United States Virgin Islands:  This Week in VI Locally Grown

Good Morning,
The market is now open for orders. Although not available for preordering, we will have a lot of fruit on the table this week, banana, jackfruit, surinam cherry, papaya, and more. See you Wed!
Best,
Your VI Locally Grown Growers

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market Is Open!

ALFN Members,

As you may know, we have a few new growers who have joined the market this past week. I am excited about the value they will bring to ALFN and to all of us.

Old Boss Acres out of Hot Springs is a small farm that specializes in raising cows, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. Check out all their listings in the meat section of the market!

Beyond the Greenhouse is a small farm with a flock of ducks. They specialize in selling duck eggs, but hope to expand to micrograms in the future. Check out those eggs!

Finally, Cedar Rock Acres is a two generation farm that specializes in cornmeal and corn grits. However, they also sell berries and a variety of vegetables and sorghum molasses. I know some of you have already purchased their grits and cornmeal.

Send us your reviews!

Backyard Permaculture II

Last week I introduced permaculture as a strategy to design ecological, stable systems that not only provide for the needs of humans but also benefit the environment. How does permaculture work? As a design process, permaculture is built on ethics of care for the earth and people with a demand to return surplus back into the system. It is tempting to jump from a quick definition of permaculture and begin talking about strategies and techniques. However, permaculture as a design process can have many applications from large scale farms to small backyards. Consequently, it is more important to clarify the undergirding process and principles of the framework. The principles of permaculture guide the design process. These principles are ecological in nature. When looking at your backyard, consider whether some of the permaculture principles could be applied:

1. All elements should have multiple functions
2. Diversity of elements brings resilience to a system.
3. Produce no waste
4. Catch and store energy
5. Use small and slow solutions

As you may be able to tell, permaculture is a way of viewing the world around you and finding ways to build systems of resilience and production. Consequently, permaculture looks at a backyard in ecological terms. What are the elements I need to have in this yard? How do these elements fit together? Where does energy flow through this yard? Are there ways I can catch this energy and store it? How can the wastes from this yard be recycled on site?

I’ll provide more concrete applications to permaculture next week. Admittedly, I’m only skirting the edges of this design process, but hopefully you have the basic gist. If you are interested in seeing how permaculture can design an urban plot, check out Paradise Lot by Eric Toensmeier.

Take care,

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

Stones River Market:  Weblog Entry

Market News

Happy Mother’s Day! Whether you are a mother or have one, this is a lovely day to enjoy our loved ones.

Rocky Glade Farm says they will have gallons of berries again! They will also have: Happy Rich greens and florets, Green Kohlrabi, Collard Greens, Starbor Kale, Hakurei Turnips, Spinach, Cilantro, Winter Density Lettuce, Parsley, and Swiss Chard.

Erdmann Farms is back for the week with Two kinds of lettuce, kale, swiss chard along with peony bouquets and cut stems! Maybe we can talk John into hanging around to visit for a moment with everyone!

Michael with Frontier Family Farm will have extras for sale this Wednesday so if you forget that extra bag of spinach… you can pick one up from him.

See you all Wednesday,

Ashleigh & Tracey
Market Managers
(931)952-1224
stonesrivermarket@gmail.com

Recipes

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

I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

Duette, FL:  Closing for the Summer

Dear Customers,
Thank you for all your support this year. We are closing for the summer and will re-open sometime in September,

Have a wonderful summer and we hope to see you all again next season.

Thank You,
David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  A B C Nature Greenhouse & Herb Farm

A B C Nature Greenhouse & Herb Farm will be coming back on line this week with a few items like tomato plants and herbs.
I don’t have a lot but will have a few items and always mushrooms.

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  The market is now open for ordering

The Spa City Co-op market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown.net.

Please place your orders before Tuesday at 9 pm,, fresh greens before Monday at 9 PM, and plan to pick up your orders at Emergent Arts on Friday May 13th, from 3PM to 5:00PM, the earlier the better. If you’re unable to pick up your order at this time please make arrangements to have your order picked up for you.

Don’t forget – this market has no paid positions, so we NEED VOLUNTEERS to run every market. It’s fun, you get a $5 gift card, and you learn so much about local foods in Arkansas.
Have a great week and see you on Friday!

this market’s manager
Karen Schuman
karenschuman9@gmail.com
501-276-3318

Naples,FL:  MARKET CLOSES TONIGHT

Please get your orders in

Dothan, Alabama:  Market at Dothan is now OPEN

Welcome to Dothan’s SUSTAINABLE Market!

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

Regular Schedule Resumes this Week

A hearty Thank You to everyone who came out to our Spring Open House! The weather was perfect, the food was plenteous, the samples were delicious and the time went too fast. Can’t wait to do it again!

May 2016 ORDERING SCHEDULE Order May 7 – May 10 for Pickup May 13 Order May 14 – May 17 for Pickup May 20 Order May 21 – May 24 for Pickup May 17

This Week’s Vendors

AUGHTMON – Get your all natural insect repellent right here! CASABLANCA FARMS – Fresh Grass Fed Beef We hope DAVIS FARMS has more exquisite greens! HORTON’S FARM – Raw Local Honey, Farm Fresh Food products, FIRE ANT FIRST AID – good for ALL insect bites and for when you forget to use Aughtmon’s insect repellent

JUST GOT LAID EGGS won’t be with us for a while as a family of predators destroyed their beautiful flock. We wish them the best as they rebuild and get over this tragedy. KATHY’S CHURPERS fresh eggs from the happiest chickens in Henry County! MARY’S PEEPS – Mary is now convalescing from surgery. We wish her the best and look forward to her awesome home made goods again.

Fresh Summer Vegetables from PRICELESS HEALTH FARMS RICHTER FARMS – Local, Fresh, Sustainable Pork – check them out at http://richterfarmspork.com/ SMITH FARMS – Ground Lamb and Dexter Beef

SPRING HILL FARM is not open this week and will be available for ordering on May 14. SANDSPUR FARMS – Grass Fed Longhorn Beef, Pork, Tasty Vegetables, and Farm Fresh Goodness from Jen’s Kitchen

Farm to Table Recipes

Aztec Chicken Salad

Be it known far and wide that this recipe has been used to the point of abuse in the Horton household. It has served many groups, parties, and special occasions and has been replicated by many people in many places many times over the years. It’s one of two dishes Mama Roz won’t become famous for.

This recipe is very forgiving and can be adapted for conventional or organic consumption. Notes about substitutions are included

SALAD INGREDIENTS
2 boneless chicken breasts, baked, cubed and cooled
*Dark meat or canned chicken may be substituted
*Mama Roz likes to bake the chicken with cumin
1 head of iceberg lettuce, shredded or torn.
*Substitute one bag of lettuce or two heads of Romaine lettuce
3-4 Roma tomatoes chopped
*Other type tomatoes will work if Roma is not available
1 bundle scallions chopped
*a small onion finely diced may also be used.
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can whole kernel corn, drained

DRESSING
1 bottle Catalina dressing mixed with Louisiana Hot Sauce. Mix the ratio to suit your individual taste

Lightly toss salad ingredients with the dressing. Serve immediately with corn chips.
Peppers are optional
A light sprinkling of cheese is optional

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!

Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!

Thank you for shopping with us! Please be sure to select your pickup location – Sugar Magnolia Bakery or downtown Sylvania.