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.
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Reminder: Place your co-op order today! Group Buy FCLO this weekend!
Just a friendly reminder that the market closes soon! Place your order before 6pm today.
Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.
Don’t forget to order milk and bread! Milk and bread orders look lower than normal…
Also, we are doing our monthly group buy with Green Pasture for fermented cod and skate liver oil. If you need some, don’t forget to order today.
Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Tuesday!
Bedford County: Locally Grown is open...
Bedford County Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net
Email: botanicalharmony@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/bedfordcountylocallygrown
On Thursdays: 865 Union St. Shelbyville, Tennessee
On Instagram: @bedfordclocallygrown
Call: 931 – 952 – 1224
The Market Is Open!
Good day,
A big welcome to a new producer Bloomin’ Shrooms bringing some beautiful shiitake mushrooms and more in the future.
Fountain Springs is back this week!
Rocky Glade Farm has more ginger and garlic and so much more. Erdmann Farm has okra and jalapeno peppers for end of summer treats.
Mary’s Organic Foods offers extracts for delicious winter baking!
Thank you for the support of this wonderful market in Shelbyville! What a treat to have such amazing growers/artists, etc bringing us wholesome things.
See y’all Thursday!
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Important Market Information
Customers have from Saturday 5pm until Tuesday at 9pm to place orders. The market will be closed Tuesday evening.
On Thursday’s from 4:45pm – 6:00pm customers can pick up their orders at 865 Union St Shelbyville, TN 37160 (opposite Piggly Wiggly). This is where customers are to pay for their orders in check or cash.
If you have any problems or any questions please do not hesitate to ask (our contact info is above)
Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Bedford County Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!
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!
Ashleigh + Tracey
See the full product list here: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net
Dothan, Alabama: Happy Fall... News from Aughtmon, Horton, Sandspur & Spring Hill...
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
FALL NEWS from Vendors…
AUGHTMON 1918…
“This week the loofah soaps are $2.00 off, now $5.00. Better stock up with these prices. Also this week with every order of $12 or more you will receive a free 8 ounce bottle of lotion, a retail value of $7.50.”
CASABLANCA RANCH…
Grass Fed Beef RESTOCKED & CORNISH CROSS HENS AVAILABLE! BLACK AUSTRALORP & DARK CORNISH COMING SOON!
LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF, LOCALLY PROCESSED BY USDA FACILITY…Half Beef Available there is NO Additional Processing Fee…you pay Hanging Weight $4.60 per pound and pick up from Market At Dothan…NO driving to processor wasting your time or gas! STEAKS – Rib Eyes, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, T Bone; Ground Beef Bundles – bulk pricing.
“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
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*STEAKS: Filet, Rib Eye, NY Strip
*STEW MEAT
****SOUP BONES, MARROW BONES, OXTAIL
HORTON FARMS…
PEPPERS, 3 varieties,
Raspberry Chocolate Sauce
Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Strawberry Balsamic Sauce
All Natural Sunscreen
Blackberry Peach Preserves
Old Fashioned Peach Preserves
Peach Salsa -Ros recommends this on Fish Tacos!
PRICELESS HEALTH FARM & HYDROPONICs…
CSA shares are back…Unique & diverse Priceless products available. Check it out.
SANDSPUR FARMS
PORK is RESTOCKED
BEEF cuts still AVAILABLE
We raise our animals to the highest standards and it only makes sense for them to be processed in the highest standards also. Our processor is a federally inspected USDA facility that is also Animal Welfare Approved.
NEW . . .
Romaine Lettuce
Curly Kale
Cherry & Roma Tomatoes
MORE VEGGIES COMING SOON!
Applesauce
Apple pie filling in a jar
Cranberry Sauce
Grape Jelly
Peach Jelly
Pear Jelly
Frozen, old fashioned biscuit
SPRING HILL FARMS…
“Spring Hill Farm – New product added . . Southern Muscadine Grape Jelly. Grab an extra jar to keep on hand for a taste of the summer when the weather turns cooler. We love it with a toasted and buttered slice of our English Muffin Bread! And have you tried our Spring Hill Farm honey? Many have said it is the “best they have ever tasted!” Thank you for shopping local!
We now have 2015 Spring Hill Farm honey available! Also, look for a new flavor of peanut butter – Maple!! We have also added 2 new flavors of hummus with more flavors to come in the next few weeks. Yum! Thank you for shopping local! "
REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE…
1. BRING US YOUR REUSABLE BAGS (2)
2. WE LABEL IT WITH YOUR NAME &
FILL YOUR ORDER USING YOUR BAG
3. RETURN EMPTY BAG TO REFILL
#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 when you PICK UP your order during designated Market hours of 10A-12P on Fridays. 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
Spring Hill Spicy Ranch & Red Potato Pizza
Ingredients:
1 Spring Hill Farm Olive Oil Pizza Crust
3 red potatoes, sliced very thin
½ cup thinly sliced onion
½ cup thinly sliced green pepper
3 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup Spring Hill Farm Spicy Ranch Dressing, made according to directions
Top pizza crust with sliced potatoes, onions, and peppers. Sprinkle bacon and cheese over top. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and drizzle Spicy Ranch Dressing over the top. Serve immediately with extra dressing on the side. Enjoy!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Bluebird Hill Berry Farm
Just a note to let you know that Bluebird Hill Berry Farm is on vacation for this market but will return for the next market.
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is now open for ordering
Good Morning Everyone!!!
The Spa City Co-op market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown.net. Please place your orders before Tuesday at 9 pm, and plan to pick up your orders at Emergent Arts on Friday October 2nd 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
Karen Schuman
karenschuman9@gmail.com
501-276-3318
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is Open
Good Afternoon.
Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is now open. Feel free to browse and select your items between now and Wednesday at noon.
Here is the link to the market: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market
For a limited time only, save 60% off all tea tins and tea gift sets. Not only are these quality teas, the tins are keepsakes! Visit Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters at 1407 N. Jackson Street to browse the selections. See the coupon at the end of this message.
Thank you for your support. Have a great day,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters
Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!
LOCAL FOOD EVENTS!
SAT, SEPT 26 – URBAN GARDEN WORK DAY – Is food justice a passion for you? Are you interested in urban gardening & farming as activism? Then come, join us for a day of hard work and wonderful company at the Icebox Ministries campus in Harrisburg. We’ll install 20 raised beds from 9am-4pm. Our goal: to create a beautiful, whimsical, educational, year-round veggie garden where school children and others will experience the deep awe of growing healthy, whole food. Lunch will be served to all our volunteers. Bring a water bottle, sunscreen and closed toe shoes, as well as broken-down cardboard boxes if you have them! RSVP to kim@augustalocallygrown.org to get the address. Student groups high school and up are welcome! Get those service hours done right!!!
SAT, SEPT 26 – RED CLAY: A CHEF’S MARKET — OPENING IN EVANS – Residents of Columbia County are about to get a wonderful surprise in their neighborhood. Chef Erica Chaney (a long-time champion of local foods) is opening the Red Clay market in Evans. Chef Erica describes it as “working together with local farmers and culinary artists to offer fresh wholesome ingredients year-round, handcrafted kitchen products, classes, events & more…” A soft opening is scheduled for this weekend. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Suite 19, Evans. ALG is super psyched to help this effort take local foods to a whole new level in the CSRA!
SEPT 26–SEPT 30 – LOVE FEST AT WHOLE FOODS MARKET AUGUSTA – Whole Foods is sharing the love by way of 25-cent coffee this month … and all those quarters are coming to Augusta Locally Grown! The whole gift from whole foods will go toward our G.R.O.W. Harrisburg projects. So caffeine up and support “what’s growing on” in Augusta.
MON, SEPT 28 – BENDERDIGGER YOUTH FALL GARDENING PROGRAM – ALG is honored to play a part in the “Benderdigger” Youth Gardening Program in Evans, now in its third year. We help bring in experts to teach the kids an organic gardening curriculum from soil-to-plate. This program will run on Monday evenings this fall. Visit www.benderdigger.com for more information. If you can help teach a class, please let me know. This week’s theme is “planting.” Contact kim@augstalocallygrown.org.
MON, SEPT 28 – VEGGIE-CENTRIC COOKING CLASS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS – Chef Megan Alig of Culinary Connections challenges second-year medical students to cook with the same seasonal, local, farmers market produce that they prescribe to their patients through our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program. Not as easy as you might think! Health care professionals: Wanna learn more? Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.
TUE, SEPT 29 – ALG QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING – Got ideas? Got suggestions? Got frustrations? Our quarterly board meeting is where we work them out. Send yours to Board President Amy Sutter, arsutter@hotmail.com.
WED, SEPT 30 – NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP FEATURING LOCAL WOOL – Join the gifted fiber farmers of Southern Made, a gorgeous store and learning center at 1850 Broad Street in Augusta. This Wednesday, they will offer a Needle Felting class using locally grown fiber from Bella Luna Sheep & Wood of Washington, GA. The class is 2pm-3pm, and costs $27, which includes a needle felting kit that you keep. Ages 10 and up are welcome. Contact Suzanne at 706-401-8446 to enroll. A full calendar of their seasonal events can be found on their FB page: Southern Made.
FRI, OCT 2 – POLLINATION EDUCATION FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS – We’re honored to return to the “Bee Hive Pre School” in Evans for a second round of pollination education. Big thanks to the GRU Dietetic Internship program for helping with this and other events this month!
SUN, OCT 4 — FARM-TO-PARK DINNER TO BENEFIT PENDLETON KING PARK & FEATURING CHEF CHARLEEN — Save the date for what will surely be the biggest farm to table event that Augusta’s ever seen! Chef Charleen of Culinary Connections will feature local foods at this Pendleton King Park fundraiser… and ALG will serve it up! Volunteers: contact Kim Hines. Farmers: contact Chef Charleen!! To buy a ticket, visit pendletonkingpark.com. Or email Anne Johnson at abjohnson4@comcast.net.
THU, OCT 15 – HERBAL BLENDING WORKSHOP AT WHITE HILLS FARM – Seriously folks, if you haven’t been to one of these workshops yet, you are missing out. Lisa Kessler at White Hills Farm in Dearing, GA, is a gifted herbalist and lavender farmer who will rock your world with the joy of natural scents and flavors. This workshop is called “Chefs’ Secrets: Herbal Blending.” It will center on fabulous cooking achieved simply, with calculated herbal additions. October is the perfect time to harvest, dry and “crack” herbs for cooking, and with Lisa’s guidance, you’ll make several take-home blends for the season. Session runs 10am-2:30pm and includes tea, demonstration with lunch, great dessert and fellowship. Cost is $28/person. Register by email at whitehillsfarm@gmail.com or through the ALG On-Line Market.
SAT, OCT 17 – 200 IN HARRISBURG – Super excited to start installing 100 more raised beds at individuals’ homes throughout the neighborhood of Harrisburg. Assuming our funding comes in, we’ll start installing Oct 17! Please save the date: more details coming soon.
SUN, OCT 18 – FALL FARM FEST AT CLYDE’S FRESH PRODUCE – Tour this local, Certified Naturally Grown farm in Grovetown. Get to know your farmers! Bring the kids. Buy fresh from the farm. 2pm-6pm.
SUN, OCT 25 – WINE CAP MUSHROOM CULTIVATION WORKSHOP – Join local mushroom farmer Matthew Kelly at Honey Creek Mushrooms in Martinez. This is a rare, 3-hour, hands-on opportunity to learn from a local guru. Tastings and nutritional information about other varieties, including oyster mushrooms, lions mane, and shitake will also be shared. Workshop is $25/person. 1pm-4pm. Take-home spawn to grow-your-own can also be purchased for an additional cost. Space is limited. Order tickets by email: kim@augustalocallygrown.org.
MON, OCT 26 – ALG AT THE KIWANINS CLUB – Looking forward to sharing the news about our educational initiatives, including G.R.O.W. Harrisburg, with this local group, the 4th largest Kiwanis Club in the world! Thanks for the invitation!
TUE, OCT 27 – CLOSING DAY OF THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET – Join the GROW Harrisburg team along with the Augusta Junior League and Wholesome Wave Georgia as we put on a Halloween theme community meal and healthy kids festival. 4pm-7pm. 1850 Broad Street, Augusta. Across from the Kroc Center.
SAT, OCT 31 – HAUNTED HARRISBURG: MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD’S FRIENDLY GHOSTS – ALG will join efforts with GRU students and Harrisburg residents to host a botanical clean up and children’s carnival, including healthy snacks, at the Rollersville Cemetery in Harrisburg. Volunteers definitely needed! Times: 9am-3pm.
MON, NOV 2 – MEET & GREET FOR THE TEDX AUGUSTA SPEAKERS – What better way to embrace our community’s movers and shakers than by feeding them local foods and introducing them to the people who grow it. Volunteer farmers and cooks: we need you for this one!
TUE, NOV 3 – TURKEY ROSE GARDEN CLUB – We always appreciate the opportunity to speak to garden clubs about local foods. Want to add us to your calendar? Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.
THU, NOV 5 – AUGUSTA FOOD OASIS – It’s time to get this thing rolling! We’ll host our second meeting of Local Food Activists on Thursday, November 5, 6pm-8pm. The gathering will be held at “The Clubhou.se” on Telfair Street & 5th, in Augusta. If you want to help create a more vibrant local foods culture in the CSRA, then please know: you are invited!!!! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org for more info.
SAT, NOV 7 – MAKE SPA-GRADE PRODUCTS: A WORKSHOP AT WHITE HILLS FARM – Once again, Lisa Kessler will share her herbal secrets, much to the delight of the rest of us! This workshop runs 10am-2:30pm, with crafting of three bath and beauty preparations. You will learn to make balms, scrubs and body butters using organic herbs and oils and will receive the latest information on best preparation practices. Fun and relaxing! Lisa will also serve a teatime lunch with dessert! Cost is $32/person. Register by email at whitehillsfarm@gmail.com or through this ALG on-line market.
JAN 29 – TEDX AUGUSTA – We’re very excited to again play a part in helping with the TedxAugusta event in 2016. What a great way to promote local foods among our community’s deep thinkers. Wanna help that day, or in the months leading up to it? Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.
CHEERS!
Kim
Palouse Grown Market: Fresh Sheet!
Happy Friday
Below is Palouse Grown Market’s weekly Fresh Sheet!
Enjoy the abundance grown right here, on the Palouse!
Holly
Market Manager