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.
Dothan, Alabama: We Have The Vegetables! M@D is Open!
MISC MARKET NOTES
It seems that since Covid the availability of organic food has exploded. Nobody is going to argue that’s a bad thing despite the bulk of trucked in foods being products of big agra modified to meet minimum standards. One such example are some organic Florida blueberries. We shared a couple of years ago about how the bushes are growing in big pots sitting on plastic laid on soil that’s not fit to grow food. But they’re certified organic because of whats in the pots and the kind of care they receive. This managers opinion is that they need to move the pots and call David Goodman in there to turn the land into a thriving food forest.
Market at Dothan has never claimed to be “organic”. We can’t. Our growers are too small to invest in that certification and in most cases their practices exceed “organic” standards anyway. That word is owned by the USDA and all products that carry that label fall under their standards, flimsey as some of them are. Honey is one example. USDA has no standards for organic honey, yet their certification agencies will make up “rules” for any honey producer willing to pay for the privilege of using the label and the word.
“Local” is looking better and better isn’t it?
What follows are a few more positive thoughts as to why we are proud to offer fresh SUSTAINABLE (meaning organically produced and kind to the land) products that come within a 50 mile radius of Dothan.
Per Healthline: 7 Fantastic Benefits of Eating Local
1. Local food is very fresh …
2. Local food is often more nutritious …
3. Eating local is an opportunity to try new foods …
4. Purchasing local food benefits the environment …
5. Eating local supports your regional economy …
6. Eating local teaches you how your food is grown …
7. Eating local is remarkably easy …
Utah State University reports that the 2008 Farm Bill defines local as within 400 miles of where products are grown! Roslynn McCann, who authored the above linked article advises that you always look at product origin first when attempting to support actual local business and provides a multitude of good reasons to buy local in the link.
Lastly, the Food Revolution Network digs deep into the health benefits. One we found particularly interesting is that locally grown produce is probably safer to eat. When foods they are imported and out of season, fruits like tomatoes, bananas, and pears are often picked unripe. And then, they are artificially “ripened” with ethylene gas. Your market manager witnessed this many years ago when privy to a traffic accident involving a tractor trailer with perfectly uniform green tomatoes spilled all over the highway. Talk about a mess!
If you wish to check the linked articles (in green above) and become a bit more familiar with what’s going on in the world of food around you we are listing the actual websites below.
https://thesurvivalgardener.com/ (this author has both books and informational youtube videos)
https://extension.usu.edu/sustainability/research/the-local-food-movement-definitions-benefits-and-resources
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/why-buy-local-food/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48WGZYWsxc
Many thanks to Wendy who will be overseeing Order Pickup this Friday while Ros checks on her Mom.
Katherine’s Kitchen Summer’s here all-a-sudden! But even if, like me, your spring was too crazy for you to even think about planning a garden, it’s not to late to do a little garden planning now!
I came upon something so revolutionary this week, I have to share it with you, even if you don’t plan to garden this year, it’s just so impressive.
What happens when an engineer becomes a first-time farmer? He starts using that analytic brain in a very unique way. That’s just what Mr. Rory Groves did with his wonderful GARDEN CALCULATOR at “The Grovestead” website. No more worrying about limited space. No more guessing wrong about how many cans of tomatoes each yard of soil will grow. No more scrambling back and forth between your seed packet labels, web searches, and notebook to try to figure out rows and seed spacing.
This is something that should have been invented years ago, the first day internet calculators existed! I know it would have helped me a ton when I first started gardening. Go to www.thegrovestead.com/gardening/how-much-to-grow-calculator/ and plug in how much of each vegetable your family usually eats in a day/week/month. . .and let Mr. Groves do the rest!
God bless Rory Groves!
~Katherine
We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!
The Wednesday Market: It's Ordering Time Again!
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 2 and 4 p.m. Wednesday. See the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link:
https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Have you ever bought tomatoes from the grocery store in the winter? How did they taste? How much did they cost? My experience is that tomatoes bought out of season are tasteless and expensive! That brings me to this week’s topic: eating seasonally. Why eat seasonally? The short answer is that fruit and vegetables just taste better when you buy them fresh in their growing season. Have you ever wondered what items are in season throughout the year? Here is a great resource for researching in-season produce throughout the U.S.: https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/why-eat-seasonally
Thank you for supporting Georgia Grown. Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
P.S. If you have questions about your order, please contact Nelda. She is available by text, email, or phone call.
Nelda Miller
678-859-6074
neldamiller411@hotmail.com
Statesboro Market2Go: Market2Go is Open!
Market2Go Is Open! Are you planning to order this week?
Place your order by 10 pm Tuesday night for pickup on Thursday.
Choose your pickup location or delivery option from the drop-down menu before you check out.
- Statesboro – SCVB Drive Through: Thursday afternoon 4:00 – 6:00
- Statesboro – Saturday Pick Up: at the market Token & Information booth 10am-Noon on Saturdays
- Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at Road-Tisserie 3:30 – 5:00
- Pembroke City hall Thursday afternoon 4:00 – 6:00
- Home Delivery – must add delivery to cart and prepay
Online Payment Available Register your debit or credit card at Your Account and click “Pay Now” when you check out. Your card will only be charged after you have received your order, including any adjustments for missed items or other credits.
Use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you can receive matching “bonus” fruits and vegetables and raw nuts through the Georgia Fresh for Less program – with NO Limit. Please write “EBT” in the order comment field and select the Statesboro – SCVB drive-through pickup. For more information, email market2gostatesboro@gmail.com
Market News
The Statesboro Mainstreet Farmers Market is open each Saturday morning for the 2024 season! The farmers market is located directly behind Visit Statesboro, at 222 South Main Street! There’s a new bridge and boardwalk connecting the Blind Willie McTell Trail to the market venue! Come out and visit your local farmers and neighbors!
We are now offering a new option for your Market2Go order pickup in addition to our Thursday afternoon drive thru. During the market season, you can choose the option at checkout to pick your Market2Go order at the Saturday market Information and Token Booth from 10am till Noon.
Thank you to our sponsors who are helping our market grow! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Statesboro Farmers Market you can find more info here.
Sustaining
Clayton Digital Reprographics
Visit Statesboro
Kiwanis Club of Statesboro
Sowing
Great GA Realty
Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro Properties
Personal Finance Service of Statesboro
Quality Inn & Suites
Queensborough National Bank & Trust
RE/MAX Preferred Realty
Southern Palace Restaurant
Statesboro-Bulloch County Library
Vyve Broadband
ExperCARE Health Statesboro
Sprouting
Citizens Bank of the South
Synovus
Bulloch County Farm Bureau
Seedling
Georgia Southern University Libraries
Bulloch Solutions
Friends of the Market
Christina Harrell
Michelle Oliver
Anna Clifton
Jennifer Moran
Sam Wainford
Ann Smith-Wilson
Kathy and Larry Smith
Martha Joiner
Trinity Episcopal Church Yoga Group
Ming Fang He
Happy Shopping!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is open for orders!
Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Produce
Pastured Meats
Pastured Eggs
Naturally Fermented Foods
Baked Goods with Organic Ingredients
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Market is open Fridays at 9 p.m. through 9 p.m. Mondays!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in Clayton, Clarkesville, or Gainesville.
If you do not get an email ORDER CONFIRMATION after you finish the checkout process, then your order is NOT complete. Head back to the market page, and your order might still be there waiting for you to check out! If you have any trouble or questions at all, we are here to help; simply reply to this email.
Once you place an order, be on the lookout for the order reminder email on Wednesday with further pickup and payment notes. Thanks for your support!
Champaign, OH: All The Love Vibes!
Let’s get this party started!!
The market is back, live, and ready for weekly orders!!
Get ALL the local goodness, right here, right now!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Martin's Farmstand: 2024 u-pick strawberry information
We are opening for the first u-pick picking of the season Saturday June 8, 2024 starting at 7 am. Peak season is still 7- 10 days out.
Hours for u-pick are Monday starting at 5 PM; Wednesday, starting 2 PM (no morning picking on Monday’s and Wednesdays); Saturday, starting 7 AM. This repeats through out the whole season. The patch closes when the berries are all picked or at 8 pm on Monday and 6 PM on Wednesday and Saturday.
When you arrive you do not need to stop at the stand to weigh your containers if you know the empty weight already. Also you do not need to stop if you are picking into standard Quart containers.
You have the option of bringing your own containers or buying empties from us. Quart boxes 25 cents each. If you are buying empty containers from us please pay when you get them rather than after you are done picking to minimize confusion as to what is going on.
NO DOGS in the field or stand areas. We will be using the same random picking pattern that we did last year. This means that you may start anyplace you wish in the patches that are open as long as you are not cutting in front of someone. It is mandatory that when you are picking that all the ripe berries are picked as you move No roaming or grazing type picking. A section of row must either be picked or not picked when you leave. We will be scouting the patch and keep suggesting where you will find good picking.
Pricing u-pick: $5 per Quart if less than 8 quarts and $3.40 per quart if more than 8 quarts; $27.20 for an 8 quart tray. All containers are expected to well filled but not heaped. We will adjust prices up or down as needed for over or under-filled containers. By the pound price is $2.30/# (limited to bigger containers or larger amounts). If you pay by credit card there is a 3% surcharge added to the above prices and you will need to use the inside checkout station rather than outside express options. Daniel
Champaign, OH: Thursday Pick Up!
Good morning, lovely customers!
If you placed a market order, this week, you may begin pick up, at 3pm, today!!
We will be watching for you, as you pull in, and will be right out! It’s a crazy day, today, getting ready for the first farm event of the season, tomorrow evening, and everyone will be working on last minute jobs, but we will get to you, as soon as we see you, and will grab your orders!!
Thank you for always supporting this lovely little local market!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Connie's Cornucopia: Blueberries...
Get your orders in now to get your before they sell out. They will be delivered in next week’s orders.
Thanks
Connie
Foothills Market: Market Reminder
Don’t forget to check Foothills Market before closing time at 5:00 p.m. today. Sheepy Hollow has added new cuts of meat and peppers since the market opened on Sunday. We also still have chicken on the market for the first time ever.
Place your order before 5:00 today, and we’ll have it ready for pickup tomorrow.