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Bedford County:  Happy Holidays~ The Market is open!









Bedford County Locally Grown

How to contact us:
Our Website: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net
Email: botanicalharmony@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/bedfordcountylocallygrown
On Thursdays: 865 Union St. Shelbyville, Tennessee
On Instagram: @bedfordclocallygrown
Call: 931 – 952 – 1224

The Market Is Open!

Greetings everyone! We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays so far.

The market IS open for your orders this week until Tuesday at 9 pm.

Check out all the available goodies for your New Year’s gathering needs, hostess gifts or take time away to care for you in these natural ways.

Best wishes for an abundant and healthy 2016!

Important Market Information

Customers have from Saturday 5pm until Tuesday at 9pm to place orders. The market will be closed Tuesday evening.

On Thursday’s from 4:45pm – 6:00pm customers can pick up their orders at 865 Union St Shelbyville, TN 37160 (opposite Piggly Wiggly). This is where customers are to pay for their orders in check or cash.

If you have any problems or any questions please do not hesitate to ask (our contact info is above)

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Bedford County Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

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!

Ashleigh + Tracey

See the full product list here: bedfordcounty.locallygrown.net

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market Is Open


ALFN Members,

The market is open. Even after the first day of winter, the market is full of fresh produce. From organic spinach to spaghetti squash, there is enough diversity in our local market to fill the bulk of your meal plans throughout the whole week.

UPDATE

Website Product Categories

We will be making a small change to the categories on the left side of the market website beginning next week. Our aim has been to simplify categories and provide specific sub-categories under “Locally Produced Goods.” Market organization will be food-based with the “Locally Produced Goods” containing all sub-categories for added-value products. You will still be able to search for items, but we believe this small change in category organization will make the shopping experience more intuitive.

Community Market Day

We have a few new projects we are excited to implement in 2016. Starting in January, we will begin having a once a month “Community Market Day.” Every last Saturday of the month, we will celebrate local ingenuity by inviting members to share skills, by inviting a couple of our growers to highlight their products, and by inviting other local artists to present their work. We hope these Community Market Days will be an enjoyable time where ALFN members can linger a bit and, for example, converse with their growers, taste a new smoothie mix or new coffee roast, listen to some local tunes, or take a quick mini-workshop on fermenting vegetables, or natural dyeing techniques. In other words, Community Market Day will be whatever YOU want to share with our larger ALFN community. Our first Community Market Day will be January 30th. If you are interested in sharing a skill, whether it be culinary or craft, please email me. Closer to the date, I will advertise what we will be doing that day. For know, brainstorm what you might enjoy sharing and mark January 30th for Community Market Day. Also, if you are a musician or know musicians who would be interested in playing for an hour or two, please contact me. Piano, tuba, guitar, flute or juice harp—all are welcome to play. Amateur, professional, young or old—all are welcome to play!

Bulk Grains/Flour Survey

Finally, be looking for a survey in the next couple of weeks. We have another project up our sleeves to increase the selection of products on ALFN’s market. We hope to provide access to more regional grains for members who are looking for bulk grains or flours that can be organic and/or non-GMO. We will disperse a survey at the beginning of January to gather data and interest. Our goal is to keep working for ALFN to be a one-stop shop for members that continues to expand the quality and depth of our local economy.

Stay Tuned!!!

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

Athens Locally Grown:  ALG Market Open for December 30


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

I’w got to say, I’ve always wondered how it must feel for those who celebrate Christmas in Australia, where the holiday falls in the middle of summer. I’ve had to turn the A/C on in the house to keep the pets happy, and have gotten the shorts and thin T-shirts back out of the closet. All of the fruit trees in my neighborhood are in full bloom, too. It’s really pretty strange.

Since Thursday is New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Eve is a bad day to hold a farmers market,this week we are holding a special ALG pickup day on WEDNESDAY December 30. I’ve opened the website for you now, and you have through Monday night to get your orders in. Then on WEDNESDAY, we’ll have pickups from 4:30 until 8pm, and just pretend like it’s Thursday. Some of our growers are taking the week off, so the selection is a little less than usual, but most of them have told me they’ll have things that need harvested (and eggs that need collecting, etc.), and you’ll find all that now on the website.

I’ve relaxed the deadlines for the growers this week, so if you order early you may want to check back on Monday to see if anything interested has gotten added to the listings by tardy growers. It’s always ok to place multiple orders, and we’ll combine them for you when you arrive to get them.

Thanks 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 WEDNESDAY at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!

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!

Siloam Springs, AR:  We're Back! Online Market is Open!


www.siloamsprings.locallygrown.net

Hope this newsletter finds all safe at home. What a crazy December day. Tornado warnings and street floodings and more rain to come.

Happy New Year and. See you Saturday!

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Time to Order Local Farm Products!


Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market

How to contact us:

Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.


Welcome to another gorgeous Sunday morning!

New Year’s Day arrives this week, although the weather right now doesn’t feel like that is possible. The market opened this morning as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm. See the section of this message entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

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NEWS AND NOTES

Welcome CnG Outdoors & More. This week Christina Monin has listed several essential oil blends from DoTerra, and several beautiful doilies handmade by her mother.



If you would like to order hog jowl for New Year’s, which is not actually on the market, please drop Weaver Farms an email to let them know.



Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has fabric-lined baskets filled with three herb plants, which will make great pick-me-up gifts during the winter months. We also have a good variety of houseplants, with more to come shortly.



Frontier Family Farm will continue to supply us with hydroponic vegetables throughout the winter. Three types of lettuce, as well as spinach and broccoli, should be available all winter, barring crop failure, with brussels sprouts being available for several more weeks.



But our farmers’ market is not just about vegetables. Please take note of some of the seasonal items available this week: Live Water Kefir Grains and Square Bale Grass Hay from Triple B Farms; Ground Beef from Paccman Ranch; and several flavors of grape jelly from Weaver Farms.



We also have lots of our regular year-round items: perennial, herb, and fern plants, as well as a good selection of houseplants; local milk, eggs, and honey; lots of different pork cuts; several dried herbs and fresh, as well as lots of homemade herbal products too.


(L to R) Broccoli Florets from Frontier Family Farm, Circle Doily and several types of essential oils from CnG Outdoors & More, Small Grained Heirloom Popcorn from Wayne Diller, Spider Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse.

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Important Ordering and Pickup Information



Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708.



Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, and your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Although the Saturday markets are closed for the season, wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.



We have some new farmers considering joining our market, if they can expect large sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends, calling their attention to the later pickup hours, which may be more convenient for them. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.



Blessings,
Linda


Here is the complete list for this week.

United States Virgin Islands:  This Week in VI Locally Grown


Hello Everyone,
Seasons greetings! The market is now open for orders. Ridge2Reef has their Pig Roast BBQ Next Wed, the same day as the market. Check it out! It starts at 5:30 and is $25/person. There will be live salsa also! See you Wed for the market or BBQ, or both :).

Blessings,
Your VI Locally Grown Growers

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


I hope everyone had a joyful Christmas celebration yesterday!

We will have normal pick up at the warehouse this Tuesday

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 6pm on Sunday.

PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:30 pm.

PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla

Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.

Have an awesome weekend!
Nora

Carolina Foothills, SC:  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS

I am keeping the market closed this week as my sons Birthday is the 29th (Tuesday) and I will be out of town most of the day.

The market will reopen next Friday.

I hope you all are having a wonderful and Safe holiday season.

Take Care,

Susan.

Central Arkansas :  Welcome to another Central Arkansas Market week


We have some amazing products waiting for y’all this week!! I hope we have a little something everyone was looking for today!! I
hope everybody enjoyed this crazily warm Christmas morning!!
-CAM management

Naples,FL:  Market is open


Please place your orders