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Champaign, OH: Easing In On A Sunday...
Have you recovered from the holiday loveliness? Did you have a blissful day, followed by a whirlwind weekend, after a whirlwind week of prepping for all things, Thanksgiving?
I hope that you are able to take today, and have a bit of downtime, just to regroup, before your week comes storming in, tomorrow.
If you find time to sit and reflect on what you may need for the week, and how we can help take the stress out of your week, while putting our own local love into your life, get your orders in for the week…
We are here to make you life a bit easier, while fueling you with the our local brand of grooviness…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Stones River Market: Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday
Welcome to this weeks market and hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.
Now is time to begin planning for the Christmas Holiday, less than a month away! For meals, desserts, appetizers, gifts the Market can help you out. Meat Shares are a gift that keeps giving through out the year. Gift Certificates are always a great choice, the recipient can select what they would like. It can be redeemed all at once or in partial purchases.
News from our Growers:
Few growers are still on ‘break’, please check the market later today or tomorrow to see if their products are available.
Flying S Farms: Our Farm Eggs, Produce, Jams and Jellies are available this week. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for Catherine’s (my) recovery, I have an appointment with the Orthopedic this week to see what will be next in my recovery. I will have assistance in the kitchen later this week, planning to have our Baked items available next week.
Trinity Rose Oberhasli Dairy Goats: I wanted to reach out to each of my Trinity Rose dairy goat products customers and firstly let you know that I have been very thankful for your support of my small farm this year. It has been a pleasure getting to see you and talking with you. I wish for all of you a safe and happy Christmas and a warm and cozy winter. Look for us to be available again on the market in mid-February when we are milking again. Arden Ward
Be sure to step into Quinn’s Mercantile and explore and shop the store, great selection of Holiday gift items, Candies, Jewelry, Clothing and much much more!
Look forward seeing you on “The Porch” at Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday November 28, 5:00 – 6:30pm, please contact me if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, phone, email or text.
As a reminder The Market will take a 2 week winter break starting December 23 reopening January 6, 2019.
How to contact us:
Email: stonesrivemarket@gmail.com
Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
Locations: Quinn’s Mercantile on Wednesdays: 307 North Spring Street, Murfreesboro
map: https://goo.gl/maps/GAkJS1wawbr
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown market
To Contact Us
Our Website:
manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook:
Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail:
tnmomof10@gmail.com
By phone:
(931) 273-9708
Our pickup location is across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building, at
216 East Fort Street, Manchester, TN
If you don’t see a map, click on the address link.
Good morning!
Welcome to this week’s offerings from your online farmers’ market. Everything you see on our website is the “cream of the crop” from local farmers, the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! When you place an order with our farms, you know you are supporting your friends and neighbors, most located within 30 miles of Manchester, Tennessee.
Please look around at various categories, since there may be some new things added to the market after I send out this message. Also please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
Farm News of the Week
Molly from Kountry Vittles has returned a good selection of her delicious baked goodies to the market this week. She has also added a couple of new products:
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(L to R) Apple Caramel Crumble Pie and Stay-Soft Sugar Cookies, the latter decorated for Christmas.
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Closed this week:
Sow’s Ear Piggery
Wayne Diller
From Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
Orders are closed for our Christmas wreaths and kissing balls. We may be able to make a few more at full price, so if you’d like to order one, I will add your name to the waiting list. You will not be charged for these till I deliver. Delivery is estimated for December 20 market.
We will also have pink Christmas cacti and several colors of African violets in bloom for Christmas. If you want one of these, please reserve it now so I don’t sell it elsewhere. Just drop me an email to let me know if you want one or more of the potted plants.
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Important Ordering and Pickup Information
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 pm, and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at the pavilion across from Manchester City Schools administration building, 215 East Fort Street, Manchester.
We can also deliver your order to your home (or other location) on FRIDAY afternoon for a small fee, if it’s more convenient for you. If you prefer to utilize this service, please place an order for it, same as other products, selecting your delivery area. Don’t forget to give us your location address in the comments section of the order. Also please text Linda at (931) 273-9708 for specific arrangements.
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. 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. Wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends and inviting them to give us a try. 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 & Michael
Here is the complete list for this week.
Dothan, Alabama: Nov. 24, 2018 M@D Newsletter
This Week’s Newsletter:
Winter Wellness
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes
TIPS TO STAY WELL
This season can be busy and exciting. With so many events like family dinners, holiday parties, and the preparation and planning for gift giving, there are plenty of distractions to keep us from focusing on our health and taking care of ourselves as we would normally. It is estimated that up to 20% of the United Sates population gets the cold or flu each year and wintertime presents a higher likelihood to develop either than during any other season. Here are some tips to help you stay healthy and fit during winter’s colder months.
Frequent Hand Washing - Though it sounds like a broken record, frequent handwashing throughout the day is an absolute must in maintaining your health during the winter. It not only helps protect your immune system and prevent you from developing flu and cold, but it protects others around you. Use paper towel to dry your hands and close the tap so that you don’t come into contact with germs once again after washing them. Avoid hand sanitizers as much as possible. Many are loaded with toxins that over-dry and crack the skin, creating perfect conditions for viral transmission.
Stay Hydrated – Hours spent baking your body in overheated homes and offices dries out the nose, mouth and lips, all of which need moisture to help protect against viral invaders. Fight back by drinking water throughout the day; keep pans of fresh water on top of radiators to add moisture to the air; and hydrate nasal passages with a saline spray or neti pot treatments.
Stress Reduction -One of the best ways to be kind to your immune system is to get a good nights rest! You can also set aside time every day, even if it’s just a few minutes for meditation, breathing exercises, yoga, massage or a few minutes in a sauna. Even knitting is a great way to release tension’s tight grip, boost immunity and enhance physical and mental resilience. Whatever you choose, making a plan a few days in advance will help you stick to it.
Stay Active -Adequate exercise helps keep the immune system robust, so keep moving throughout the winter (but don’t overdo it which can overtax your system). By staying active, you’ll also keep weight, stress and winter blues at bay – all of which will contribute to overall well-being as well as the health of your immune system. If you can’t go outdoors enlist technology to help you find something that works for you whether it’s a video from youtube or Nintendo Wii Fit.
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Lastly, and you knew this was coming . ..
Diet -
- Eat your veggies! Sticking primarily to vegetables and fruits that are dark green and orange is important in ensuring you’re getting healthy nutrients, sugars and fats. Spinach, kale, Swiss chard, squash, carrots and oranges are all abundant during the winter.
- Omega 3’s are great for reducing joint pain and stiffness as they are a natural anti-inflammatory. Studies have also shown that omega 3 fatty acids help lower levels of depression, which people commonly feel during the shorter days of winter.
- Use more mushrooms in your diet. Mushrooms have naturally-occurring antibiotics. This gives them medicinal properties, which helps fight off many types of illnesses.
- Soluble Fiber is an important way to decrease inflammation and boost immune system function. It helps reduce cholesterol levels in the body and aids in weight loss and protection against diabetes. This is an especially important winter health tip for seniors who require a high-fiber diet to protect their digestive systems. A good Wadorf Salad is a great way to get several types of soluble fiber.
- Cook with spices. Onions, garlic, ginger and cilantro not only make food taste great, but also help improve immune function. Turmeric helps to combat a number of conditions including inflammation and heart disease, and it acts as a powerful antioxidant.
- Avoid Sugar. Sugar is a double-whammy toxin that dramatically decreases immune function by killing your gut’s good bacteria while it feeds the bad! The result? A gut that’s out of balance, with the bad guys running amuck, and bacterial defenses weakened and overwhelmed. You’re left with an immune system poorly equipped to fight off seasonal ills. If you must induge, do so in moderation.
- Avoid Processed Foods. Processed foods are a quick & easy go-to, but they weaken the immune system! Most are so nutrient-deficient and sugar-packed, they wind up over-feeding the bad gut bacteria and starving good – and that’s the recipe for compromised immunity.
MARKET CHITCHAT
Woo Hoo – we’re back to a normal schedule, at least THIS week. We’ll be in the Market Shed on Friday, Nov. 30 and deliveries to Daleville and Enterprise will take normally.
I say “this week” because OPEN HOUSE takes place the following week on Thursday December 6. Pickup will take place between 1:00 and 2:30 pm in the Market Shed prior to Open House festivities starting at 3pm. We don’t want our Market customers to have to fight the crowds and traffic that will get under way when the music starts and food starts being served. . . . though we do hope you’ll stay for that!
So far this is the lineup of who will be present
- D’s Jellies
- Martin Teas
- Smith Farms
- Hortons Farm
- Smore’s Dessert Company
- Koning Pottery and Mary’s Magic
- Misty’s Crafts from Blakley
- Avalon Farms
- Mayim Farms
THIS WEEK’S GROWER NOTES
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
AVALON FARMS: Fryers \ Pullets – We butchered our first fryers this weekend. With our assorted family schedules our Thanksgiving wasn’t till today (Saturday) so Thursday was open. Like everything else in life, we get better everytime we process a bunch of chickens. (It only took us 3 hours to process 20! ?) We’ve listed feet, gizzards (big honkers!), livers and hearts this time along with whole chickens.
These birds are Freedom Ranger chickens. They do not have the huge breasts of the Cornish Crosses, but they are better foragers in the fields. They also don’t grow as fast, therefore they don’t have the health issues associated with the Cornish Crosses. These take 12 to 14 weeks to grow out, compared to 8 weeks
on the Cornish. They are touted to be tender and tasty…we shall see! Please report back your findings.
Also, because of all the fun (craziness) this weekend some of my products won’t be updated till Monday. So sorry in advance.
SMART DOC RESOURCES: I don’t know about you all but it has been a crazy Thanksgiving. All good though. Lots of family, friends, food and fun. And Cleaning and Cooking! LOL. Hopefully you all can come to the Home Hydroponic Class at SEC church on Wed. Dec 5th at 6pm. It’s also a veggie potluck so bring a dish if you wish. It’s free and so is the food! On the homefront we are experimenting a bit with seeds and techniques so we have a variety of veggies available. Not all will be ready for market next week but soon. Okra is almost ready…blooms are coming! We also have tomatoes coming soon. This week in market we will have mini swiss chard and micro dinosaur kale. Then we also experimented with a sprout mixture that has been doing well. Three kinds are available are (1) organic alfalfa, mung and brocolli and the second(2) is alfalfa and red clover and the(3) third is alfalfa, red clover, broccoli and radish. We will have 2 orders of bibb that are getting bigger by the day! Hoping to expand our greenhouse soon! Happy Holidays!
BAIN HOME GARDENS: Marketeers,
The week just didn’t seem the same without you! We enjoyed our staycay! You?
It’s out with the old & allowing room for the new at Bain Home Gardens. Clearing and planting has led to a few interesting discoveries. This Red Veined Sorrel was hiding comfortably under the sea of leaves in one of our raised beds. We have tried to grow this on a larger scale but haven’t found success. If at first you don’t succeed – try again! We shall!
On the market this week we have our tasty Pepper Jelly & beautiful Kale Salad Blend. New to the market this week is Lemongrass! We are happy to finally be able to add this to the diversity of the market. Some months ago, while visiting some friends of ours from Thailand, we learned that it is very difficult to buy staple items in Thai cuisine locally. So went the undertaking of a Thai Garden! So far so good! As Spring approaches more items will be added. This journey is bound to be a fun and tasty one! Try it with the Asian Stir Fry Green Mix from Hawkins Homestead Farm or make a soothing tea. This Tuesday, join us over on our Facebook page as we make our own Lemongrass tea – great for staying well this cold and flu season!
We are really excited to learn all about Hydroponics from our friends over at Smart Doc Resources December 5th! Adding to our knowledge and increasing our scope of growing food is an amazing opportunity! Hope to see you there!
HORTONS FARM: We hope you and yours had a blessed Thanksgiving week. 2018 was very different for the Hortons as it’s the first time ever we’ve been alone at Thanksgiving and the first time since going keto that Ros faced a major holiday! We formulated a plan for the week that worked beautifully and feel more confident to get through December without sugar and carb laden foods as well.
Now that we’ve got nearly four months behind us I am ready to start sharing about this experience and will start including some Keto/Low Carb information in our newsletter all along to encourage the rest of you who have embarked on this journey.
On a different note, we have just completed packing up forty more elderberry syrup kits. About half of them have been claimed already and the rest are listed on the Market. We will continue to make these as need requires.
HAWKINS HOMESTEAD: Hello Market Friends! Isn’t it good to be back? We think so! We have SUPER EXCITING NEWS! We will be sharing with an announcement via Facebook on Monday! The time will be announced Monday morning and there will be a live video feed to watch so stay tuned for our exciting announcement!
In other news we think it’s important to try and educate all of you on what you decide to feed yourself and your family. So today we want to talk to you about poultry. Over the break, Brandon and I were in the more upscale market in our area and we saw poultry that was listed as “vegetarian fed.” Not just any poultry, but the fancy kind with the fancy price tag. Well anyone looking at these labels may think they should buy these…..BUT SHOULD YOU? We hope by educating you as the consumer, we are helping you to choose wisely! Not everything that looks good is!
FACT: Chickens no matter what breed they are love to be chickens.They are omnivores and if you provide them with an environment that allows them to be chickens their natural instincts kick in. They are not vegetarians! What they’re fed and how they are raised is what matters! So whether you’re raising hens or meat birds of all sorts, chickens adapt to their living conditions.
Of course we feed our chickens a 100% certified organic feed. It is verified by the Non-GMO project and keeps them healthy and strong. We buy it in bulk and make sure that they’re getting the BEST feed. Their first choice is always whatever they can find, but they love their feed and so do we!
Stay tuned next week where we will talk about “no added hormones” and we hope to see you all on Monday for our exciting announcement! Until then…..
FOOTNOTES
We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write marketatdothan@gmail.com.
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: Daleville Chamber of Commerce Office
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan
Join our Online Discussions! www.facebook.com/groups/MarketatDothanDiscussion
Be sure to use our hashtag! #marketatdothan
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!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is open.
Please place your orders before Tuesday 9pm and plan to pick up your order at Emergent Arts this Friday between 3p and 4:30p. If you are unable to pick up your order at this time, please make arrangements to have your order picked up for you.
But remember to scroll all the way down and click to place this order.
The Spa City Co-Op Market has no paid positions, so we need volunteers to run every market. You receive a $5 gift card and your membership is extended by two months. You also learn about locally grown foods, crafts, and the farmers that produce them here in Arkansas.
Have a great week and we will see you Friday.
If you already received this message, forgive the repeat, but some folks didn’t get it so we resent.
Barbara Schuette
Market Manager
itsallgood1947@gmail.com
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Market is Open
Please place your orders before Tuesday 9pm and plan to pick up your order at Emergent Arts this Friday between 3p and 4:30p. If you are unable to pick up your order at this time, please make arrangements to have your order picked up for you.
But remember to scroll all the way down and click to place this order.
The Spa City Co-Op Market has no paid positions, so we need volunteers to run every market. You receive a $5 gift card and your membership is extended by two months. You also learn about locally grown foods, crafts, and the farmers that produce them here in Arkansas.
Have a great week and we will see you Friday.
Barbara Schuette
Market Manager
itsallgood1947@gmail.com
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Market is Open
Please place your orders before Tuesday 9pm and plan to pick up your order at Emergent Arts this Friday between 3p and 4:30p. If you are unable to pick up your order at this time, please make arrangements to have your order picked up for you.
But remember to scroll all the way down and click to place this order.
The Spa City Co-Op Market has no paid positions, so we need volunteers to run every market. You receive a $5 gift card and your membership is extended by two months. You also learn about locally grown foods, crafts, and the farmers that produce them here in Arkansas.
Have a great week and we will see you Friday.
Barbara Schuette
Market Manager
itsallgood1947@gmail.com
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is open for orders
Good Evening Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Fresh Vegetables
Clean Meats
Baked Goods with Organic ingredients
Pastured Eggs
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PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30pm!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
Statesboro Market2Go: The Market is Open!
The Market is open! Thank you for shopping with us and supporting your local farmers!
Available this week – citrus, fresh frozen blueberries, shelled zipper peas, jams, jellies, sauces, milk, butter, meat, and lots more!
Doug’s Salmon will be delivered on December 20th – taking PRE-ORDERS now!
Duette, FL: Please have a look!
We hope everyone had a lovely holiday! Please have a look at what we have to offer this week.
Thank You,
David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market