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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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Local Farms First: Winter Schedule Update
Greetings Local Farms First Food Lovers,
Schedule update:
LFF will not deliver during January and February while we undergo a re-visioning process for the service. Stay tuned for updated information in late winter.
Thank you for your support of Local Farms First.
Have a fantastic holiday,
Erin Griffin – Market Manager
LocalFarmsFirst.org – a 501c3 non-profit
click here to start shopping on the website:
www.LocalFarmsFirst.com
Cape Locally Grown: Seasons Greetings and a Gift for you!
Seasons Greetings!
It’s that time of year again when we show appreciation to the ones we hold dear, both friends and family.
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of the local farmers, growers, and artisans that make up Cape Locally Grown. As a Christmas gift, we are offering all of our customers $5.00 off this week on their orders of $30.00 or more. Take advantage of the local meats, baked goods, veggies, nuts, soaps, and clothing items available this week for your Christmas time celebrations!
New growers this week include Steve McKaskle’s family farm (Braggadocio, Missouri) in the Missouri Bootheel. He grows high quality certified organic rice, popcorn and corn meal products. They make a great addition to our market and provide you with more opportunities to support local growers.
Also April Calvin at Crow Moon Farm (Fredericktown, Missouri) brings her luxurious soaps made from organic oils and essential oils. If you want a special gift this Christmas, this soap is it!
For Christmas shopping, check out our gift certificates that make a great stocking stuffer for your locavore friends. Also our gift boxes are a great way to get a taste of local flavor for family and friends as our boxes offer several growers’ products in one gift!
Don’t forget the other great products for your Christmas celebration – grass-fed beef from Double B Ranch, ice cream from Cream of the Crust, eggs from Manoor Manor, baked goods and salad greens from Green’s Garden, jams and winter squash from Null Farms Produce, black walnuts from First Fruits, alpaca wear from Three Sisters Farm, and young fryer rabbits from Maple Cottage Farm.
We appreciate your support as we do our part in helping to build our local food system.
Lance and Sharla Green
Cape Locally Grown
Russellville Community Market: Christmas Week Info--IMPORTANT
Russellville Community Market
Your year-round source for everything local!
The Russellville Community Market would like to take this opportunity to wish you the happiest of holidays and thank you for supporting local farms, producers, makers and bakers through your patronage at RCM.
When planning your holiday meals and shopping, stop by the RCM online market and source your ingredients and gifts right here in your own community!
Happy holidays,
We wanted to let you know that RCM WILL be having a Christmas week market. Things will work a bit differently that week. Here are the basics:
- RCM will open for orders on Friday, December 19th at 12:00 noon.
- RCM will close for orders on Monday, December 22nd at 12:00 noon.
- The market pick-up will take place on Tuesday, December 23rd from 4:00-6:30 p.m. (normal time) at All Saints.
If you have ANY questions, please call/text me at 913-636-8193 or email me directly at bryanrmader@yahoo.com.
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: Check out the Specials...
Market Closes at 8:00pm Tonight
Weekly Specials and Christmas Bakery Items
Be sure and check out the specials on Lamb offerings posted by Heritage Farm! Great deals! Also, Greg has several Turkeys available for Christmas dinner!
Our Bakers, Marie of Bakery on Brooks and Dabrielle of My Daily Bread are busy bees making and creating all sorts of Christmas goodies and treats for us! Choose from Cookie Platters, Tins and Baskets plus all of their regular scrumptious baked goods! You will not be disappointed. Remember, Marie of Bakery on Brooks will not be at Market for the next 2 weeks, so plan accordingly!
Market Closes at 8:00pm Monday!
Market Closes at 8:00pm Monday!
Pickup Location: All Saints Lutheran Church
722 Rockbridge Road SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
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Holiday Markets
Christmas and New Years Day fall on this year. Market pickups for the week of Christmas will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd 4:00pm – 6:00pm. Market pickups for the week of New Years will be Tuesday, December 30th 4:00pm – 6:00pm.
Thank you for your support!
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BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: Some specials for you...
Market Closes at 8:00pm Tonight
Weekly Specials and Christmas Bakery Items
Be sure and check out the specials on Lamb offerings posted by Heritage Farm! Great deals! Also, Greg has several Turkeys available for Christmas dinner!
Our Bakers, Marie of Bakery on Brooks and Dabrielle of My Daily Bread are busy bees making and creating all sorts of Christmas goodies and treats for us! Choose from Cookie Platters, Tins and Baskets plus all of their regular scrumptious baked goods! You will not be disappointed. Marie of Bakery on Brooks will not be at Market next week — plan accordingly!
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 2:30 – 4:30pm
Pickup Location:
Hamilton Mill Community Clubhouse
1669 Hamilton Mill Parkway
Dacula, GA 30019
Holiday Markets
Christmas and New Years Day fall on this year. Market pickups for the week of Christmas will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd. Market pickups for the week of New Years will be Tuesday, December 30th.
Thank you for your support!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Check out some specials...
Market Closes at 8:00pm Tonight
Weekly Specials and Christmas Bakery Items
Be sure and check out the specials on Lamb offerings posted by Heritage Farm! Great deals! Also, Greg has several Turkeys available for Christmas dinner!
Our Bakers, Marie of Bakery on Brooks and Dabrielle of My Daily Bread are busy bees making and creating all sorts of Christmas goodies and treats for us! Choose from Cookie Platters, Tins and Baskets plus all of their regular scrumptious baked goods! You will not be disappointed.
Pickup Day and Time: Thursday 4:30 – 6:30pm
Pickup Location:
Pickup Location: Crossfit Ozone
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Holiday Markets
Christmas and New Years Day fall on this year. Market pickups for the week of Christmas will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd. Market pickups for the week of New Years will be Tuesday, December 30th.
Thank you for your support!
“Like” us on facebook!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: Ordering ends at 8:00 tonight.
Don’t forget to get your orders inbefore 8:00 tonight. There are many new items on the market so take a few minutes to shop for some new yummies. We also have a fresh batch of cheeses in.
Holiday hours for the Christmas and New Year holiday weeks will be 10-2 on Wednesdays.
Thank you for supporting your local farmers.
Mary Beth
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
Well this is it! The last market before the New Year! Can you believe that 2014 is drawing to a close and we still have fresh veggies?
We will not be open the next two weeks for Christmas and the New Year. We will return the week of January 5th. Stock up now and we look forward to serving you in the New Year.
See you on Friday,
Angela
Champaign, OH: All I Want For Christmas
I don’t want a lot for Christmas…
There’s just one thing I need…
I don’t care about the presents…
Underneath the Christmas tree…
(All I Want For Christmas-Love, Actually soundtrack)
So, it’s no big secret that I am ecstatic that my co-ed is back in the US from her semester abroad. She arrived, last night, at the airport. I ran and grabbed her just as soon as I spotted her coming out of the gate area. While away, she studied in Milan, she toured and did studies in Verona, Rome, Venice, Florence. She vacationed in Paris, Barcelona and London. She turned 21 while she was in Barcelona. She worked Milan Fashion Week, she was part of Milan’s Vogue Night Out, she was in and out of fashion studios and designers’lofts. She was living the dream…and she made the experience all her own.
Now, she is home for one month, she then returns to college, and graduates in the spring. Only to take off to her new life…wherever that may be.
This little hippie mom is so proud of her, so happy she is home for the holidays, and so excited that we shared dinner and wine, last night, and now early morning coffee. She truly is all that I wanted for Christmas, this year.
May everyone find the light and love of the season. May you find joy and peace and then may you spread it all around, to everyone, like confetti.
Today is Monday…we are seeing a really big market. Show your love to those around you and shop local for them. Shop local for yourself. Give local gifts. Give gifts that were lovingly prepared by local growers, producers, and artisans…
All I want for Christmas is love…for all of you…and if it’s local love, all the better!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Locally Grown - Availability for December 17th, 2014
Hey Local Food Lovers,
This is the last Locally Grown week we’ll have before Christmas (we’re closed for two weeks after due to the holidays). We have a ton of Christmas Specialty items that’ll make the holidays special: buche de noel cake, dried herb bundles, flan, Christmas cactus mugs, jerusalem artichoke soup, and if you’re hoping to introduce somebody to the Locally Grown market in 2015, buy a GIFT CERTIFICATE for a friend in any dollar increment you’d like. We have some nice new full color certificates!
We want to THANK all of you for a just incredible 2014 year! Really, this has been an incredible year! If all goes well this week, we’re likely to finish the year with sales above $75,000. Just for some perspective that’s about 60% growth from last year. What’s much more important than the dollars and cents, is that many more of you out there are eating local foods and eating local more often. Helping to make that happen is farmers who are working to grow more food, and grow it more months of the year. I know of several greenhouses under construction right now.
The expansion to Gainesville this year has really been something special. But it’s only the beginning. It’s really kind of been like a trial run up to now. In the new year we’ll be setting up a farmer drop off down there, so that even more vendors can join the market. We’ll also be launching a marketing campaign that should help all of Hall County, and hopefully even beyond that the market is there! We’re looking forward to some very fun events as well in 2015, and opportunities for you all to meet some of the farmers behind Locally Grown.
It feels early to be saying this, but we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Everyone who orders meat this week should get it this week. Please don’t forget your orders (and remember it’s always a good idea to have a backup person you can call in a pinch to come get your order for you).
EAT WELL, and EAT WELL OFTEN, and THANKS!
Justin, Chuck, Teri, Andrew and all the growers, and all the volunteers here at Locally Grown!