The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Independence,VA: Weblog Entry
Hey to all our Market Friends,
With all the excitement of warm weather and the Out-door Market opening soon, time has slipped away from us!!
This is the LAST week for the On-line market! Friday, May 6th will be our LAST pickup day until the On-line market re-opens, in June!
Be sure and place those orders before 8pm this Wednesday for orders to be picked up Friday, May 6th! Make sure to include an order to help support the GCHS CATE Center!! These kids work hard to deliver some delicious treats!! The Lemon Olive Oil cake was devoured at last weeks market pickup! It was a HIT!!!
Don’t forget to join in on the opening of the Outdoor Market in Town Park May 13th from 9-1!!! Everyone is pumped up for a great season!!
The NEW Wednesday evening market will begin on June 15th from 4-7! The On-line market will open back on June 8th for orders to be picked up June 15th from 5-7! Double the ordering opportunity for great local products!!!
Thank you all for your awesome support and here’s to an amazing season!!
Just a reminder, the Market closes to orders at 8 pm Wednesday evening. If you have questions, feel free to email me at IFMmarketplace@gmail.com or call 276-235-8230. Please bring cash or checks. You’ll still be dealing with each individual vendor.
Happy shopping! Here are the links:http://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market/
you can also get there from the webpage, www.independencefarmersmarket.org
Thanks and hope to see you Friday!
Penny B
DeForest, WI: Market to Open May 8th
This has been a strange spring season! We’ve had some beautiful days in the 60s but many cooler nights that slow down the growing process.
We are guessing that the market will be ready to open next week with crops that will have a warm week to add some growth.
Those of you that are looking for your Forest Run Farm CSA punchcards, no need to worry, we will have them ready for you at your first pick up.
What to expect to find in a week or 2: green onions, green garlic, leeks, spinach, lettuce, rhubarb, asparagus and herbs. Forest Run Farm will also have certified organic vegetable and herb plants available for your home garden. Bauman’s will be providing fresh eggs. Note, the plants and eggs can not be purchased with the CSA punchcard.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for May 5
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Mother’s Day is already coming up next weekend, and if it’s flowers and plants you’re looking for, I think we’ve got you covered. There are flower bouquets, annual flowering plants, container plants ready to go into the ground or your pots, and more are available from of growers this week. There are generally a number of plant sales hosted by local organizations around town this week. I haven’t gotten any details on any this year, but keep your eyes open for signs pointing the way to one.
It was a great week for local arts and crafts, food businesses, and our independent book store. Lots of events came together this weekend, what with the Human Rights Festival, the Indie South Artisan Fair, and activities over at Avid Books on Prince. Yeah, the rain came down hard at times, but my household had a great time anyway, eating from the food trucks, talking to the artisans, playing some games, and bringing some art home with us. It’s always ridiculously easy to find locally made things in this town, but I enjoy it even more when there are festivals that bring it all together in one place.
Thank you so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open for the season on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The Oconee County Farmers Market is open on Saturdays in Watkinsville. Their website is www.oconeefarmersmarket.org If you know of any other area markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
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!
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Tick tock!
Just a few more hours of awesome local shopping left!
Www.parisarkansas.locally grown.net
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers:
NEW this week: Green Fork Farm has fresh fennel available.
Also available this week:
Vegetables— Arugula, spinach, swiss chard, kale, beet greens, gourmet salad mix, green onions, lettuce, pac choi, and radishes.
Herbs—Cilantro, sage, fennel, and mixed herb bunches.
Eggs—Pastured, free range chicken and duck eggs.
Meat—Pastured beef, chicken, goat and lamb.
Baked goods—Flourless almond torte.
Fermented foods—Sauerkraut, okra, and jalapenos.
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Olives and Olive Oil—organic and directly from the grower in California.
Place your order from now until Tuesday at noon 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
Inside 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!
Cook Farm: Cook Farm
Hi from the farm,
Good News-the spinach is still hanging on! Thanks to the cool weather.Gardening never ceases to amaze me-truly a miracle-so much life in one little seed!
Check out the new additions…
Thanks again for supporting our efforts to provide fresh local food,
Susan Cook
Berea Gardens: Availability for May 4
Hi Friends,
Won’t be long until the broccoli comes, green beans, beets, carrots and sweet corn are out of the ground and growing, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes are transplanted, and peeprs and eggplant are going in this week, but for now it’s pretty much the same fare as last week.
Blessings,
Bob
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for May 1st
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Rhubarb-Strawberry Pudding Cake
(adapted from Gourmet, April 2007)
From Nancyvienneau.com Good Food Matters
¼ cup water
1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
1/3 and ½ cups sugar
3 cups chopped fruit (I prefer 2 cups chopped rhubarb, 1 cup strawberries, – or all strawberries –
any variation you choose)
1 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 large egg
½ cup milk
1 stick butter melted and slightly cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and put oven rack in the middle position. Butter an 8×8 ceramic or glass baking pan. Stir together the water, cornstarch, and 1/3 cup sugar in a saucepan and heat. Stir in the rhubarb, if you are using it, but not the strawberries. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for about three minutes. Remove from heat and add the strawberries.
Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, and the remaining ½ cup sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: egg, milk, butter, vanilla.
Now add the dry ingredients to the wet, and stir in until well combined. Do not overbeat.
Coat the bottom of the baking pan with ½ of the fruit mixture. Spread the batter over that, then dollop the remaining fruit mixture on the top. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, it’s done!
Allow to cool on a rack for at least 5 minutes before serving. This can be served warm or served later at room temperature. Wrap and refrigerate leftovers, if there are any.
Makes 8-10 servings.
Market News
Hello!
We’ve got a great selection of spring greens for you this week and also STRAWBERRIES! Our organically grown strawberries are here for sure, and now is the time to enjoy them to the fullest! Dozen Bakery has their delicious Brown Sugar Shortcakes listed so make sure you get some to have for dessert (make for a yummy breakfast, too!)
We also have plants this week! A selection of tomato and basil varieties is available. All of these plants are grown organically, starting with non GMO seed and organic potting mix. They are sure to be a great addition to your garden!
Just a reminder that you can find the strawberries under the “Fruits” section of the Market page, and the tomato and basil starts under the “Herb, Vegetable, and Flower Plants” page.
We will be returning to our regular weekly schedule from here on through the season. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces every week!
The Bachelor Buttons are in! Bunches are available. Also, consider buying the mother in your life a Pre-Paid Bouquet Subscription. That way, she can order bouquets throughout the growing season whenever it is convenient for her! She will get 10 large bouquets and you will get to treat her at a reduced price! Check it out on the market page. Also, a gift certificate will be provided for you at pick up so you can present it to her in a card!
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Thank you so much for all your support!
John and Tallahassee
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The Wednesday Market: Welcome to May! It's Time to Order
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pickup Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. See the website for this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Today is the first day of May! Can you believe that the year is flying by so quickly? My boys only have a few weeks of school left before this school term ends. I am always glad when our schedule slows down. We will have a few weeks off from soccer practice! That means we will have more time as a family to sit down together for dinner. Summer is an excellent time of year for our family to kick the habit of eating out and also for clearing our diets of processed foods.
If you are interested in moving away from processed foods, here is a great blog and website for you to check out: http://www.100daysofrealfood.com
This website is full of practical tips for cleaning up your diet and informative hints for cutting down on refined sugars and flours. The author, a North Carolina mom named Lisa Leake, shares lots of her recipes with readers and includes links to other blogs she finds helpful. Lisa is a big fan of locally grown agriculture! I’ll be trying some of her recipes soon.
We hope everyone has a restful Sunday, and we look forward to seeing you at the Market!
Thanks,
Beverly
Fountain Fresh Dairy LLC: Market Open!
Hello everyone!
The market is back open for Spring! We have a few things available this week including asparagus!