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Champaign, OH:  Cherry Baby


I’ve been trying for a long, long time…
Just to capture you inside a rhyme…
How to keep you here inside with me…
Till they say that I can be set free…
Oh, don’t you know…
I’m never gonna ever let you go…
Cause you’re so sweet…
I’ve got to have you Cherry…
Mmmmm, Cherry baby…
(Cherry Baby-Starz)

Well, last week we had to say goodbye to Steven of The Berry Patch, and his amazing strawberries…

But, don’t be sad, no need to cry, because tonight, live and in person, in the lobby of the YMCA, at order pick up, we have the return of our favorite little duo…The Herrs of Herr Family Farm!!

And, by the song lyrics, today, you just KNOW I am going to tell you that they will have their fresh sweet cherries!!

They will be selling off of their own table, so bring extra cash with you!! The cherries are so good!! They sold like crazy at Tuesday’s Mechanicsburg Rustic Roadside Farmers’ Market, and now, for a limited, exclusive event, they will make an appearance at our little local market of love…

Even if you didn’t place an order, make sure to stop and get your sweet cherries, baby!

Also…I am off to dance and play, tonight, so your other manager, Mark, will be running the show!!

Much love!!

Peace, Love, Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam

Naples,FL:  MARKET IS OPEN


Market is ready for orders

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  MARKET IS OPEN AND WE HAVE NEW ITEMS!


The Market is now OPEN until Monday at noon!! Click here to order now!

Hey there everyone!

First of all, I want to give a big WELCOME to all of our new members! Thank you for choosing Gwinnett Locally Grown and for supporting our local farmers. Hope everyone is having a fantastic week and everyone is enjoying all the delicious food you picked up this week.

I have a few announcements to make, some new things up on the market this week. Pilar has finished brewing a few batches of Kombucha this past couple of weeks! We have two flavors available, mint and hibiscus and you can purchase that by the bottle or by the gallon. We also have milk kefir grains and kobucha starter kits, and all of that is available under the Ferments category in the market. I love Kombucha, for those of you who haven't heard of it; kombucha is a fermented tea beverage and a great source of probiotics (good intestinal bacteria). The health benefits of fermented foods are just endless, think of your gut and your gut bacteria as your second brain. Probiotics are a great way to keep and maintain a healthy gut! If you are curious let me know, I'll have samples this week.

A new addition to the market, but not up on the site yet is BLUEBERRIES!! which I absolutely love. We'll have a limited quantity available at the market for $3.40/pint so pick one up before they are all gone!

Peppers, cucumbers, and beans are all in season so make sure you take advantage and stock up! Check out the great and growing variety of veggies available. And don't forget to pick up your essentials for the week:

  • Raw Cow's and Goat's Milk
  • Pastured Chicken and Duck Eggs
  • Pastured Chicken and Pork
  • Grass Fed Beef
  • Local Honey (great to treat allergies!)
  • Locally Roasted Coffee
  • Savory Jams and Grain Mixes

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, as well as any feedback on how we can better serve you. I am available Monday-Thursday 11am-4pm. grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com or 770-339-3065 ext 5

The Market is open Thursday at 9am – Monday at noon. After Monday at noon, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4-7pm only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here

STAY TUNED FOR NEWS ON FUTURE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES TO BE HOSTED AT RANCHO ALEGRE FARM

Independence,VA:  Weblog Entry


Welcome back Friends!

We have officially made it thru the Grand Opening of the Wednesday evening market! We got soaking wet but had great laughs and it was awesome to see those come out and support our vendors!

Don’t forget there is produce coming up daily, so be sure to check back everyday to see what’s new!! Look for squash, cukes and zuchinni!

Just a reminder, the Market closes to orders at 8 pm Monday 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 again and see you there!!

Penny B

The Cumming Harvest - Closed:  This Week at The Cumming Harvest


Market News

The Cumming Harvest is open for orders!

Eggs As of this writing, we unfortunately don’t have any eggs available this week. I think we have close to 8 doz in the market fridge and those will be sold first come first serve on Saturday at pick up. There are some farmers on vacation and I’m guessing the chickens have started protesting the heat. Even though we have eggs available throughout the year, there are still waves of supply and this week we are experiencing the low end of the wave. Eggs will be back soon, stay tuned.

Summer Veggies There is a good variety listed of summer veggies this week: Beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, garlic, kale, various lettuces, onions, rutabagas, squash, chard, tomatoes, and zucchini.

Summer Fruit Blueberries have started to come in and we also have raspberries and peaches.

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CANE CREEK FARM
Our Lunch N’ Learn series will be held on the second Wednesday of each month, March through October, 11 AM – 1 PM. Enjoy an active learning experience and a farm lunch! More information on our website (and registration coming). Topics and dates:

July 13– Arrange garden flower bouquets
August 10- Plant an organic fall garden
September 14 – Identify medicinal plants and their uses
October 12– Grow shitake mushrooms, inoculate a log
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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!

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  Your Market Closes Today at Noon


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. It is okay if you already submitted an order. Multiple orders are automatically combined. You still have time to order your eggs, milk, breads, vegetables, flowers, candles, and other items.

Update from Frontier Family Farm: Due to a power disruption, they lost their lettuce greenhouse. It will take approximately 3 weeks for that greenhouse to render produce for the market.

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

Champaign, OH:  Tuesday Thoughts!


Your market manager has had a crazy busy weekend, and now week. One of those weeks that leaves you wondering if it’s Tuesday or already Friday!

One of those weeks where I need to be here, when I need to be there. I need to finish this, before I finish that. I need to pass GO another fifty times.

Yes…..it’s officially that crazy time of summer.

So, to calm myself, I am pouring wine, putting on some music, lighting candles, making dinner, and leisurely placing my weekly market order!

Doesn’t that sound perfect? A bit of time to and you whole, again.

And, as I am passing on this zen attitude, don’t forget it’s Father’s Day!! Make sure to order farm fresh foods for serving on dad’s special day, or pick gifts of food love from our market!

Everyone….deep breath, exhale, soft music, and mellow thoughts….of this little local market of love.

Give love, feel love, be love….

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

GFM :  Wow, all this and More


Vendors are gearing up for all the bounty that is coming in. You can pre-order here, and pick up Saturday morning.

We accept SNAP/EBT/ FRESH SAVINGS TOKENS. Don’t have any ? You can find them at the information table at the market. ( you can only use Greeneville Farmers Market Tokens here ) Please do not ask us to accept another markets tokens.

Check out all our vendors, both online and in person on Saturday.

Our_ Fathers Day Celebration_ is Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm. Fathers, bring the kids in for a game of Corn Hole toss. The First Ten Fathers to come in with their kids, will receive a free gift. We will have a special surprise for the kids at 10 am. Dads Bring your kids and your cameras for this.

SEE YOU AT THE MARKET !

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder


ALFN Members,

Remember to place your order before the market closes tomorrow at noon. We still have growers adding different products throughout the week. In fact, I just got word from Crimmins Family Farm that they added fresh green beans to their listings this morning! Go check it out and find out what’s new!

Have a great week.

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of June 12 2016


June 2016: Note change of date to Friday 4pm to 6pm from Thurs for weekly pickup. Or by special arrangement or ‘catch me in’. I offer picked produce on pre-order basis, picked Friday am.

Would you support a handgun ban in Canada? http://www.torontosun.com/ Go to bottom of page to participate in the survey.

We have new crop beet greens, chard, collards, kale, parsley, eggplant and green garlic. Lettuces almost finished, as are chards.

Eggs are going back up a buck a dozen to $5 for XL, $5.75 for Jumbo. Still a bargain and you’re helping me farm ethically and sustainably here in the Dundas valley.

Oh my how I got a boost this week from Albert Bates’ blog The Great Challenge about the ‘marshmellow test’, delayed gratification, trust and climate disruption, called Hot Brain Cool Brain.
Walter Mischel’s psychology experiment at Stanford in the 1960s took youngsters age 4 to 6, put them in a room one-by-one, gave them a choice of a cookie, mint, pretzel, or marshmallow and the following deal: they could eat the treat right away, or wait 15 minutes until the experimenter returned. If they waited, they would get an extra treat. Many lifestyle successes correlate with ability to delay gratification, which the researchers discovered by following these subjects through their lifetimes.

There is also an existing body of evidence that tells us that humans are predisposed to disbelieve scientific facts, or even their own experiences, if they conflict with strongly held beliefs. This is likely the phenomenon most responsible for our failure not merely to make the cultural changes required of us to avert climate Armageddon and Near Term Human Extinction – even simple lifestyle changes like eating lower on the food chain, cutting discretionary travel, living in a smaller house and having no more than one child – but our failure to even acknowledge, as individuals or collectively, that we have a problem. We have chosen instead, to believe an unreliable worldview. The students who showed low trust of adults, came from unreliable households, usually took the treat immediately: no delay.

So the kicker for me is that there likely is a self-reinforcing feedback loop going on with climate news. The more risky and unreliable the future climate gets, the more we react with hot brain thinking (which favours immediate responses, ie ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’). This relates to climate disruption because our collective choices for immediate gratification, eg trip to Florida, big car, alway on AC, imported fruits and veg, etc. are reducing our chances of handing on a liveable climate for our kids. Cool Brain thinking could neutralize strongly held beliefs (eg the that my choices don’t matter, that it’s too late anyway, that the leaders are all crooks, etc.) and cause us to opt for different lifestyle choices.

I think that’s very hopeful insight about human nature and our present condition at the end of the industrial age with Nature bleeding at the jugular.

For me the cool brain thinking identifies the present day, beta tested tools to reduce ACD. My list, which I’ve been adding to since 2005:

  • permaculture
  • internet
  • Transition Town movement
  • Relocalisation movement
  • biochar as soil carbon sequestration
  • Intermediate Technology movement
  • social marketing
  • wikileaks
  • natural capitalism
  • organic farming
  • restorative agriculture, carbon farming
  • Holistic Management system

The list is growing. What are your grounds for hope in a viable future?

Have a great week, check out the Mischel talk on the marshmellow test and enjoy local sunshine!

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami