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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Atlanta Locally Grown: Available for Saturday August 8
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We will see you Saturday between 9-10 at your selected delivery location.
Thank you,
Brady
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday August 7
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. We will see you on Friday between 5-7 at Copy Central.
Thank you,
Brady
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,
So sorry this week’s newsletter didn’t make it out to you last night! We’ll extend the ordering window tomorrow (Tuesday) until 5 pm to give you more time to place your order!
NEW this week: Beyond Organics has chicken and Cherokee purple tomatoes, Diamond T meats is back with pork and chicken, and Green Fork Farm has Juliet grape tomatoes, sweet Lunchbox snack peppers, and a colored mix of sweet bell peppers.
Also available this week:
*Vegetables—Potatoes, tomatoes, green bell peppers, mixed colored bell peppers, mexi-bell peppers, Lunchbox peppers, jalapenos, poblanos, red Anaheims, green Anaheims, sweet Italian frying peppers, and sweet banana peppers.
Herbs—Green basil, purple basil, Thai basil, tarragon, and mixed herb bunches.
Mushrooms—Fresh log-grown Shiitakes.
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!
StPete.LocallyGrown.Net: Market NOW Open - Aug. 3rd, 2015
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FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS You are invited to watch our Market Tutorial before you begin. If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.
GROW YOUR OWN: Moringa
There is still time to get moringa trees in the ground as they thrive in the heat. They can be pretty invasive so do some research before you transplant them from a pot into your yard… Here is Nathan’s take on “Easy to Grow Plant for Hot Climates, Moringa Tree” filmed during one of his backyard gardening classes. Beware the moringa causes heartburn in some people both raw or cooked, so test it out first. BEFORE you decide to take the plunge, read this article “Moringa, More Than You Can Handle” from someone who found the Moringa hard to manage.
Summertime Volunteer & Training Opportunities
MARKET PRIORITIES Thanks to all who have responded to the call for picking up dairy in Oldsmar every other Thursday. We’ve got a plan in progress now and I’m following up with folks who volunteered to be backup in case the primary person is unable to make it. If you’re interested, please contact me.
NEXT PRIORITY – We need more delivery people trained and ready for the fall wave that will descend upon us sometime in October or November. We need to use the summer to train folks for this. We have three shifts to fill for Friday deliveries. Commitment is a 2.5-hour shift between 1130AM & 630PM. Delivery volunteers are asked to train to become a part of our Friday team and attend a 20-minute phone conference orientation at their convenience. Teams of two deliver via large air-conditioned cargo van throughout St. Petersburg, near Largo, and into Gulfport. Volunteers must be detail oriented, working with checkoff sheets and distributing invoices. Our delivery duos are forming bonds and meeting smiling and grateful customers excited about their vegetables.
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
CLEARANCE ITEMS
We are just bulging with new categories for our Market lately. Next up is “clearance” for discontinued goods. Either there isn’t enough demand or there isn’t enough supply. SAVE BIG as many of these items are pretty much going “at cost”. My new mantra is “live & learn”!
SPECIAL THANKS TO SUMMER GROWERS
Despite recent ongoing rains, Growers for SPLG continue to push forward the best they can to produce for our customers. We offer sincere thanks to all of them for supporting our Market and our Customers! Special mention of Nathan Levy for dropping his workshop prices to just $15 per class. Take advantage of this special summer pricing! Detailed flyer is linked on our Weblog page.
RECENT CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
We really do appreciate hearing from you when things are good and when we need to improve. This time thanks go out to Katie and Jenifer!
- “We really enjoyed our first delivery!!! Scallops were amazing and Don bounced out of this house this morning happy with his fresh apples – thank you for making it a great experience for your (our) customers!!!” – Grower/Customer Jennifer Slocum of Coeurisma
- “Just cooked up the burger I purchased a couple of months ago, it is outstanding, soooo good, reminds me of the real beef when we butchered our own steer at Jones packing in Chemung IL. so happy you do what you do. Thanks! Katie
VOTE FOR ST. PETE LOCALLY GROWN
August 6th is the date to begin voting on Creative Loafing’s website for Best of the Bay 2015 local businesses. Of course, we are hoping to have been nominated in several categories. The vote runs August 6 – September 8 and access to Best of the Bay voting will be made available at this link on August 6th. So please refer back to this email when you decide to vote! The Categories where you may find us are in the “Good & Services” and “People, Places and Politics” sections. Within Goods & Services, please vote for us as Best Farmer’s Market, Best Place to Shop Green, and Best Chemical-Free Food Co-op. Within People, Places and Politics, we hope you deem us the Best Place to Volunteer.
SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR YOUR MENU
- Never had grass fed lamb before? Now is your chance to try it at clearance pricing. We will not be repurchasing due to low demand. Lots of other clearance items, including salmon, available to enjoy before they are gone for good.
- I’m quite curious about several new herbs coming this week from The Faithful Farms. Check out Anise Hyssop which has a licorice flavor but comes from the mint family. Another herb, Salad Burnet has CUCUMBER-flavored leaves.
- Variety of Peppers this week to stirfry, eat raw, or “get hot” over! Just search for peppers to find hot ones and oh-so-sweet ones Here’s a recipe for the Shishito’s!
SPLG’S FRUIT BASKET
Early Gold Apples, Cantaloupe melons, Medjool dates, seedless Red grapes, luscious nectarines, and green papayas grown in St. Pete!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Our Market has high standards for what it sells. Despite that—as seasons transition—the challenges of evolving weather and pesky insects can take its toll on the crops. Market Growers are being very selective about what they are willing to present to you. No, it won’t always be picture perfect (which is part of its charm) and sometimes an insect is going to evade capture! But we won’t send you anything that we wouldn’t eat ourselves. If for any reason we have goofed and you are dissatisfied, please report it to me right away so we can rectify the situation. That’s how we get better and we all benefit from that. Your satisfaction is key to our success as a resource for St. Petersburgs’ lovers of chemical-free, organically & locally grown vegetables.
YOUR COMMENTS REQUESTED
If you are happy with our produce, products and services, PLEASE leave us a brief review on Local Harvest, a national directory of farms, markets, CSAs and folks like us. Just click here to “Post a Review”?
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.
Upcoming Events
All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
- “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Aug. 8th, 8-10AM SUMMER PRICING JUST $15. RSVP NOW
- “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Aug. 15th, 8-10AM SUMMER PRICING JUST $15 RSVP NOW
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“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. SPEAKER PLANNING IN PROGRESS.
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!
Dawson Local Harvest: August News
Dawson Local Harvest for August 7th
August Harvest News
HI EVERYBODY.
Got some news flashes for you.
LEILANI’S continues to have plenty of Tomatoes, Squash, Cucumbers, Peppers, and Eggplant, as well as the Potatoes and Onions added last week. They harvested an Okra today, which Leilani pronounced “excellent” as she ate it raw. This single bold adventurer will be joined by dozens, nay, hundreds of fellow Okras (Okri?) in the Harvest for next week. Their Corn may also be ready then.
MY DAILY BREAD has added Organic Veggie Cream Cheese Spread to their list of Dips and Spreads.
The Market is ordering Fresh Shrimp from TOM’S AWESOME SEAFOOD this week. Order yours now.
If you like Bratwurst you owe it to yourself to try 5 HENS FARMS version. Every one is raving about it.
There will me more to add next week.
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
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for August 2nd
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Potato, Red Pepper & Gouda Frittata
from The Kitchn
Serves 6
1 large onion, diced
5 small red potatoes (1 to 1 1/2 pounds), diced
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme (or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried)
10 large eggs, whisked until frothy
4 ounces Gouda, cut into cubes
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Warm a teaspoon of olive oil in a 10- to 12-inch oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions and a pinch of salt. Sauté until the onions are translucent and just starting to turn brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
Stir in the potatoes and another pinch of salt, and lower the heat to medium. Cover and let the potatoes steam for 4 to 5 minutes. Uncover and stir in the peppers and thyme. Re-cover the pan and continue steaming for another 4 to 5 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Taste and adjust the seasonings.
Scatter the cubes of Gouda evenly over the vegetables, then pour the eggs over top. Shake and tilt the pan to make sure the eggs are evenly distributed.
Put the entire pan in the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the eggs are completely set and beginning to pull away from the sides, and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the frittata cool for a few minutes and then slice it into wedges.
Serve this frittata with a simple green salad and a crusty piece of bread. Leftovers will keep for 5 days and are excellent eaten hot or cold!
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Market News
Hello!
Welcome to the first week of August! We have so many great veggies for you this week – all of the bounty of summer is here! Tomatoes, cukes and squashes, freshly dug potatoes and onions, green beans, and more!
Please remember we guarantee all of our products! If you are not satisfied with any part of your order, please let us know and we will refund your money or replace your item. Some items, like melons this time of year, are hard to know exactly what their quality will be. We want you to feel free to try something and just let us know if it didn’t work out for you!
Bear Creek Farms is running a Fresh Harvest exclusive. On the Market is their Brisket Burger – if you like burgers you got to try it!
The blueberries are fading out, and this should be the last week for The Peach Truck. If you are interested in picking your own blueberries, there are still lots on the bushes at Trace View Farm in Santa Fe, TN, just south of Leiper’s Fork off the Natchez Trace Parkway. If you are interested in picking your own berries there, please call Bernie at (931)682-2864 or (931) 922-1201 to make an appointment. He is giving $5.00 the first bucket to all Fresh Harvest customers.
The Bloomy Rind is still on vacation this week – a working one! Kathleen is in Providence R.I at a cheese artisan conference, where surely she will discover lots of amazing new cheeses for us to try! Next week the selection will be back up.
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
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!
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Dodgeville, WI: Market week of August 2
Sorry about not opening the market last week. The manager was attending a class reunion and I couldn’t ask Gayl to do all of this activity. However, the market is open this week with lots to choose from. There are a lot of beans available this week and by next week you should start to see tomatoes and cucumbers. Try the market out and tell your friends.
The Wednesday Market: Remember to Order
Good afternoon.
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. on Wednesday. Check the website for all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Have a great day, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
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.
Salmon Update!
What’s up with the Salmon?
The salmon are running and Bill from Back in Time Farm will be supplying Alaskan Wild Caught salmon through his son, Running Wild Alaskan Seafood, LLC. He has left for Homer, Alaska and will be back with salmon and have it posted for the Market opening on Thursday, August 6th. It will be open to order then but we will be notifying and watching for those who were on the list to make sure their orders are handled first. You may continue to order after the first week until the supply runs out. 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.
We are within a week or so of having this salmon at our very own market! The packages will be in a couple different ounce packages and range in prices based on $19.00 a pound.
Workshops for July
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!
Cheryl Gelatt
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.
Stones River Market: Time to Order Local Food - Honey and Peaches Return
Stones River Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
On Wednesdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
The Market is back open this morning as August arrives and the start of school is not too far away. We have farmers adding new products and vendors returning from an extended break.
I want to thank the Blue Porch for attending last week’s pick up. Hopefully, many of you were able to sample their cold salads and hot sauces. One thing you may not know about the Blue Porch is they also are caterers.
The following are some of the new and returning items:
- Chef Jenny comes back to us with her seasonings and introduces her snack mixes now in larger sizes.
- Ferris Family Farm returns with peppers and turkish orange eggplant.
- Flying S Farms brings an old time favorite strawberry rhubarb jam made from Middle Tennessee strawberries and rhubarb.
- Our newest farmer, JourneyWorks Community Gardens has corn, new tomatoes and peppers available this week.
- Rainbow Hill Farm brings fresh peaches to the Market this week. Get them while you can.
- Honey from Rocky Glade Farm returns to the Market as well as mountain rose and yukon gold potatoes.
There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.
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Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!
Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!
I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.
I 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!
John
See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/