The Wednesday Market:  Weblog Entry

Good evening. The Wednesday Market is open. Remember to place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Please check the website for all of this week’s product selections. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

Blueberry season has arrived! I wanted to share a blueberry recipe this week to inspire you with ways to use these healthy little berries. A search of the Internet yielded thousands of recipes, and before I knew what happened, I was in over my head trying to choose just one recipe! How about some tips on choosing and handling blueberries, instead?

Blueberry Tips:

• How many cups of blueberries to make a pint? 2 cups.

• Best way to store them when fresh? Keep them unwashed and refrigerated. Wash in cold water before eating. If you wash them before storing in the refrigerator, they can get soggy and waterlogged.

• How to freeze them: Freeze in a single layer on a cookie sheet then pack in freezer containers or bags (this way they won’t freeze into a solid mass or block). You can also sugar pack them.

• Baking with frozen berries: Don’t thaw first (unless recipe instructs otherwise), keep them frozen when adding to batter and their color will bleed less in the final baked product. Also add a bit of thickener like flour or tapioca so it will combat any excessive juice the berries provide when thawed as they are being baked (will also help keep juice from boiling over).

• Baking with fresh berries: Toss them in flour first before adding to batter; this will help prevent them from sinking to the bottom during baking.

• Avoid soggy crusts when baking them in pies: Sprinkle the bottom of the crust with flour before adding berries; also, drain off any excess juice before pouring into the pie shell.

• Discoloration in baking: Do you know why blueberries can discolor baking a funky green in the area surrounding them? This is caused by a reaction they have with baking soda.

• What to look for when buying fresh: Look for excessive juice stains around or underneath the packaging, this is an indicator that they are too ripe.
• Are they overripe? Here’s a fix: Arrange them on a cookie sheet in a single layer and freeze for about 20 minutes until they firm up, eat right away or use in baking.

• Removing stains from hands: It never fails that your hands get stained when working with them. Try rubbing hands with a bit of fresh lemon juice before washing with soap and water.

And, now, here is a bonus for those of you who have read all of this post. Check out this link for “100+ Things to Make with Blueberries”: http://tipnut.com/make-blueberries/

Last week was another record-breaking week for The Wednesday Market in terms of sales. We thank our customers for being so loyal, and we thank our growers, producers, and vendors for providing so many quality products to choose from – week in, week out – all year long!

We’ll see you on Wednesday!

Thanks,

Beverly

Wick's Locally Grown:  Wick's is open

Hi, this is your friendly produce guy from Daingerfield. We have a lot of new items tonight.

Remember when you order online you get your order picked before we go to market and the prices are the same as the market.

Have a good week,

Dan
Wick’s Locally Grown
903-645-5618

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market closed Week of 6-22 through 6-28-14

The Siloam Springs Farmers Market will be located in the Arvest Bank parking lot on June 28th, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. while the Siloam Springs Heritage Festival is in the park. Since we will not have access to the concession building, which is the location where online orders are picked up, we are closing the online market this week. This should be the last time this season that the online market is closed.

You can still come to the market on June 28th and purchase your meats, produce, baked goods and crafts AND you can visit the Heritage Festival while you’re downtown as well.

Thank you for supporting your local farmers and artisans!

~Stacy

South Cumberland Farmer's Market:  Time to Order Local Food!

It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
click here to go directly to the market page

Market News

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THANK YOU ALL!
Fox Farm and Dogwood Farm sincerely thank everyone who participated in last week’s Meet the Grower. We think folks truly enjoyed themselves and heartily partook of the barbecued pulled pork and sandwich rounds.

Thank you for supporting our farms.

Marcella, Fox Farm
Linda, Dogwood Farm
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SPECIAL GUEST AT THE NEXT TASTE OF THE MARKET
State Representative David Alexander will be in attendance from 1-2 p.m. at the Saturday, June 28, TASTE OF THE MARKET at the Sewanee Community Center. Please drop by and say hello if you’ve never met him. Rep. Alexander represents the 39th Legislative District encompassing Franklin, Moore, and part of Marion counties.

In addition, the Sewanee Time Bank will have a table, and you can learn all about what the Time Bank is, how you can sign up, and what the Time Bank can do for you. Don’t miss this important community resource!

Remember, the TASTE OF THE MARKET will be held between NOON to 4 p.m. The event is free for the community. Drinks will be available for purchase, and growers and artisans will have tastes and samples of their products available and will be selling them as well. There will be no charge for paid CFM members, and just a $5.00 fee for non-paid CFM growers and artisans. For information, e-mail or call: cumberlandfm@gmail.com . Phone: 931.592.3399 (no voice mail).

In addition, we will have ART AT THE MARKET. Everyone (any age!) is invited to submit an item or items… anything that relates to anything sold on the market. It can be a painting, sculpture, quilt, photograph, or any other artistic medium.

Artists will be able to sell their art at that time and set their own prices. For information on how to register your art, please contact Leslie Lytle at sllytle@blomand.net or call 592-6594.
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If you have any questions, please call (931.592.3399, no voice mail) or e-mail (cumberlandfm@gmail.com) us.

Kir Strobel & Linda Boynton
Market Co-Managers

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There is plenty more available so take your time and check out the whole list.

Click here to browse the whole list.

Coming Events

Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook Page .

Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  The market is open.

The Spa City Co-op market is now open for ordering at spacity.locallygrown.net. Please place your orders before Tuesday evening at 9 pm, and plan to pick them up at Emergent Arts on Friday from 3:30 to 5:30pm.

I’ll be your market manager this week, so give me a call or email if you have questions or issues.

Have a good week, and we’ll see you on Friday.

Karen Holcomb
ksholcomb@gmail.com
501-760-3131

Naples,FL:  Market will close tonite Please get your orders in

Please get orders in for delivery Tuesday June 24th

Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!

This is a great time of year for fresh produce. Enjoy the tastes of early summer!
Be sure to get your dairy, honey, meats and seafood, eggs, jams and jellies, baked goods, herbs, plants, and grains too. We have so much to offer so be sure to look around.
Please tell your friends about Market2Go – they need some of this great local food too!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Northeast Georgia Locallygrown Availability list for June 20

Hi Locavores,
What a busy time of the year. Almost everybody we see at the market seems to have a lot going on.
Several of your local farms including Amy and I here at Mill Gap are racing the clock to get caught up and prepare for the Georgia Mountains Farm Tour next weekend.
Amy is still in the field right now picking vegetable for SimplyHomegrown Market in Clayton tomorrow.
I have to get back there right now or else.
Have a great weekend and enjoy local, fresh, healthy food.

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Tortillas & Blueberry Oat Muffins from My Daily Bread

Hi Members,

This didn’t make it into the newsletter in time but wanted you all to know. Dabrielle & Bruce from My Daily Bread will be out of town next week for her Uncles’s 90th birthday in Wisconsin.

They are leaving the bakery in capable hands if their two bakers, however, there are items specific to Dabrielle that will NOT be available – Spelt Tortillas and Blueberry Oat Muffins.

Please considering ordering extra Tortillas and/or Blueberry Oat Muffins this week and freeze. They freeze very well!

I know many of your order those 2 items weekly and didn’t want you to not have them the following week.

All other My Daily Bread items will be available this week. The following week, all items except Tortillas and Blueberry oat muffins will be available to order.

Thanks so much,

Nora & My Daily Bread

Augusta Locally Grown:  Weblog Entry

THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN

MID SUMMER PICNIC AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET – TUESDAY, JUNE 24
Celebrate summer with us at the Veggie Truck Farmers Market in Harrisburg! Music, games, cooking demo, sidewalk chalk vegetable drawing contests, blueberry bingo, food by Recovery BBQ and more! Meet folks from Wholesome Wave Georgia and other local food activists. Bring a blanket! Located at the corner of Broad & Eve streets, across from the Kroc Center in Harrisburg. Remember: we double EBT!!!!

QUICK, COLD & RAW – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Chef Charleen of Culinary Connections will host a “Quick, Cold & Raw” cooking class featuring local, seasonal veggies at the West End Market & Bakery in Harrisburg this Wednesday evening. Only $20! Contact ctinley@comcast.net to enroll.

CALLING LOCAL CHEFS & OTHER SERIOUS COOKS – THURSDAY, JULY 17
The Evans Towne Farmers Market will host a “Great Summer Tomato Sandwich Contest” on Thursday, July 17. Up to 8 contestants will compete for one beautiful trophy. Qualified judges are also being recruited. We supply the locally grown tomatoes; contestants supply the rest of the ingredients to make four sandwiches. This will be the second in our cooking contest series which we call “Market Stadium!” Starts at 5pm. Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org to register to as a competitor.

LOTS OF THANK YOUS TO SEND OUT THIS WEEK :
Our “Cooler than a Cucumber Salad Kids Cooking Contest” was a wonderful success thanks to our fabulous youth contestants: Antonio, Natalie, Nathan, Russell, Sage, Westyn and trophy-winner Sophy. Also thanks to our fabulous judges Greg Cowling, Kat Ethington, Dana Keen & Samantha Taylor; to Tim of “Handcrafted Cuttingboards” who donated beautiful boards to all seven youth competitors; to all the parents and grandparents for their guidance; to Rock Bottom Music for the sound system; and to my daughter Maggie for her priceless help creating an outdoor cooking stage in 97 degree weather.

Our experiment with “Local Bulk” also went well thanks to farmer Matt, volunteer sorters Andre & Maggie, and to all the customers who played along.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Thrilled to announce the election of our 2014-2015 board members (some returning; some brand new) for Augusta Locally Grown’s nonprofit organization:
Amy Sutter – President
Landon Dawson – Vice President
Leslie Carson – Treasurer
Lauren Belcher
Matt DeMatteo
Steve Gianino
Sandy Legette
Jenny Jia
Judy Maxwell
Janie Peel
Jan Perry
Laurie Ritchie

We’ll share more information about the efforts of this wonderful group soon!

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS:
A three-farm urban farm tour in Aug or Sept.
A muscadine wine making workshop in Sept
A hands-on beekeeping workshop in Oct.
A road-trip to an urban farm in Atlanta in Oct.

Cheers!
Kim

Posted by: Kim Hines at Friday June 13, 2014 12:10 PM EDT