Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for orders!

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
suwanee.locallygrown.net

Order TODAY so you don’t forget! :-)

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 5pm on Sunday.

PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:45 pm.

PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla

Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.

Have a blessed weekend!
Nora

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  JNA on-line market is open for ordering.

LOVIN’ the weather! It is just perfect for firing up the grill. Tonight we are grilling spare ribs and okra with sweet potatoes on the side. YUM.

We are blessed to have Georgia Farm to Table on our market. Glenn and Christy were thrown into the clean food delivery business rather unexpectantly but the concept and commitment has paid off. Their goal is to purchase local food from local farmers. They look for Certified Naturally Grown farms and also farms that do not use harsh sprays and chemicals. Each box features fruits and vegetables. Their boxes do keep with the seasonal aspect of growing and eating. Between groing seasons, choices can be limited so they will add produce from South Georgia or Florida to keep the boxes full. It is a good value and also a way to try something you might not otherwise purchase. Also, Christy is wonderful about making substitutions if there is something in the box you just don’t want.

Thank you for supporting your local growers.
Blessings,
Mary Beth

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

Our Website: www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846

Champaign, OH:  Beautiful Day

It was a beautiful day…
Don’t let it get away…
Beautiful day…
(Beautiful Day-U2)

Today was one of those days that you just wanted to reach out, and embrace! Perfect sunshine, perfect temperatures, perfect soft breeze. The kind of day in very late August when you begin to see subtle changes. Changes in how the leaves look, changes in the hue of colors that begin to paint the natural landscape, changes in afternoon shadows, and changes in the evening fade…

It’s the time of season when everything looks like it is washed in golden tones. When we begin to think ahead to the shift of seasonal items, when we prepare to make this market, the only market in the winter months, when we embrace all of the remaining summer produce, almost at it’s peak, and taking advantage of it while we still have it!

I urge you go get to know this market, again. Or, continue to order just as you have been doing. If you have never placed an order, let this week be a week of trying something from our market. It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s affordable, the market is friendly, and best of all…it’s local!!

I open the market, tonight, after the most amazing day of golden sunshine. We are here for all of your needs, and we love our customers, so much!

Think about how you can make your life simple, and make each day a beautiful day. Order with us…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Superior Seasons:  Wild Blueberries, Sweet Corn, Apples, Squash, Cabbage, Kohlrabi?

Order Now for Pickup or Delivery next Wednesday! We are still offering HOME DELIVERY to Individual customers! Restaurants, Institutions, and other wholesale customers can access delivery with wholesale pricing – ask us how! CLICK HERE, to see what’s available, set up your account, and order.

What’s Featured and New? Click HERE to find wild mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, meats, syrups, milled products, bath and beauty products, and more!

Read our Recipe section HERE

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  News:FCLO Alert

CSA Farmers Market:  Growing Season Update Aug 27, 2015

NEW APPLES THIS WEEK. Almars are now picking Ginger Gold apples and they have a lot of Paula Red apples available. Next week they will be picking Machintosh Apples. Almar grades their apples into two grades #1, which is close to being blemish free and #2’s which have more blemishes (these are also called weather kissed), these apples are not bruised. The apples are hand picked and the ones that don’t make either grade are than turned into a wonderful blend of cider. When making the cider they use more than one variety of apples in combinations that make wonderfully flavored cider. To add other products to the mix they make switchel, apple cider vinegar and hard cider. When the fall season is in full swing they start making apple cider donuts.

Law Family farm has sugar baby watermelons. They are known for their super sweet flavor and smaller sizes. Perfect for most families that are only feeding the family that day and not the neighborhood. If you do not see them on the website when the market has opened check back he may still be picking them

CSA Farmers Market:  Lamb and Herb Yogurt Tacos

Ingredients:

Tomatoes
• 1.50 lb. heirloom tomatoes
• 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 0.50 tsp. kosher salt
• 0.25 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
Herbed Yogurt
• 1 c. plain Greek yogurt
• 0.25 c. chopped fresh herbs (cilantro, dill, or parsley)
• 0.50 tsp. kosher salt
• 0.25 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
Tacos
• 1.25 lb. ground lamb
• 4 tsp. maple mustard
• 2 tsp. “ Rub My Belly”
• 0.75 tsp. kosher salt
• 0.50 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
• 0.25 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 12 corn tortillas( steamed to soften)
• 1.50 c. Shredded lettuce

Directions:

1. Tomatoes: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
2. Herbed yogurt: Blend all ingredients in a food processor until mixture turns pale green. Scrape into a small bowl.
3. Lamb: Combine in a large bowl until blended. Set a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add oil and swirl to coat skillet. Add lamb mixture and cook, stirring frequently to break it up, until browned, about 10 minutes. Pour off fat.
4. Spread tortillas with herbed yogurt and top with lamb, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Jonesborough Locally Grown:  Saturday Market August 29th

Whats happening at the market this week?

Welcome new vendor: MOI Labs – green technology cleaning products

UTExtension will have food samples and give aways, don’t forget to pick up the latest recipe card

PLANTS
Perry Phillips – flowers, butterfly bushes, knockout rose bushes.

Local food is fresh food. If you’re buying at a Farmers Market, the produce has often been picked that morning.

PRODUCE
Whites Mountain Meadow Farm – watermelons, eggplant, green peppers, hot peppers, tomatoes and some special canned items, okra, beans, raspberry jam, watermelon citrus spread
Salamander Spring – fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms, dried garlic, kale, collards
Rogue Harbor – summer leeks, watercress, heirloom tomatoes, lettuces- butterhead, mini roamines, kale
Dominick’s Garden – tomatoes, tomatillos, okra, leeks, sweet and hot peppers, basil and mint
Sunset View – corn
Buffalo Trail – apples and peaches
Ranchito la Chiva – squash, beans, onions
Millwood Greenery – microgreens
McIntosh Woods – lima beans and more
McQueen Farm – corn and more
Bill Johnson – cushaw squash
Serenity Knoll – lettuces and more

FROM THE FARM
Sentelle’s Homemade Sausage – pork products
Kany/Perservation Farm – chicken products
Clover Creek Farm – lamb products & eggs
Hawk Nest Farm – beef products
Ziegenwald Dairy – goat cheese
Rosey Apiaries – honey
Dotson Farm – eggs

FROM THE KITCHEN
Farmhouse Gallery – wood fired breads, granola bars, muffins
Dona Eva – tamales, salsa

FROM THE ARTIST
Tim Roberts Pottery – pottery
Rusty Barn Star – quilted kitchen/home items
Sticky Paws – homemade pet treats

MUSIC
Unaka String Ticklers

Featured Farmer
Dona Eva – Evangelina Becerra, and family
Famous for her delicious tamales, salsa and guacamole
Vendor at market since 2013

See you on the street,
Deb

CSA Farmers Market:  Growing Season Update-8/20

HOT HUMMID WEATHER. It has got to be good for something, not sure what. The farmers wish they could escape the heat, but they cannot. The gardens and livestock must be tended to and cannot be ignored, especially during these weather conditions. Dale (White Pine Farm) said the celery seems like the heat and humidity, on the downside is that diseases like fursium wilt also thrives, this disease damages celery and other crops.

Each year among some of the crops that don’t do well the farmers often experience pleasant surprises. The above picture is Dale from White Pine Farm holding a copra onion, which are a good storage onion, prior to hand harvesting the onions, he was worried they might be going bad since he could not get to them timely due to the fact that there is too much to do that needs to be done all at once. To his pleasant surprise this year has been one of his better copra onion crops.

NEW APPLES THIS WEEK. Almars are now picking Ginger Gold apples and they have a lot of Paula Red apples available. Next week they will be picking Machintosh Apples. Almar grades their apples into two grades #1, which is close to being blemish free and #2’s which have more blemishes (these are also called weather kissed), these apples are not bruised. The apples are hand picked and the ones that don’t make either grade are than turned into a wonderful blend of cider. When making the cider they use more than one variety of apples in combinations that make wonderfully flavored cider. To add other products to the mix they make switchel, apple cider vinegar and hard cider. When the fall season is in full swing they start making apple cider donuts.

Right now this very minute 1:49 pm Thursday Joe Law from Law Family farm is picking sugar baby watermelons. They are known for their super sweet flavor and smaller sizes. Perfect for most families that are only feeding the family that day and not the neighborhood. If you do not see them on the website when the market has opened check back he may still be picking them