The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Old99Farm Market: Harperman going viral
avaaz is doing a campaign to get the cdn federal scientist who wrote a protest song about Stephen Harper reinstated… he lost his job because he wrote and performed this song…
Here’s what avaaz has to say.
Dear friends,
Tony Turner wrote a political protest song about Stephen Harper – and now he’s been put on leave and is being investigated by the government!
They want to silence free speech and stop the song, “Harperman”, from reaching a bigger audience…but it’s about to backfire big time. Because if everyone receiving this email watches the video at the link below, it will be seen by 3% of Canada – if we all share it with just one other person, 6% of Canada, and so on.
Let’s make this viral and timely video a political nightmare for a government try! ing to silence critics. Click now and help make this huge by signing a petition demanding Tony be reinstated immediately – then watch the video and help “Harperman” take-off across the country by sharing on Facebook, and everywhere else:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/harperman_loc/?tTavWbb
Tony Turner is a popular folk singer, and also a scientist at Environment Canada. When a recording of his “Harperman” political protest song — calling on the country to get rid of the Harper government – was posted on Youtube, he was suspended and put under investigation.
Environment Canada says that all employees agree to comply with a value and ethics code that lays out expected behaviour – but the Supreme Court has said that public service workers have a right to free expression — just like the rest of us.
Our government has consistently muzzled scientists and public servants whose opinions or research could threaten their policies. And we’ve seen how it views protest, passing Bill C-51 that labels environmental activists as “security threats”.
Fortunately, they can’t silence the internet. Click now to stand with Tony and watch the video – then share it around the country:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/harperman_loc/?tTavWbb
It’s our right to protest, and we shouldn’t be punished for it. Let’s turn this story and “Harperman” into a political nightmare as election season comes into full swing.
Champaign, OH: Market Information for Vendors and Customers!
Just a quick note to let you know that just like every other year, at this time, the YMCA is on shut down for general maintenance, housekeeping, etc…
Like always, this does not hinder our market, in any way, at all. You will still enter through the front door, the front desk will be ready to take your payments, and we will be in the usual location.
Thanks so much!!
Cosmic Pam
Gwinnett Locally Grown: Weblog Entry
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
Good morning!
As I mentioned last week, we’re in between growing seasons and vegetable production is down, but this really is a great time to order meat. There’s a nice selection of beef and chicken listed on the market, and you can still reserve a share of one of Double B’s hogs.
Thanks so much for your continued support!
Iris
Back by popular demand! Our resident beekeeper, Jay Parsons, will be conducting a class on the basics of beekeeping.
When: September 16, 2015 at 7 PM
Where: Rancho Alegre Farm
Cost: $10/ person
Tickets must be purchased in advance for this class. Please purchase your ticket here: Beekeeping Workshop Tickets
Upcoming Workshops
Wine Making Workshop with Operation Homebrew
This workshop is 60 minutes, includes a mozzarella cheese sampling once finished. Class size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.
Wine making workshop, Session 1: Tue. Sep. 22, 2015
Wine making workshop, Session 2: Tue. Oct. 20, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM for both sessions
Cost: $25
– Session 1 | Sanitizing steps, mixing the ingredients, tips/tricks
– Session 2 | Bottle, Cork, and label your wine, take it home
To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.
As Always….
Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living.
Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your input!
Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Iris Potter
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
Palouse Grown Market: OPEN WED-MON
New update for you Palouse Grown Market lovers…
The Market is now open MONDAYS too!
PGM Hours of operation:
Wednesday 8am – Monday 9pm
The Market will still be closed every Tuesday to freshly harvest orders and bring them to the pick up location; Moscow’s 1912 Center.
Come see what is grown fresh, and local, on the Palouse!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: The Cumming Harvest - This Week
Let’s Show Our Appreciation
Please consider writing a quick thank you email to a farmer this week! If you don’t know the email and don’t feel like looking it up on our growers page, simply respond to this email with the name of the farm and I will send you their email.
This market website can be seen as quick and easy way to buy fresh food, but I want to encourage you this week to actually see the name of the GROWER that is behind a product that you have enjoyed in the past. Because you don’t see the farmers each Saturday, it’s easy to forget that the food we are ordering is being harvested personally for us by a local farmer in our community. Use this opportunity to to spread kindness to your growers, not only negativity and expectations. I guarantee they’ll be surprised and elated.
Market News
Pre-Order Chicken Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm has listed Chicken for Pre-Order this week! Whole Chicken, Boneless Skinless Breasts, Bone-in Breasts, Cut-up Whole Chickens, Chicken Livers are all available. Items will be available for pickup at the Market on September 11th. Get your orders in soon so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.
SALE on Pork Five Hens Price Drop!!! (while supplies last)
Pork Breakfast Sausage, Yeona Mild Blend: $6.75/lb
Ham Steaks: $8/lb
Ribs: $8/lb
FREE MEMBERSHIP You can now waive your membership fee of $25 just by signing up to volunteer one full Saturday morning, 8:30am-12:30pm. It’s fun and rewarding to experience “behind the scenes” of our locally grown market.
Volunteers greet farmers and customers, organize food delivery and pick up, and check-out customer orders using a ipad. Check out this online sign up sheet to find an opening. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4baca92fa13-thecumming
UPDATE CONTACT With all the hustle and bustle of back-to-school and new routines, it’s easy to forget things like picking up your TCH order. Remember that we can’t keep your items past 12pm, and we’ll try contacting you any way we know how to make sure you get what you ordered. Now’s a great time to check the phone number on your account to make sure it’s a number I can reach you at 11:45am on a Saturday. I start calling everyone who hasn’t picked up yet then, and will keep trying to reach you until 12pm, when we have to pack it all up. I hate seeing people’s food go somewhere else, and having a good phone number on your account is the best way to keep that from happening.
DELIVERY – We are postponing Vickery pick up and delivery in September so that Pascale can take some much needed time off to celebrate her and her husbands birthday’s and anniversary. If you see her this week, you can pass on good wishes and we’ll resume October 3rd.
Recipe
EGGPLANT SUPPER SOUP
Just made this and for a family that doesn’t care for eggplant, it’s worth saving! ?#?inseason? ?#?locallygrown?
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound ground Carrell Farms buffalo or Heritage Farm beef or lamb
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 pound eggplant, diced Metz Country Garden or Leilani’s
3/4 cup sliced carrots
3/4 cup sliced celery
2 (14.5 ounce) cans Italian diced tomatoes, drained or a jar of Tomato Basil Marinara
2 (14 ounce) cans beef or chicken broth or homemade bone broth
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup dry macaroni
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the onion, beef, and garlic until beef is evenly brown. Drain grease, and mix in eggplant, carrots, celery, and tomatoes. Pour in broth. Mix in sugar, and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until heated through.
2. Mix macaroni into the soup, and continue cooking 12 minutes, or until macaroni is al dente. Mix in parsley. Top with Parmesan cheese to serve.
Upcoming Events Around Town
Kennesaw State University Farmers Market – Sep 2, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015
The Kennesaw State University Farmers Market is a completely student-run initiative that brings only the highest quality produce, baked goods and other goodies directly to the KSU community. We work in direct collaboration with KSU Culinary & our parent organization, Students for Environmental Sustainability (SES), in order to provide a family-friendly and economically-charged business atmosphere for students, faculty members and the small business owners we serve.
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http://asapconnections.org/events/asaps-farm-tour/
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Thursday, September 24, 2015 – 7:00pm
Roswell Chapter Meeting – WAPF Kitchen Tour
http://www.atlantarealfood.com/p/events.html
My kitchen is not very pretty (needs some serious updating) but many of you have asked for a peak inside my refrigerator and pantry to see what a Weston A. Price kitchen looks like. I will share with you my personal list of pantry staples, talk about where I buy them, and show you which tools/appliances I use most.
Pick Up Options
COLONY PARK PICK-UP This is our main location and all orders will be prepared for you for pick up at this location, 10am-12pm, if you don’t choose another option below. You can order and pick up meat and seafood at this location.
POSTPONED until October VICKERY PICK-UP – POSTPONED until October Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom pick up is between 1:00-1:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP item in the categories on the The Market page/tab. Customers choosing to pick up at Vickery should not order meat or seafood as we cannot transport meat and seafood due to Dept. of Ag regulations. Prefer payment online, will accept check or cc in person.
POSTPONED until October DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – POSTPONED until October Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1:30-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.
Main Market Location and Pick Up
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
To Contact Us
The Cumming Harvest
thecummingharvest@live.com
Facebook
Twitter
The contact information for each farmer and vendor is located on the Grower page.
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!
Russellville Community Market: RCM Order Reminder
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!
Happy ordering!
We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!
Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed.
The Spa City Co-op market is now closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your order this Friday at Emergent Arts, 341A Whittington Avenue, between 3:30 and 5:30. Before 5 pm is best if at all possible, as that’s a long afternoon for our volunteers.
See you Friday,
Karen Holcomb
Market Manager
501-760-3131
ksholcomb@gmail.comb
Champaign, OH: Tuesday!!
So, it’s Tuesday…it’s 9pm…it’s an hour away from market closing time!
What does that mean for you? Well, have you ordered for the week? Did you order but forgot a few items? Have you always wanted to give us a try? Have you been MIA, and want to return?
Whatever the reason, we want you to place your order!! We want you to be part of the local goodness!! We want you to be happy and stress free…
C’mon!! Get your groovy orders in!! I am excited to see where this market takes us, this week…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
New Field Farm's Online Market: Happy September!
Greetings,
We’re adding curly kale and Lacinato, sometimes called dinosaur kale for the texture of the leaf.
We should have lettuce, despite the continuing heat, but no salad mix until next week.
The big surprise last week was to see four goats grazing in our field. We couldn’t corral them and when they started heading for the lettuce Meridian shooed them away and they scrambled off into the woods. We later heard that they’ve been wandering loose for days and no one can catch them. Hopefully, their owner will get them back soon before they get into trouble. It was fun to see them, but not who we want sampling our crops!
Thank you for your orders and enjoy the waning summer.
Tim