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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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Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Crossfit Market is Open!
The Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Heirloom Living Market ~ Crossfit O-Zone is now open!
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
~Maryanne
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CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring glass jars, egg cartons please.
Good Morning,
This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table!
Thank you,
Steve
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Our Website: www.conway.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @conwaygrown
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: JNA Farm market is open for ordering.
The market is now open for ordering. We have so many wonderful items to choose from so take a moment to think about what wonderful foods you would like to prepare this week or let one of our wonderful cooks/artisans prepare for you.
HAve a blessed weekend and we will see you Wednesday.
Mary Beth
Champaign, OH: It's Magic
Summer,it turns me upside down
Summer, summer, summer
It’s like a merry go round…
(The Cars – Magic Lyrics)
Nothing says summer more than the magic that herbs and seasonings can bring to all of your fresh, summer produce!!
I bring you an announcement from Joe and Charlene Stapleton of Swisher Hill Herbs…
Swisher Hill herbs says: “Celebrate the summer with fresh vegetables”. They have an herb combo to complement any dish; dill weed is great for green beans, cabbage or cucumbers or try SHH Italian Seasoning for your fresh tomato spaghetti and marinara sauces. SHH South of the Border will give fresh garden salsas, the kick it needs. Speaking of kicks try adding red pepper flakes to that garden pizza. keep a supply of our dip mixes on hand to blend with butter and spread it on roasted sweet corn or make a dip for that oh so good vegie tray. Last but not least, you will need ground cinnamon for all of the zucchini breads you will be making this summer.
And there you have it…bring the magic of summer produce alive with the right seasoning blends!
Thanks Swisher Hill Herbs!
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is OPEN for orders!
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
suwanee.locallygrown.net
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 5pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:45 pm. PLEASE NOTE NEW PICK UP ENDING TIME at 6:45 PM
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla
If you are planning to pay using Dwolla please make sure your deposit includes the 25 cents fee. For example, if your order total is $22.50 make your deposit for $22.75.
Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Nora
Champaign, OH: When I Paint My Masterpiece
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody…
When I paint my masterpiece…
(Grateful Dead – When I Paint My Masterpiece)
Well, first of all, thank you, thank you for a lovely market, this week!! We appreciate you all so much and we totally groove that you love our little local market, so much!!!
By keeping it real and keeping it local, you are painting the masterpiece to good health, local growth, and helping to build the local economy.
As you think about this masterpiece of local love, think about what you are doing, this weekend!! You can support all things local by venturing downtown to the 10th Annual Art Affair On The Square!!
Your market manager is a chairperson, your favorite local meat producer, Oakview Farm Meats, is a food vendor, new locally grown vendor, Nanette, will be a dessert vendor in her new food trailer, and, your local organics store/vendor/ LuAnn Shafer of Tastefully Simple is also a chairperson!
See the masterpiece of local? It all goes hand in hand…
As I open the market, once again, for the week, I urge you to think about the local masterpiece you are painting…let us be a part of that creation. Let us help you paint it, layer by layer, by placing your trust in our little local market of love…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Local Farms First: THE MARKET IS OPEN!!
Greetings Local Farms First food lovers!
Summer Produce!
Thistle Whistle Farm has amazing BEAUTIFUL Beets!! The Market is now open!! Please log in and place your orders to support your local farmers!
Thanks for supporting local family farms,
Amy Konash- Market Manager
LocalFarmsFirst.org – a 501c3 non-profit
970-641-7682
click here to start shopping on the website:
www.LocalFarmsFirst.com
Jonesborough Locally Grown: Jonesborough Market Saturday 7/19
Farmers love the rain!
We will have a large variety of produce tomorrow so plan your weekly menu. Corn is hitting the market as well as beans, cucumbers, squash and more. McQueen Farm will have blackberries.
The Old Timers Band will be providing the music.
Don Burger, Dragonfly Cottage Pottery will have an interactive play with clay for adults and children along with his pottery for sale. Create something and Don will fire it for you.
Did you know that our market provides a special incentive for EBT (food stamp) customers? We provide up to a $10 match for to encourage spending their limited food budget on the healthiest food possible—from our market! If you’d like to contribute to this cause—loose change, dollars or checks—we have a collection jar at the info booth. Donations can be tax-deductible too. Read more here: EBT Match Campaign
See you on the street,
Deb
Gwinnett Locally Grown: MARKET IS OPEN!
The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
We have three different varieties of cucumbers available this week, and they’re all different. Below are quick descriptions:
Lemon Burpless from Bo & Lisa’s
The flavor is mild and sweet, and the skin isn’t quite as bitter as other varieties. The name comes from their appearance, rather than taste!
Pickling Cucumbers from Bo & Lisa’s
These are excellent for making sweet pickles or even refrigerator pickles. I will try to find a recipe for these when I come back from vacation!
General Lee Slicing Cucumbers from Back River Farm
Excellent slicers for cucumber salad or a salad with cucumber highlights.
If you pay us by check: Please make checks payable to Rancho Alegre Farm rather than Gwinnett Locally Grown. Thanks so much!!!!
Mother Earth Meats is transitioning to a 6-week delivery cycle. The means the next delivery will be August 2, and cut-off for ordering bulk packages is July 19. It is likely he will remain on the 6-week cycle, so please plan accordingly.Here is the direct link to the most popular package but don’t be afraid to browse the website!
Here’s how ordering works:
• 1. Place your order for Mother Earth Meats products on their website. Remember, they offer more than chicken, so it does not have to only be chicken.
• 2. At checkout, fill out the Shipping Address with OUR address as follows: Rancho Alegre Farm, 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. Please see the snapshot on the right for a graphic explanation. IMPORTANT: Click on Buyer’s Club so you are not charged shipping!
• 3. Pay online when you order.
• 4. Forward us your order confirmation via email with subject line MEM ORDER to grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com. This is extremely important!
• 5. Pick up your order Saturday, August 2. Exact time will be announced as soon as we know the schedule, but we may have to call you that day. If you order, please keep your day open as we do not have storage space and delivery drops are not packaged to survive in the summer heat the way they were when Tracy was shipping.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!
Please contact 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.
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: August Pick Up time change & Group Buy
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
How to contact us:
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Email: suwaneewholelife@gmail.com
Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
August Pick Up Time Change (PLEASE READ)
As many of you know I have 2 active children. They are very involved in sports and in August their practices start up again. In addition, I’m a coach for my daughter’s team. They have practice on Tuesdays so I’m going to have to change our pick up time to end at 5:00 pm instead of 6:45 pm. This is temporary and I will change the time back to 6:45 pm starting in November when our season is over.
I apologize that this temporary time change will affect some of you but I hope you understand that my responsibility to my family has to come first.
Please plan accordingly if you need to have your box delivered to your home.
The first day of the pick up time change will be Tuesday, August 5th.
Therefore, from August to November pick up time on Tuesdays will be from when I send the “Ready to pick up email” around 1pm to 5pm.
I will send out an update in November when we revert back to our normal close time.
Thank you in advance for your understanding!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
THANK YOU Lori, Linda, Stephanie, Gregg and Maya for volunteering on Tuesday!!! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!
The August calendar is posted and we need volunteers!
If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer
The link is also posted on the About page on our website.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Fermented Cod Liver Oil Group Buy – Green Pasture
This weekend we will have our monthly Group Buy for Green Pasture products (Fermented Cod Liver Oil, High Vitamin Butter Oil, Skate Liver Oil, etc. All currently available products (as of today) will be listed on the market site tomorrow for ordering.
The prices include our discounted group buy price, shipping, fees and taxes.
THIS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP THIS TUESDAY.
I will place our group order on Monday and expect it will be available for pick up within 2 weeks. This is a prepaid pre-order, so payment is expected this Tuesday. If you are only ordering Green Pasture products this week, please drop a check in the mail or online payment on the co-op market website.
If you are new to the co-op and/or Fermented Cod Liver Oil, I have a section at the bottom of this weblog that discusses the benefits of this amazing product.
I’ve also listed my recommendations and dosage for adults and kids.
Lizzie’s Pantry is on Vacation
Lizzie’s Pantry is on vacation this week and their items have been taken off the market. They will be back next week! If you need GMO-Free flours, grains or flax seeds, there will be some table sales available on Tuesday. Look for those items on the large table closest to the loading dock entrance.
Eden Foods Special Order
We are doing a special order with Lizzie’s Pantry for Eden Foods!
Delicious Healthy Snacking, Canned Tomatoes (BPA Free Lining), Dried and Canned Beans, Apple Cider Vinegar and more – Focused on all natural, organic, NON-GMO food
Eden Foods is one of the oldest natural and organic food company in North America. Info about Eden Foods
Orders accepted through July 30, 2014. Customers will be notified on or before August 20, 2014 for pick-up and payment. Shipping is FREE!
How to Order:
Order by filling out a order form and bring to co-op pick up, faxing to 404-521-4298 or emailing sales@lizziespantry.com
To download an order form and PDF flyer on the July Special Order click here! Eden Foods Order Form and Flyer
When filling out your order form please put “Suwanee Whole Life Co-op” on the Representative line so Lizzie’s Pantry will know to deliver to our warehouse location. Also don’t forget to include 3% food tax and shipping is free.
If you have any questions regarding this special order please contact Lizzie’s Pantry at liz@lizziespantry.com.
Upcoming Group Buys
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Green Pasture – Fermented Cod Liver Oils- 7/18/14 – 7/20/14
Muddy Pond – Pure Sorghum Syrup – 7/25/14 – 7/27/14
Jason Wiebe Dairy- Farmstead Cheese – Grass Fed Cheeses – 8/1/14-8/3/14
Kenny’s farmhouse Cheese – Grass Fed Cheeses – 8/1/14-8/3/14
Fermented Cod Liver Oil Information
GREEN PASTURE INFO:
Here’s some information about Fermented Cod Liver Oil and its health benefits:
Why choose Green Pasture Products?
•Whole Food Form
•Wild, as Provided by Nature
•Natural fatty acid complex, nothing removed or changed
•Full, deep range of Vitamins A, D, E, K; CoQ enzymes; and other Quinones
•Non-industrialized & Historical Processing Methods
•Clean, Pure, and Extensive Third Party Tested (NO PCBs, Lead, Mercury, Arsenic or other Heavy Metals)
•Family owned business
Why is FCLO better than regular fish oil? •Green Pasture uses wild caught cod in and around the Arctic region (A substantial amount of today’s cod liver oil is produced from farmed fish)
•FCLO higher in nutrients than regular fish oil
•Double the amounts of vitamin A and D as regular cod liver oil
•Goes rancid less quickly
•No synthetic vitamins added
•Most salmon oil has one-fifth the potency of cod liver oil
•1/2 TBS of FCLO provides the amount of elongated omega-3 fatty acids found in twelve 1,000 mg fish oil capsules
What are the benefits of Fermented Cod Liver Oil?
•Rich in Vitamins A & D which are crucial nutrients that are lacking in most modern diets
•Vitamin A- vital for a healthy immune system and healthy vision and is important for proper development in children
•Vitamin D- improves insulin function, protective effect against multiple sclerosis,
•May help prevent flu (lack of vitamin D synthesis during the winter as one explanation for high rates of influenza infection during cold season)
•In women, higher levels of vitamin D from cod liver oil improve bone mineral density
•EPA- Eicosapentaenoic acid (Omega 3 Fatty Acid) anti-inflammatory and necessary for prostaglandin production
•DHA -docasahexaenoic acid, a nutrient absolutely vital for a healthy brain and nervous system
•Fights inflammation associated with heart disease and heals the lining of the arteries
•Reduces the size of atheromas clogging arteries and improves blood vessel function
•Studies have shown cod liver oil can protect against diseases like cancer and leukemia
•Effective in treating arthritis
•Helps maintain soft skin and minimize wrinkles
How does it benefit my child’s health?
From conception through adolescence, cod liver oil can provide developing children with what they need to thrive. Mothers who take cod liver oil during pregnancy and nursing protect their children from disease while providing them with important nutrients and fatty acids. For growing children, cod liver oil is important for healthy bones and teeth, as well as preventing common problems like ADHD. It’s also an excellent treatment for diaper rash and other skin conditions if used topically.
Synergy of Butter Oil and Cod Liver Oil
Research shows that butter oil and cod liver oil, taken together, provide complementary factors leading to proper essential fatty acid balance. High-vitamin butter oil contains arachidonic acid (AA), an omega-6 fatty acid, while cod liver oil is rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an omega-3. Moreover, the saturated fatty acids in the butter oil promote efficient utilization of the unsaturated fatty acids in the cod liver oil. Finally, butter oil contains a broad and deep range of important quinones including Vitamin K, E and CoQ enzymes while cod liver oil is rich in Vitamin A and D.
Green Pasture’s High-Vitamin Butter Oil is extracted from dairy milk produced by Guernsey and Devon cows (high butterfat producers) that graze exclusively on irrigated grass in the northern Great Plains. This specific combination of climate and irrigation produces a rapidly growing specialized forage, ensuring optimal levels of Activator X as discovered by Dr. Price. Activator X and other nutrients are then further concentrated by putting the butterfat through a specialized low-temperature centrifuge process
Here is a link to an article about the benefit of cod liver oil and why it’s best taken with a high vitamin butter oil http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil .
I’ve been taking FLCO since October 2011 and I can honestly say that I have seen an improvement in my own health. My hair and nails are stronger than they’ve ever been. My hair hasn’t been this thick since my last pregnancy 6 years ago. My skin feels and looks better. I usually have small bumps on my upper arms and they have virtually disappeared. My hormone level seems more even and no mood swings. One member told me her vision has improved since taking FCLO. My son thinks it’s helped him learn how to read! He loves it and actually requests it. My daughter, on the other hand, takes it only because she knows it’s good for her.
I have heard and seen several testimonies about FCLO increasing HDL (the good cholesterol) and have experienced it myself. My doctor has been tracking my HDL (and LDL) for the past 5 years and noticed that my HDL has been going up since 2011. The only significant dietary change I have made is adding FCLO to my diet. One of my closest friends has been taking the infused coconut oil that includes fclo and skate oils. Her HDL skyrocketed almost 50 points and her LDL lowered. Ironically we have the same doctor and she is now very interested in Fermented Cod Liver Oil.
Last year, my dentist told me I had a small “soft spot” on one of my molars that he wanted to keep an eye on. I doubled up on my fish oil and at my next visit he said it was no longer there! I have been told by others that using this product can help re-mineralize your teeth and reverse tooth decay and now I believe it.
My neighbor just started taking FCLO recently. She is also a breast cancer survivor for almost 14 years but has suffered from lymphedema (swelling in arms and hands). She told me shortly after taking fermented cod liver oil blend gel she has seen a significant reduction in her swelling and sense of well being she hasn’t felt in years!
If you have a testimony you’d like to share, please email me. I’d love to know how others in our co-op have seen the benefits of taking this wonderful product!
Nora’s recommendations:
I have personally tried every flavor and type of FCLO that Green Pasture carries. There are 2 that my entire family takes and we switch it up for variety- FCLO/HVBO Blend Gel- Cinnamon Tingle Flavor and Infused Coconut Oil- Carob Banana flavor.
I recommend shaking up the FCLO Blend Gels then storing it in the fridge upside down. It’s easier to scoop out that way. None of the products need refrigeration but I do only for this product. The infused coconut oils tend to harden up in the fridge so I just keep it on the counter.
My family has “family fish oil time” right after dinner. We take it with a little orange juice or something acidic to cleanse our palate.
Suggested Dosage:
FCLO/HVBO Blend Gel- Adults 1 teaspoon, children 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon depending on age
Infused Coconut Oils- Adults 1 tablespoon, children 1/4 to 1/2 tablespoon depending on age.
For other FCLO products see sources below for recommended dosage.
Dosage sources:
http://holisticsquid.com/how-much-cod-liver-oil-do-i-need/
http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil/cod-liver-oil-basics
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