Statesboro Market2Go:  Be sure to order today before midnight

Southern Native Plantings is online with plants and trees that are perfect to plant right now. We also have plenty of fresh, seasonal, local veggies and fruit.
Be sure to order today!

www.statesboromarket2go.locallygrown.net

Cross Timbers Food Cooperative:  CTFC Market Open for October 4 Pick-up

Hi, folks!

Ordering is open for the Saturday, October 4 pick-up. The order window will close Sunday, September 28.

Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative

Champaign, OH:  Turn, Turn, Turn..

To everything, turn, turn, turn…
There is a season, turn, turn, turn…
(The Byrds, Lyrics by Pete Seeger-Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season)

Yes, this is always my official turn of the seasons song that plays in the Technicolor soundtrack of my brain:)

I have been living in denial, happily still in the sunshine mode of the summer months. Still wearing my cutoffs, walking around like the long days would last forever.

Well, my little fantasy world had to come to it’s reality, this morning. First, it IS the first day of autumn! Second, I was out, early this morning, to investigate a big mischief making party of my cat and her edgier field cat buddies. It was just daylight, I had a ton of bread in the ovens making my kitchen a cozy haven of warmth, coffee, and fresh bread.

When I looked out one of the windows, I noticed the trio of mischief makers and grabbed a flannel shirt and my cup of coffee to go investigate. WOW! Hello, fall morning chill!! I walked to the top of the driveway, saw that they were all excited over a ton of nuts that had fallen to the ground, and I turned to walk back inside. But, as I turned, on the very top of my drive, I took in the view. It was definitely the look of autumn. A bit of fog was coming off of the ponds in the field, the fields were giving off a golden haze, the leaves had a tint of color on the trees, and in this time of the year, I can see the hills and fields that go on and on behind my house. A beautiful view, a beautifully chilly morning, a definite turn of the season. One of those mornings that you were glad to be a part of.

Anyway, yes…here we are at yet the cusp of another season. But, as each of the seasons changes, our little market of love continues to work it’s magic, each and every week, all year long.

You will want to make sure to take advantage of all the produce, berries, and apples before they leave us for the season. You can begin your fall menu planning with all that we offer. Your market is here for you, with each turn and each season!

Today is Tuesday…the market will be open until 10pm, this evening! Take advantage of fall goodness, new vendors, old favorites…turn to us, we are always here for you!

In the course of today, you will be getting a couple of emails concerning market/vendor announcements and happenings. These are important and you will not want to miss the upcoming events!! We seem to be more than just your market, these days…we seem more of a family, more of a friendship bond, and more of a locally, love filled, united local front:) You all make me proud, customers and vendors, alike! Thank you for giving me so much to report on. It shows what an active, involved group we all are!!

Get your orders in!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

CLG:  Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight!

Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup on Friday, September 26th. The market closes tonight around 10pm.

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

Martin's Farmstand:  September 22

We had frost the one day last week but it did not kill everything. The peppers and beans survived. The top leaves were burned off. We have a small stream of tomatoes coming from the greenhouse again. You will also find a splendid selection of all sorts of fall vegetables on the website and in our stand. This includes cabbage, beets, sweet potatoes, lettuce, white, red, and russet potatoes, kale, pak choy, celery, onions and much more. Come and check us out- you will find something that is good for your supper. Daniel

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of Sept 21, fall solstice

We’re having seaonally warm weather still, and crops are doing fine. Greenhouse tomatoes, grown in the ground, are avoiding the blight that has killed off most outside tomato crops. We have some lovely huge beefsteak types as well as the delicate orange and yellow plume types and cherry clusters too.

Peppers are doing well as are the eggplant. Soon you’ll be buying them from California or Florida again!

Lamb and beef/veal and chicken are still in stock. In a couple weeks will have a large supply of ground beef and beef bones. George the bull is meeting with the butcher tomorrow. I confess to feeling sentimental, Geo was born here, has been the herd patriarch for 5 years. But it is time for a change, for the good of the herd.

Did you see the news about the People’s Climate March in NYC? 310 000 people, including some I know from here. Click to http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/21/3570150/peoples-climate-march/ I sure hope the global leaders get the message. A new study on population trends has us on trajectory to peak at 11B, not 9B as per the scientific consensus in recent years. That is terrible, climate/eco collapse + population peak = bad news.

On a saner note, do you remember Jane Jacobs, the noted author, urbanologist, thinker, iconoclast? I met an old acquaintance this weekend, who knew her personally and did several interviews with her. Her is a quote from the transcript of one session. You can read it all at http://donalexander.ca/2014/03/25/jane-jacobs-urban-wisdom/#more-150

Another thing that I think is interesting is; look, I started with just the streets and neighborhoods. The smallest, most immediate things– and the parks– that you could in a city. That opened up to me puzzles that I had to pursue about the economy of cities as a whole.
That opened up puzzles to me that I had to pursue about how this behavior of cities affected the world outside it– outside cities– and how cities affected each other– with their replacements of imports, and with their new kinds of exports, and with their demands for imports, and so on. And the result of that was Cities and the Wealth of Nations. And that was taking in the world of cities and non-cities. It was bigger still.
The Nature of Economies is about the whole universe. But it all started with the streets and the parks.

Healthy eating,
(stay healthy so you can stay out of hospitals where superbugs hang out!)

Ian and Camelia

Oglethorpe Fresh Locally Grown:  Weblog Entry

Don,t forget the Market

Quick reminder to our Oglethorpe Locally Grown Friends: market opened at 6:00 Sunday, September 21 for Wednesday, September 24 pick-up. Wednesday pick-up days are quite lively from 4-7 p.m. with extras from the growers, meet a grower and check out the rest of all that is Oglethorpe Fresh, 111 South Platt Street. First 100 customers $15 annual membership waived. Tell a friend and We hope to see you there

Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open

What beautiful weather to come home to. Ray and I had such a wonderful time at Armed to Farm and have returned rejuvenated and ready to implement the things we learned into our own farm. It was nice meeting other Veterans and learning about their goals and dreams in regards to farming.
I think my biggest take away was to farm in moderation. We have not been doing that. I would say we have had too many irons in the fire. After sitting down with our family and discussing our future we have decided to pair down our operation and really focus on a few areas instead of the 5 or 6 we have going. We will be pairing down our chickens to the point of only keeping enough for ourselves in the future. We will be pairing down our sheep herd until we have more paddocks fenced. We will increase our vegetable production in the coming years and will continue to fence. Fencing has turned into the job that never ends on our farm and we need to devote a major time investment into getting all of our fencing up.
As we streamline our farm, I am hoping that it gives us more time for family and community. I have wanted to be more involved in our community but have had the feeling of being in over my head, with never enough time to devote to the projects on the farm. I look forward to getting to know more folks in our community and getting involved in the activities that Princeton has to offer. We have a wealth of community pride and I can’t wait to get involved!
See you on Friday,
Angela

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Still time to order.....Market Closes at 6:00pm

Market Closes at 6:00pm Today!

Thank you for your support!

See you at Market on Thursday!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Locally Grown - Availability for September 24th, 2013

Hey Local Food Lovers,

This week’s message is coming at ya a little late. But hopefully a reminder that you’ve still got close to 12 hours of shopping left will help you get a yummy order in this week. Before I get into what kind of stuff we’re into behind the scenes this week, let’s talk about what’s to eat on the market.

Okra is everywhere. From three different farms and two different colors. My father in law has been doing the cooking the last few weeks and I love how he cross cuts the okra into these beautiful artistic long pieces that are easier to grab with chopsticks. There are some gorgeous peppers coming through the market these days. I love the variety of sizes, colors and flavors. You can add peppers to almost any meal to punch it up. Peas are also flowing. You can spot the pea lovers out there as many of them have already stocked up on several pounds of peas. Just think of that shelling time as a form of deep meditation. You can hum, peas are good, peas are good. It’ll make you sleep better.

Before I go this week I want to mention something that we hope to mention more in the months ahead. One of the goals of Locally Grown is to get more good food to people who want it, including those who find it difficult to afford. That’s why earlier this year we applied for and received an EBT machine that accepts SNAP payments (used to be called food stamps back in the day). We only have one machine for our Clarkesville location right now, but are in the process of applying to receive a second one at our Gainesville Location. We stay so busy around here we have not done a great job of promoting this program. If anyone is willing to help us over the next several months in identifying ways and places to get the word out to those who receive SNAP benefits, this is a program we’d like to see grow.

We’ll let you know when the Gainesville EBT is received and working, but in the meantime, our Clarkesvillle Location is ready right now today!

We may try and have a program too to offset the membership costs for EBT users. Perhaps a sponsor or two of this program would do the trick. If you have an idea of a sponsor, please let us know. We’ll be sure and give them appropriate credit for such a good deed.

Well, that’s all we have time for this week. We hope you enjoy this week’s local food offerings and …..

EAT WELL,

Justin, Chuck, Teri and Andrew