Palouse Grown Market:  It's Sunday!

Last day of the week to order from Palouse Grown Market!

Farm-direct, freshest food on the Palouse, with easy ordering and pick up.
Do your weekly shopping in just a few clicks!

Thanks for supporting local farms and folks!

Holly
Market Manager

StPete.LocallyGrown.Net:  Market NOW Open - Aug. 17th, 2015

Summertime Volunteer & Training Opportunities

ATT: RAW DAIRY LOVERS
Our recent plan for getting raw dairy to you from The Dancing Goat has been cancelled due to a well deserved promotion and additional responsibilities for our would-be volunteer. Congratulations to Miss Carol! I am back asking for a volunteer to pick up dairy in Oldsmar every other Thursday afternoon. Pam says picking up anytime after Noon until 4 or 5pm will work well. Volunteer will pick up crates (2 or 3 to transport the egg cartons) and 2 or 3 large styrofoam coolers/ice at our home on Thursday on the way to Pam’s. There is a back up person who is ready to help on an emergency basis with 3 or 4 days notice whenever the primary volunteer has something come up. We will not be able to continue carrying The Dancing Goat’s products as of Oct. 1st without a volunteer to go to Oldsmar and pick up every other Thursday for our Market. Only THREE Markets remain to train someone to fill this spot. Please respond to make arrangements for training with Nathan this week (on 8/20) if at all possible.

FRIDAY DELIVERIES – We would like to train more delivery people to prepare for the fall wave that will descend upon us sometime in October or November. We have three shifts to fill for Friday deliveries of about 2.5-hours each sometime between 1130AM & 630PM. Delivery volunteers are asked to attend a 20-minute phone conference orientation at their convenience. How does it work? Volunteer teams of two deliver via a large air-conditioned cargo van throughout St. Petersburg, near Largo, and into Gulfport. Volunteers must be detail oriented to manage checkoff sheets and distribute invoices. If this sounds like YOU, please call Tina right away at 727-515-9469.

Details of volunteer needs for the following folks are listed at the links below.
St. Pete Locally Grown Market is the hub for selling & delivering fine products of many of St. Petersburg’s urban entrepreneurs.
Pioneer Settlement Garden in St. Pete
The Dancing Goat in Oldsmar
Alexandra Lake Farm in Dade City

Message from Your Market Manager

CHANGE IN MARKET SHOPPING DATES
Effective on October 5th, our Market Calendar has been revised to change dates that St. Pete Locally Grown Market will be open for end of year holidays. Here is the Revised Calendar which you can always access via a link from the Weblog page. I suggest you save it as a Favorite. The calendar timeframe is now different in the weeks of October 12th through November 13th. They are now the opposite of what they were on the old calendar. In other words, the weeks that were open for that timeframe are now closed and vice versa.

VOTE FOR ST. PETE LOCALLY GROWN
Your support is needed! Just go to Stage 3 at this link to cast your ballots. Here is where you’ll find us listed: Within Goods & Services, please vote for us as Best Farmer’s Market, Best Place to Shop Green, and at the bottom of the list under “Best Category We Forgot” please select Best Online Farmers Market to get it on next year’s ballot. (For Best Farmer’s Market VENDOR, please select “The Dancing Goat”) Within People, Places and Politics, please declare us the Best Place to Volunteer.

SPLG’S FRUIT BASKET
Ginger Gold Apples, Cantaloupe melons, local avocados, local star fruit (aka carambola), Medjool dates, luscious peaches, red Starkrimson pears, and green papayas grown in St. Pete!

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

• “Monthly Potluck Social”, Aug. 22th, Nathan’s Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM for active Market customers, growers, and volunteers. BY Whoozin.com e-vite ONLY. Want to Learn about Cooking with Essential Oils? Attend this month and Learn How to Incorporate Essential Oils in your Daily Cooking. Jennifer Gilman, Master Herbalist and Owner of The Herbal Cabinet, will teach us how to use these precious oils to enhance the flavor of our food. You’ll learn conversions from teaspoons to drops and how to adjust your favorite recipes. She’ll be bringing a couple dishes for us to sample…Yum…and she’ll have a few “Cooking with Essential Oil Sample Kits” for sale to get you started. The kits will have a variety of oils for just $15. Jennifer uses only PURE Essential Oils that have the FDA Supplement Facts Panel on them which shows that they can be ingested.
• NO WORKSHOPS BY NATHAN IN SEPTEMBER
  

Fresh Harvest, LLC:  Fresh Harvest for August 16th

Market News

Hello!
We have a great selection of items on the Market for you this week!

Have you felt that slight hint of the approaching Fall? You will be able to see it this week with the veggies, as we have a wide selection of greens, many potato varieties, and beautiful winter squash! There are still the summer staples of cucumbers, tomatoes and summer squash, but these won’t be around much longer so enjoy them while you can!

Also, lovely medium to large watermelon this week, for you fruits of summer pleasure!

Dozen Bakery has listed a new cookie this week – peanut butter! Can’t wait to try that one! Also, The Peach Truck may be gone, but there are still peach galetes available which are absolutely delicious and will satisfy that peach craving!

We are happy to have Little Seed Farm’s goat milk soap with us again. If you haven’t tried their soap, please do. Their handcrafted, all natural soap made with goat milk from their own herd is known for its skin soothing properties and wonderful smell!

We certainly appreciate your support. We know you have many options for buying local produce these days, and are thankful to you for ordering your good veggies, fruits, meats and eggs through Fresh Harvest!

Thanks so much – and we’ll see you on Wednesday!

John and Tallahassee

Coming Events

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  thank you notes

Everyone write 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 you want to email 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. Caution: this might surprise the pants off them!

I also want to take this opportunity to say that it has pained me in the past to read some very impersonal emails to farmers from customers, just because this is an online market. Please use email to spread kindness to your growers, not only negativity and expectations.

I received a thank you email this week that almost buckled my knees. It had nothing to do with food, but it made me realize that appreciation still translates through email. It also made me realize how many times I miss the opportunity to send a genuine thank you.

Don’t forget to place your order before 9pm tomorrow night and we’ll see you Wednesday!

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder

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.

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Salmon Update!

The Salmon is Available for Ordering!

Hello, Everyone! There’s still some salmon left.
I’m being told that there may be a chance for a second catch to be added but not guaranteed yet. So if you are wanting salmon, I recommend purchasing while you have the chance.
This deliciously fresh salmon is carefully selected directly from the fishermen’s nets from the cold Alaskan waters before it ever enters the ship’s hold. Only the best is chosen to become part of " Running Wild Alaskan Seafood’s" premium offerings. The fish is immediately bled and iced down before making the short boat ride to the processor located in Homer, Alaska. Here it is quickly processed and flash frozen (to ensure freshness) then packed into coolers for the overnight trip to Georgia. This is the freshest salmon available without going to Alaska to catch it yourself. Red Sockeye salmon is packed with flavor and nutrition.
The packages will be in a couple different ounce packages and range in prices based on $19.00 a pound.

See you Tuesday!

Iris Potter
Market Manager

Workshops for August

Mozzarella 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.

Tue. Aug. 11, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $5

To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.

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.

Gwinnett Locally Grown:  Sunday Market Reminder

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.

U

Salmon Update!

The Salmon is Available for Ordering!

Hello, Everyone! There’s still some salmon left.
I’m being told that there may be a chance for a second catch to be added but not guaranteed yet. So if you are wanting salmon, I recommend purchasing while you have the chance.
This deliciously fresh salmon is carefully selected directly from the fishermen’s nets from the cold Alaskan waters before it ever enters the ship’s hold. Only the best is chosen to become part of " Running Wild Alaskan Seafood’s" premium offerings. The fish is immediately bled and iced down before making the short boat ride to the processor located in Homer, Alaska. Here it is quickly processed and flash frozen (to ensure freshness) then packed into coolers for the overnight trip to Georgia. This is the freshest salmon available without going to Alaska to catch it yourself. Red Sockeye salmon is packed with flavor and nutrition.
The packages will be in a couple different ounce packages and range in prices based on $19.00 a pound.

See you Tuesday!

Iris Potter
Market Manager

Workshops for August

Mozzarella 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.

Tue. Aug. 11, 2015 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $5

To purchase tickets visit OperationHomebrew.com.

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.

Dawson Local Harvest:  The AUGUST PRODUCE UPDATE

DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST for August 21st

AUGUST PRODUCE UPDATE

HI EVERYONE!

Here’s what’s happening on the Produce front for late summer. Berry-wise, BRAMBERI FARMS expects to have Red Raspberries for the next several weeks with Blackberries joining their listings shortly. Over at LEILANI’S the good news is Okra is available (and delicious) and should be around a while, the Eggplant is piling in, Peppers are making a bit of a resurgence, and wonderful Potatoes and good Tomatoes are available. The bad news? Corn came and went in a single week due, I guess, to pent-up demand! WOW! Sure was great, though. On a more optomistic note, both Squash and Zucchini plants are flowering so we should have both available in 2 weeks hopefully.

Don’t forget about the fabulous quick-frozen Georgia White Shrimp from TOM’S. It doesn’t get any fresher unless you go out on the boat and cook it as it’s caught!

THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!

REMEMBER! You can order until Tuesday night at 8pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 7pm.

You’ll find the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST at http://dawsonville.locallygrown.net

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! We guarantee your satisfaction with all products in the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.

Have a happy and healthy week!

Alan Vining
Market Manager

The Wednesday Market:  Time to Order; We Need Help!

Good afternoon to all.

The Wednesday Market is open. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Please check the website for all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

Dear friends, we at The Wednesday Market need your help! We are in search of a volunteer to take over the milk run that occurs weekly on Wednesdays between The Good Shepherd dairy farm in McDonough and our Market in Zebulon. The job involves driving to the farm with several large coolers, picking up about 30 gallons of fresh milk, and bringing them to Zebulon. Ideally, the milk should be delivered to our Market at about 1:30 p.m., in time to give our other volunteers time to stock the refrigerators before customers begin arriving.

We have many, many faithful milk customers, and we want to continue to provide fresh, wholesome milk to everyone who orders it every week. We are looking for a passionate, dedicated and diligent person to join our team and help us continue this service. If you are interested, please let us know as soon as possible!

Thank you all for supporting The Wednesday Market and locally grown agriculture. Thanks also for your commitment to purchasing locally. We’ll see you on Wednesday.

Thanks,

Beverly

Green Fork Farmers Market:  Weekly product list

Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,

Eggs are back! Beyond Organics is offering pastured, totally free range chicken eggs this week. They also have zucchini, and check out their great selection of chicken cuts.

NEW this week—Green Fork Farm has fresh sage and rosemary, red bell peppers, habaneros, long Red cayennes, serranos, large jalapenos, and mixed hot peppers.

Green Fork Farm also has Shiitakes available.

Also available this week:

Eggs—Pastured chicken eggs.

Vegetables—Potatoes, tomatoes, green bell peppers, red bell peppers, jalapenos, large jalapenos, poblanos, red Anaheims, green Anaheims, Long Red Cayennes, habaneros, serranos, mixed hot peppers, lunchbox snack peppers and sweet banana peppers.

Herbs—Green basil, purple basil, Thai basil, sage, rosemary, and mixed herb bunches.

Meat—Pastured beef, chicken, and pork.

Fermented foods—Sauerkraut and jalapenos.

Cookies—Chocolate chip cookies made with wheat or oat flour.

Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.

Olives—organic and directly from the grower in California.

Plants and Flowers—Culinary, medicinal, and pollinator plants, ready-made flower arrangements.

Place your order from now until Tuesday at 5:00 pm for pickup on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.

If you aren’t able to place an order, stop by to shop with us on Wednesday. We will have a variety of items for sale from the table.

See you on Wednesday,

Green Fork Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
At Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR

To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Opening Bell

Welcome to another RCM Market Week!

Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!

Happy shopping! Eat Local!

Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.

Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.

Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.