The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!!
SAT, JAN 24 – 100 IN HARRISBURG RAISED BED PROJECT … Join us and volunteers from Trinity on the Hill UMC for a Day of Service on Saturday, January 24. We’ll be putting in more raised beds throughout Harrisburg. We’ve put in 42 so far … with 58 more to go! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org if you can help.
FRI, JAN 30 – TEDX AUGUSTA … This year’s theme is “Connections.” What better way to exemplify that theme than to connect local folks to local farmers!? We’ll be providing the morning break food for all participants and we’ll need lots of help to do so! Come ready to give your own one-on-one “Ted Talk” about local foods to everyone you meet.
MON, FEB 2 – WTF* LOCAL FOOD FILM & MEDIA SERIES … Starting in February, we’ll host a monthly media showing of the deeply significant and often alarming issues facing our modern food culture. The series will be “Stone Soup” style … you bring a seasonal ingredient; we’ll throw it in the pot and eat together. First up: an audio lecture on “glyphosate” from a seasoned, activist farmer. Location TBA. *WTF = We Trust (our) Farmers.
SAT, MAR 14 – FARM TOUR & WORKSHOP AT ADDERSON’S FRESH PRODUCE … One of the CSRA’s most beloved organic farms is planning an educational farm tour and workshop in mid-March, and Augusta Locally Grown will be helping! We’ll need several volunteers at this wonderful veggie farm setting in Keysville, GA. Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org to help.
WED-THUR, MAR 18-19 – THE GEORGIA DIETETICS CONFERENCE will be held in Augusta this year. Organizer Lauren Belcher has invited ALG to provide an educational booth on local foods. Volunteers will be needed on both days! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org to help.
SAT, MAR 21 – GROW HARRISBURG URBAN FARM FEAST … this one’s gonna be awesome … more details soon!
SUN, APR 12 – THREE FARM TOUR AND PROGRESSIVE MEAL … Spring will bring us yet another 3-farm tour … this one at JandL Farm & Stable, Noah’s Farm & Forest, and Spirit Creek Farms. Volunteers will be needed for this one too!!
SAT, APR 25 – BENDERDINKER! Yep, we’ll need a hundred volunteers for this one too!!!!!!!!!!
It’s all about good food and clean fun!
Cheers!
Kim
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: The market is open for ordering.
Good morning,
The on-line market is open for ordering. Being in the depths of winter, you will notice that vegetable selection is limited. Even my garden took a hit this week but will recover when the temperatures climb back up. Egg production definately dropped with the cold snap so please limit egg orders to 2 dozen this week so that we can spread the egg love around.
Georgia Farm to Table continues to bring a nice selection of vegatables to the market and Amestory Farm still has some winter squashes available.
Farm Fresh Foods has been working with fresh grains and gluten free options. We now have 2 sources of gluten free, Farm Fresh Foods and Snack N Joy. They both brought some fantastic treats last week for us to sample that many of you were able to enjoy.
We are blessed to have wonderful artisans and farmers to feed us.
So, happy shopping and see you Wednesday.
Mary Beth
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Market is Open! Come on in...
The Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 6:30pm
Pickup Location: All Saints Lutheran Church
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
Click Here for Map
Thank you for your support!
See you at Market on Thursday!
See you at Market on Thursday!
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BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring 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 Saint 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 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
Our Website: www.conway.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @conwaygrown
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: To Market...To Market...
The Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Thank you for your support!
See you at Market on Thursday!
See you at Market on Thursday!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Time to Shop! Market is Open
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 6:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit Ozone
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
~Maryanne
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is OPEN for orders! & My Daily Bread
Good Morning!
My Daily Bread will have items this week but not the 2 weeks after as they will be on vacation. Their items freeze very well. Consider stocking up this week!
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
suwanee.locallygrown.net
If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. All orders must be placed by 5pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:45 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla
If you are planning to pay using Dwolla please make sure your deposit includes the 25 cents fee. For example, if your order total is $22.50 make your deposit for $22.75.
Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Nora
Champaign, OH: Heartfelt Thanks and Love!
I open the market, tonight, feeling so thankful to my managers, Charlene and Mark, to all of you very understanding customers, and to the amazing help from the YMCA.
This morning found me totally knocked out with whatever is going around. I was sick, last week, thought I had gotten better, but not so much.
Mark and Charlene took the market, and my Cosmic customers were beyond understanding! I love that we can all rely on one another at our little local market. It took a bit of the stress out of being sick.
I am opening the market and drifting off to sleep. Stay warm, stay safe, and stay well…you can accomplish all of this with the ease of ordering from the market!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News & Buffalo Recipes
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
How to contact us:
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Market News
New Items on the market this week:
Beer Buzzed Cheese Dip This is an awesome dip for watching the game or just for a lazy afternoon munching on chips or veggies. Organic cream cheese combined with beer, aged cheddar cheese and spices.
Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip – Organic Cream Cheese, aged sharp cheddar, blue cheese, jalapenos and habarnero peppers and spices make this a hearty dip for crackers, veggies or warmed with chicken wings. NOT for the faint of heart
Bread – Pumpernickel Rye-Sliced – Deep Aromatic Rye combined with caraway seeds and deep cacao to make this loaf as kind to the senses as to the tongue. Great with stews and soups or just married with butter
Grass Fed Tallow Lip Whips – Soothe and hydrate winter weathered lips with these amazing tallow lip whips. Made with the tallow of Carrell Farms’ 100% grassfed, chemical free water buffalo. Other ingredients include organic extra virgin coconut oil, organic camellia seed oil, and therapeutic grade essential oils
Sweet Pea is back from vacation and all their locally grown produce and organic baked goods will be back online this weekend!
Recipes: Buffalo Con Queso and Buffalo Joes
It was so much fun having Shalley and David at the market on Tuesday as our Farmer of the Day! Many of you requested the dip recipe. Here it is and another one for Buffalo Joes (Sloppy Joes):
Carrell Farms’ Buffalo Con Queso Dip
Shalley brings this yummy dip to family functions (by popular demand), and always has a big pot of it going at their farm parties. Kids go crazy for it!
Make a triple batch for a gathering and freeze leftovers, if you happen to have any.
Source: This recipe came to me from my mother-in-law, Gail Carrell. I substituted water buffalo
for beef and renamed it.
Ingredients:
1 pound Carrell Farms premium ground water buffalo
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
8 oz. tomato sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
3/4 tsp. fresh oregano
1 tsp. sugar or honey (optional)
8 oz. cream cheese
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
4 T cooking oil (coconut, olive, etc.)
Tortilla chips/veggie sticks
1. Saute onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until soft. Add ground water buffalo meat and cook until just brown.
2. Reduce heat to low, stir in remaining ingredients until smooth and warmed through. Keep warm in a crock pot if desired.
3. Serve with tortilla chips or veggie sticks.
Carrell Farms’ Buffalo Joes
We made a huge batch of this for last year’s annual Labor Day farm open house/party for something different
than burgers. It was a huge hit!
Source: This is a recipe I found on the internet a long time ago — not sure who to credit.
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 pound Carrell Farms’ water buffalo ground
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. yellow mustard
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tbl brown sugar (optional)
Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 or 3 TBS coconut, butter, or olive oil
Step by Step Instructions
1. Saute onions and bell peppers in oil over medium heat until slightly soft. Add ground buffalo and cook until just brown.
2. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
3. Serve on a roll or bun of your choice.
Enjoy!
HELP! We need Volunteers!!
*THANK YOU Kristen, Stephanie, Kelly, Chuck, and Pam for helping on Tuesday! You guys are a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!
WE are short 1 volunteer next week! Please consider helping out if you can.
If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer
The link is also posted on the About page on our website.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Yesteryear Homewares & reCap – Milk Carriers and Pour caps – 1/16/15 – 1/18/15
Great Lakes Gelatin – Collagen Hydrolysate 1/23/15 – 1/25/15
Green Pasture – Fermented Cod Liver Oils- 1/23/15 – 1/25/15
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!
Dothan, Alabama: HAPPY 2015, WEEKLY PICK UP OPTIONS & THANK A FARMER
Market At Dothan_Eating Locally, Year Round
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Market At Dothan Locally Grown
How to contact us:’
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email:2farmersdaughters@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketAtDothan
Market News
WINTER MARKET 2015 WEEKLY PICK UP OPTIONS @ DOTHAN NURSERIES …
To improve access to “Local Food”, Market At Dothan is Adding “SATURDAY PICK UP” weekly from 10am -12pm @ DOTHAN NURSERIES during Winter Season (January, February & March) in addiTion to regular weekly FRIDAY PICK UP 10AM -12PM. Helping you make 2015 the year of “Local Food”! MUST Select Pick Up DAY before placing order.
THANK A FARMER…
THE BREAD LADY, LLC…As you may know, The Bread Lady, LLC closed as of Dec. 31st. We are very grateful to Juliann for her dedication & commitment to Market At Dothan! It is an understatement to say Juliann & her breads will be greatly missed by all! CONGRATS to Juliann and Tillman on their precious grandsons…what a joyful blessing! Thank you JuJu…have a ball rocking those babies!!!
HORTON FARMS..Freshly milled grains now available through Horton Farms. Thanks Ros!
HARD FREEZE HURT CROPS…Sharing this message from one of the BEST growers to show how hard our farmers work and the RISKS they take in bringing fresh, local produce to our community each season…
“I lost turnips and broccoli and siberian kale on the first night (Jan. 7) but last night (Jan. 8) hit me even harder all 300 heads of lettuce, cauliflower, radishes – GONE – I will not know about cabbage for a couple days i am hoping that some of the younger leaf lettuce will rebound and maybe some of the broccoli will produce side shoots in a week the only thing I can promise for next week is vates curly kale -5 and butternut-5 hopefully warmer weather will bring out collards young cabbage and younger broccoli. Thats what you call taking a hard punch! I will start replanting tomorrow and cutting back lettuce.” So VERY GRATEFUL for our HARD WORKING growers!
CASABLANCA RANCH- LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF…
“Locally raised in Abbeville, AL. Grass Fed and Grass Finished. Our cattle are never given hormones, any type of steroids or growth enhancing medications. We do not feed them corn, chicken litter or cotton gin waste. Their diet is grass and hay. We give them minerals and salt as needed. We vaccinate them for diseases and parasites under the oversight of a veterinarian. Our meat is inspected and approved during processing by a USDA inspector and carries the USDA seal of certification.”
GROUND BEEF, 93% LEAN
*GROUND BEEF PATTIES
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*LIVER
**SOUP BONES
#SHOPLOCAL…
PLEASE SUPPORT these LOCAL businesses! “It’s not hard to support your local economy. Just shift your spending to local independents. Every bit counts.” #ShopLocal. Order Online @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS…
Now accepting Debit & Credit cards @ Market at Dothan when you PICK UP your order. Using SQUARE, is a FLEXIBLE payment option that allows you to get receipts via email or text message. EASY & CONVENIENT way to pay!
EASY & CONVENIENT Online Ordering @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net
Farm to Table Recipes
Chili
1 to 2 tablespoons oil
1 pound sirloin, cubed, grass fed, grass finished
1 pound ground meat, grass fed, grass finished
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 Bottle of beer
1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
1 cup coffee (strong is best)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon chili sauce
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1/2 finely chopped chili of choice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon heaping of cumin
1 teaspoon heaping of coriander
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 15 ounce cans kidney beans
1 15 ounce cans white beans
5 large carrots, chopped into discs (OPTIONAL)
In large stock pot or dutch oven, heat oil over med. flame and brown meat, sirloin chunks first then ground. When meat is lightly browned, throw on the onions. Take two large sips from the beer. Add remaining beer plus, tomatoes, coffee and tomato paste. Add sugar, spices and kidney beans. Reduce flame to low and let simmer for an hour. Add white beans and carrots simmer for another hour or two; longer will be better. Season as needed.