Carolina Foothills, SC:  Happy Friday! Market Opens Tonight!

http://carolinafoothills.locallygrown.net/market

Happy Morning to you!

Welcome New Customers

Our NEW pick up location for Pickens/Easley is at the YMCA Pickens! Just come on in the front entrance ( 4:15 to 6:15) and you’ll see our table and a smiling face!

The YMCA is all about promoting Health, Fitness and Local Chemical-Free Food! Bravo to this awesome group of people at the YMCA.

As food grows the more is offered. When you buy local Organic you are saying NO to GMO and putting your dollars into your farmers who live in our community.

Lots of abundance to choose from. Note that Farmers will add products through the weekend so check back.

Have Fun browsing and remember that when you order you must choose a pick up location for it to go through. Any ??? Just text the Market Manager.

Grow!

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  JNA Farm Market is open for ordering.

Another beautiful day today… a few years ago I took my father-in-love to the doctor. He was beginning stages of dementia and the doctor was doing a cognitive awareness test on him. He was not having a good day and could not remember many details; date, year, president, that sort of thing. The last question asked of him was to write a sentence, any sentence. He wrote, ‘I love this beautiful earth’. There are some things we never forget.

We are so excited to see the market offerings growing weekly. We are currently talking to a farm about offering their cheeses on the market. I am ordering a variety so that we can sample them. It may have to be a group buy item versus having it on the market weekly but we will see how you like the cheese and go from there.

Chicken – *Joyful Noise Acres Farm *will have a limited amount of chicken available on Wednesday, these will be whole birds, no cuts yet. You can reserve the number of chickens you want, maximum of 3 per family.

We have a great variety of vegetables available again this week, our farmers have been so busy. They have a bounty of herbs also. The best way to preserve your herbs is to chop them, fill ice cube trays with the herbs then pour olive oil over them. They will freeze but it is a soft freeze and then transfer them to a baggie and keep frozen. It will be easy to add a cube at a time to sauces, soups, etc. and you don’t loose the fresh flavor of the herbs.

At the end of the week, when you have a few extra veggies, salad leaves and what nots, toss them all in olive oil and a splash of Home Appetit Dark Balsamic Vinegar and roast them. This is great for eating now or puree the roasted veggies and freeze them to add to sauces and soups or meat loaf. We don’t want any of the goodness to go to waste.

We want to share what we do with everyone because we want everyone to eat good, clean food. For the month of June, if you refer someone to the market and they join, we are offering a $5 credit to you. Be sure to tell them to give us your name when they join.

Off to the market with you… see you Wednesday.

Mary Beth
Joyful Noise Acers Farm

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:

Our Website: www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Twitter: @conwaygrown

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for orders!

The market is now open for ordering
suwanee.locallygrown.net

Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 7pm.

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.

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.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Nora

Savannah, GA:  Bee Pollen

Tips from the Hive; Bee Pollen
I have been eating bee pollen in my shakes every morning for several years. It is a very unique and extraordinary food that can enhance all bodily systems.
Dr Cousens says: " Bee Pollen contains 18 vitamins, carotene, 56 minerals, all 22 essential amino acids, over 5000 enzymes, polysaccharides and simple sugars, nucleic acids and 15% lecithin (different from soy lecithin) that is especially good for brain development .
Research done by doctors from France, Italy and Russia, shows the bee pollen is one of the richest sources of bioavailable protein in nature.
Did you know that gram for gram, bee pollen contains more protein than cheese, eggs and meat? With 96 different nutrients including every nutrient known that your body needs, bee pollen might just be the most complete superfood in nature. Civilizations from around the globe have praised bee pollen as a sacred source of rejuvenation, longevity, energy and stamina.
This is an alkaline food that is considered by many to be one of the most complete food sources found in nature. Bee pollen is loaded with antioxidants, it is a hormonal booster and increases strength, endurance, energy and speed. It reduces the presence of histamine, thus ameliorating many allergies. It is the most powerful ojas building food as it is the concentrated semen of the plant world. For all these reasons, this superfood was known to the ancient Greeks as “the food of the gods”.
Dr Cousens recommends 1-3 tbsp per day
I recommend starting slow with 1 tsp a day and working up to 1 Tbsp a day (should take about a week for your body to accept this new superfood protein.)

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  News: Volunteers Needed & Grass Fed Butter

Champaign, OH:  Love Train

People all over the world,
Join hands, start a love train, love train…
The O’Jays – Love Train

So, the market certainly has become a little Love Train of sorts! Thank you, so much, to all of you, who email, message, chat with us, give us compliments. It is because of your continued excitement, support, laughter, and love, that we have such fun bringing you the local love!!

As I was groovin’ the market, tonight, and chatting with both vendors and customers, I just felt such a rush of feelings! Pride, excitement, love…it’s what I pour into this little local market of goodness. Watching each of the vendors coming in, I could tell that they all feel it, too! The same with each customer!

This market is like the little market that could. The little train that never gave up. We just kept going, quietly, determined, full of spark!! We knew that one day, through all of our hard work, we would reach the next part of the tracks. But, we still have more destinations and goals to meet. We want to continue this little Love Train journey that our market takes us on, each week.

Before I open the market, I wanted to say just a few reminders…

*If you place an order…make sure you receive a confirmation!!!! If you don’t receive one, email me!!!

*Our first winner of the Market of Love playlist, tonight, was Jodi Compton!! She was so excited that she screamed in the lobby!!

*A new drawing will be held for another winner of the Market of Love playlist!! Get your order in to be the next in line!

*Humberto Nieto (aka Laura) won the Cosmic Coupon Of Love!!

So, with that, I bring to you another opening of another market week! We are here for you, bringing you the love, making the goodness all happen, enjoying our local Love Train…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Jonesborough Locally Grown:  Jonesborough Saturday Market 5/31

No rain, just a warm sunny day for the market.

Music will be provided by Symphony Rags.

We have a few new vendors this week. Davey Crockett High School will have plants, White’s Mountain Meadow Farm will have produce and Earl Castol will have his coleuses.

The greens are coming in and the eggs are plentiful.

Come on down and have a cup of coffee, do some shopping and enjoy all the great folks at the market.

See you on the street.

Deb

Farmer At Your Door:  No market this year, Options!

I’m sorry to say that there will be no Farmer At Your Door this year. But you have options! In my effort to keep you fed and happy,. Tracys Farm Bus is an awesome option. She appears in many places with local, healthy product. She also delivers. I am also in touch with many growers myself. If you need items, let me know. There are many ways to get you those items. I would like to thank all of you for remaining wonderful customers and great local businesses. This is not the end all your food options this could be just the beginning of your awareness of our local growers and businesses. Please email me at bogie3513@msn.com if you need anything, well not anything, maybe a little lettuce, turkey, a radish, a loaf of bread, not just anything. I would love to keep in touch with all of you.if you need further information on how to get ahold of Tracy, I would be more than happy to let you know. Merry

Local Farms First:  THE MARKET IS OPEN!!

Greetings Local Farms First food lovers!

Abundant Life Organic Farms

Local fresh produce from A to Z! Abundant Life Organic Farms has the first available Arugula for the season and Zucchinis!! Log on today to place your orders! There are tons of fresh produce like radishes, greens, spinach, herbs, eggs, juice, meat and more!!

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