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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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CSA Farmers Market: May 21 Growing Season Update
BUSY BUSY BUSY All the farmers are hustling to get their gardens and fields planting. Dale has been putting the paper mulch down and planting in them. He is also out seeding some of the fields that the cattle pasture on. With the big temperature swings it is a constant opening and closing the hoop-houses from either frost or too much heat. The potatoes are still sitting in crates waiting to be cut for potato seed. The sweet potato slips will be arriving a little later than normal. The cattle are out of the small front pasture and into the larger pastures. Sweet corn has been planted, the peas outside are needing to be trellised, the bee hives are doing fine.
The two evils attacking the plants in the hoop-houses are grasshoppers and aphids. There are some natural methods to help control them, which we are doing.
Until Next Time
Marian Listwak
Jonesborough Locally Grown: Saturday Market May 23rd
Happening at the market this week: our first Kids day of the season!
TOWN EVENT
Garden Gala
PLANTS
tomato plants, vegetable plants, herbs, flowers.
Vendors this week: Perry Phillips, Eric Isenberg, Shy Valley.
PRODUCE
kale (siberian, red ursa, red russian), lettuces (red butterhead, green romaine, bibb romaine, grandpa Admire, jericho), chard, garlic, mint, shitaki mushrooms, watercress,leeks, pea shoots, collards, broccoli, arugula, onions, radishes, baby pac choi, strawberries, and microgreens!
Vendors this week: Rogue Harbor Farm, Ranchito la Chiva, Uncle Rob, Jane Matheson, White’s Mountain Meadow Farm, Rural Resources, Millwood Greenery, Salamander Spring Garden, Dominicks Garden, Arkangle
FROM THE FARM
chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and lots of eggs.
Vendors this week: Clover Creek Farm, Shiny C Farm, Sentelle’s Homemade Sausage, Kany/Perservation Farm,
FROM THE KITCHEN
breads, muffins, tamales,chocolates, danishes, biscotti
Vendors this week: Farmhouse Gallery, Dona Eva, Jane Wilson, The Fig Lady
FROM THE ARTIST
pottery, pet treats, goatmilk soap, alpaca products
Vendors this week: Tim’s Pottery, Sheeks Pet Treats, Free Reign Farm, Only the Finest
MUSIC
The Bluebirds
BREAKFAST
This weeks menu:
Sausage Biscuits – local sausage from Sentelles
Egg Biscuits – local eggs from Whites Mountain Meadow Farm
Veggie Frittata – local eggs from Whites Mountain Meadow Farm
Strawberry Scones
A FEATURED FARMER
Sentell’s Homemade Sausage
Featured product: pork products including sausage breakfast links, bratwurst, Italian sausage, ribs
Vendor at the market since: 2009
See you on the street,
Deb
Gwinnett Locally Grown: The Market is open for ordering! Welcome Rockin' H Farm!
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
Welcome Rockin’ H Farm!
Website: www.RockinHFarm.com
Rockin’ H Farm is a small farm in Statham, GA owned by Amanda and Tyler Hall. It is our mission to supply local families with locally grown natural, sustainable, and chemical free vegetables, meats, eggs, honey, and fiber.
We currently raise Lamancha dairy goats, Heritage Ancona Ducks, Silver Fox Rabbits, various laying chickens, huacaya alpaca, Great Pyrenees LGDs, bees, and a small garden.
In 2015 we will offer fresh, raw hormone-free, antibiotic-free goat milk, farm fresh non-soy, non- GMO duck and chicken eggs, honey from our small apiary, heritage rabbit, pastured heritage duck, hand spun alpaca fiber and products, farm fresh veggies, and hopefully pastured heritage turkey for our community.
Rockin’ H Farm has cleared the back 6 acres of the property and is currently tilling, seeding, and fencing to prepare for sheep and pigs later in the year and early next year.
We have also just obtained the neighboring 10 acres, doubling our current size and allowing for several more opportunities for the future!
Currently, there is rabbit meat and goat’s milk with more additions coming! Check them out!
Your Attention Please!
*We have the opportunity to get fresh frozen Sockeye salmon which is the best of all salmon as a pre-buy in June. This salmon is picked out of the nets of the Alaskan fishing boats before they are put in the holding area below deck and they take these salmon straight to the processor who filets them and flash freezes them! They are shipped to Georgia and all this happens within 2 days! You cannot get fresher than that!
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*If you are interested in buying salmon which is only available during their season in June, please email me at grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com! This is through one of our Growers!
There are no workshops next week but I will update new workshops for the month of June as I know!
_As Always….
_Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living. *_
Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!
Remember…
The Market is open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Cheryl Gelatt
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Peaches
Organic South Carolina Peaches were just added to the market!!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - May 20, 2015
GROUP BUYS
As a Cumming Harvest member you get to take advantage of our group buys….products offered to you at a discounted price. One of our frequent group buys is Cod Liver oil. We get our CLO from Green Pastures, a company who is recommended by the Weston Price Foundation.
If you have shied away from CLO in the past because of the unpleasant taste give Green Pastures a try. They have done a great job of disguising the taste of CLO, with many flavors to choose from like cinnamon, chocolate and mint. Plus you would be taking advantage of the many, many benefits…too many to name all here, but here are some highlights….
Benefits of COD LIVER OIL
Cod liver oil greatly improves heart function to prevent heart disease. Weston Price noted that heart attack deaths increased during periods when the vitamin A content of the diet was low. Cod liver oil can provide vitamin A on a continuous basis throughout the year. Cod liver oil has lowered blood pressure induced by stress-elevated levels of cortisol. Vitamin D in cod liver oil promotes absorption of calcium and magnesium, thereby lowering blood pressure.
In numerous studies, omega-3 fats found in cod liver oil have been shown to improve brain function, memory, stress response, immune response, allergies, asthma, learning and behavioral disorders, including bipolar syndrome and manic-depression.
Cod liver oil is most famous for contributing to bone health, Osteoporosis responds to vitamin D and to cod liver oil. Cod liver oil is effective in treating arthritis as well reducing both pain and damage in inflamed joints. Topically applied, cod liver oil contributes to faster wound healing and improvement in skin quality. An excellent treatment for diaper rash and other skin conditions is cod liver oil mixed with zinc oxide. And cod liver oil taken orally helps maintain soft skin and minimize wrinkles.
And what about cancer? All the nutrients in cod liver oil help prevent cancer. Vitamin A has been part of every successful alternative cancer therapy so far. In a study of Norwegian men and women, consumption of cod liver oil was found to protect against lung cancer.
Evidence is accumulating that these diseases of civilization are the result of high levels of omega-6 fatty acids and low levels of omega-3 fatty acids along with deficiencies of fat-soluble vitamins. We may be paying a very high price for our rejection of parental wisdom to take our cod liver oil.
Source: http://www.westonaprice.org/
Check our “Group Buys” section regularly to take advantage of these opportunities.
For more info on CLO, Weston A Price and Green Pastures check out these websites:
http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Home/index.cfm
Specials this week:
My Daily bread has several items on sale this week…
Hot Pepper Peach Cheese Logs – Reg $9.50 --Sale $8.00
Greek Pasta Salad Reg $6 pint - Sale $5 pint
Look for these sale items under the “Weekly Specials” on the website.
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.
VICKERY PICK-UP – 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.
DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – 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.
Group Buy
Green Pastures – April orders have arrived and are ready for pick up at the market.
Butter – Next order will be available on Sat. May 30th.
Gelatin – Great Lakes Gelatin is available for order online this week.
Raw Cheese – Swiss and Monterey Jack. Next order will be available May 30th. Send me an email to request your favorite.
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
Fisher's Produce Tulsa: Market & CSA Today
We are at Brookside market this morning from 7:30 until 11:00.
We are also delivering CSA bags to JCT, B’nai Emunah, and Beggs.
This week’s CSA includes:
Carrots
Beets
Celery
Lettuce
Sugar Snap Peas
Two fresh onions
Napa Cabbage (with our favorite Napa salad recipe!)
Champaign, OH: Are You Kind?
Anybody’s choice…
I can hear your voice…
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go…
(Grateful Dead – Uncle John’s Band)
Shedding a little Grateful Dead into the market, tonight. One of my very favorite Dead songs. Off of Workingman Blues. I urge you to pull this song up, listen to it as you place your market orders.
It will put a smile on your face, a song in your heart, a big thank me, always, after you are done listening.
I am about ready to depart to my annual music festival trip, this weekend. Off to celebrate The Grateful Dead, relax, meet up with old friends, get a whole lot of sunshine, soul shine, groovy vibes. By the time I pull into the gravel lane that is Maggie’s Farm, I am transported back to the 1960s, 1970s…it’s all peace, love, music.
We all set up our camp, we get our tapestry lounges all set up, we greet all of our camping neighbors, make sure our tents are all secure, and then the fun begins! We all drift down to the stage areas, the sun sets on Friday evening, and we are treated to hours of the first night’s music. Grateful Dead fun, dancing, feel good times.
It’s such an outpouring of fan loyalty, fan love, bongo drums, fire twirlers, flower children…a little slice of local love. Just like this market. A slice of little local heaven. The best products, the best vendors, the best prices, the best way to shop. Full of love, full of goodness, full of good vibes.
So…how does the song go? It goes like this. We are extremely fortunate to have a market like this. It’s a farmer’s market made easy. Take a moment, think about the upcoming weekend holiday, and think about how your song will go…
You have until 10pm to get your orders in. Don’t leave your groove until the end. You never know what you might miss! We make it easy, we make it fun, we make it full of love…
I will be twirling out of town on Thursday. Your market will be run by Mark and Charlene…thankfully, they realize how important this weekend is to me. I couldn’t run the market without them!
Go, order, show some love…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Russellville Community Market: RCM Order Reminder
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!
Happy ordering!
We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!
Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Bread is Back!
Healthy Harvest Breads is back on the market! I know this is short notice for ordering this week, but we’re back on for the summer months. Thanks to all of our wonderful customers :)
Get started here: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market
Risa and Gracie