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.
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Local Love!!
Hello friends of PAFM!
Just a quick note to thank you for your interest in our online farmers market! We hope you are enjoying the convenience and local connections it brings to our community, and look forward to serving you even more!!!
Please stop by and see what your local farmers have in store for you this week! The market is open until 10pm Sunday!!
Thanks again y’all….Happy Shopping!!
www.parisarkansas.locallygrown.net
PAFM Family
Champaign, OH: Suite Judy Blue Eyes-An Ode To Cosmic Charlie
I’ve got an answer…
I’m going to fly away…
What have I got to lose?…
Will you come see me…
Thursdays and Saturdays…
What have you got to lose…
(Suite Judy Blue Eyes-Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young)
Ok…I have been revisiting many of my favorite pieces of vinyl, this week. In times of stress, or extreme busy days, weeks, months, it grounds me, calms me, to flip through my vinyl collection.
I have put one of my favorites on play, all week long. Deja Vu by CSN&Y…go, now, grab your copy, pull up your playlist, download it…soul changing, earth moving, love connecting…
It’s a dreary Saturday morning, I have loaves of breads, rolls, goodness all cooling in the kitchen, and I am preparing to leave for my shop, downtown.
I was up, before the dawn, as usual. One of my favorite times of the day is the early morning when I bake. My colorful kitchen greets me, coffee brews, and I begin the process of assembling the different varieties of dough that will become beautiful loaves of breads for my customers, my shop, this market, the restaurants where I am featured…it fills me with such pride and happiness to have this as my morning routine. My ritual of love. My passion for local, the scene, the people, the producers, the markets, the food.
My days are so busy, so packed with meetings, planning committees, managing markets, running my shop, carving out time for my circle of friends, launching yet another business, that this early morning of baking, coffee drinking, music listening, in the soft, quiet light of my kitchen, is what connects my soul back to myself. Baking my breads is humbling, passionate, rewarding, and is a reflection of all things that are me. The way that I bake, the ingredients that I use, the fact that I am a vegan baker…they reflect me, the person, as well as the hippie girl who wears many, many hats.
When you become part of my Bread World, you become a Bread Head. Modeled after my years and years of following the Grateful Dead…when I was/still am a Dead Head.
In my little hippie way of life, and in my baking, I hope to bring love to everyone. I like to think that with my clean food, local food, seasonal/organic when not in season, belief, will help to change the world. Or my community. Or even just one person.
When you step into my shop, you are stepping into a sensory filled, colorful, music fueled adventure. You get my breads, all lined up in their bags on my shelves. You get an array of local products from local vendors of this market. You get colorful threads that are a mixture of vintage and hippie clothes. You get the faint essence of patchouli. The music reflects my eclectic musical taste. There are prints hanging all over, of rock star icons, black and white collages of 60s and 70s models/band muses, and colorful streamers, dancing bears, and a window that has become the talk of the downtown for it’s lighted whimsy.
My shop, my breads, my threads, this market, all wrapped up in a colorful kaleidoscope package, to reflect me, the hippie, the bakestress, the shop girl, the market manager…and my love that is this local community. My passions all coming at you…ready or not, in this quest to bring more and more local to the front and center.
My earliest description of my first breads, 7 years ago, was this…
Cosmic Charlie Baking and Bread…Made with love in my heart and a song in my head…Reflecting my devotion to The Grateful Dead..
And there you have it…the bakestress, the girl about town, your market manager…and one hippie’s quest for the best of the best in local love…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Lake Placid Online Farmer's Market: March is here!
Hi Everyone,
It’s a new month, which means it’s time for a new farmer’s market!
It seems there is lots of beef available, along with veggies like onions, celeriac, garlic, and more. There is also a sale on Candy onions.
Now’s the time to stock up on some cheese as well from North Country Creamery and Asgaard.
To add some sweetness to your spring, grab some honey from Rehoboth to sweeten everything naturally.
All this and more is available!
We look forward to seeing you—Happy March!
Christie
Central Arkansas : Opening bell
Afternoon ladies & gentlemen,
What a beautiful afternoon to open our market!! We have some many great marketing items for y’all to choose from this week!! We have some new jams & a few new crafts. We also have some more veggies that have come up not season & your growers have them ready just for you!!!!
I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend & takes in the sun!!
Share us w/ your friends: centralarkansas.locallygrown.net
Happy Marketing!! Eat Fresh, Eat Local
-CAM Market Mama
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Opening bell!!!
Hello Paris market family!!
Welcome to another wonderful week at the Paris Arkansas Farmers Market ONLINE!
We can’t wait till you see all we have to offer this week…be sure to check out all of the categories!!! Including…..
New pork items listed by Boyd Family Farm!!
Fresh baked goods
Local eggs
Grass fed and antibiotic free, non-GMO meats
Artisan cheese
Fresh organic veggies and herbs
Honey
Jellies and Jams
Local hand stitched crafts and more!
Thank you for supporting your local farms, bakers, crafters and ranchers! Happy Shopping!!!
PAFM
Augusta Locally Grown: Weblog Entry
SAT, MAR 5 – GARDEN WORKDAY AT THE CLUBHOU.SE – Come meet the folks at the Clubhou.se, help them with their community garden, and meet the urban farmers who make it happen. Starting at 9am. Call Angel at 706-750-3623 if you can help!
SUN, MAR 6 – FARM TO TABLE ON FENWICK STREET – We’ll create and share a 100-person community meal with our GROW Harrisburg neighbors. Volunteer medical students from MCG will cook local, seasonal, healthy recipes all weekend in preparation. Menu planned by Angel Veggies; meal sponsored by Good Neighbor Ministries; event hosted at the Icebox Urban Farm. Thanks to all provided for this occasion!
MON, MAR 7 – USCA LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT STUDY – The Anthropology Department at the University of South Caroline at Aiken will begin an in-depth research project of our burgeoning local foods movement in the CSRA. Please contact Anna Logan at alogan94@gmail.com if you’re a local foods activist and would like to do an interview.
TUE, MAR 8 – LEGACY GARDEN CLUB – ALG will share news about the local foods movement with the Legacy Garden Club in Augusta.
WED, MAR 9 – ALG will share news about the local foods movement with the Garden Arts Club in Evans.
WED, MAR 9 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “SMOKING MEATS” – Patrick Sutter, local foods enthusiastic and bbq competitor, will share his love for home-smoked, local meats. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:30pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.
MON, MAR 14 – “CRACK OF DAWN,” WALK-TO-SCHOOL OUTDOOR EGG BREAKFAST FOR KIDS – Yet another lovely thing going on at Icebox Ministries Urban Farm as part of our G.R.O.W. Harrisburg initiatives! Outdoor cooks making healthy egg breakfast for kids on their way to school.
WED, MAR 16 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “VEGGIE FERMENTATION” – Tasha Alison of Icebox Ministries will teach a class in beginner fermentation. Come learn why gut health is so crucial to overall health. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:3pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.
SAT, SUN, MAR 19 & 20 – WHITE HILLS FARM HOSTS “A WEEKEND OF DRAWING AND PAINTING EN PLEIN AIR” – What a unique way to enjoy spring’s plentiful gifts. This all-inclusive in Dearing, GA, provides a box lunch, afternoon tea and an artist presentation on Sat. To preregister, contact Lisa at whitehillsfarm@gmail.com.
WED, MAR 23 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “NATURAL EGG DYING AND DECORATING” – Urban chicken farmer Toni O’Quinn will lead us through the fun use of natural ingredients to dye and decorate local eggs, just in time for Easter. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:3pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.
WED, MAR 23 – BRANDON WILDE HEALTH EXPO – ALG will host an educational booth at this lovely senior living community in Evans. Big thanks to fabulous fiber farmer Pam Avrett of Hard Earth Farm/Southern Made for pulling that together and to rockstar dietitian Tracey Neely for inviting us.
WED, MAR 30 – WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS AT RED CLAY MARKET: “GROWING CITRUS” – Urban farmer and teacher Steve Gianino will share his secrets for growing citrus, right here in Columbia County. Free, sponsored by Augusta Locally Grown, 5pm-6:3pm. Address is 4460 Washington Road, Evans.
TUE, APR 19 – OPENING DAY OF THE VEGGIE TRUCK MARKET – Grow Harrisburg! And yes … we double EBT!
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!
CHEERS!
Kim
Champaign, OH: Our Favorite Soaps!! On Sale!!
Laura sent the market some really great news!!! She has limited soap varieties on a really super great sale, right now!! Grab them while you still can!!
Thanks, Laura!!
Flash sale on soap! Limited quantities of certain scents are temporarily marked down to $4/bar! Quantities shown are exact number available. Get ‘em while you can! Scents on sale are: Tea Tree, Cedarwood & Lemon Eucalyptus, Thieves Blend, and Frankincense & Myrrh. Our soaps are made with food-grade organic coconut, palm and olive oils and we only use essential oils for the scent…NO synthetic fragrances!
Laura Miller
ELM Tree Essentials
937.524.5411
www.elmtreeessentials.com