread kindness to your growers, not only negativity and expectations. I guarantee they’ll be surprised and elated.

Market News

Pre-Order Chicken Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm has listed Chicken for Pre-Order this week! Whole Chicken, Boneless Skinless Breasts, Bone-in Breasts, Cut-up Whole Chickens, Chicken Livers are all available. Items will be available for pickup at the Market on September 11th. Get your orders in soon so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

SALE on Pork Five Hens Price Drop!!! (while supplies last)
Pork Breakfast Sausage, Yeona Mild Blend: $6.75/lb
Ham Steaks: $8/lb
Ribs: $8/lb

FREE MEMBERSHIP You can now waive your membership fee of $25 just by signing up to volunteer one full Saturday morning, 8:30am-12:30pm. It’s fun and rewarding to experience “behind the scenes” of our locally grown market.
Volunteers greet farmers and customers, organize food delivery and pick up, and check-out customer orders using a ipad. Check out this online sign up sheet to find an opening. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4baca92fa13-thecumming

UPDATE CONTACT With all the hustle and bustle of back-to-school and new routines, it’s easy to forget things like picking up your TCH order. Remember that we can’t keep your items past 12pm, and we’ll try contacting you any way we know how to make sure you get what you ordered. Now’s a great time to check the phone number on your account to make sure it’s a number I can reach you at 11:45am on a Saturday. I start calling everyone who hasn’t picked up yet then, and will keep trying to reach you until 12pm, when we have to pack it all up. I hate seeing people’s food go somewhere else, and having a good phone number on your account is the best way to keep that from happening.

DELIVERY – We are postponing Vickery pick up and delivery in September so that Pascale can take some much needed time off to celebrate her and her husbands birthday’s and anniversary. If you see her this week, you can pass on good wishes and we’ll resume October 3rd.

Recipe

EGGPLANT SUPPER SOUP
Just made this and for a family that doesn’t care for eggplant, it’s worth saving! ?#?inseason? ?#?locallygrown?

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound ground Carrell Farms buffalo or Heritage Farm beef or lamb
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 pound eggplant, diced Metz Country Garden or Leilani’s
3/4 cup sliced carrots
3/4 cup sliced celery
2 (14.5 ounce) cans Italian diced tomatoes, drained or a jar of Tomato Basil Marinara
2 (14 ounce) cans beef or chicken broth or homemade bone broth

1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup dry macaroni
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the onion, beef, and garlic until beef is evenly brown. Drain grease, and mix in eggplant, carrots, celery, and tomatoes. Pour in broth. Mix in sugar, and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until heated through.
2. Mix macaroni into the soup, and continue cooking 12 minutes, or until macaroni is al dente. Mix in parsley. Top with Parmesan cheese to serve.

Upcoming Events Around Town

Kennesaw State University Farmers Market – Sep 2, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015

The Kennesaw State University Farmers Market is a completely student-run initiative that brings only the highest quality produce, baked goods and other goodies directly to the KSU community. We work in direct collaboration with KSU Culinary & our parent organization, Students for Environmental Sustainability (SES), in order to provide a family-friendly and economically-charged business atmosphere for students, faculty members and the small business owners we serve.

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http://asapconnections.org/events/asaps-farm-tour/

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 – 7:00pm
Roswell Chapter Meeting – WAPF Kitchen Tour
http://www.atlantarealfood.com/p/events.html

My kitchen is not very pretty (needs some serious updating) but many of you have asked for a peak inside my refrigerator and pantry to see what a Weston A. Price kitchen looks like. I will share with you my personal list of pantry staples, talk about where I buy them, and show you which tools/appliances I use most.

Pick Up Options

COLONY PARK PICK-UP This is our main location and all orders will be prepared for you for pick up at this location, 10am-12pm, if you don’t choose another option below. You can order and pick up meat and seafood at this location.

POSTPONED until October VICKERY PICK-UP – POSTPONED until October Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom pick up is between 1:00-1:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP item in the categories on the The Market page/tab. Customers choosing to pick up at Vickery should not order meat or seafood as we cannot transport meat and seafood due to Dept. of Ag regulations. Prefer payment online, will accept check or cc in person.

POSTPONED until October DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – POSTPONED until October Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1:30-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.

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!