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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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Champaign, OH: 2,000 Miles
2000 miles…
Is very far through the snow…
I’ll think of you…
Wherever you go…
(Pretenders – 2000 Miles)
Happy Sunday, lovely little market of love customers!! Are we ready to start rockin’ the market, the orders, the upcoming month of December? We definitely are rockin’ the local scene…I hear it everywhere that I go, everywhere that I turn.
And, as I type today’s Weblog, I think of how we are on the cusp of December. How did that happen? How did we land on one of the most magical months of the year, so soon, again?
December has always been such a twinkling kind of month for me. Not for the presents or the material way that the month has come to represent, but in all of my best memories, they all somehow take place around the holidays and December.
As you all have gotten to know me, you know that I have made my circles of friends into my family. I share deep bonds with friends dating back to Kindergarten, and I have been collecting precious friends, all of my life.
The song that I chose for today, represented my college Christmas years, and my Los Angeles Christmas years. In college, I used to love rushing through finals, packing my car, hugging sorority sisters goodbye, and heading back to the West End. December always called for old friends, old familiar haunts, Christmas jobs at our mall, parties, running around, catching up in little hole in the wall places. I loved being packed in booths of dimly lit clubs with all of my favorite people, and just enjoying the season. This song would play on jukeboxes, and it just seemed to be the perfect place in all of the world.
When I moved off, after college, and had my first apartment in Venice Beach, I remember my first California Christmas. I wasn’t used to the warmth or the beaches in December. I wasn’t able to return home in those years because as a flight attendant, that month was a busy flight schedule month. On my days off, I would roam the village of Westwood, looking at the decorations, meet up with new friends, started to make new traditions, explored the Canyons, went to homes of new friends for holiday celebrating. But it always seemed a bit off. Weird that I was not returning to the arms of my old pals, my old haunts.
One gloomy day, I was in a bookshop in Westwood, and this song started to play. I got so teary eyed as I listened to it…both for missing the old but also for being so happy with the new.
December has always been that way for me…a celebration of the old, a welcoming of the new, a quiet thankfulness that so many people have allowed me into their lives, have touched my life, and all of it is just tied up in a celebration of love.
Because that, to me, is what this upcoming month is about…the love. Just the love.
Bringing me to how much this little local market of love can play into the love factor. We are here to nourish you, to give you the best love possible in our products, to make you feel warm, happy, and to fill your souls with local love.
Think about all that you have coming up, crazy weeks, loved ones coming and going, meeting up with old and new friends, entertaining, showing the love, all month. You are going to need us, now, more than any other time of the year. Let us help you bring the love to your loved ones…shop with us, use our market as your gift sources, use us to make your life a celebration of all that is good…
It’s Sunday…the holiday weekend is winding down…set aside some time to get those orders in. We love when you love us…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
CLG: Opening Bell:
Good afternoon,
The market will run the first 3 weeks of December. Milder weather has extended the season for many products!
Available now!: ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
Check out all the Featured Products and use the SEARCH field on the main Market page to quickly find the items you want.
Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table.
The market is now _*+OPEN+*_for orders. Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
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
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net
Hope everyone is well and enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We spent the day with my family, had a beautiful meal, did lots of visiting and catching up (I took an unexpected nap in the recliner) and enjoyed the nice weather. Praying the cold front coming in doesn’t stay around too long.
Produce is back online this week. Some of our vendors will be offering specials this week – kind of like a “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday” sale but it will last Sunday through Wednesday.
Skopp Bakery will be giving away a bag of home made caramels when you purchase at least $10 in items from them. Jams and Jellies make great gifts and are a nice appetizer to take to a party. Just put your favorite jam over cream cheese and serve with crackers or hearty bread. Rikki also makes great scones, granola, loaf breads, artisan breads, and more.
Susi’s Kitchen is offering two mini loaves for $8.00 – gluten free, banana, cranberry or pumpkin; and 1 dozen cookies for $7.00 – any that she has listed online.
I expect there will be additional vendors participating so please watch for additional announcements as I hear from them.
We are thankful for all of our market patrons and wish you many blessings this holiday season!
~Stacy
Carolina Foothills, SC: Market Closed This Week.
Hello all,
Sorry this is late I just realized it is Saturday.
My husband and I decided to stay up all night Wednesday and cook so we could just eat, sleep and play family games on Thursday.
I hope everyone had a safe and happy Turkey Day.
Unfortunately, I had a fear confirmed…….
I have a puppy with Parvo. So far my other 3 dogs appear symptom free but Panda was acting “off” about 3 days before it hit and by the time it was confirmed by a friend (I brought it into my house when she called me over to check out one of her puppies that has been sick since it was born 6 months earlier)Taco was having seizures and on Tuesday (I went over on Monday) and by Thursday she had lost 3 dogs including Taco.
Anyway, by the time it was confirmed on Turkey Day Panda was in very bad shape. So lack of sleep then trying to save my puppies life Friday rolled around and I never even thought about the market.
I couldn’t open it anyway. I seriously doubt any of you that may have ordered would want me go touch your products knowing I am completely submersed in the Parvo Virus.
To try and protect my other dogs I have quarantined myself and Panda in the bedroom and the dogs in the front of the house.
I couldn’t leave if I wanted too.
I would like to give some valuable info though just for future reference. I have a completely herbal remedy that appears to be slowly but surely pulling Panda back from the brink of death. My friend has used it and she brought 4 of her effected dogs back. Hers appeared to recover by the following day. Panda has not recovered as quickly but he is definitely showing signs of improvement. If all goes well and he makes a full recovery I would be.more then happy to share my solution with anyone that prefers natural healing over Meds.
Thank You for understanding,
Susan.
Statesboro Market2Go: The market is OPEN!
Welcome back Fisheads lettuce and Southern Swiss Dairy milk, ice cream, butter, and egg nog!
Enjoy shopping!
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Trust Local Foods
How to contact us:
Our Website: trustlocalfoods.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/TrustLocalFoods
Monday – Saturday: Here’s a map.
Market News
At the Trust Local Foods retail warehouse, we are offering a larger variety of produce for our customers. Our produce is offered seasonally, as we only get food that is grown locally. Stock up on these veggies while they last! Most of our produce is also grown organically, which means you are getting the highest quality foods around with the lowest environmental impact. “Putting Culture Back Into Agriculture”This Week:
Early Gold Apples
Turnips
Beets
Orange Carrots
Purple Carrots
Celery
Cranberries
Pea Shoots
Sweet Potatoes
Blue Adirondack Potatoes
German Butterball Potatoes
Red Norland Potatoes
Ambition Shallots
Yellow Onions
Red Onions
Heirloom Garlic
Head Lettuce
Lacinato Kale
Romaine Lettuce
Parsley
Parsnips
Rutabaga
China Rose Heirloom Radishes
Watermelon Heirloom Radishes
Black Spanish Heirloom Radishes
Spinach
Acorn Squash
Carnival Squash
Buttercup Squash
Ambercup Squash
Gem Squash
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Volunteers
We need one volunteer for the 2:00-3:30 pm slot on Friday.
There are also several openings in the volunteer schedule over the coming weeks and months. Check out our calendar and sign up by visiting http://tinyurl.com/Co-opVolunteers
Please email me with any questions or problems, or if you prefer not to use VolunteerSpot but still want to volunteer.
Thank you!
-Karen Harbut
kgharbut@aol.com
Volunteer Coordinator
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open for ordering
The market is open for ordering until 9 pm Tuesday Dec. 2nd. Pickup will be Friday Dec. 5th at Emergent Arts between 3:30 and 5:30, by 5 pm if possible. Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.
http://spacity.locallygrown.net/market
Julie Alexander this week’s market manager
spacity@locallygrown.net
501 6559411
Champaign, OH: Shop Small Saturday!
Good morning, local market of love customers!!
Just a note to remind you that today is…Shop Small Saturday!! It’s a chance to shop in the small businesses of your community, dine in the local establishments, get out and see what all the local communities have to offer.
I will be in downtown Springfield, today, in my Cosmic shop, making it all happen on this Shop Small Saturday! Many of your local vendors, at this local market of love, have local shop fronts that you can go out and support!
If you don’t feel like venturing out, you know what you can do to participate in Shop Small Saturday? Place your orders right here with us. Your small market. Your local market. Pledge to shop us, today, to contribute to Shop Small Saturday…you know what then happens? It becomes a habit. You start to keep it local, more and more. You fall in love with local.
Shop Small Saturday means big things for your community…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
South Cumberland Farmer's Market: Time to Order Local Food!
It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
click here to go directly to the marketpage
To Contact Us
Cumberland ’s Market
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
931-592-3399 (no voice mail)
Recipes
Market News
TODAY IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
REMEMBER—we (the CFM, farmers and artisans) are small businesses, too!! Buy locally and support your local businesses!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
FROM FOX FARM
We will be doing a Meet the Grower on December 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. during the Coffee Break and Market. We will have 1-lb. containers of our pulled pork barbecue in a choice of our homemade sauces – honey cranberry sauce or our traditional BBQ sauce. The sauce will be on the meat. The price is $10 per pound.
We will also have a limited amount of pulled pork BBQ to make sandwiches with Dogwood Farm’s honey wheat and white sandwich rounds. Sandwiches will be $6.00.
We will accept pre-orders for the 1-lb. containers via e-mail from customers through Monday, December 1, at noon. Our e-mail is foxfarmtn@gmail.com
Thanks,
Marcella
Fox Farm-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
THE COFFEE BREAK OPEN HOUSE
Dec. 2, 2014 at the Sewanee Community Center from 2-3 p.m.
The Cumberland Farmers’ Market will host a Coffee Break to meet and greet our producers. Come out and sample wares, drink coffee or tea, meet old and new friends. This is a free event.
Farms who will be displaying items/ brochures/info only: Full Circle Candles and White City Produce – CSAs.
Members who will be selling in addition to displaying items:
Seven Pines – salsa and pepper chains
Solace Farm – Yarn and knitted items, handmade paper, garlic braids
Turtle Run Farm – Jams and Butters (Strawberry Cardamom jam; Strawberry-Rhubarb Cardamom jam; Blueberry-Coriander-Lime jam; Blueberry F.O.G. jam; F.R.O.G. jam; Cran-Apple butter; Orange Apple butter; Wild Blackberry jam; Darlin’ Clementine with Ginger marmalade; Black ‘n Blue Berry jam)
Dogwood Farm – baked goods and Spiced Cranberry Apple Chutney
Brown’s Hollar Creations – Black Walnut Cake and Pumpkin Pie
We hope to see everyone there!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
PLACING AN ORDER
Before you order, be sure you see the little shopping cart. If you do not, log out and log in again. If this fails, turn off your computer completely and start again. This includes ordering from smart phones.
If you want to leave a comment for a grower, be sure to put it in the “Leave comment for grower” area in RED beneath the item you’re ordering. Placing comments in the market manager section will not be seen by the growers.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
PANETTONE COMING FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Be looking for it from Dogwood Farm.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Don’t forget…
If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. E-MAIL OR CALL US to get the problem solved so you will not be disappointed on market day.
Please remember the market closes at 10 a.m. on Monday; therefore, your order must be completed and placed, and you should be signed out of the software.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
If you have any questions, please call (931.592.3399, no voice mail) or e-mail (cumberlandfm@gmail.com) us.
Kir Strobel & Linda Boynton
Market Co-Managers
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There is plenty more available so take your time and check out the whole list.
Coming Events
Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook 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!