Augusta Locally Grown:  THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!

EGG-CELLENT WAYS TO WELCOME SPRING:

WED, MAR 30 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “GROWING CITRUS” – Urban farmer and teacher Steve Gianino will share his nitty gritty secrets for growing several varieties of citrus, right here in Columbia County. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:3pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.

FRI, APR 1 – BENDERDINKER RAFFLE BEGINS! Tickets go on sale for this chance to win a custom-decorated kayak and other great prizes … all to benefit our educational programs. Please help us make the most of this opportunity! Tickets will be for sale through our on-line market, at market locations, and by mail. And don’t forget to sign up to paddle!

SAT, APR 2 – SHEEP SHEARING DAY AT KHAKALAKI FARM – This free event is the perfect weekend get-away with or without the kids! Come watch this traveling shearer work his gentle magic, and then enjoy a farm tour and farm-fresh snacks on this bucolic permaculture setting. April 2, 11am-2pm. Address is 324 Girl Scout Camp Road, Trenton, SC. Email the farmer to get more details: scgal3@icloud.com. We’re looking for one more volunteer to help with visits! Text Kim at 706-288-7895 if you can help.

TUE, APR 19 – OPENING DAY OF THE VEGGIE TRUCK MARKET – We are once again blessed to be working with some of the most beloved farmers in the CSRA. Come pick up your farm-fresh goods at the only farmers market in Richmond County that DOUBLES EBT! Newcomers will be welcomed with a $5 token to spend at the market. We’ve planned a cooking demo with Charleen Charleen, and we’ll be sharing seven soups featuring seasonal produce. Kids activities, health screenings, and more! Come be a part of this transformational initiative that we call G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!

WED, APR 20 – CAROLINA HILLS GARDEN CLUB– ALG will share news about the local foods movement with the Carolina Hills Garden Club.

SAT, APR 30 – BENDERDINKER! Once again, Augusta Locally Grown has been selected as the beneficiary of this amazing, one-of-a-kind, food-music-paddle! This is year five!!! Text Kim if you’d like to get on our volunteer food-on-the-water team … 706-288-7895. Visit www.benderdinker.com to sign up to paddle, and support the educational programs of ALG.

THU, MAY 5 – FOOD OASIS MEETING! Calling all local food activists! Come join our three-year campaign to create a more vibrant and inclusive local foods culture throughout the CSRA! To get an email invite, contact outreach@georgiaorganics.org.

SAT, MAY 7 – “FOOD AS ART” GALA AT THE DAVIDSON FINE ARTS SCHOOL REUNION. – ALG is thrilled to small play a part in helping with this very special locally-grown-themed event! Hugs to ALG board member Kisha Burke for her leadership on this!

WED, JUNE 1 – SIBLEY SOILWORKS SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT BEGINS – More details soon!

TUE, JUNE 7 – FVRx KICK OFF COMMUNITY MEAL!!! -ALG is so lucky to be working again with amazing community partners for a second-year pilot of our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription program, otherwise known as “FVRx-Augusta.” This is one of our dozen G.R.O.W. Harrisburg initiatives! The program is hosted by Harrisburg Family Healthcare and enrolls 30 women from the neighborhood to participate. It is funded by Wholesome Wave Georgia and Good Neighbor Ministries; studied by Emory’s School of Public Health; Icebox Ministries provides cooking classes; MCG students provide market management and clinic support; Veggie Truck Market farmers provide nutrition education and sell their wonderful fruits and veggies through this program; Helms College students, the Augusta District Dietetic Association volunteers and the American Culinary Federation of Augusta help with cooking demos; St. Luke UMC provides transportation; the Junior League provides kids activities; Georgia Organics supports our outreach! Wow! Team awesome!!!

SAVE THE DATE! SEPTEMBER 24-25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR! So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. More details soon!

CHEERS!
Kim

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Good Morning! Market is Open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Good morning! Market is Open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Happy Easter! The Market is open!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map

Take me to the Crossfit Market.

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Reminder: Place your co-op before 6pm today!

Happy Easter!

Just a friendly reminder that market orders are due online today by 6 pm.

Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.

Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!

See you on Tuesday!

Click Here to Place Your Order

Dothan, Alabama:  MARKET AT DOTHAN

Market News

You’ll Find Us . . .

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

This Week at the Market

SPRING 2016 ORDERING SCHEDULE Order March 26 – March 29 for Pickup on April 1 (No Fooling!) Order April 2 – April 5 for Pickup on April 8 Order April 9 – April 12 for Pickup on April 15

THIS WEEK’S VENDORS, PRODUCTS, IDEAS ETC. Pamper yourself with AUGHTMON products Fresh lettuce greens provided by HORTON’S FARM KATHY’S CHURPERS – fresh eggs from happy chickens MARY’S PEEPS! Eggs and more! Eggs and pastured pork products from RICHTER FARMS SANDSPUR FARMS – Certified Naturally Grown meats, vegetables, etc Ground Lamb and Dexter Beef from SMITH FARMS SPRING HILL FARM is on a rotational schedule and is OFF this week

Market Notes

A hearty THANK YOU to all who braved the weather to pick up their Easter orders on Good Friday. Your graciousness about being inconvenienced is most appreciated and confirms that Market customers are the BEST!

If you are a new customer, please know that our pickup location on the property of Dothan Nurseries is dependent on weather. We are usually outside in our shade tent on the south side of the Nursery, but will be inside the greenhouse if raining.

And a another THANK YOU to everyone who saves and brings their egg cartons to us. Most of them bless the farmers with chickens, and some wind up blessing preschool teachers who use them for various crafts. Either way they are not wasted and very appreciated!

The same goes for brown paper bags. Market bags are on shorter and shorter supply so if you have extras we’ll take them! And if you are new to the Market, we encourage you to donate TWO recyclable bags for your orders and rotate them from week to week. Your name goes on your bags and YOU are the only person who uses them.

EVER WONDER ABOUT YOUR MARKET GREENS?

If you’ve been eating any of the kale, collards, cabbage, lettuces, etc. for any length of time you are well aware of their superior quality. Greens are one of those foods that reward richly for growing them right! Many people think this is because of the variety, however it actually has everything to do with how we treat the soil. Sustainable agriculture respects that soil is a living breathing thing and treats it accordingly by refraining from using herbicides, pesticides, and chemicals such as ammonium nitrate which actually deplete it. Instead we employ natural methods of pest control, crop rotations, cover crops and natural fertilizers, in other words, we give it some love.

So enjoy your greens! The winter varieties will soon give way to summer crops and summer varieties will replace many of the lettuces we’ve enjoyed all winter. Know that no matter what “green thing” you eat, that you are doing yourself good.

Farm to Table Recipes

ONE POT KALE & FETA PASTA

3 tablespoons olive oil
6 to 8 cups packed fresh kale leaves
? teaspoon salt
4-1/2 cups water
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 package (12-ounces) Fettuccine Pasta
3 garlic cloves, minced
salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½-cup crumbled feta cheese

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Heat olive oil in a stockpot.
2. Add kale leaves and salt; cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.
3. Remove from heat; add water, halved tomatoes, pasta, garlic, salt and pepper.
4. Cook over high heat and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook for 13 to 15 minutes, or until pasta is thoroughly cooked and water reduced. Stir occasionally.
6. Remove from heat and let stand 2 minutes.
7. Drizzle with Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Stir in crumbled feta cheese.
Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
8. Serve immediately.

Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Market at Dothan Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

Footnotes

Market At Dothan is a small group of niche growers and producers promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting our local economy. Each grower/producer is dedicated to providing the freshest, highest quality products to their customers. Our growers use natural growing principles without synthetic chemicals. Local products available include: fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, goat cheese, frozen casseroles, pottery, nuts.
All growers /producers believe in providing locally grown foods and goods seasonally to promote a strong, local community and economy. Our goal is 100% Customer Satisfaction…comments, questions or concerns are welcome!

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!

Champaign, OH:  Magic

It’s magic…you know…never believe it’s not so…
(Magic-Pilot)

Such a cool song, such great memories from when I was oh, what? 4th grade? I remember buying the 45 of this song. I lived to spend every penny I had at the local record shops!

Magic…it’s sort of what makes it all happen around us. It gives us spark, and hope, and it gives us the belief that all things will be great, successful, amazing!

This market exists and succeeds on a lot of hard work, planning, and a bit of magic. The magic is the pixie dust that keeps us all groovy!

I couldn’t get this market pulled off, each week, without all of you. When we all work, together, we make the magic happen.

Today, I clearly was going to be in a time crunch. I had baked for this market, set up the market, had a huge baking order for a restaurant, and a small design party that asked me to cater. I knew that it would take a big of magic and a huge magic wand waving over everything to get it all done, all at the exact times it all needed to be done, and everyone taken care of.

With the cooperation of my other manager, the YMCA, my quick thinking, and the vendors, I was able to pull it all off and STILL make it back for customer pick up!

To the YMCA…thank you for taking care of us with our checks for vendors, and customer payments! To the vendors, thank you so much for being able to go with the flow. I was able to put your checks out, you dropped the product, and you grabbed your checks as you were done. To my fellow manager, Mark, for arriving early enough to oversee the first few customers, and to the customers…thank you for coming back, each and every week! That is the kind of magic that never ceases to amaze me!

I am opening the market, tonight, wishing you all the happiest of weekend holidays. A happy Easter to you all!!

Much love, magic, and grooviness…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for orders! Last call for Maple Syrup

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net

Group Buy Maple Syrup Grade B this weekend! We only once a year! Last chance to order!

If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. *All orders must be placed by 6pm on Sunday.

PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:30 pm.

PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla (credit card online by clicking “Pay Now” button at check out)

The Cumming Harvest - Closed:  Reminder - Ordering Closes Tonight at 8pm

Just a friendly reminder that the market orders are due today by 8 pm.

Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Saturday!

Click Here To Order

Cape Locally Grown:  Happy Easter!

Last day to order! Happy Easter! Green’s Garden spring lettuce mix back in season!