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Dawson Local Harvest: More Choices at DLH this week.
The DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST for July 4th.
HI EVERYONE. Happy July Fourth! Hope you’re all looking forward to a big weekend. Let DLH help by grouping all your Produce and victual needs together, sort of one-stop natural foods shopping! We’ve got some new things this week, so please take a look at the website for the latest additions.
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 DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.
Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: "Bits and Bites" June 29, 2014
you will find this easier to read and be able to see pictures if you go to the Market and choose Weblog …it’s easier on the eyes!
Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:
I hope you all are having a good weekend! Markets this past week, were busy and fun! Be sure and get your orders in before Markets close!
Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.
Volunteers Needed
My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Chance Claar-Pressley, who is coordinating the volunteers for me. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com . Chance tells me that we do need volunteers for July 3rd Market. I realize that the next day is a holiday, but if you could spare a couple of hours, it would be greatly appreciated!
“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, Susan Coker, Geni and Bruce Wallace and their sond and Marie Wheeler of Bakery on Brooks who all helped out at the Lilburn Market on Thursday.
Sarah Rockey ws under the weather this past Wednesday, but Marie Wheeler jumped right in to help me get all of the items over to the Hamilton Mill Market! What a life-safer she is – always willing to help out and go the extra mile – plus she makes scrumptious Gluten Free Bakery items! Once we arrived at Hamilton Mill, Karen Thain and her two sons helped get the Market setup and ready for folks to pickup their items! Lisa Turner, the Activities Director at Hamilton Mill helps tote the tables we use from the large meeting room across to the Conference Room and then helps put them away~! Lisa is also a Member of the Market and very active in promoting it in the Community! I am grateful to you all!
We still need YOU! The goal is to get enough folks on board so that we can rotate volunteer duties. Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!
Sarah Heath has also joined the Volunteers at the Hamilton Mill Market and will be starting with us soon! Thank you, Ladies!
If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.
and now for the news…
Farmer Updates
Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown Farm is back! This week Ricky is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips and Arugula and New Potatoes. Ricky has also added 2 sizes of the interesting looking Yellow and Green ‘Zephyr’ Squash. The smaller size ‘Zephyr Squash’ was offered last year by Finch Creek Farm and was a HUGE favorite! I asked Ricky if he would provide them this year. These tasty little treats are fabulous raw! Wash, grab your favorite homemade dip and snack away! You will NOT be disappointed with this healthy alternative!
Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice! The Black Lab is enjoying snippits of his greens everyday! I cannot leave this planter at his level, because he will eat it all at once! (At least he loves veggies, and Goat Milk and Cow Milk and Kefir … he’s a pretty health conscious guy!
Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) Leaf Lettuce Salad Mix and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and now - drum roll please - The Tomato Lovers Box This is the Basic Seasonal Box with extra Tomatoes!
Miss Vicky of Fry Farm is taking a brief break this week as her late Spring veggies exit the scene and her Summer Veggies take one more week of Sunshine and Rain to be ready for Harvest next week! Wonder what goodies she will have for us? Check out her offerings NEXT week in the Newsletter and at the Market! Rest and Renew, Vicky! See you next week!
The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of spicy peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.
Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!
David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!
Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!
My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are in Wisconsin this week celebrating Dabrielle’s Uncle’s 93rd birthday! I trust you stocked up on her items! Dabrielle will return to the Markets next week with all of her offerings!
Marie of Bakery on Brooks has done it again! Hummingbird Bread! With some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) this bread is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can eat! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!
In addition to Chicken Eggs, Cara of Golden Farms has Duck Eggs available! Get your order in early because there is a limited supply!
Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! I ordered a jar of Jay’s Golden Beeswax Food Grade Wood Finish this past week. My cutting boards and wooden utensils were in desperate need of conditioning! Check this product out and notice the picture that Jay posted! This stuff WORKS!
Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!
The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies!
Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The Black Lab enjoys some everyday!
… this and that …
Remember my “Bee Invasion” I told you about last week? After the Newsletter went out, I got an Urgent email from Vicky Fry of Fry Farm who informed me that those little midget Carpenter Bees are in fact Bumble Bees that are the best pollinators! She literally saved their little lives as I was plotting their demise. I spoke with Vicky and she suggested that I take a large box, cut a hole in the side of the box, facing away from the area I want to work and after dark, place the box upside down over their nest. This solution seems to be working and we are existing in peace! Vicky is truly a virtual ‘font of knowledge’ and I cannot count the times I have called her with one question about veggies, soil, chickens or gardening and she has patiently given me info and places to look for information! Thank you, Vicky! I appreciate your time, effort and information – and of course your hard work to offer us clean, nutrient-dense food for our tables!
I am headed out to get the yard mowed prior to the rain later this afternoon! The Black Lab just can’t seem to handle using the rider mower; he’s much more comfortable barking at it! (sigh)
I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!
It is time to say – thank you for taking the time to read this missive…
Please “Like” us on Facebook and please share the Market with family and friends!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
Order now since you are just a click way!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Joyful thoughts and bountiful blessings!
~Maryanne
“Like” us on Facebook!
Champaign, OH: Turn On Your Love Light
Turn on your lights, let it shine on me…
Turn on your love light, let it shine on me…
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine…(Turn On Your Love Light-Grateful Dead)
So, we have totally been feeling the love that you all have been shining on us as our market numbers grow and grow in customers, vendors, sales. We have been feeling the local love fest so much that it just makes us truly want to turn on our love light for you, each and every day!
Building trust, building a customer base, building a vendor base, building the love, is a long and steady practice that needs constant attention, constant care, constant nurturing.
What I am seeing at this lovely little local market is an amazing balance of customers to vendors to happiness. Our customers are a varied bunch from all ages, all wants, all needs, but with a common bond of wanting the best, wanting to keep it local, and trusting us to give them what they desire.
Our vendors are a varied bunch, as well. We have all types of vendors, all doing separate/different amazing things and bringing the market the best of the best, each and every week, in our desire to keep it local, building those bonds of trust, and trying to always give the customers what they desire.
I am lucky to be able to sit behind the scenes and watch this little local love fest all unfold. I see what the vendors all bring to the table, I talk with them, each and every week, I hear their ideas, I hear their excitement, I witness all of the goodness that they put in front of us, each week. We have varied vendors bringing you eggs…each different, each amazing, and each building a customer following.
We have a large amount of bakers who are all doing their own thing, baking to their own philosophies, offering you baked goods without all the added junk that you would get by purchasing a box of processed baked goods at a mass chain store.
We have meat producers who bring us the best of the best in the county and surrounding counties. The customer base for our local meat producers is staggering! That speaks volumes about the trust that has been built between vendor and customer.
Our growers are beginning to show up with more and more produce. We have an AMAZING base of growers who are growing in new and different ways. I am excited to see the mingling of the established farmers beside these young and up and coming farmers. They are all learning from each other but the common bond is that they deliver the highest quality of what they are producing.
Our herbs, flours, and spices and garlic are all from local, chemical free farms, doing all of the work, all on their own. Long hours, a belief in what they are doing, and building a huge customer following through educating the customer, letting product tastings do the talking, and knowing that their season is short, so the excitement builds, each spring and summer, with these amazing products!
We have over the top, local berry and asparagus farms that bring in their seasonal products that are at the height of their flavor and nutrition. If you want to know excitement, sit with me, behind the computer screen as asparagus/strawberry/raspberry seasons all unfold…it’s a frenzy to watch!!
Local dairy is the freshest you will find and arrives to us, each week, ready to meet the great customer demands!
Our local fresh water fish farm delivers to our market and the customers are pleased to have so many of the options that come with the freshwater fish!
We have several jam, honey, and maple syrup vendors, as well as sorghum molasses…all with huge customer followings, all different products, all ready to fill the need of each customer!
Hands down, we do LOCAL, we are LOCAL, we are growing in numbers, we show no signs of slowing down, our only vision is how can we move to the next level, how can we bring even more customers into this little local love fest? How do we always tell our loyal local lovelies how much we always, always, appreciate their business?
We are all in this, together. We all want local, we all want to share the local love, and we all want the market to exceed beyond our wildest imaginations.
So, take a bit of time, today, to plan your week. It is a holiday week which means it is going to get crazy for you. If you take a few quiet moments, now, to place your orders for your weekly needs and for your July 4th weekend needs, you will be happy, relieved, stress free, and ready to celebrate.
Turn on your love light while we turn on our love light. Together, we are making this little local love fest really happen!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Heirloom Living Market Lilburn: "Bits and Bites" June 29, 2014
you will find this easier to read and be able to see pictures if you go to the Market and choose Weblog …it’s easier on the eyes!
Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:
I hope you all are having a good weekend! Markets this past week, were busy and fun! Be sure and get your orders in before Markets close!
Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.
Volunteers Needed
My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Chance Claar-Pressley, who is coordinating the volunteers for me. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com . Chance tells me that we do need volunteers for July 3rd Market. I realize that the next day is a holiday, but if you could spare a couple of hours, it would be greatly appreciated!
“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, Susan Coker, Geni and Bruce Wallace and their sond and Marie Wheeler of Bakery on Brooks who all helped out at the Lilburn Market on Thursday.
Sarah Rockey ws under the weather this past Wednesday, but Marie Wheeler jumped right in to help me get all of the items over to the Hamilton Mill Market! What a life-safer she is – always willing to help out and go the extra mile – plus she makes scrumptious Gluten Free Bakery items! Once we arrived at Hamilton Mill, Karen Thain and her two sons helped get the Market setup and ready for folks to pickup their items! I am grateful to you all!
We still need YOU! The goal is to get enough folks on board so that we can rotate volunteer duties. Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!
Sarah Heath has also joined the Volunteers at the Hamilton Mill Market and will be starting with us soon! Thank you, Ladies!
If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.
and now for the news…
Farmer Updates
Welcome to brothers, Roger and Reggie Ramos of Grow With The Flow who join the Market this week. Working with “Truly Living Well”, an Atlanta based Urban Farm and Training Center, Reggie and Roger are working hard to get their own space transformed! Sarah and I visited last week and were impressed with their permaculture technique, the work they have already accomplished and plans for the future. Welcome to the Heirloom Living Family, gentlemen! Check out their offerings this week of: Chinese Mosaic Long Beans, Bush Beans and Ripbor Kale.
Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown Farm is back! This week Ricky is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips and Arugula and New Potatoes. Ricky has also added 2 sizes of the interesting looking Yellow and Green ‘Zephyr’ Squash. The smaller size was offered last year by Finch Creek Farm and was a HUGE favorite! I asked Ricky if he would provide them this year. These tasty little treats are fabulous raw! Wash, grab your favorite homemade dip and snack away! You will NOT be disappointed with this healthy alternative!
Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice! The Black Lab is enjoying snippits of his greens everyday! I cannot leave this planter at his level, because he will eat it all at once! (At least he loves veggies, and Goat Milk and Cow Milk and Kefir … he’s a pretty health conscious guy!
Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) Leaf Lettuce Salad Mix and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and now - drum roll please - <The Tomato Lovers Box This is the Basic Seasonal Box with extra Tomatoes!
Miss Vicky of Fry Farm is taking a brief break this week as her late Spring veggies exit the scene and her Summer Veggies take one more week of Sunshine and Rain to be ready for Harvest next week! Wonder what goodies she will have for us? Check out her offerings NEXT week in the Newsletter and at the Market! Rest and Renew, Vicky! See you next week!
The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of spicy peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.
Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!
David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!
Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!
My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are in Wisconsin this week celebrating Dabrielle’s Uncle’s 93rd birthday! I trust you stocked up on her items! Dabrielle will return to the Markets next week with all of her offerings!
Marie of Bakery on Brooks has done it again! Hummingbird Bread! With some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) this bread is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can eat! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!
In addition to Chicken Eggs, Cara of Golden Farms has Duck Eggs available! Get your order in early because there is a limited supply!
Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! I ordered a jar of Jay’s Golden Beeswax Food Grade Wood Finish this past week. My cutting boards and wooden utensils were in desperate need of conditioning! Check this product out and notice the picture that Jay posted! This stuff WORKS!
Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!
The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies!
Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The Black Lab enjoys some everyday!
… this and that …
Remember my “Bee Invasion” I told you about last week? After the Newsletter went out, I got an Urgent email from Vicky Fry of Fry Farm who informed me that those little midget Carpenter Bees are in fact Bumble Bees that are the best pollinators! She literally saved their little lives as I was plotting their demise. I spoke with Vicky and she suggested that I take a large box, cut a hole in the side of the box, facing away from the area I want to work and after dark, place the box upside down over their nest. This solution seems to be working and we are existing in peace! Vicky is truly a virtual ‘font of knowledge’ and I cannot count the times I have called her with one question about veggies, soil, chickens or gardening and she has patiently given me info and places to look for information! Thank you, Vicky! I appreciate your time, effort and information – and of course your hard work to offer us clean, nutrient-dense food for our tables!
I am headed out to get the yard mowed prior to the rain later this afternoon! The Black Lab just can’t seem to handle using the rider mower; he’s much more comfortable barking at it! (sigh)
I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!
It is time to say – thank you for taking the time to read this missive…
Please “Like” us on Facebook and please share the Market with family and friends!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
Order now since you are just a click way!
BUY LOCAL ~ Know your Farmer!
Joyful thoughts and bountiful blessings!
~Maryanne
“Like” us on Facebook!
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : "Bits and Bites" June 29, 2014
you will find this easier to read and be able to see pictures if you go to the Market and choose Weblog …it’s easier on the eyes!
Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:
I hope you all are having a good weekend! Markets this past week, were busy and fun! Be sure and get your orders in before Markets close!
Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.
Volunteers Needed
My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Chance Claar-Pressley, who is coordinating the volunteers for me. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com . Chance tells me that we do need volunteers for July 3rd Market. I realize that the next day is a holiday, but if you could spare a couple of hours, it would be greatly appreciated!
“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, Susan Coker, Geni and Bruce Wallace and their sond and Marie Wheeler of Bakery on Brooks who all helped out at the Lilburn Market on Thursday.
Sarah Rockey ws under the weather this past Wednesday, but Marie Wheeler jumped right in to help me get all of the items over to the Hamilton Mill Market! What a life-safer she is – always willing to help out and go the extra mile – plus she makes scrumptious Gluten Free Bakery items! Once we arrived at Hamilton Mill, Karen Thain and her two sons helped get the Market setup and ready for folks to pickup their items! I am grateful to you all!
We still need YOU! The goal is to get enough folks on board so that we can rotate volunteer duties. Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!
Sarah Heath has also joined the Volunteers at the Hamilton Mill Market and will be starting with us soon! Thank you, Ladies!
If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.
and now for the news…
Farmer Updates
Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown Farm is back! This week Ricky is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips and Arugula and New Potatoes. Ricky has also added 2 sizes of the interesting looking Yellow and Green ‘Zephyr’ Squash. The smaller size veggies was offered last year by Finch Creek Farm and was a HUGE favorite! I asked Ricky if he would provide them this year. These tasty little treats are fabulous raw! Wash, grab your favorite homemade dip and snack away! You will NOT be disappointed with this healthy alternative!
Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice! The Black Lab is enjoying snippits of his greens everyday! I cannot leave this planter at his leave, because he will eat it all at one! (At least he loves veggies, and Goat Milk and Cow Milk and Kefir … he’s a pretty health conscious guy!
Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) Leaf Lettuce Salad Mix and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and now - drum roll please - <The Tomato Lovers Box This is the Basic Seasonal Box with extra Tomatoes!
Miss Vicky of Fry Farm is taking a brief break this week as her late Spring veggies exit the scene and her Summer Veggies take one more week of Sunshine and Rain to be ready for Harvest next week! Wonder what goodies she will have for us? Check out her offerings NEXT week in the Newsletter and at the Market! Rest and Renew, Vicky! See you next week!
The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of spicy peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.
Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!
David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!
Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!
My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are in Wisconsin this week celebrating Dabrielle’s Uncle’s 93rd birthday! I trust you stocked up on her items! Dabrielle will return to the Markets next week with all of her offerings!
Marie of Bakery on Brooks has done it again! Hummingbird Bread! With some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) this bread is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can eat! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!
In addition to Chicken Eggs, Cara of Golden Farms has Duck Eggs available! Get your order in early because there is a limited supply!
Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! I ordered a jar of Jay’s Golden Beeswax Food Grade Wood Finish this past week. My cutting boards and wooden utensils were in desperate need of conditioning! Check this product out and notice the picture that Jay posted! This stuff WORKS!
Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!
The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies!
Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The Black Lab enjoys some everyday!
… this and that …
Remember my “Bee Invasion” I told you about last week? After the Newsletter went out, I got an Urgent email from Vicky Fry of Fry Farm who informed me that those little midget Carpenter Bees are in fact Bumble Bees that are the best pollinators! She literally saved their little lives as I was plotting their demise. I spoke with Vicky and she suggested that I take a large box, cut a hole in the side of the box, facing away from the area I want to work and after dark, place the box upside down over their nest. This solution seems to be working and we are existing in peace! Vicky is truly a virtual ‘font of knowledge’ and I cannot count the times I have called her with one question about veggies, soil, chickens or gardening and she has patiently given me info and places to look for information! Thank you, Vicky! I appreciate your time, effort and information – and of course your hard work to offer us clean, nutrient-dense food for our tables!
I am headed out to get the yard mowed prior to the rain later this afternoon! The Black Lab just can’t seem to handle using the rider mower; he’s much more comfortable barking at it! (sigh)
I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!
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Wick's Locally Grown: Wick's Locally Grown is open
Hi,
Sorry that we didn’t get the store open last night, after market just couldn’t get it done.
Thank you for taking a look at our produce and remember for the best picked produce order now.
Dan
Stones River Market: The Market is Back Open - Special Note to Nashville Customers
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
Welcome to the last Sunday in June. The Fourth of July is this week and if you are planning any events, be sure to stock up for them. We are having perfect weather for grilling so check out the items in Meats, Poultry and Vegetables that will be good cooked on the grill.
Special Note to Nashville customers:
Deliveries will be normal this week. There will be no deliveries next week, July 10.
Did you try the samples we had a Market pick up last week? I want to thank Loraine with Casa Segovia-Paz and Carol with Carol’s Vibration Cooking for providing the tasty treats last week.
Erdmann Farm intoduces a new cut flower – Lisianthus – to the Market. Microgreens are back. This time from Kelly Creek Farm. They have several different varieties. Rocky Glade Farm returns this week with their list of produce including a new product – bulb fennel.
New from JENuine Health by Chef Jenny:
Early Bird Mix
The Early Bird Mix is a great treat to enjoy with your morning coffee or tea. The flavors of a danish are artfully packaged into a bag of seeds with almonds, apricots, agave, morning spice and a hint of orange.
Try it on:
Pancakes
Waffles
Bagels with cream cheese
Yogurt
Toast with apricot jam
News from Linda with Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has updated availability of their perennials and herbs on the market, including the addition of several types of lavenders. It’s still fine to plant if you take care to water new transplants frequently and deeply.
There are plenty of other products available this week. Browse the categories to see what your will find.
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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 this week. If you have created a dish and want to share with everyone, please send it to me.
Our recipe this week is from Chef Jenny with JENuineHealth. The peppery arugula, sweet fruit, creamy goat cheese, and lemon vinaigrette make this a real crowd pleaser. It’s a great festive salad to serve on the Fourth of July!
Ingredients
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tbsp lemon, juice
2 tbsp agave or honey
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 4 oz pkg goat cheese log, sliced into 8 slices *See Tips below.
1 cup panko bread crumbs or whole wheat bread crumbs
- olive oil, enough to line the bottom of your small fry pan
1 pkg arugula or mixed greens
1/2 cup mint, fresh, removed from stems
1 cup sprouts
4 small pears, unpeeled, seeded, cored, and sliced lengthwise in wedges
2 cups watermelon, large cubes
1 cup blueberries
1 pkg sprouts
2 pkgs Seeds of Success, Sweet & Salty
Procedure
1. *See Tips below for how to slice the goat cheese. Make sure the goat cheese is cold when you slice it. It may help to put it in the freezer for a couple minutes before you slice it.
2. Whisk egg in a small bowl and set aside.
3. Dip one goat cheese coin at a time in the beaten egg, and then coat it with the crumbs. Place it on a plate. Follow same procedure for the other 7 goat cheese medallions.
4. Place the plate of medallions in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm up before frying.
5. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, agave, mustard, salt, and poppy seeds in another small bowl. Whisk and set in the refrigerator.
6. Cover the bottom of a small non-stick fry pan with 1/4" of olive oil. Heat to medium. Gently fry two – three goat cheese medallions at a time. Remove and set on paper towels.
7. Combine the arugula, mint leaves, and sprouts together. Line each plate with the greens mixture.
8. Place 2 goat cheese medallions in the center of each bed of greens.
9. Arrange the pears, watermelon, and blueberries around the goat cheese medallions.
10. Sprinkle nuts over top and drizzle with the vinaigrette.
Servings: 4
Recipe Tips
1. Use a piece of dental flows to cut the goat cheese log into smooth circles. This is a tip I learned in culinary school.
2. You can use 2 packages of goat cheese if you want 4 goat cheese medallions per person.
3. If watermelon is not your thing, you can use strawberries instead.
4. Non-Vegetarian Option – Serve your favorite white fish on the side drizzled with the lemon vinaigrette.
I 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!
John
See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/
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!
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!
FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
ALFN Local Food Club: The Market is Open!
Good Morning Marketgoers,
Thunderstorms and tomatoes, humidity and okra, burning heat and spicy peppers; if you weren’t already aware, Summer is officially here. That’s exciting news for us local-food lovers, as each week the market expands with new flavors and varieties, and we get to truly taste nature’s bounty. The market is open and getting yummier by the day. New offerings include…
- Can you say Hardin Farms’ CANTALOUPE?!?!? Excuse my obvious excitement, but these are quite literally my favorite melons on the planet. Snag a melon and some of their peaches & cream sweet corn and taste why the Hardins are some of our favorite farmers around.
- Canadian bacon from the woodland raised hogs at Falling Sky Farm. Leaner and slightly sweeter than our U.S. bacon, Falling Sky recommends putting it on a sandwich, a pizza, or adding some awesome flavor to just about any breakfast, but they’d love to hear your recipe ideas on their facebook page.
- Grab a whole pastured gmo-free broiler chicken from MeatWorks Butchery & Market. Follow these four tricks to roasting the perfect pastured bird and the results will speak for themselves.
- Fresh okra is back from Barnhill Orchards. I was raised a Yankee and never heard of okra until I moved down here. I was first taught that it was only for frying, which, while absolutely delicious, doesn’t quite compare to stewing it with tomatoes, in my humble opinion.
- Lucky for us, the tomatoes are also really rolling in! We’ve got green, heirloom, cherry sungold, and hybrid defiant from Willow Springs, green and early girl from Green Acres Atkins, organic slicers, sungold, juliets, and green from Crimmins Family Farm, and green from Barnhill Orchards.
- Add in all these peppers and it’s definitely salsa-making season. Arkansas Natural Produce has got serranos, sweet bananas, jalapenos, and romanian sweet while Willow Springs brings the heat with el tiburon, lemon drop, and maule’s red hot.
- Kohlrabi kraut from Garden Works. This delicious, nutritious, and all-local fermented condiment goes great on grilled meats and morning omelettes.
- Cajun spiced mixed nuts from Maison Terre. Created by Maison Terre staff and Food Club Coordinator Karl Heinbockel as a birthday gift for his sister, I’ve tasted these nuts and they are nothing short of addictive!
A few years ago it was discovered that one of our growers, Petit Jean Meats, was mislabeling out-of-state products as their own. When caught, they were banned from the market and got in a bit of legal trouble. There’s currently a pending court case against Petit Jean Meats and they’re looking for folks that bought their products because they thought they were local in 2010 and 2011. If you bought Petit Jean Meats in that timeframe and are interested in giving a statement, e-mail it to prosecutor contact Jeff Wieners at jeff.wieners@fsis.usda.gov.
Thanks for supporting local!
- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations
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