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CLG: Cherokee Purple Tomatoes! CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good morning,
We will have delicious Cherokee Purple Tomatoes on the extras table ($2/lb) so come early. 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
SAT, JULY 9 AND SUN, JULY 10 – HUGE WORK DAY PLANNED FOR G.R.O.W. HARRISBURG AND FOR THE WIC PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH FORT GORDON VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERS! – Gonna get real dirty while getting lots done with this amazing group. And there’s always room for more! Save the date if you’re looking to make a BIG difference at Icebox Urban Farm with Steve and Tasha, and/or at the Richmond County Public Health Department installing teaching gardens with Adam at the lead. Starts at 8am at Icebox Urban Farm at 1734 Fenwick Street, Augusta, on both Sat and Sun. And yes, we always feed a tasty, healthy lunch to our volunteers, AND FOR THIS EVENT, FREE TSHIRTS TOO!RSVP to Kim at 706-288-7895 to confirm your participation. This is a great youth/scout group service-learning activity.
SAT, JULY 16 – CHOCOLATE MAKING WORKSHOP WITH THE ANTEBELLUM CHOCOLATE COMPANY IN AIKEN, SC
Spend your Saturday evening making your own chocolate bars with your choice of ingredients – many of them local – with Antebellum Chocolates in Aiken. Learn the history and fundamentals of chocolate, make the bars, and feel the love. $25/person includes your take-home tray of bars. 5pm-6:30pm. Save the date; space is limited; tickets go on sale next week through this market. Visit antebellumchocolates.com for more information.
THU, JULY 28 – FOOD OASIS MEETING – Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! This meeting will be held and hosted by Helms College. Text Kim at 706-288-7895 to get the RSVP link!
SUN, SEPT 25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR!
So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. Visit the Facebook page “AGL Farm Tour” for updates and more.
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.
Cheers!
Kim
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Market is Open! Come on in...
The Market is Open…Happy Shopping!
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
Ancient Awakenings
Here is your ‘once-a-month’ opportunity to order your favorite fermented veggies and drinks from Ancient Awakenings! Two of my favorites are Grape Kefir and Vanilla/Banana Coconut Kefir! Good for you and delicious! Order today!
Order now since you are just a click way!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: The Market is Open...Come on in
The Market is Open…Happy Shopping!
Please remember, we MUST meet minimum each week. Please forward the Market link to friends, family, neighbors! If minimum is not met, pickup will be at the Larenceville/Dacula location next Thursday. An email will be sent directly after Market closes Monday evening to advise status! My passion is making LOCAL, Fresh, Nutrient-dense foods available to folks. Please share this Market link!
Hamilton Mill Members Pickup Location
Crossfit PURE
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit PURE
1342 Auburn Rd.
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map
Ancient Awakenings
Here is your ‘once-a-month’ opportunity to order your fermented foods and drinks for July! Love the Grape Water Kefir and the Vanilla/Banana Coconut Kefir! Check them out today!
Order now since you are just a click way!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
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
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)
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Good Morning! Market is Open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
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.
Ancient Awakenings
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: The Weight
Catch a cannon ball now to take me down the line
My bag is sinkin’ low and I do believe it’s time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she’s the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone…
(The Weight-The Band)
Always this song, always when I need to be swayed back to steadiness, peacefulness, calmness…
I think we all have a constant in our lives that calms us, grounds us, steadies us.
This song takes me back to old times with old pals in old places like the West End. It reminds me of taking off on carefree summer days. Loads of us all packed into cars, following each other, to destinations unplanned, unknown. The woods, parks, hiking trails…we were all a band of explorers looking for the same peace, the same calm, the same kind of steady.
Today, this past week, so much. So much business and craziness in that business life. It’s all a good crazy but even a good crazy needs to calm it’s head, at times.
Tonight, as I worked the market, I felt the same instant calm that I used to feel with my travelling band of pals. Customers greeted me, asked about my day, asked about my load, wanted to make sure I was good, that I would get some rest, that it was good to see me. Greeting the vendors was like greeting favorite family members.
In my life, I need these moments to connect with these people. My fellow vendors, my beloved customers, this lovely little market.
This little local market of love never disappoints…it’s so important in so many ways. The food, the local source, the community, the network…but, what it really does is it takes a bit of the weight, and lifts it, giving us each a bit of sunshine, weaves us all into this local fabric to help steady us all…
Go ahead…this week, place your orders, feel good about this whole local scene, and feel how steady and calm you feel once the ordering is over…I promise you that it will all be good. Right when you feel your bag is sinking low, it will pick you right back up…
Peace, Love, Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News 6-30-16
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
Market News
Jason was very pleased with the shrimp orders last week. We decided that he would come on a monthly basis. The shrimp he brought us literally just came out of the water and were amazing. My kids said my shrimp and grits were the best they’ve ever had! I will send reminders when it is wild caught shrimp time again but mark your calendars for July 22nd!
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!
Tomatoes Green “Heirloom”
Veggies – Potatoes ‘Purple Sun’
Veggies – Onions ‘Italian Torpedo’
Veggies – Garlic ‘Inchelium’
Veggie – Beans – Tri-color Snap Beans
Dill – seed heads
Tomatoes “Heirloom” – beautiful and full of flavor
Veggies – Squash – Gourmet Mixed
Honey- Orange Blossom (lovely essence of orange)
Basil – Red Rubin
Blueberries
Heirloom Garlic
Veggies – Green Beans
Veggies – Fingerling Potatoes ‘Swedish Peanut’
Veggies – Onion ‘Superstar’
Veggies – Onion ‘Red Candy Apple
Veggies – Onion ’Candy’
Veggies – Celery ‘Tango’ (THE BEST CELERY YOU WILL EVER HAVE! This celery probably doesn’t look like the commercial celery you are used to but the flavor is absolutely amazing and fresh. You can dry the leaves to use later.)
Veggies – Cucumber ‘Pickling’
Veggies – Peppers – Green Bell
Veggies – Peppers- Yellow Gypsy Sweet
Recipes
Here are a couple recipes using some of the fresh veggies we have this week on the market. Feel free to forward me some of your favorite recipes!
FRESH SQUASH CASSEROLE
source: Coventry Family Farm
1 pound squash/zucchini mix sliced
1/2 medium onion chopped
2-3 Tbsp grass fed butter
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1 dollop mayonnaise or sour cream
2 tsp dried basil or 1 TBSP fresh basil finely chopped
1 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp freshly cracked pepper
chicken/veggie stock (if needed)
Preheat oven to 350
Melt butter in a pot adding a little salt until combined. Add squash/zucchini and stir to coat well. Cover and cook on low heat until squash is tender. Remove from heat, add the chopped onions and cover while gathering the other ingredients in a bowl. Drain any liquid from the cooked squash. Combine the remaining ingredients with the squash in the pot, reserving enough Parmesan to sprinkle on top. The consistency should be stew-like so add a little chicken stock if necessary to get to this consistency. Put mixture into a greased pan, sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese and bake for 30 -35 minutes or until bubbly and browned edges. You can sprinkle with panko, bread crumbs or crackers if desired before you bake. Enjoy!
SHORTCUT FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
source:http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2016/05/17/shortcut-fried-green-tomatoes/
SERVES: 4
INGREDIENTS
For the Dipping Sauce
½ cup sour cream
2 teaspoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
For the Tomatoes
2 green tomatoes, weighing 12 – 14 ounces total
2/3 cup finely ground whole-grain cornmeal
Clarified butter (ghee), coconut oil or other high-temperature cooking oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
To make the dipping sauce, whisk together the sour cream, lemon juice, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Set aside.
Thinly slice the green tomatoes (about ¼-inch thick) and dredge both sides in the cornmeal.
Heat a thin layer of clarified butter (ghee) in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook in batches until tender when pierced with a fork and both sides are golden brown, a couple minutes per side. To prevent the skillet from getting dry, add more ghee when necessary. Wipe out the skillet in-between batches (otherwise the crumbs will burn).
Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate, season with salt and pepper, and serve warm with dipping sauce.
PALEO FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Prep:8 minutes Cook:12 minutes to 15 minutes
source: http://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipe/fried-green-tomatoes/
Ingredients
1/4 cup Coconut Flour
2 whole Pastured Eggs
2 Tomato, green
3 Bacon, strips
1 tsp Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
Shop
Process
Cook bacon over medium heat, allow to cool, then crumble.
Reserve bacon grease for cooking tomatoes.
Clean tomatoes, and slice into 1/8-inch-thick pieces.
Whisk the eggs in a shallow dish.
Dip tomato slices in egg wash, then dredge in coconut flour.
Sauté tomato slices in bacon fat for 2–3 minutes per side over medium heat.
Remove from heat, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Serve with crumbled bacon.
Volunteers Needed
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 Marie, Brenda, Pam, Chuck, and Maya for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
FAREWELL and A BIG THANK YOU to Marie for helping out for over 4 years! Many of you may or may not have met my good friend Marie. She has been helping me set up the market for the past 4 years and is one of the reasons why the market runs so smoothly on Tuesdays. Most times she gets to the warehouse even before I do! She will be moving to south Georgia soon and will be dearly missed! Hoping to get her back once a month when she stocks up on co-op goodies!
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.
Green Pasture FCLO – 7/8 – 7/10
Great Lakes Collagen 7/8 – 7/10
Unrefined Sea Salts – TBD August
Wellness Partner’s offers and events
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious foods possible!
Fisher's Produce: Bristow delivery/farm-stand today!
Hello Friends,
We will be set up in the Tractor Supply parking lot this evening from 5:00pm-6:00pm.
We have 15 bushels of sweet corn with us along with plenty of tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplant, summer squash, and a few potatoes, onions, and garlic.
This will be our last sweet corn delivery to Bristow. Big sweet ears, great for roasting or freezing. Non-gmo, insecticide free! 20.00/bushel or 5.00/dozen.
Come out and see us!
Blessings,
Luke