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Independence,VA: The market is open for business!!
Hello to all our friends!
The market is back up and running for orders to be picked up April 15th.
Although we stand a chance of winter weather, AGAIN, there are still all kinds of produce popping up, so be sure to check it out!
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
Champaign, OH: Ain't No Sunshine
So, this week found me with one illness, only to find me getting better, then to see me go into another illness.
Thankfully, Mark was able to set the market up, pass out vendor checks, and hand out orders! This allowed me to stay home to feel better!
Thank you to the market Bread Heads for understanding, and I will call you to set up when I can get your orders to you!
Thanks to everyone who made the market easy, tonight!
And, let’s hope your manager is on the way to wellness, and that the sunshine returns to us all!
The market is now open
Peace, Love, Good Vibes
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: Group Buy this weekend and farm/roastery tours
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Like Us on Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Have a question for other co-op members? Submit questions on our Google Group Discussion Board: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/suwanee-whole-life-co-op
Group Buy: Wilderness Family Naturals & Plastic Milk carriers
This weekend we will be taking orders for organic coconut oils and pantry items from Wilderness Family Naturals. These items include healthy oils, spices, cacao, grains, rice, coconut products, and natural sweeteners.
Also, we will do a group buy for plastic milk carriers. These are 2 cell milk carriers that are used to carry the glass milk jars. We only order these once a year.
*Side note- milk pour caps – A few of you have inquired about the pour caps we used to get from reCap. I used to coordinate a group buy for this item but they increased their minimum for wholesale pricing so this is no longer feasible. These pour caps are awesome and I use mine everyday so if you need some you can order from them directly at http://masonjars.com/recap-pour-caps/ Make sure you order wide mouth if you are using with your milk jars.
This WILL NOT be at pick up this Tuesday. I will place our group buy order after I receive payment on Tuesday. This is a pre-paid pre-order and payment is expected this Tuesday at pick or you can mail a check.
Please expect at least 2 weeks for this order to arrive.
Our group buy for Wilderness Family Natural products is every 3 to 4 months so please plan accordingly.
Farm Tour: Back in Time Farm- RSVP
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We will tour Back in Time Farm on Sunday, April 17th from 2pm to 4pm. This is a great opportunity for you and your family to meet your farmer and see where your food comes from! Come see their chickens, goats, baby cows and gardens! All the animals are kid friendly but we ask that you supervise the little ones.
HAY RIDE will be provided for little ones and those that can’t walk for long periods of time! Back in Time will have a tractor pulled hayride during the tour. Please RSVP soon so they will know if they need a 2nd one. Feel free to bring a snack to have by the gentle flowing creek at the back of the property.
Please RSVP if you can make it. I have added a category on the market called “Farm Tours -RSVP” and would like you to add to your cart as an order if you want to attend.
The farm address is 40 Arnold Rd SE, Statham GA 30666 (about 50 minutes from Suwanee)
Hope to see you there!!
Roastery/Coffee Tasting and Farm Tour: JavaGenesis and Fry Farm- RSVP
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We will have a combo tour on Sunday, April 24th with JavaGenesis Coffee Roasting and Fry Farm since they are located very close to each other. The plan is to do the roastery tour at 1pm to 2:30 then caravan over to Fry Farm. We expect the tour to finish up around 5pm. Kids are welcome but please keep them supervised at both locations. This will be a fun event for the entire family! Feel free to invite friends and family. In order to get an idea of how many folks to expect we are asking that you RSVP. There is a RSVP listing on the market.
More details below:
ROASTERY TOUR & COFFEE TASTING
JAVAGENESIS COFFEE ROASTING
Ever wonder how your cuppa joe makes it from the farm to your mug? Join us on Sunday, April 24 at 1pm to sip & learn.
We will fire up the roaster and show you the art and the science of coffee roasting. You’ll see, hear and smell coffee transform from the green coffee beans to a delicious brew in your cup. We will share supply chain information of how our coffee makes it from the farms of Central and South America, Africa and Indonesia to our roastery. Then we will taste a selection of our coffees and pour a few espresso shots over ice cream!
Coffee is our passion and we want to share it with you! Come see us and ‘Discover the Fresh Roast Difference’.
Location: JavaGenesis Coffee Roasting, 741 Harry McCarty Road, Unit 102, Bethlehem, GA 30620
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Time: 1pm
FRY FARM TOUR
Come see how we grow great tasting Certified Naturally Grown produce on our farm that ends up at your table!
Our family has been gardening and growing food for decades, and our passion for producing and eating local, organically grown fruits and vegetables drove us to make our products available to you.
We will discuss and show you our growing practices from seed to harvest as you tour our farm. If time allows, we may have a little surprise for the kiddos at our lake – pole fishing… we’ll provide the poles.
Location: Fry Farm, 590 Cross Ln NW Bethlehem, GA 30620
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Time: 3pm (or after JavaGenesis tour)
Hope to see you there!!
Market News
I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break and safe travels home. All our vendors and farmers are also back from vacation and there are lots of new items on the market this week!
NEW ITEMS!
Raspberry Plants- 3 gallon Non Chemical
Vegetables – Lettuce Mix
Vegetables – Spinach ’ Bloomsdale ’
Vegetables – Swiss Chard ‘Fordhook’
Vegetables – Kale ‘Red Russian’
Vegetables – Tatsoi
Vegetables – Radishes ‘Cherry Belle’
Vegetables – Cress ‘Upland’
Vegetables – Jerusalem Artichokes
Fresh Herbs – Chives
Fresh Herbs – Parsley ’ Italian Flat Leaf ’
Fresh Herbs – Rosemary
Halibut – 5 lbs SALE!
Beef – Rib Eye Bone in Steak(cowboy cut)
Beef – T- Bone Steak (2 per pack)
Beef- Bones (knuckle) for stock/soup
Pork – Boston Butt. Large (5 to 6lbs)
Water Buffalo – Ground – 1/3 lb. Patties – 4 pack
Soothing Muscle Relief Body Butter 2 oz.
Halibut back on the market
As promised Doug has more halibut on the market! He wasn’t expecting it to sell out in a matter of hours a few weeks ago so he’s stocking us up one last time before he heads to Alaska.
Volunteers Needed
PLEASE HELP! WE NEED a Volunteer for the 5 pm shift this upcoming Tuesday!!
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
THANK YOU Pam, Chuck, and Michael for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
The schedule through the end of the year is posted. To sign up click: Vounteer Sign up
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.
FACEBOOK – Opportunity to help!
Many of you have told me that you can’t volunteer due to your work/family schedule and I completely understand. You’ve also asked what else can I do help out the co-op? Here’s one way that will really help us out – if you are on Facebook or other social media please consider posting a pic of your co-op goodies! I have a very limited marketing budget and really depend on word of mouth advertising. Please feel free to spread the word about our wonderful market! Tag us @SuwaneeWholeLife
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys/Vendors of the Day
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Plastic Milk Carriers 4/8 – 4/10
Wilderness Family Naturals (Coconut Oil and organic pantry items) 4/8 – 4/10
Green Pasture – FCLO 4/15 – 4/17
Collagen/Gelatin -4/15 – 4/17
Grass Fed Cheese – 5/13 – 5/15
Upcoming VENDOR OF THE DAY:
Wellness Partner’s offers and events
Sugar Hill Spine and Wellness Event:
If you are sick and tired of going to the doctor and them giving you the same results, THEN MAKE A CHANGE! It is time to take care of YOU! Start off by joining us at Dr. Joe’s next Seminar!
You will learn LIFE CHANGING information that you can’t get at your medical doctor!
Register at: https://shswthyroid.eventbrite.com
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!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Reminder - online ordering closes tonight at 8pm.
Just a friendly reminder that the market orders are due today by 8 pm.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Saturday!
Click Here To Order
CSA Farmers Market: NETTLE & NEW PRODUCTS
Linda & Lee Purdy had decided that they wanted to spend more time on the farm and to BUILD A NEW facility on their farm so they put the old historic mill up for sale. They assumed it was going to take a long time to sell so no anticipated changes were expected to me made.
Surprise, someone saw the mill and thought it would be a really cool rustic restaurant. So the mill is sold! They anticipate it will be between 6-8 months before their new building will be put up on their farm and at that time they will go back to milling flour and baking bread.
All products from Linda and Lee are removed from the website temporally and the mill will no longer be a pick up location.
We do have alternative location in the works in the same geographical area.
<Nettles and Romanian Culture
Periods of fasting are common among traditional Romanians. “The Big Fasting” takes place during the spring and nettles are an integral part of this fast, especially for poorer individuals that search for them growing wild. Nettles contain amino acids, carbs, amines, sterols, volatile oil, formic and acetic acid, folic acid, chlorophyll, carotene, trace mineral salts, and the vitamins C, B2, and K. Try this traditional Romanian soup found at WWW.uncover-romania.com:
Finding nettles on CSA Farmer’s Market is possible this time of year, they’re also often available at Whole Foods Markets. Buy a bunch when you can, and double or triple this recipe, as needed, and freeze some, because my fortune-telling powers tell me you’ll want to twirl the pesto up with long pasta again long after the season has passed. If you have time to be thoughtful and a bit patient, you can add toasted breadcrumbs, for a bit of crunch, or chopped sundried tomatoes.
NEW PRODUCTS
Toni Oliver is now offering 5 lb blocks of mozzarella cheese on the website. Perfect for the organic pizza lovers everywhere.
Finally someone locally (Engelhard farms) grew some organic cranberry beans. They were the favorite bean for many customers, finding them seemed futile until one day when we were at Dr. Brockreides Farm in Columbiaville (he grows the large white kidney, also known as Cannellini beans) and there sat a small bag of cranberry beans. Alas! Most dry bean growers grow many acres of beans and have them cleaned at a few organic facilities in Michigan and Dr. Brockreide owns one of those facilities. The other one belongs to Everbest Organics.
Cape Locally Grown: New Products!
Are you enjoying this spring weather?
We got some new products that you might like…Duck eggs from Maple Cottage, a new Spring bouquet, Orange cinnamon raisin rolls, and citrus sunrise jam from Green’s Garden!
Order now!
cape.locallygrown.net
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Your Market Closes at NOON Today
1. Your Market Closes Today at NOON.
Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is open today until noon. Please ensure you place your final orders by that time. You still have time to order your eggs, dairy, breads, coffee, candles, and other items. As you know, the weather has been favorable of late. As a result, there are an increasing number of fresh vegetables available at the market. Browse and click with reckless abandonment – you deserve it!
Order a loaf of bread or Jumbo Pretzel Rolls today and it will be baked fresh, from scratch, for you Thursday.
Pickup will be tomorrow (Thursday) from 4:15 to 5:15.
Here is the link to the market: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market
Thank you for your support. Have a great day,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters
Russellville Community Market: 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!
Sorry about the late reminder!
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
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: The Cumming Harvest is open online!
Market News
The Cumming Harvest is open for orders!
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PICK UP AT OUR NEW LOCATION… 135 Enterprise Drive, just north of us only a few minutes away. Google Map
Please park in the spaces in front of suites H and I.
PICK UP HOURS
Saturday from 10-12pm.
Please contact me if you have any questions, problems or suggestions. EMAIL ME
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!