CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring EGGSHELLS, glass jars, egg cartons please.

Good morning,
This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table!

Thank you,
Steve

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Paris Arkansas Farmers Market:  Opening Bell!

Happy Spring, Everyone!!

We here at PAFM hope you and yours have a magnificent Easter!!

The market is open for orders, now through Sunday 10pm! Please stop on by www.parisarkansas.locallygrown.net and check out all that your local farmers and producers have to offer you this week!!

Thank you for supporting your local food systems, we are excited about a fantastic market season!!!

PAFM Family

Independence,VA:  The market is open for business!!

The market is back up and running for orders to be picked up April 1st!

+IMPORTANT INFO
*WE HAVE MOVED

+The market pickup will be in the new office April 1st, so don’t forget to come there!! 108 Courthouse St (directly beside the 1908 Courthouse in the old Collins Real Estate Building)

Just a reminder, the Market closes to orders at 8 pm Wednesday evening. If you have questions, feel free to email me at IFMmarketplace@gmail.com or call 276-235-8230. Please bring cash or checks. You’ll still be dealing with each individual vendor.

Happy shopping! Here are the links:http://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market/
you can also get there from the webpage, www.independencefarmersmarket.org

Thanks and hope to see you Friday!

Penny B

Central Arkansas :  Opening Bell

Afternoon Marketers,
Let’s welcome the sun back to the sky & all of you back to another fabulous week at CAM!!

As spring time blooms we have so many great seasonal products popping up on the market from our awesome growers!!

We have more & more veggies each week
Live plants
Baked goods w/ seasonal fruits

Let’s keep CAM growing, forward this to friends & let them in on our family group!!!!
centralarkansas.locallygrown.net

Eat Freah Eat Local Eat Healthy
-CAM Market Mama

Augusta Locally Grown:  THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!

EGG-CELLENT WAYS TO WELCOME SPRING:

WED, MAR 30 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “GROWING CITRUS” – Urban farmer and teacher Steve Gianino will share his nitty gritty secrets for growing several varieties of citrus, right here in Columbia County. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:3pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.

FRI, APR 1 – BENDERDINKER RAFFLE BEGINS! Tickets go on sale for this chance to win a custom-decorated kayak and other great prizes … all to benefit our educational programs. Please help us make the most of this opportunity! Tickets will be for sale through our on-line market, at market locations, and by mail. And don’t forget to sign up to paddle!

SAT, APR 2 – SHEEP SHEARING DAY AT KHAKALAKI FARM – This free event is the perfect weekend get-away with or without the kids! Come watch this traveling shearer work his gentle magic, and then enjoy a farm tour and farm-fresh snacks on this bucolic permaculture setting. April 2, 11am-2pm. Address is 324 Girl Scout Camp Road, Trenton, SC. Email the farmer to get more details: scgal3@icloud.com. We’re looking for one more volunteer to help with visits! Text Kim at 706-288-7895 if you can help.

TUE, APR 19 – OPENING DAY OF THE VEGGIE TRUCK MARKET – We are once again blessed to be working with some of the most beloved farmers in the CSRA. Come pick up your farm-fresh goods at the only farmers market in Richmond County that DOUBLES EBT! Newcomers will be welcomed with a $5 token to spend at the market. We’ve planned a cooking demo with Charleen Charleen, and we’ll be sharing seven soups featuring seasonal produce. Kids activities, health screenings, and more! Come be a part of this transformational initiative that we call G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!

WED, APR 20 – CAROLINA HILLS GARDEN CLUB– ALG will share news about the local foods movement with the Carolina Hills Garden Club.

SAT, APR 30 – BENDERDINKER! Once again, Augusta Locally Grown has been selected as the beneficiary of this amazing, one-of-a-kind, food-music-paddle! This is year five!!! Text Kim if you’d like to get on our volunteer food-on-the-water team … 706-288-7895. Visit www.benderdinker.com to sign up to paddle, and support the educational programs of ALG.

THU, MAY 5 – FOOD OASIS MEETING! Calling all local food activists! Come join our three-year campaign to create a more vibrant and inclusive local foods culture throughout the CSRA! To get an email invite, contact outreach@georgiaorganics.org.

SAT, MAY 7 – “FOOD AS ART” GALA AT THE DAVIDSON FINE ARTS SCHOOL REUNION. – ALG is thrilled to small play a part in helping with this very special locally-grown-themed event! Hugs to ALG board member Kisha Burke for her leadership on this!

WED, JUNE 1 – SIBLEY SOILWORKS SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT BEGINS – More details soon!

TUE, JUNE 7 – FVRx KICK OFF COMMUNITY MEAL!!! -ALG is so lucky to be working again with amazing community partners for a second-year pilot of our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription program, otherwise known as “FVRx-Augusta.” This is one of our dozen G.R.O.W. Harrisburg initiatives! The program is hosted by Harrisburg Family Healthcare and enrolls 30 women from the neighborhood to participate. It is funded by Wholesome Wave Georgia and Good Neighbor Ministries; studied by Emory’s School of Public Health; Icebox Ministries provides cooking classes; MCG students provide market management and clinic support; Veggie Truck Market farmers provide nutrition education and sell their wonderful fruits and veggies through this program; Helms College students, the Augusta District Dietetic Association volunteers and the American Culinary Federation of Augusta help with cooking demos; St. Luke UMC provides transportation; the Junior League provides kids activities; Georgia Organics supports our outreach! Wow! Team awesome!!!

SAVE THE DATE! SEPTEMBER 24-25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR! So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. More details soon!

CHEERS!
Kim

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Good Morning! Market is Open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Good morning! Market is Open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Happy Easter! The Market is open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map

Take me to the Crossfit Market.

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Reminder: Place your co-op before 6pm today!

Happy Easter!

Just a friendly reminder that market orders are due online today by 6 pm.

Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.

Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!

See you on Tuesday!

Click Here to Place Your Order

Dothan, Alabama:  MARKET AT DOTHAN

Market News

You’ll Find Us . . .

Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net

Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan

For Friday Pickup: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303

This Week at the Market

SPRING 2016 ORDERING SCHEDULE Order March 26 – March 29 for Pickup on April 1 (No Fooling!) Order April 2 – April 5 for Pickup on April 8 Order April 9 – April 12 for Pickup on April 15

THIS WEEK’S VENDORS, PRODUCTS, IDEAS ETC. Pamper yourself with AUGHTMON products Fresh lettuce greens provided by HORTON’S FARM KATHY’S CHURPERS – fresh eggs from happy chickens MARY’S PEEPS! Eggs and more! Eggs and pastured pork products from RICHTER FARMS SANDSPUR FARMS – Certified Naturally Grown meats, vegetables, etc Ground Lamb and Dexter Beef from SMITH FARMS SPRING HILL FARM is on a rotational schedule and is OFF this week

Market Notes

A hearty THANK YOU to all who braved the weather to pick up their Easter orders on Good Friday. Your graciousness about being inconvenienced is most appreciated and confirms that Market customers are the BEST!

If you are a new customer, please know that our pickup location on the property of Dothan Nurseries is dependent on weather. We are usually outside in our shade tent on the south side of the Nursery, but will be inside the greenhouse if raining.

And a another THANK YOU to everyone who saves and brings their egg cartons to us. Most of them bless the farmers with chickens, and some wind up blessing preschool teachers who use them for various crafts. Either way they are not wasted and very appreciated!

The same goes for brown paper bags. Market bags are on shorter and shorter supply so if you have extras we’ll take them! And if you are new to the Market, we encourage you to donate TWO recyclable bags for your orders and rotate them from week to week. Your name goes on your bags and YOU are the only person who uses them.

EVER WONDER ABOUT YOUR MARKET GREENS?

If you’ve been eating any of the kale, collards, cabbage, lettuces, etc. for any length of time you are well aware of their superior quality. Greens are one of those foods that reward richly for growing them right! Many people think this is because of the variety, however it actually has everything to do with how we treat the soil. Sustainable agriculture respects that soil is a living breathing thing and treats it accordingly by refraining from using herbicides, pesticides, and chemicals such as ammonium nitrate which actually deplete it. Instead we employ natural methods of pest control, crop rotations, cover crops and natural fertilizers, in other words, we give it some love.

So enjoy your greens! The winter varieties will soon give way to summer crops and summer varieties will replace many of the lettuces we’ve enjoyed all winter. Know that no matter what “green thing” you eat, that you are doing yourself good.

Farm to Table Recipes

ONE POT KALE & FETA PASTA

3 tablespoons olive oil
6 to 8 cups packed fresh kale leaves
? teaspoon salt
4-1/2 cups water
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 package (12-ounces) Fettuccine Pasta
3 garlic cloves, minced
salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½-cup crumbled feta cheese

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Heat olive oil in a stockpot.
2. Add kale leaves and salt; cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.
3. Remove from heat; add water, halved tomatoes, pasta, garlic, salt and pepper.
4. Cook over high heat and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook for 13 to 15 minutes, or until pasta is thoroughly cooked and water reduced. Stir occasionally.
6. Remove from heat and let stand 2 minutes.
7. Drizzle with Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Stir in crumbled feta cheese.
Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
8. Serve immediately.

Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Market at Dothan Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

Footnotes

Market At Dothan is a small group of niche growers and producers promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting our local economy. Each grower/producer is dedicated to providing the freshest, highest quality products to their customers. Our growers use natural growing principles without synthetic chemicals. Local products available include: fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, goat cheese, frozen casseroles, pottery, nuts.
All growers /producers believe in providing locally grown foods and goods seasonally to promote a strong, local community and economy. Our goal is 100% Customer Satisfaction…comments, questions or concerns are welcome!

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!