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Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Ding ding! Opening bell!
Helloooooo River Valley!!
Welcome to another exciting week at the online version of the Paris Arkansas Farmers Market!
Check out all of the great local items (over 230!!) we have listed for this weekend!
We’re open for orders until 10pm Sunday, pickup is Tuesday at Sweet Pickins as usual!!
Peace!
PAFM
CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning,
Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039. This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.
Thank you,
Steve
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Augusta Locally Grown: THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!
ANNOUNCEMENTS ====
TEACHERS & HOME SCHOOL FAMILIES!
Our slots are filling up fast for Fall Season class visits to Icebox Urban Farm. Using STEM-based curriculum from LifeLab, we offer service-learning opportunities for your school-age students on this city farm in downtown Augusta. Thursday mornings, starting in September. Wanna truly help your students make the connection between the natural sciences and their food? This is the place! Contact:
tasha@iceboxfarm.com, or
kim@augustalocallygrown.org
SENIOR PROJECT INTERNSHIPS!
Augusta Locally Grown is always honored to be selected as a host organization for high school senior projects. We will host up to four this school year, with only two slots still open! Text Kim at 706-288-7895 if you’re interested.
LOCAL FOOD EVENTS CALENDAR ====
SAT, AUG 20 – POLLINATION EDUCATION AT PHINIZY SWAP
Bring your kids to Phinizy Swap tomorrow, 10am-12noon, where ALG and many other local enthusiasts will share their love for honey bees and other pollinators! A free event!
UES, AUG 23 – VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET!
Support the most feel-good farmers market in Augusta. And yes, we double EBT!!! Every Tuesday, 4:30pm-7pm, at 1850 Broad Street, Augusta.
TUE, SEPT 20 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE SUBURBAN GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
THU, SEPT 22 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA. (Please note that we got the date wrong in earlier posts! Sorry!)
SAT, SEPT 24 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.
SAT, SEPT 24 – WHOLE FOODS BIRTHDAY BASH
Join us and others to celebrate Whole Foods’ 2nd Birthday at their store in Augusta. Kids activities from 12noon-4pm; more adult activities from 4pm-8pm. Come learn about getting involved in our Food & Tech Hackathon too!
SUN, SEPT 25 — THREE FARM TOUR & PROGRESSIVE FARM DINNER
We’re very excited to announce another “Three Farm Tour & Progressive Farm Dinner!” This time we’re focusing on the Aiken area. Meet the good folks at Pascalina Farm for soup and salad; Good Earth Farm for meat stew; and Trail Ridge Goat Dairy for dessert. Tickets are on sale now through our on-line market! $20 each. 1p-5:30p. A limited 25 tickets will be available. Buy now! This is a very popular event.
SAT, OCT 1 – MICROBIAL MAKEOVER WITH ICEBOX FARM
Icebox Farm has just announced a fascinating, full-day workshop called “Microbial Makeover,” held at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Evans. In this hands-on workshop, you and your friends will find out what microbiota and microbiomes are, where they come from, and how we interact with them in ways that affect our health. Expert facilitators are Dr. Steve Fountain, MD, PhD, and Tasha Alison, of Icebox Farm. Visit the event’s new website at microbialmakeover.com. to register. Space is limit, includes an amazing meal, and will sell out fast!
TUE, SEPT 20 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE WEST LAKE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
SAT, OCT 15 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.
SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – “HARVEST BYTES” – A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. Learn about the intersection of microbes and wellness from speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack-A-Thon the night before! Looking for sponsors now! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it. Sponsorships still available through September 1. Tickets go on sale soon!
TUE, NOV 8 – ALG SPEAKS WITH THE HIGH GROVE GARDEN CLUB
We’re always grateful to meet up with our local garden clubs!
THU, NOV 10 – FOOD OASIS MEETING
Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! Location TBA.
SAT, NOV 19 – NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FAMILY DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT!
Save the date! Bring your family! Make a difference!
TBA – SIBLEY SOILWORKS!
An all-new project of G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!
HOW YOU CAN HELP ====
DIG IN TO HELP, AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN
People often ask how they can help support our efforts. Here’s a healthy menu of opportunities!
DIMES FOR DIRT
Turn your spare change into soil for our Hundreds in Harrisburg project. We’ll be installing 50 more raised beds at individual homes throughout this neighborhood. Collection jars are located at both ALG Market pick-up locations, The Veggie Truck Farmers Market, Southern Made, Grovetown Feed and Seed, Bricko Farms and Humanitree House.
ALG FACEBOOK BUTTON
We now have a donation button on our Facebook page!
AMAZON SMILE
A portion of your Amazon purchases can benefit ALG’s educational programs when you sign-in through www.smile.amazon.com and select us as your beneficiary.
DIRTY TO DELICIOUS FUND-DRIVE:
This on-line fund-drive benefits all of ALG’s educational programs through the CSRA. From elementary school visits to our post-graduate internships, your donation supports a better understanding the power of local, healthy, wholesome food for our community. Visit https://fundrazr.com/219NRc.
Cheers!
Kim
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Milk Order Decline- Please order to keep dairy
We’ve noticed a decline in milk orders over the past 4 months. We thought it was due to school ending but now that we are back in session, we are still seeing low orders. We are determining if this is a lack of interest/need or just folks forgetting to order.
Ordering has not been consistent for either dairy but particularly Cedar Rock Farm (Raw Jersey Cow Milk). I personally order milk from this dairy every week so I know that quality is definitely not the issue.
If orders do not pick up for Cedar Rock, we will have raw jersey cow milk delivery every other week instead of weekly. Sam drives over 2 hours one way to get us milk and it has becoming increasing difficult to justify the drive for him.
Please remember that we need to hit certain minimums in order for ALL our farmers and vendors to deliver to us.
Thank you in advance for placing your market order and supporting local farms and businesses! We can’t do it without your support!!
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Come shop with us...Market is open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Take me to the Lilburn Market.
…on the Market this week…
Dabrielle and Bruce of My Daily Bread have offerings on the Market this week!
Udderly Cool Dairy has their delicious fresh cheeses on this week! Karen and Jeff will be on the Market every 3rd week for the foreseeable future. This is due to travel distance for delivery to our Markets! Be sure and order this week! Note: If you ordered cheese last week, you do NOT need to re-order. It will be available for pickup on Thursday! Thanks for your patience as we are working through this new schedule!
I will be sending out a Newsletter on Sunday to update you on all of the happenings on the Market!
Take me to the Lilburn Market.
Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup
Lilburn Members Pickup Location
All Saints Lutheran Church
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
Click Here for Map
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Market is Open! Come on in...
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Back on the Market this week…
Dabrielle and Bruce of My Daily Bread have offerings on the Market this week!
Udderly Cool Dairy has their delicious fresh cheeses on this week! Karen and Jeff will be on the Market every 3rd week for the foreseeable future. This is due to travel distance for delivery to our Markets! Be sure and order this week! Note: If you ordered cheese last week, it will be available for pickup THIS week!
I will be sending out a Newsletter on Sunday to update you on all of the happenings on the Market!
Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Champaign, OH: Let's Work Together
Oh well now, come on you people…
Walk hand in hand…
Let’s make this world of ours…
A good place to stand…
(Let’s Work Together-Canned Heat)
One of my favorite tunes that I always forget about, and then it will pop up on my Pandora, and I fall in love with it, all over again.
Such a fitting thought for this little local market of love. If vendors, customers, and the community, all walk, hand in hand, not only does it strengthen our market, but it helps the whole local vibe.
And, don’t we all just want to vibe along, happily, making it all a beautiful place?
I am opening the market for the week!! Thank you to all who ordered, this week!! We seem to be adding products, weekly!! I urge everyone to try our market, just one time, for even just one item, to get to know us…we promise, you will find it a good place to stand…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is now OPEN for orders! Group Buy this weekend
FCLO Group Buy this weekend. I found out after I sent newsletter that Green Pasture is having a BACK TO SCHOOL SALE on their 3 most popular items-Fermented Cod Liver Oil – Cinnamon Flavor, Blue Ice™ Royal Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend Capsules, and
Fermented Skate Liver Oil – Spicy Orange Liquid. Sale prices are reflected in pricing. Stock up if you use these products!!
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
Click link to order: 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 (credit card online by clicking “Pay Now” button at check out)
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News: Group Buy FCLO This Weekend
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Like Us on Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Have a question for other co-op members? Submit questions on our Google Group Discussion Board: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/suwanee-whole-life-co-op
Group Buy FCLO
This weekend we will have our Group Buy for Green Pasture products (Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO), High Vitamin Butter Oil, Skate Liver Oil
All currently available products (as of today) will be listed on the market site tomorrow for ordering.
We order FCLO monthly. Please keep this in mind when ordering.
The prices include our discounted group buy price, shipping, fees and taxes.
THIS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP THIS TUESDAY.
I will place our group order on Monday and expect it will be available for pick up within 2 weeks. This is a prepaid pre-order, so payment is expected this Tuesday. If you are only ordering Green Pasture or Great Lakes products this week, please drop a check in the mail or online payment on the co-op market website.
If you are new to the co-op and/or Fermented Cod Liver Oil, I have links below that discuss the benefits of these amazing products.
Questions and Answers About Fermented Cod Liver Oil
http://wellnessmama.com/13154/fermented-cod-liver-oil-vs-fish-oil/
Market News
My Daily Bread will be on the market every other week and will be back next week.
ALL the veggies and fruits listed on the market are either Certified Naturally Grown or organically grown. NO synthetic chemical pesticides or fertilizers ever used
NEW ITEMS!
Veggies – Pepper ‘Corno di Toro’
Veggies – Peppers Cayenne
Tea Tree / Cedarwood with ground pumice (Large 5 oz. Bar)
Tea Tree / Cedarwood with ground
Veggies – Shishito Peppers
Veggies – Eggplant ‘Machiaw’
Lamb- Leg Roast- various sizes
Alpaca Chuck Roast various sizes
Alpaca Ribs
Alpaca Liver
Lamb- Shoulder Roast
Veggies – Cucumbers, Slicing
Veggies – Cucumbers, Pickling
Veggies – Squash Spaghetti ‘Small Wonder’
Veggies – Butternut Squash
Veggies – N. Ga. Candy Roaster
Veggies – Okra ‘Mixed’
Veggies – Eggplant ‘Violette De Florence’
Veggies – Eggplant ’Little Green"
Beef – Suet
Beef – Brisket Half
Beef – Marrow bones
Volunteers Needed – Beta Club Members welcome
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
We need 1 volunteer for the 5pm shift next Tuesday!
THANK YOU Diana, Pam, and Chuck for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
If you have a high schooler in the Beta Club that needs hours please let them know they can volunteer at the market. I will sign off on their hours.
The schedule through the end of the year is posted. To sign up click: Vounteer Sign up
No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised.
FACEBOOK – Opportunity to help!
Many of you have told me that you can’t volunteer due to your work/family schedule and I completely understand. You’ve also asked what else can I do help out the co-op? Here’s one way that will really help us out – if you are on Facebook or other social media please consider posting a pic of your co-op goodies! I have a very limited marketing budget and really depend on word of mouth advertising. Please feel free to spread the word about our wonderful market! Tag us @SuwaneeWholeLife
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys/Vendors of the Day
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
FCLO – 8/19 – 8/21
Unrefined Sea Salts – 8/26 – 8/28
Collagen 9/9 – 9/11
Wilderness Family Naturals- 9/23 – 9/25
Grass Fed Cheese – 10/14 – 10/16
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious foods possible!
Champaign, OH: Peachy, Peachy, Peachy!
The Herrs will once again be set up at the YMCA, today, with their latest round of amazing peaches, and possibly other items that they have. They may even have a few of their early apples that they had up at the Mechanicsburg market on Tuesday!!
Make plans to get what could be the last round of peaches!!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam