The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
CLG: Opening Bell: Hummus, Chicken, Spinach, PLANTS, Bacon!
Good afternoon!
We hope to have some exciting news regarding a new Grower very soon, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, stock up on your spring favorites before the heat of summer takes over. Spinach is very easy to blanch and freeze so you can enjoy it any time of year. And WOW, look at all the chicken and pork options Grass Roots has listed!
Maria will be at the market Friday with her newest item: HUMMUS! Come ready to sample some and take home your favorites!
STRAWBERRIES have been listed, and a few more have been showing up on the extras tables so plan to pick up early on Friday if possible.
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
Check out almost 500 wonderful items listed right now. Have a great week!
See you on Friday!
Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table. And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)
The market is now OPEN for orders. Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Stones River Market: The market is open!
Stones River Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
On Wednesdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Happy Sunday everyone!
Thank you to Peyton Owen of Peyton’s Plants for being with us last week and to everyone for supporting her efforts! There are a couple photos on the Stones River Market Facebook page and Instagram accounts.
We, continually, want to thank L & L Contractors for providing us with the beautiful space to hold market pickup! PLEASE check out their website and support these local craftsfolk in kind turn for them supporting us!
http://www.landlcontractorsmurfreesboro.com
Double Star Bar Farms should have more asparagus available at pickup on Wednesday! Rod has also added Sesame Bagels ($5/four bagels) and Turnips ($2 per 1/2 pound) They are also holding their Spring Festival at the end of April. Check their website and/or Facebook page for more info!
Nuance Coffee and Tea has added 4 new coffees to their offerings this week.
They are: Ethiopian Sidamo, Malawi Inzovu, Rwanda Shyara Mountain, and Tanzanian Preaberry Mutwari Lot #2
Sweet Pea added 1 Handcrafted pink and white beanie. Cute all on it’s own or worn with the pink and white scarf also for sale.
Seeds of Success has Ginger/Carrot Puree! This purée combines the complimentary pairing of ginger and carrots with SOS Tur-miracle (turmeric seasoning). Enjoy this purée as a cold or warm soup. It can also be served over quinoa, rice, pasta, or potatoes. Garnish with chives, cilantro, or basil.
Botanical Harmony Farm will have their new soaps, Tea Tree + Mint with Activated Charcoal and Hemp, Patchouli & Frankincense infused with locally grown hemp from right here in Rutherford County!
They will also have all-natural relaxing, detox and achy muscle bath salts along with herbal tub teas back in their line-up of natural health care coming soon!
Ashleigh and I are very thankful to be a part of this caring community and we truly appreciate you all for making Stones River Market a part of your week! This first year as managers will be a lot of getting our feet wet in understanding the market and its needs but we have lots of plans for the future so stick around and help spread the word!
See you all Wednesday,
Ashleigh & Tracey
Market Managers
(931)952-1224
stonesrivermarket@gmail.com
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Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!
I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.
See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/
ALFN Local Food Club: The Market is Open!
Dear ALFN Members,
I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend. If you were at pick-up yesterday, you may have noticed that we crossed a tipping point into spring production. Fresh strawberries have arrived! The market is open for another week of spring bounty.
An ALFN member reminded me yesterday that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has their new list of the Dirty Dozen out for 2016. The list ranks produce that has the highest amount of pesticide residues still on the product. The list is helpful to have on your phone as you shop for products in box stores. EWG also has a list of the top clean products. Here is a summary of the two lists from their website:
Dirty Dozen
- More than 98 percent of strawberry samples, peaches, nectarines, and apples tested positive for at least one pesticide residue.
- The average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other produce.
- A single grape sample and a sweet bell pepper sample contained 15 pesticides.
- Single samples of strawberries showed 17 different pesticides.
Clean Fifteen
- Avocados were the cleanest: only 1 percent of avocado samples showed any detectable pesticides.
- Some 89 percent of pineapples, 81 percent of papayas, 78 percent of mangoes, 73 percent of kiwi and 62 percent of cantaloupes had no residues.
- No single fruit sample from the Clean Fifteen™ tested positive for more than 4 types of pesticides.
- Multiple pesticide residues are extremely rare on Clean Fifteen™ vegetables. Only 5.5 percent of Clean Fifteen samples had two or more pesticides.
While I’m thinking about food research and useful shopping filters, I would also suggest you check out Monterey Bay’s Aquarium app call Seafood Watch that provides ratings for types of fish and methods for fishing that help consumers make a decision when shopping at a food store. The app works on smart phones, and I have found the app helpful when trying to cut through the various tuna choices. Check out their app here: Seafood Watch
Apps and Dirty Dozen Lists can be helpful when we can’t trace the origins of our food. But when you order from ALFN’s market, the growers are right there. They are our local neighbors. From urban farms to ranches in northwest Arkansas, our growers bring products backed by transparent production methods. You don’t need a third party app when shopping through ALFN!
Take care,
Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market Closed for Dogwood Festival Weekend
Good evening everyone! Market Management has made the decision to close the online market this coming week – April 17th through April 23rd due to the Dogwood Festival and in preparation of our outdoor market opening day on April 26th!
The Dogwood Festival will be held the 22nd – 24th.
The online market will re-open on April 24th and continue year round. During outdoor market season we move the order pick up location to the outdoor market.
Enjoy the Dogwood Festival this weekend!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Time to Order Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Hello, friends!
The market is open this morning as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm, so come see what we have to offer this week. Also be sure to see the change of pickup hours for this week only in the section of this message entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
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NEWS AND NOTES
Every week Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has some new perennial plants and herb plants listed. Planting time is upon us, so spruce up your garden this week! We also have a selection of herb plants available at Square Books. If you’d like to see something special before purchase, please drop us a note.
April 25 is the deadline to sign up for a share of the Summer/Fall CSA by White City Produce & Greenhouses.
Remember to look for wonderful early spring vegetables, delicious pork and beef cuts, fresh and dried herbs, rich creamline milk, organic free-range eggs, jams and jellies. Please take note of our great selection of hand crafted farm products, candles, essential oils, bath & beauty products, and house and garden plants.
Stop by Square Books soon and see our MLG Table, with lots of non-perishable farm products for sale. Pick up some jam or jelly, hand lotion or soap, herbal tea, a candle, or a basket of herb plants to enjoy or to give as a gift.
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(L to R) Epimedium and Japanese Tassel Fern from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse, Blackberry Jam from Sand Dragon Farms, Pork Chops from Weaver Farms, Fresh Oregano from White City Produce & Greenhouses.
IMPORTANT ORDERING AND PICKUP INFORMATION
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m..
This week only Square Books will close at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Please pick up your order between 4:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 East Main Street, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator till Friday, if it’s more convenient for you to pick it up between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. If you prefer to utilize this free service, please make a note on your order or call my cell at (931) 273-9708. If neither of those pickup times works for you, please make a note on the order, and we will work out an alternative arrangement.
Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, and your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Although the Saturday markets are closed for the season, wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends, calling their attention to the later pickup hours, which may be more convenient for them. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.
Blessings,
Linda
United States Virgin Islands: This week in VI Locally Grown
Good Evening Everyone,
The Market is now open for orders. Thanks for supporting your local producers. See you Wed! :)
Blessings,
Your VI Locally Grown Growers
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: This is how we do it!
Hello river valley!
Let’s make this the best online market week yet! Your local farmers and producers need your support to keep this market going!
As an incentive this week, each customer will receive a free goodie with their order! It will be a surprise…but we know you’ll like it!!
Please log in over at www.parisarkansas.locallygrown.net and check out all of the wonderful items we have to offer this week!!
Thank you all for your support!
Dothan, Alabama: April 16, 2016 - The Market is OPEN
Mid April Market Update
You’ll Find Us . . .
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
This Week at the Market
SANDSPUR FARMS – Pork was RESTOCKED last week. Thank you for your support. Please check beef quantities as we are working hard to restock it. Once again, thank you for your continued support of our family farm. Be sure and like us on Facebook if you have not already.
Your SUSTAINABLE Market
Many foods commonly consumed in the U.S. are valuable sources of antioxidants. But researchers have recently ranked the 50 best antioxidant sources among commonly eaten foods and found strawberries to be quite exceptional. When total antioxidant capacity was measured against a uniform amount of food (100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces), strawberries ranked 27th best among U.S. foods. In addition, when only fruits were considered, strawberries came out 4th among all fruits (behind blackberries, cranberries, and raspberries). However, since many foods (for example, spices and seasonings) are seldom consumed in amounts as large as 3.5 ounces, researchers also looked at common serving sizes for all foods and their total antioxidant capacity. In this evaluation based on common serving sizes, strawberries came out 3rd among all U.S. foods including spices, seasonings, fruits, and vegetables! (In this analysis based on serving size, only blackberries and walnuts scored higher in total antioxidant capacity.) When we hear the word “strawberry,” we might think about a very commonplace fruit. But the antioxidant capacity of strawberry is anything but common! Ooptimal strawberry ripeness can be judged by color. You’ll want to consume your strawberries when their amazing pinkish-red color is most vibrant and rich in luster.
On the down side, strawberries have officially replaced apples as the most pesticide-ridden produce. According to the 2016 Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) Shopper’s Guide, nearly all “conventional” strawberry samples—about 98%—tested by federal officials had detectable pesticide residues. In addition to that, 40% of all strawberries had residues of 10 or more pesticides detected.
“It is startling to see how heavily strawberries are contaminated with residues of hazardous pesticides, but even more shocking is that these residues don’t violate the weak U.S. laws and regulations on pesticides in food,” said Sonya Lunder, EWG Senior Analyst. Some of the chemicals detected on strawberries are linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, hormone disruption and neurological problems according to the nonprofit environmental research organization. Strawberries were once a seasonal crop, but with the heavy use of pesticides, yields grew stretching the fruit’s growing season.
EWG created the Dirty Dozen list to inform and guide consumers on the top twelves fruits and vegetables with the highest pesticide loads.On the other hand, avocados remain at the top of EWG’s Clean Fifteen, with less than one percent of samples showing any detectable pesticides. “Fruits and vegetables are important for your health,” says Lunder. “But for those on the Dirty Dozen, we recommend buying the organic versions if you want to avoid pesticides on your food.”
EWG has been releasing The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce every year since 2004. Their analysis is based on results of more than 35,200 samples tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
Adapted from Whole Foods and http://ep.yimg.com/ty/cdn/realityzone/NTKstrawberriesToxicPesticides.html
Footnotes
Market At Dothan is a small group of niche growers and producers promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting our local economy. Each grower/producer is dedicated to providing the freshest, highest quality products to their customers. Our growers use natural growing principles without synthetic chemicals. Local products available include: fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, goat cheese, frozen casseroles, pottery, nuts.
All growers /producers believe in providing locally grown foods and goods seasonally to promote a strong, local community and economy. Our goal is 100% Customer Satisfaction…comments, questions or concerns are welcome!
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!
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Your Market is Open
Good morning.
Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is open.
A few days ago, we announced that Fountain Springs Farm introduced Thanksgiving Turkeys for pre-order. They are already starting to fly away. Remember, there is a limited amount, so the sooner you place your order, the better. You will find “Turkey Deposit” listed in the Meat/Turkey category. Be sure to indicate your desired weight between 14-22 lbs when you place your order. 
In November, you will receive a turkey close to the weight you requested and pay the balance based on $3.75 per pound. This is a whole turkey with gibblets. Do not worry, we will send reminders closer to November so you do not buy a frozen turkey.
YOUR MARKET IS CURRENTLY OPEN.
Now is a great time to order meat for your weekend cookouts and other items you need for the week. You can order bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, herbs, meat, freshly roasted coffee, candles, and more. Consider a made-to-order loaf of English Breakfast Toasting Bread or a half-dozen Jumbo Pretzel Rolls. Both of these breads are made from scratch on market day.
Your local market closes at noon on Wednesday. Order now before your favorite items run out.
Here is the link to the market: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market
Thank you for your support. Have a great day,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters