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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Old99Farm Market: Old 99 farm Fri Mar 11 2015
Wow, I just gotta share this with y’all. A rise of 4/10s of 1% of soil carbon would result in the annual storage of 3.4 billion tonnes of soil carbon, countering the rise in atmospheric CO2. With suitable farming methods this is very doable, but farmers will need assurance from policy setters that they can benefit from changing their chemical dependent ways.
One of my ‘go to’ sites is Regenerative Agriculture and they’re hot right now. They are teamed up with the French in a program called 4P1000 Initiative, to meet multiple goals for improving human health, soil fertility, reducing carbon pollution and increasing food production. The Organic Consumers Association and IFOAM Organics International praised the French Government’s 4 per 1000 Initiative as the most important climate strategy to come out of the COP21 Paris Climate Talks.
Watch a video here on how the small scale intensive farmers can apply this thinking and earn a living.
Read more here. This is a report on how soil affects health of plants and in turn the humans that eat them.
A main vector for improving human health from this regenerative approach to agriculture is the soilfoodweb, the microbial diversity that exists in healthy soil.
A pediatric neurologist from NYC is quoted in the Mercola article, “Take a trip to the forest with your family … Community gardens are also wonderful. So are farmers’ markets. They expose children to fresh foods, which taste completely different. And it also exposes them to potentially healthy microbes through the traces of soil that might be left over on the fruits and vegetables when you buy them at a farmers’ market.” It’s because the diversity of microbes that our bodies, especially kids, are exposed to that strengthens our immune system against diseases. The journey of her child’s soy allergy led her to write the book “The Dirt Cure: Growing Healthy Kids With Food Straight from Soil.”
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Good Morning! Market is Open!
The Market is now 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
Order now since you are just a click way!
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BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: Good Morning! Market is Open!
The Market is now Open…Happy Shopping!
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
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Order now since you are just a click way!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Market is Open! Come on in...
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
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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
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Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Order now since you are just a click way!
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BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
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!
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
Champaign, OH: Can't Stop This Love
You can’t stop this love…
(Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band)
Tonight we open the market up for the week!! It was a great market week, last week, with an amazing market order pick up night, tonight!!
When I am working the market, I always am taken over by just how much I love this little market of love. How much happiness this market brings. How communal, and love filled, and giving, and sharing…it’s a love fest of community.
Local. Where local meets local meets local. I am so proud of this market, the vendors that come to us, each and every week, the community who supports us, the YMCA for housing and supporting us, and for the cross promoting with like minded, local spirited, entities.
We love you all!! Your two market managers are excited to take this market to levels that we have never experienced. We are excited to make announcements, work with the vendors, educate the customers and community, and to help elevate the already exploding market sales!!
When you have passionate, like minded, dedicated market managers, you just can’t stop this love…the local love that was created in this market, almost 5 years ago. We have grown, learned, planned…and now…you can’t stop this!!
A HUGE shout out about the song of choice, tonight, from a family who really can’t stop their love of each other, their community, and the local movement.
We all go hand in hand…we are all this local love quest…
The market opens, tonight, for all of your ordering needs!!
Thank you, for your never ending love…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
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)
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
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News : Farm Tour RSVP, Beef , & Fry Farm is back!
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
Farm Tour: Back in Time Farm
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We will tour Back in Time Farm on Sunday, April 17th from 2pm to 4pm. This is a great opportunity for you and your family to meet your farmer and see where your food comes from!
We are asking that you RSVP if you plan on making so we can plan for parking. I have added a category on the market called “Farm Tours -RSVP” and would like you to add to your cart as an order if you want to attend. The price is Free! This way we can have an idea of how many of you plan on visiting and can make sure we have enough space for parking all our cars.
The farm address is 40 Arnold Rd SE, Statham GA 30666 (about 50 minutes from Suwanee)
Hope to see you there!!
Market News
Fry Farm is officially back on the market!! We are so happy to have their local, beautiful, delicious, Certified Naturally Grown produce back on our market!
Veggies they have listed this week are:
Collard Greens-Organically Grown
Collard Greens ’ Georgia ’
Kale – Vibrantly Nutritious
Swiss Chard
Arugula ‘Rocket ’
Parsnips
Carrots ’Rainbow Mix’
Spinach ’ Viroflay ’
Sunchokes
Popcorn ‘Robust Yellow’
Popcorn – Calico
We are planning to have a farm tour sometime in April so look for details about that coming soon!
Beef B&G has sadly decided to no longer carry grass fed beef. To simplify their farm they’ve decided to concentrate on their pastured Berkshire pork and cornish cross chickens.
I will be visiting a ranch tomorrow in Watkinsville and if everything works out we’ll have beef on the market very soon. I’ll keep you all updated.
Right now B&G still has Ribeye Steaks and Sirloin Steaks. B&G will continue to list all their pastured pork and chicken.
Halibut – Alaskan Wild Caught SALE! – Doug just added the last of the catch for this season before he heads back to Alaska. He also put it ON SALE! $10 per pack! Once it’s gone we won’t have anymore until October. This a beautiful white fist with a delicate, mild flavor. Great grilled or baked and perfect for FISH TACOS!
NEW ITEMS!
Pear Cherry Preserve – I hope you all enjoyed meeting Andrea from Rapid Gourmet on Tuesday! She has now listed her newest item Pear Cherry Preserve that many of you enjoyed sampling. It is all natural and tastes great. Try it on roasted chicken or poultry, as drizzle over ice cream, pound cake, pancakes, or simply as a spread on your morning toast.
Water Buffalo – Sausage – Rosemary/Garlic – No MSG, gluten, nitrites, or fillers in these tasty grass fed water buffalo sausages. Our buffalo live a specie-appropriate lifestyle and are humanely harvested. They are raised with love and respect, not hormones, antibiotics, or pesticides. Water buffalo meat is known for being a heart healthy red meat, nutrient dense — high in CLA (a good fat that helps our bodies to burn fat) and B-vitamins. Enjoy!
Cultured Traditions is hiring!
Cultured Traditions is currently looking to hire. If you are interested please contact Tanya directly.
Below is the job description and info:
Cultured Traditions in Duluth, GA is looking for help at their commercial kitchen. We make various sauerkrauts as well as some other fermented vegetables and drinks. There is no high heat processing, instead food gets transformed and preserved through a natural fermentation process.
Responsibilities include the following:
- washing, peeling, cutting, shredding vegetables
- weighing and measuring ingredients
- mixing ingredients together and preparing them for fermentation
- cleaning work areas, equipment, utensils
- packaging, labeling, boxing the finished product
We are looking for someone who is reliable, communicative, has a means of transportation to and from work space, has the ability to lift and move heavy fermenting stoneware and bulk vegetable cases and is not offended by fermentation smells ;) Also, not a requirement but would be a great plus if that is someone who is interested in and passionate about fermentation and working with organic, health promoting foods!
It would be a part time position with a flexible schedule (has to be coordinated).
Please email Tanya@CulturedTraditions.com
Volunteers Needed
WE NEED a Volunteer for the 5pm shift this upcoming Tuesday!!
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
THANK YOU Pam, Marie, Diana, Chuck, and Cindy for helping out on Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
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.
Plastic Milk Carriers 3/25 – 3/27
Wilderness Family Naturals (Coconut Oil and organic pantry items) 3/25 – 3/27
Green Pasture – FCLO 4/8 – 4/11
Collagen – VitalProteins -TBD April
Old State Farms – Maple Syrup – Grade B -TBD April
Upcoming VENDOR OF THE DAY:
Southern Essentials 3/22
Wellness Partner’s offers and events
I am very happy to announce a new Wellness Partner – Fit Body Boot Camp Sugarloaf! They have 2 offers exclusively for co-op members : Free Trial Class or Fee Waived for 6 Week Challenge. Offer details below:
Fit Body Boot Camp is a results driven and energetic fitness and fat loss workout program that includes motivation, accountability and dynamic resistance training; all designed to get you the body you want in a safe, fun, and non-intimidating atmosphere. Every workout session is led by an experienced, certified personal trainer and is designed to be fun, supportive and challenging, while burning maximum fat, in minimum time.
If you’re looking to lose weight and/or tone certain areas, why not join those that have already seen amazing results?
Sign up for a free trial class on our website (www.fbbc-sugarloaf.com) under Membership Options.
or
If you’re ready to jump right in, sign up for our 6 Week February Challenge (starts February 29th) which includes weekly weigh-ins, bi-weekly measurements, nutrition consultations, food prep workshops, detailed meal plans, private Facebook group for motivation, encouragement, member recipes, and so much more. We’re waiving the sign up fee for Suwanee Whole Life Co-op Members, just mention you’re a co-op member when signing up (offer valid through February 29, 2016).
For more information or to sign up call (770) 896-6718.
Fit Body Boot Camp Sugarloaf
3370 Sugarloaf Parkway Ste G-9
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
(770) 896-6718
www.fbbc-sugarloaf.com
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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!
Stones River Market: Please read, your assistance is needed :)
Hello everyone,
If you received these extras in your order, from this week and last, please let us know! (Meaning you did NOT order or pay for them but they were added to your things at pickup)
Last week:
1 Friendship Bread- Coconut Cream
This week:
1 Orange Cranberry Pecan Bread
Just shoot back an email or text Tracey at:
931.952.1224
Thank you all for your continued support!
Tracey