Conyers Locally Grown:  Available for Friday June 19

I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Blueberries are in from Doe Creek Farm in Buckhead. They are fantastic. We got our first batch this week and I am certan you will enjoy them.
We also have logs of great pork ready for delivery. We have BBQ pigs for your fourth celebration and meat for your freezer.
We will see you one Friday between 5-7 at Copy Central.
Thank you,
Brady

Fresh Harvest, LLC:  Fresh Harvest for June 14th

Market News

Hello!

Summer is here, and so are the veggies! We’ve got a great selection for you this week – lots of new crops coming in as well as some lingering spring ones. There is a big diversity out there right now, so now is really the time to enjoy it!

Lots of flowers this week, too. The sunflowers are in, and are offered in straight bunches as well as being in the large bouquets.

As always, thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday

John and Tallahassee

Coming Events

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

Market is open! I apologize that it’s late. Have a great week!

The Wednesday Market:  Here is Your Friendly Reminder to Order!

Good afternoon!

The Wednesday Market is open for ordering. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. We have lots of nice summer items this week, including delicious herbs, blueberries, cucumbers, squash, zucchini and onions. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

Anna Evans is reminding our customers that anyone bringing and using reusable shopping bags for the month of June will receive free sprigs of fresh rosemary while they last. First come, first served.

We hope everyone has a great Sunday afternoon, and we’ll see you at the Market!

Thanks,

Beverly

Russellville Community Market:  RCM Opening Bell

Welcome to another RCM Market Week!

Be sure to check out the newly listed items this week! Lots of great, local products to be had!

Kent Walker cheeses are back! Be sure to check out what they’re selling this week!

Happy shopping! Eat Local!

Check out the “Featured Items” section as well as the “What’s New” section at the top of the market page for all the latest products available.

Be sure to “Like” our Facebook page for updates and food-related events in your community!

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. Remember, you have until 10:00pm Tuesday evening to place your orders.

Happy Shopping! See you on Thursday!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Dawson Local Harvest:  Pig Out with free-range Pork and freshTomatoes!

Dawson Local Harvest for June 19th

Pig Out on free-range Pork and Tomatoes!!

HI EVERYBODY

Exciting news! LEILANI’S has fresh-picked ripe locally-grown Tomatoes, best available from our Heirloom cultivars. They also have pints of Black Cherry and Sun Sugar cherry Tomatoes. Tomato Heaven is Here! LEILANI’S has also added Broccoli to their extensive list of fresh locally-grown Veggies. And BRAMBERI FARM has added fresh Blackberries to their Raspberries listing, so more variety for your table.

Pork is Back! Five Hens Farms has added new offerings of free-range Pork including Pork Chops, Spare Ribs, Ham steaks, Sausage, and much more. You have really tasted Pork until you’ve tried free-range!

And speaking of Pork, if you want a great-tasting easy entree, get one of FIVE HENS’ Boston butts and glaze it with LILLIAN’S Sweet Hawaiian Sauce with a delicious sweet-salty oriental fusion. Simple yet delicious!

THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!

REMEMBER! You can order until Tuesday night at 8pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 7pm.

You’ll find the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST at http://dawsonville.locallygrown.net

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! We guarantee your satisfaction with all products in the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.

Have a happy and healthy week!

Alan Vining
Market Manager

Palouse Grown Market:  Farm Fresh Foods

Greetings!

Sunday is the last day of the week to order, so make your purchase today for a freshly harvested order on Tuesday!

Palouse Grown Market was created to support local farmers growing high-quality, healthy foods for the community. Buying online and local saves on emissions, helps boost the local economy, enhances local food security, and provides another way to access local foods in a quick, easy manner for farmer and customer.

Check out the Market at: http://pgm.locallygrown.net/ to browse local farm-fresh foods and make an easy online purchase to support local farms, plus get the freshest food the Palouse has to offer.

Pick up is always on Tuesdays at the 1912 Center between 4-6:30, where you can make a quick stop or stay awhile perusing the Tuesday Grower’s Market.
Payment is easy, either pay online or when you pick up your order.
WE ACCEPT EBT!
Your first two orders are free, and then there’s only a $25 yearly membership fee, there are no hidden fees or commitments.

As always, thank you, your support is greatly appreciated.

Best,

Holly
Market Manager

Madison GA:  The Market is Open!!!!!!

See everyone Wed at Auto1 !!!!!!!!!!!

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market Is Open

The market is open for commerce!

For a few days last week, I had the opportunity to visit some friends of mine who help manage two working farms. On Thursday, my kids and I helped harvest local restaurant orders of sugar snap peas, kale, collards, spinach and salad mixes. We were harvesting the produce in an urban plot in the middle of a dense intersection of western civilization. The farm grew food in the midst of a cacophony of people from diverse ethnic origins, diverse business interests, and diverse dreams. We worked with a few other volunteers as the farm was an income generating project for a recovery house. We only worked for two hours. Veggies were weighed, bagged, packed onto bike trailers and sent off to high-end restaurants. After a solid mornings work with numerous volunteers, the total invoices amounted to only $149.

The intersection that bustled outside the urban farm serves as a useful symbol for a larger chaotic intersection that local growers must navigate every week. After the proverbial carrot seed is cultivated, tended, and weeded, time gathers the work into produce. The carrot is pulled from the ground, washed, and bundled. This whole process involves a very different kind of economy from the bustling intersection outside the cultivated fields. Our local growers not only have to compete with the lobbying agroindustrial system, but they also face the mechanized food systems embodied in cheap processed foods. Larger corporate and national powers help subsidize industrial food until our food culture is orphaned along the curbside. In the midst of such a cacophonous intersection, how do our local growers subsidize a different food culture? What happens to the proverbial local carrot when it enters an economy foreign to the farm and field? Some argue, the demand of the consumer will tip the scales back to local, organic food. Yes, yes, this is true. But, I don’t think we can simply fall back on the industrial economic system founded solely on supply and demand. Rather, local consumers must partner with local growers to cultivate an economy that protects and preserves local food AND living wages. Our economic system is skewed to reward other types of labor, yet every form of labor in our society is dependent on the cultivation of food. Whether our growers come to market by truck or bicycle, local consumers must find ways to revalue their labor and restore an economy based upon the gift of food.

As you order your food this week or crunch a forkful of salad, consider the combination of time, attention and labor that went into that mouthful. Let’s raise a hearty salutation to our growers, but let’s also raise a new local, balanced economy that is just.

I am still building my volunteer base for Saturday market. Saturday volunteers are divided into two shifts – early bird (from 8:00 to 10:30) and pick up (from 10:00 to 12:30). Volunteers help inventory and set-up before pick-up begins and then help members pick up their orders by collecting the products they ordered for them. Volunteer opportunities are also available at the check-out table. As a volunteer, you get $5.00 credit that you can use towards membership or your order payment each time you volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, send me an email, and I will put you on our volunteer email list: littlerockfoodclub@gmail.com . We wouldn’t be able to have Food Club without volunteers, so THANK YOU!

Cheers,

Kyle Holton
Market & Program Manager

Stones River Market:  The Market is Back Open - Summer Produce Returning

Market News

The Market is back open this morning and our produce listing has exploded. You can now find beans, potatoes, squash, tomatoes and zucchini in addition to the greens and lettuces that have been a staple of the Market. Here is a list of the farmers bringing these new items:

• Erdmann Farm – pink tomatoes
• Flying S Farms – squash (3 varieties) and zucchini
• Rainbow Hill Farm – stringless beans, squash and zucchini
• Rocky Glade Farm – Happy Rich and red gold potatoes
• White City Produce – cabbage, tomatoes and zucchini

Father’s Day is next Sunday. The Market has plenty of products that many dads will enjoy. Chef Jenny added a new snack gift set especially for this occasion.

Cedar Thicket Farm is on break and will return soon.

Alfresco Pasta had two new products this week – a braised beef ravioli and the Big Cheese with Chocolate.

There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.

Thanks so much for your support of Stones River Market, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. We’ll see you on Wednesday at Southern Stained Glass at 310 West Main Street from 5:00 to 6: 30 pm!

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.