CLG:  CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.

Good morning,
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

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Market is Open! Ancient Awakenings this week!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Schedule for Market Ordering and Pickup

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Order from Lawrenceville/Dacula Market!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Back on the Market this week…

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.

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Market is Open! Ancient Awakenings this week!

The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!

Back on the Market this week…

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.

Champaign, OH:  Oh Yeah, Life Goes On

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible belt come down
And save my soul
Hold on to sixteen as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men
(John Mellencamp – Jack And Diane)

Good Morning little local market of love customers…another sunshine kind of day, a start to the weekend, and a perfect time to begin the planning of your upcoming week, what you will need, how we can help, and how we can off you amazing local goodness with ease, with love, with pride.

Lately, I have been reflecting. Reflecting on all of the changes that I am going through. Adapting to some of the changes. Running with other changes. And then, on some changes, when I really let myself think about them, I find myself needing the comfort of my friends, my quiet, my need for the familiar.

I chose this song lyric and song, today, because it transports me back to 1982. I have been thinking a lot, lately about that year. One of the reasons is that a few weeks ago, my graduating class of 1982 had an impromptu casual reunion. The invitations came via a group text. It came out of the blue, it sounded fun, but it also came with a bit of nervousness. I had not reunited with my class, as a whole, since I moved on in 1982. I have my West End gang, and the few people I have stayed in contact with, but as a whole, I would be revisiting my youth. My glory days, although my glory days were long put away.

The last time I had been in contact with my best friends, my early circle, had been when we all departed for college that fall of 1982. I remember this song was a song that we played, over and over and over, that summer. We took a big vacation, all of my girlfriends, on the open road, off to the beach. Suddenly, pictures were being sent via texts, from that vacation. I sat and smiled, and remembered, and was excited for the mini reunion.

The same week, my daughter began the process of moving to her new apartment. You all know she moved home after graduating college, last year, while she found her post college job, saved money, and planned her next move.

The same time frame, the new business that I am a part of, with your other market manager, had hit it’s huge stride. Like explosion status.

And, as with every summer, I had Art Affair thrown in, that takes my life, my time, my energy. I love it, but man can it drain you.

So, with all of this, I went to my reunion. I had a 1982 playlist happening on my drive. I emerged into the patio of the restaurant, and suddenly I was pulled into one hug after another. Suddenly, drinks were being ordered, all around, and just like that, we were those crazy kids of 1982. Each time someone else walked in, there were more screams, more hugs, and then my inner circle was reunited. And, we spent the rest of the evening reliving, catching up, and now we are all connected, once again, like we never parted. I get daily group texts from my high school pals, and it feels so good to know that while everything changes, some things really do stay the same.

And, my daughter moved. It was so very hard, this time. When she moved off to college, and Italy, I knew she would be in and out, back and forth. This time, well, this time…she is an adult, out on her new path, her new life, in her new pad. I am so proud of her. So excited to watch her next steps. Another change.

So, with all of these changes, and getting used to a new business that already has growing pains, and being overwhelmed with the tasks of the summer, I found a bit of quiet comfort in cleaning out a forgotten cabinet in my kitchen. In doing that, I found my very first cookbook that I got when I was 5 years old. I sat, and flipped through the pages, and smiled, and remembered the recipes that I was always dazzling my family with, back then. And, in the back, was a photo tucked into a page. It was a photo of our 1982 group, right after one of our high school proms. We were all snazzy, and tanned, and had sun kissed hair, and we were all smiles, and our dates were all fresh faced boys, and we were all waving to the photographer, and right there, in my kitchen, I embraced all of the changes of this summer.

Embracing change is one of the hardest things to do, but for me, it’s made easy with piecing it together with a bit of nostalgia with a dose of the familiar.

Like this market…the comfort in this market, for me, is the familiar, and the nod to local food at it’s simplest. Local food is not trendy. Local food never left us. Like all of the changes I have gone through, this summer, the local food scene has gone through twists and turns but in the end…it’s here. It’s always been here. And, we want you to experience a trip back to the familiar.

Take a look at our market. Take comfort in the fact that we are you local familiar. Give us your trust and your orders. And, we will give you the familiar love that has always been here…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

ALFN Local Food Club:  Call for Volunteers!

Hey Folks,

We’re in need of volunteers for tomorrow morning. There are still three spots available for the 8-10:30 shift, and two for the 10-12:30 shift.

Sign up at Volunteer Spot to reap the reward of a month of membership or a $5 credit towards your order.

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

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net

Wild Caught Shrimp this weekend!

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)

Champaign, OH:  Love....It Makes It All Happen!

Love makes the world go round, love shows us the way, love is all we need…and, love is what drives this little local market.

It’s our love of the vendors, the customers, the market, the YMCA, that keeps us going…let’s all show our own love, and toss out some orders for the coming week!

We can hardly wait to show you what real local love is all about…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Dothan, Alabama:  July 30 Market Newsletter

Dothan’s SUSTAINABLE Market is now Open

Spotlight on our Farmers

“Aunt” Wash Maybin- A local legend from Henry Co Al
from Richter Farms

After moving out to the farm in 2010, we heard fascinating stories about the history of our area from our new neighbors. One such account was about Wash Maybin, an African-American midwife who was well liked by the community, as was her family. She lived about ½ mile from our property down our farm’s dirt road, and was part of the farming community in the early 20th century. In spite of the obstacles to success our African American Community faced in the early 1900s, she did what she could, focused on opportunities instead of obstacles, and succeeded. She owned a small farm just down the road from our property, and assisted delivering newborn babies for both black and white families. As a midwife, she would come to the home of an expectant mother, stay with their family to assist with the birth, take care of the mother and baby for two weeks, and charge $25. If the baby developed ailments, Aunt Wash would prepare her own home remedies and treat the baby or mother with positive results.

representative photo of Wash Mabin’s legacy

The locals called the 1 ½ mile dirt road we live on the “Wash Mabin Road” up until Henry County renamed the roads for the E911 system. It was a shame that Henry County didn’t do what Houston and other counties did and name the road according to the historical name “Wash Mabin Road”. However, a previously unnamed spring fed branch creek flowed through our property as well as the property that Wash Mabin farmed, and helped feed the Abbey Creek, and we decided it needed an official name. The creek needed to carry on the legacy of our most notable past resident, so we applied to assign the name to our creek. After 13 months of fact checking with the US Board on Geographic Names, filling out paperwork and waiting, our branch was officially named the Wash Maybin Branch! It seemed fitting that our farm branch was named for someone who saw opportunities, overcame the obstacles, and succeeded.

We couldn’t think of a more fitting example for us sustainable farmers who have obstacles such as large scale confinement operations selling cheap but low quality meat, large farms producing chemical containing and GMO grains and vegetables, and the challenge of economic transport of food to the consumer. Modern sustainable farmers are carrying on the tradition of past generations who want what’s best for ourselves and our neighbors, and we’re willing to swim against the current of our present society and trends. Richter Farms chose to produce the finest quality sustainable pork for ourselves and our customers. Many people have tasted and agree that we’ve succeeded.

Market Info

Farm to Table Recipes

Slow Cooker Pork This is one of those easy make ahead recipes. Perfect for a picnic, company or packing lunch!

Ingredients
3 pounds boneless pork shoulder roast, trimmed
1 package McCormick® Slow Cookers BBQ Pulled Pork Seasoning
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup cider vinegar

Instructions
Place pork in slow cooker.
Mix Seasoning Mix, ketchup, brown sugar and vinegar until blended. Pour over pork. Cover.
Cook 8 hours on LOW or 4 hours on HIGH. Remove pork from slow cooker.
Shred pork, using 2 forks. Return pork to slow cooker. Mix and heat with sauce before serving. Serve on sandwich rolls, if desired.

Footnotes

Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net

Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan

For Friday Pickup: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303

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!

The Cumming Harvest - Closed:  Reminder - Ordering Closes Tonight at 8pm

Just a friendly reminder that the market orders are due today by 8 pm.

Thank you for placing your order and supporting local farms and businesses!
See you on Saturday!

Click Here To Order

The Peaches are Freestone peaches this week and till the end of season