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Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open
The Spa City Co-op online market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown.net. Please place your orders by Tuesday night at 9 pm, and plan to pick up 3-5 pm on Friday July 8th, at Emergent Arts.
Volunteers are needed to help run every market pickup. If you volunteer for one full afternoon shift, you get a 2 month extention of your membership, and a $5 Kroger gift card to compensate you for you time and gas. It’s fun and you learn alot. Go to the Volunteer Spot URL on the market page to sign up.
Have a safe holiday everyone!
See you next Friday,
Karen Holcomb
Market Manager
ksholcomb@gmail.com
501-760-3131
501-282-6314 C.
Dothan, Alabama: July 2, 2016 Market at Dothan is OPEN
Dothan’s SUSTAINABLE Market is now Open
This and That from Your Growers
It might be the heat that’s making us a bit touched in the head, but we growers have been taking amongst ourselves and decided to come clean about some of the crazy things that make our farms unique. Jennifer from Sandspur Farms volunteered to go first. Enjoy and be on the lookout for more!
“Back during prohibition there were families that made moonshine. Everyone knows that. What some people might not know is that the land where I raise my pigs, cows and vegetables was site of such a place. We have a natural spring that is still wet this many years later. My great grandfather along with my great uncle and some neighbors were moonshine makers of that time. My Granny would stay at home and keep an eye out for the law, if they came she would fire a shotgun. My great uncle once told me of a time when she fired the shotgun as a warning to them. He took off running as fast as he could through the woods and kept running for about 5 miles. Later that evening, he made it back home. I guess as long as the police didn’t SEE you doing it they could not do anything about it. That same old man turned 91 this past January and still gets tickled about those days. I must admit that I find their stories highly amusing too.”
What’s a ZOODLE?
1 Tbs butter
1 large zucchini, spiralized into noodles
1-2 medium heirloom tomatoes ( such as Mini Orange Tomatoes)
2 fresh eggs
2 Tbs mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Place zoodles in skillet, salt, pepper and cook, flipping every 2 minutes until slightly soft and beginning to brown. Cut tomatoes into small pieces and place in skillet with zoodles. Cook until tomatoes are blistered and warm through. While the tomatoes are cooking, ready a pan to poach the eggs. Turn heat on zoodles down to low so they don’t get too brown, then Poach eggs. Layer a bowl with zoodles and tomatoes, cheese, then finish with poached eggs on top. Add more salt and pepper as needed.
Footnotes
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
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!
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for July 3rd
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Grilled Potato, Onion, and Bacon Skewers
Serves 6
30 thin-skinned baby potatoes (no bigger than a ping-pong ball)
1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
1 medium onion
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
7 ounces (5 slices) thick-cut bacon, preferably fairly lean, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf fresh parsley
Equipment: You’ll need 6 (14-inch) flat metal skewers, or 12 (7-inch) skewers.
Put potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Add 1 tablespoon of the salt. Cover, bring to a boil on a camp stove, then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, transfer to plates, and let cool completely.
Cut onion into 1-inch chunks and separate into pieces. In a large bowl, combine oil with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add potatoes, onion, and bacon and toss to coat.
On a flat metal skewer, about 14 inches long, thread 2 pieces of onion, a piece of bacon, and a potato, pressing them close together; repeat until you have 5 potatoes and end with bacon and onion. Thread 5 more skewers in the same way. Alternatively, use 12 (7-inch) skewers and halve the amount threaded on each skewer.
Meanwhile, heat a charcoal- or wood-fired grill to medium-high (about 450°F; you can hold your hand 5 inches above cooking grate only 3 to 4 seconds). If you’re using a charcoal fire, start it when you have about half the skewers threaded.
Grill skewers, turning often, until onion and bacon have some char to them, 10 to 20 minutes. Set skewers on a platter and sprinkle with parsley.
Market News
Hello!
Happy 4th of July everybody! We hope you are able to enjoy the day with family and friends. John and Tally are feeling lucky to be on family vacations away from the farms this weekend.
We have a full selection of great summer produce this week! Tomatoes are here, as well as squash, cucumbers,fresh-dug potatoes. basil, eggplant, and blueberries! This is it, folks! The summer eating you have been waiting for!
There will be no flower bouquets offered this week, as with Tally’s traveling schedule she will be unable to do them this week. There are some sunflowers available, and if you have a special request please let her know! The flower bouquets will be back next week!
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Thank you so much for all your support!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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 pos
Central Arkansas : Opening Bell
HEY MARKETERS
Let’s get started with another great week here in CAFM!!
We have so many great products this week!! We have fresh herbs & vegetables, baked items & meat!!
We have some amazing handcrafted items!!
I hope you will check us out & share us w/ friends.
We have so much to offer!!
centralarkansas.locallygrown.net
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Buy Local, Eat Fresh, Be Healthy
-CAFM Market Manager
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: New week New products!
Hello River Valley!
Welcome to another fantabulous market week!
We have new items being added almost every day as the season picks up! So please stop by and choose your local faves!
Get those orders in by Sunday 10pm, and we will see you Tuesday at Sweet Pickins!!
Happy summer y’all!
PAFM
CLG: Cherokee Purple Tomatoes! CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning,
We will have delicious Cherokee Purple Tomatoes on the extras table ($2/lb) so come early. This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.
Thank you,
Steve
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
SAT, JULY 9 AND SUN, JULY 10 – HUGE WORK DAY PLANNED FOR G.R.O.W. HARRISBURG AND FOR THE WIC PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH FORT GORDON VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERS! – Gonna get real dirty while getting lots done with this amazing group. And there’s always room for more! Save the date if you’re looking to make a BIG difference at Icebox Urban Farm with Steve and Tasha, and/or at the Richmond County Public Health Department installing teaching gardens with Adam at the lead. Starts at 8am at Icebox Urban Farm at 1734 Fenwick Street, Augusta, on both Sat and Sun. And yes, we always feed a tasty, healthy lunch to our volunteers, AND FOR THIS EVENT, FREE TSHIRTS TOO!RSVP to Kim at 706-288-7895 to confirm your participation. This is a great youth/scout group service-learning activity.
SAT, JULY 16 – CHOCOLATE MAKING WORKSHOP WITH THE ANTEBELLUM CHOCOLATE COMPANY IN AIKEN, SC
Spend your Saturday evening making your own chocolate bars with your choice of ingredients – many of them local – with Antebellum Chocolates in Aiken. Learn the history and fundamentals of chocolate, make the bars, and feel the love. $25/person includes your take-home tray of bars. 5pm-6:30pm. Save the date; space is limited; tickets go on sale next week through this market. Visit antebellumchocolates.com for more information.
THU, JULY 28 – FOOD OASIS MEETING – Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! This meeting will be held and hosted by Helms College. Text Kim at 706-288-7895 to get the RSVP link!
SUN, SEPT 25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR!
So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. Visit the Facebook page “AGL Farm Tour” for updates and more.
SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – “HARVEST BYTES” – A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. Learn about the intersection of microbes and wellness from speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack A Thon the night before! Looking for sponsors now! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it.
Cheers!
Kim
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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