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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.
South Cumberland Farmer's Market: Time to Order Local Food!
It’s time to order from the South Cumberland Farmers’ Market
To Contact Us
South Cumberland Farmers’ Market
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
931-592-3399 (no voice mail)
Recipes
Market News
TURTLE RUN FARM will not be on the market this week but will be selling cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, and yellow squash outside on Tuesday. -———————————————————————————————————————————————————-
SOLACE FARM announces several new soaps, including a Rosemary Bergamot bar and an alpaca fleece-wrapped bar, and a variety of multiple-bar discount packages available (Christmas will be here all too soon). Look for additional goat milk soaps coming soon as well. Also available, strawberry plants! Plant them now for big, vigorous plants next spring.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
TWO NEW GROWERS ON THE MARKET
MARTINEZ VEGETABLES is thrilled to be able to offer homegrown fruits and vegetables to the customers of the Cumberland Farmers’ Market. All our produce is field grown and sun ripened. We are a small family farm striving to provide ourselves and our customers real and delicious produce. This week we are offering heirloom cherry tomatoes, jalapeño and Serrano peppers, tomatillos, heirloom South American winter squash, and several varieties our popular watermelons and cantaloupes. The melons are spectacular this year. Be on the lookout for several other types of hot peppers, heirloom melons, and much more in the coming weeks. Gracias!
GINGER’S PRODUCE is also new to the Cumberland Farmers’ Market this week and excited to offer their peaches and cream corn. Our corn has done very well this year and it is delicious! We look forward to putting a wider variety of produce and plants on the market in the future!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
WHITE CITY PRODUCE AND GREENHOUSES announces that Fall CSA registration is now open through August 31st.-———————————————————————————————————————————————————-
DOGWOOD FARM BAKERY will not be on the market next week but will return the following week.-———————————————————————————————————————————————————-
PAYMENT FOR LEFT-BEHIND ORDERS
The envelopes on the side of the kitchen ’fridge are for mailing your checks for left-behind orders. Please, please DO NOT SEND CASH in the envelopes. This is for your protection. Thank you.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
REQUESTING DELIVERY
If you would like your market order delivered, please contact Rachel Lynch. E-mail: radelo50@yahoo.com or phone 931-598-0774.
Payment of all CFM orders MUST be made in advance of Tuesday’s delivery. Checks must be mailed in time to be posted to customer accounts before closing of market ordering on Monday. Mail checks made out to CFM to Kir Strobel, 744 Timberwood Trace, Monteagle, TN 37356.-———————————————————————————————————————————————————
PLACING AN ORDER
Before you order, be sure you see the little shopping cart. If you do not, log out and log in again. If this fails, turn off your computer completely and start again. This includes ordering from smart phones.
If you want to leave a comment for a grower, be sure to put it in the “Leave comment for grower” area in RED beneath the item you’re ordering. Placing comments in the market manager section will not be seen by the growers.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Don’t forget…
If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. E-MAIL OR CALL US to get the problem solved so you will not be disappointed on market day.
Please remember the market closes at 10 a.m. on Monday; therefore, your order must be completed and placed, and you should be signed out of the software.
Order pickup begins on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
If you have any questions, please call (931.592.3399, no voice mail) or e-mail (cumberlandfm@gmail.com) us.
Kir Strobel & Linda Boynton
Market Co-Managers
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There is plenty more available so take your time and check out the whole list.
Coming Events
Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook Page .
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!
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Old99Farm Market: 10 Day Local Food Challenge
I found this idea on Resilience.org and thought, why not try to float it in the Dundas valley?
So read more here about the Local Food challenge.
Here is the basic idea in Vicki Robin’s own words.
“I invented this thing called the 10-Day Local Food Challenge, which is giving people a game to play that’s like my game, if a little easier. For 10 days (not 30 days), you eat only food grown within 100 miles of your home (not 10 miles), and you give yourself 10 exotics (not 4). October, (the) 10th month, 1st through 10th.
You do it as a process of self-discovery, a process of discovery of your community. I could bundle everything that I just said in terms of what I call “relational eating.”
I discovered that eating is…part of the hyper-individualistic mentality. [Many people in the US] think of eating as an act of consumption. “Food is in the store. We get food and we don’t even have to do anything other than pay for it…. Food is so easy and actually so cheap.”
[W]e don’t have any relationship with the hands and lands that feed us. But when you focus on local food, you realize that your destiny is tied to your place on Earth and to the competency of the people.You care in a way that is so much more profound, and you know that your environment, it isn’t just a nice place to live…. No, I live in a community that can feed me. That is ultimate, and that’s around relocalization and resilience and resourcefulness."
The whole interview with Vicki is a good read too. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-08-05/talking-resilience-with-vicki-robin.
You may have come across her as the co-author of the classic “Your Money or Your Life”.
Reply here or email if you are interested in being part of this. We can talk about it when you come to the farm for your ‘local organic fresh’ produce.
Ian
Yalaha, FL: Week Aug 5-6 for pickup Friday Aug 7
I’m mainly just opening the market in case anyone wants to order fish this week.
We will be harvesting again on Friday. Please send me a message by Thursday if you want to come get fish on Friday so that I can be prepared. Otherwise I don’t expect to have fish available again till October sometime.
New Field Farm's Online Market: The order is on !
Hello again,
Long-time helper Madeleine has arranged to be able to do the order this week so we’re good to go. Much thanks to her!
As I mentioned before, if you can order today that will be helpful, but tomorrow is okay as well.
Thanks,
Tim
Palouse Grown Market: Farm Fresh!
It’s that time of the week again!
Palouse Grown Market is open, and there are lots of farm-fresh foods and flowers as well as jewelry, from many different farms for you to choose from!
Chose from many farms, build one order, pick up one order, simple and easy.
Start by checking out our GROWERS page to see the farms and families you support when buying from Palouse Grown Market!
We have a NEW VENDOR this week….
FosBiz Gardens!
http://pgm.locallygrown.net/growers/list
Come see what’s fresh on the Palouse!
Thank you.
Holly
Market Manager
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - August 5, 2015
To Contact Us
The Cumming Harvest
thecummingharvest@live.com
Facebook
Twitter
The contact information for each farmer and vendor is located on the Grower page.
Pure Bliss Organics
We are pleased to welcome PURE BLISS Organics to the Cumming Harvest market…
We use only pure, organic ingredients and take our time to ensure everything we make is of the highest quality, crafting our granola, bars, bites and gourmet nuts by hand in small batches from original, inspired recipes.
The core principles of Pure Bliss Organics are:
- We’re organic because we respect Mother Earth and believe in sustainable practices, as well as cutting down on the consumption of unhealthy chemicals.
- We create natural products out of plant-based food with nothing artificial—meaning absolutely no added flavors or preservatives.
- We strive to be a leader in the making of healthy organic products that taste great, not like cardboard.
Our name says it all:
Pure – Our goal is to keep all our products as close to nature as possible.
Bliss – We want to change lives for the better, spreading joy through healthy tastiness!
Share the Bliss!
Look for their products under the “Granola” and “Healthy Snacks” and “Nuts” tabs on the market.
Upcoming Events Around Town
The Farmer Fund Launch Party
August 10 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm $65
The Farmer Fund is the brain child of Lauren Carey of the Peachtree Road Farmers Market and Darla Synnestvedt of Farm Burger and exists to support our farmers in the face of natural disaster and help keep farmers farming. The Farmer Fund will officially launch on Monday, August 10th 6-9pm at The Cathedral of St. Philip with live music, 12 local breweries, 12 fantastic restaurants and the coveted Farmer Fund calendar.
Tickets are available here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635214
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Organic Growing Course
August 29, 2015 – 9-4pm
Cane Creek Farm – Cumming, Georgia
Whether you’re interested in becoming an full-time organic farmer or you just want to produce delicious, healthy food in your backyard, Lynn Pugh’s legendary Organic Farming and Gardening course will teach you the basics so you can start growing sustainably.
Cane Creek Farm is the classroom, and you’ll engage in plenty of hands-on activities while you learn about everything from crop planning to soil biology. Its okay if you’re a total newbie!
And if you’re an experienced gardener, you’ll learn a lot too; Lynn teaches from the state’s first-ever organic curriculum, which she developed, and you’ll get a copy of this remarkable resource. You’ll also get to tour area farms and learn from other experienced farmers!
The course is offered in a series of 7 alternate Saturdays beginning August 29 and running every other week till November 21. To registration to to http://canecreekfarm.net/education/classes-and-workshops/. Cost is $475 or $450 for GO members.
Website: www.canecreekfarm.net
Address: 5110 Jekyll Road, Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: (770) 889-3793
Pick Up Options
COLONY PARK PICK-UP This is our main location and all orders will be prepared for you for pick up at this location, 10am-12pm, if you don’t choose another option below. You can order and pick up meat and seafood at this location.
VICKERY PICK-UP – Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom pick up is between 1:00-1:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP item in the categories on the The Market page/tab. Customers choosing to pick up at Vickery should not order meat or seafood as we cannot transport meat and seafood due to Dept. of Ag regulations. Prefer payment online, will accept check or cc in person.
DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1:30-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
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!
New Field Farm's Online Market: PLEASE READ !
Greetings,
This email is late this week because I have a foot injury that doesn’t want to heal, probably because I haven’t let it by continuing to work every day. I decided last night that I have to mostly stay off my feet the rest of this week to try to get better.
I’m getting in touch with a couple of experienced people to see if they would be able to harvest and put the orders together. I should know by later today if that’s going to happen.
Please go ahead and order and if I can’t get the help I need I’ll cancel the orders by tomorrow at noon or so. If I do get help I’ll confirm that as soon as I know.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
It would be helpful if you could order by tonight or tomorrow morning, but not essential.
We’re in an arugula and salad mix lull right now. The blueberries are still available for u-pick through this weekend, but we’re not picking for market anymore.
We’ve added green beans and Purple Majesty potatoes. These potatoes will probably be on the smaller side because the potato leaf hopper has been active this year, damaging the foliage which reduces the growth of the tuber.
Squash is in a slow period so we may have to give you what variety we have. This might not be the same as what you order. If you don’t want a substitute please say so in the comment section.
Happy August and thank you for your orders.
Tim
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed for ordering
The Spa City Co-op market is now closed for ordering.
Please plan to pick up your orders at Emergent Arts on Friday August 7th from 3:30 – 5:30, preferably before 5 pm.
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.
this market’s manager
Julie Alexander
501-655-9411
Spacity@locallygrown.net
ALFN Local Food Club: The Edible South by Marcie Ferris
It appears my image didn’t come through on the last weblog reminder. If you are interested in attending a lunch lecture tomorrow by Marcie Ferris, the author of The Edible South, then check out this link.
Cheers
Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager
Champaign, OH: Hey, Now!
It’s that time, again! It’s a Tuesday evening, we are approaching the close of another market, and just so you can STILL get your orders in, I am extending the market an extra 15 minutes, tonight!
I know a lot of you are busy with fair prep., life, vacations, etc…but don’t be so busy that you forget to order!
Go, order, be happy, your life will be so easy on Thursday at order pick up!
I am off to do a bit of marketing, myself…see you in a bit, after we all finish up our market lists!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam