The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
When Fall comes I really get into the learning mood. It is the first time I have come up for air from summer harvesting and fall planting and my mind is starting to reflect on how to farm better. I am hungry for knowledge, because as I am bustling through the year I am filing away my failures, my fast fixes, my oh my gosh what have I done moments, and my successes. Now is the time of year I really start focusing on those issues. I have already started to educate myself and am really looking forward to more in the future. Ray and I took a organic blueberry class this weekend and learned a ton of information. Particularly about our soil type and how to improve it. Plus we learned that organic certification may not be as hard as we thought it would be. As much as we want to plant blueberries this year, it will probably be at least another year, before we can get the soil right for these bushes to come onto the farm. Ray and I will be attending one of my favorite authors seminar in December- Jean Martin Fortier, in both Tennessee and Arkansas – where we will learn how to get more in the ground and the tools that help with that process. I am excited to see his processes as he grows a ton of food on 1.5 acres, enough to support his family and feed his community. I love that there is so much information out there now on how to become a successful farmer. As I continue to navigate my way through being a green (new)converted farmer, I really appreciate the folks who are willing to educate me through this process.
See you on Friday,
Angela
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: Don't forget to place your orders before 8:00 tonight.
Welcome to the rain and beautiful colors of fall. I hope everyone was able to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. We look forward to the wonderful vegetables and fruits of the season.
Please remember to place your orders before we close at 8:00 tonight. Bring your jars as usual and I will ge them to the Cherokee Market for next week.
Lisa will have 2 coolers on the side porch for the milk and several boxes for your empty jars. Please make sure you text Sam this week and confirm your standing order with him. If you need to place an order or change an existing order, you will need to text him. Other than that, he will be sending your standing order weekly. The milk will be there by mid afternoon on Tuesdays so you can pick it up then if that is more convenient or on Wednesdays as you have been doing.
Blessings to all and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
Mary Beth
Old99Farm Market: Old 99 Farm, week of Oct 25 2015
Lots happening around the farm these next two weeks. Pigs going to the butcher on Tues, chickens, ducks and geese next week, a new flock of laying hens coming. The gardens are put to bed with compost and seeded with winter wheat as a green manure. Some more beds planted with lettuce and onions in the greenhouse. The hay is in for the cows who will come off pasture in a week or so. We’ve started whitewashing the barn walls inside and out.
I have some new found freedom thanks to farmer-in-training, Kaz Bonnor, helping us for the next few months. An immediate benefit is I can attend an advanced permaculture design course in mid November for a week.
We have lettuce now at the harvestable size, and still have tomatoes blooming and ripening! Lots of root crops in the cold cellar: carrots, potatoes, cabbage, onions. Many bushels of apples are in storage including the popular ‘Liberty’ variety. Available are the following crops: lettuce and mixed greens, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes(red, yellow and orange), celeriac, cilantro, parsley, green cabbage, kale, three varieties of chard, collards, peppers, eggplant, spaghetti squash. There are enough eggs to go around.
Place your orders for prepared foods by Cami early as these are made to order.
Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday October 30
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for order.
We will see you one Friday between 5-7 at Copy Central.
Thank you,
Brady
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for October 29
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Some of our northern growers got their first frost last night. I think even here in Athens the temperatures fell into the 30s, just barely, for a short time. A number of our growers have greenhouses and high tunnels that will let them extend the season, some all winter long, but for much of the gardens that supply our area markets, the summer produce are on their very last legs and the cool weather crops will take over.
Fall seems to be the traditional time for wanting to go visit a farm, maybe to pick apples or to find a good pumpkin, or to get lost in a corn maze. It’s true that most if not all of the agro-tourism spots nearby are conventional farms, but don’t let that stop you from paying them a visit, especially if you have children (or can borrow some for the day). So many kids think that their food supply begins at the grocery store, and farms are just something that they read about in picture books. Take them out and show them that farms are real things, that they’re worth visiting, and that they are near where they live. Farms shouldn’t be exotic places, relegated to storyland places like “The Dell” and “California”.
Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it! You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too. A new Athens Sunday market has opened up at the Classic Center, every Sunday from 11 to 4 now through October. They have a website here: http://www.sundaycentermarket.com. The Comer Farmers Market is open in downtown Comer on Saturday mornings. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville. The Shields Ethridge Cultivator Market is held monthly in Jefferson. If you know of any markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
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!
Gwinnett Locally Grown: Market closes in 13 hours!
The market closes tomorrow at noon! Hurry up and get your order in! Don’t forget some milk!
Don’t forget to follow us on facebook and on instagram @gwinnettlocallygrown for discount codes and promotions!
Upcoming Workshops
These are the upcoming workshops hosted at Rancho Alegre Farm:
Choose Natural Solutions for Your Health! – Thursday, November 5 at 7 PM – Cost – FREE – Come and learn how essential oils can replace many items you have in your home naturally!
Essential Oils for Mood Management – Tuesday, November 10 @ 10am – Cost – FREE – Join us as we discuss how essential oils can help with feelings of stress or jut helping manage your mood!
Healthy Eating for a New You – Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM – 9 PM- Cost: $15 – Enjoy a delicious meal with Kelia Bortini and her husband. They will show you how he achieved a 90 pound weight loss that he has sustained for 3 years now. They turned to whole foods and a new way of eating.
Visit ranchoalegrefarm.com for more information and as always, contact me for any questions or for more information!
See you Tuesday,
Amanda
-Market Manager
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,
New! Green Fork Farm has mixed greens and sweet potato greens available this week.
Beyond Organics has spinach, swiss chard, pac choi, lettuce, and turnip greens.
Also available this week:
Eggs—Pastured chicken eggs.
Vegetables—Potatoes, kale, beet greens, swiss chard, turnip greens, spinach, lettuce, pac choi, mixed greens, sweet potato greens, radishes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, arugula, green bell peppers, jalapenos, poblanos, red Anaheims, green Anaheims, Long Red Cayennes, habaneros, serranos, tabascos, ghost peppers, mixed hot peppers, and sweet banana peppers.
Herbs—Cilantro, sage, rosemary, and mixed herb bunches.
Meat—Pastured beef, chicken, lamb, and goat.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Plants and Flowers—Culinary, medicinal, pollinator-friendly, and decorative plants and flowers.
Bath and Beauty—Handmade, all natural soaps.
Place your order from now until Tuesday at noon for pickup on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.
See you on Wednesday,
Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
At Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!
DeForest, WI: Availability for Week of October 25
The last market of the season will be Friday, November 7. If you have Forest Run Farm CSA punch cards left, please plan accordingly. If if you have any unused punches on the cards, return them to us and we will add the unused amount to our family assistance fund to help fund CSA shares for families in financial need.
Plan on this Friday’s at market to include more items than what is listed here, just like last week. You do not need to place an order to purchase fresh certified organic produce, just show up Friday between 4 and 6pm and shop.
Dawson Local Harvest: Heading for Halloween
Dawson Local Harvest for Oct. 30th
HI EVERYBODY!
No tricks, just treats this week, with plenty of cool-weather Produce from LEILANI’S,, Pastries, Muffins, and more from MY DAILY BREAD, BRADLEY’S Honey, and much more. Check out the listings for The Market this week.
THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!
REMEMBER! You can order until Tuesday night at 8pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 7pm.
You’ll find the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST at http://dawsonville.locallygrown.net
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! We guarantee your satisfaction with all products in the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.
Have a happy and healthy week!
Alan Vining
Market Manager
The Wednesday Market: We're Open!
Good evening.
In case you have guessed it, The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Check the website for all of this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
It has been a busy weekend for my household – soccer games in Pike and Rome and some local catering. All of the driving from place to place afforded us the opportunity to take in the splendor of the changing of the seasons. We saw so many different shades of trees and shrubs – purple, red, orange, and yellow.
With the changing of the seasons, different vegetables are coming to the market. This week we have some of the cooler crops, such as cabbage, winter kale, broccoli and cauliflower. We also have tomatillos and several farmers still have eggplant, green tomatoes, herbs and peppers.
Thank you for your support of locally grown agriculture and for choosing to buy locally. We’ll see you Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly