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Old99Farm Market: Old 99 FArm, week of Jan 19 2015
Needless to say, this is getting to you too late to be much help as reminder to order this week. (The regulars have mostly placed their orders without my mail in their inbox)
We have some chicken broth for sale this week, at $10/liter plus jar exchange. (bring a jar take a jar) I’m using mason jars with sealable lids.
We have Hubbard squash in 500gm freezer bags, cut up and ready to cook. This is a trial, to see if the reason squashes aren’t that popular is because of their size.
Lots of eggs.
See you tomorrow!
Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami
Gwinnett Locally Grown: The Market is open for ordering! Green Pastures Bulk Buy!
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
BULK BUY FOR GREEN PASTURES!
We are going to place an order for Fermented Cod Liver Oil for those interested in taking advantage of the many health benefits of FCLO and the savings! It is real pricey if you order individually, so email me if you are interested!
_Pick up for Mother Earth Meats is this Saturday, the 24th. The time will be announced soon…
*If you ordered from Mother Earth Meats, please email us the order so we can make sure we have all you purchased!
Thanks for a great Market last week!
*Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living. *
I hope that this year will be the best year in health for you and your family!
Browse through to see all the great Growers we have and maybe you will find something new!
We have Wilderness Family Naturals Coconut Sugar, Flour and Organic Popcorn in the Market for sale! When you come to pick up your order, check them out! They are also now online!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!
Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Cheryl Gelatt
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
Naples,FL: Market News, Please read
We are having to many no shows, no calls
so we will now have a 25% restocking fee
whenever this happens.
Please note that if an item you are trying to order is negative this means they are sold out and you won’t receive any. This has happened several times on the eggs since I have so few to go around.I will not be selling any eggs this week I have some hens wanting to set so I will be giving the eggs to them so we can increase our flock.
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - January 21, 2015
Market News
A couple of things before I get into the third issue of how the market works, with this week focusing on the growers.
Ancient Awakenings is back this week, but will be off next week selling every other week from now on.
Cheese Raw Cheese order was placed on Monday from Meadow Valley Farm in Indiana and should arrive by Saturday. I ordered a few extra in case anyone would like some, just let us know when you come in.
Butter I called to place the order for Raw Butter but wasn’t successful. The demand is more than the supply so we may have to wait a bit longer to get more of the butter.
NEW PICK UP LOCATION Beginning Saturday, January 31st, You’ll be able to choose to pick up your order at Cherry Street Brewery in Vickery Village from 1:30-2:30pm.
Important to note: Checks or Credit cards accepted only. We have to have a mobile meat license to be able to transport meat and fish therefore PLEASE DON’T ORDER MEAT OR FISH if you are picking up at Vickery.
Place your order online as usual and add the item “Vickery Location” to your order. We will gather your items and deliver them to Cherry Street Brewery for you to pick up.
Now back to the growers…The decision to let a new grower into the market is always made by me alone. There’s no committee, and no formal application process. We have a closed market, and it’s not open to just anyone to sell through. A good number of our growers also go above and beyond to only bring “the best of the best”, and that pushes the de facto standards even higher. Here’s a summary of what it takes to be able to sell through The Cumming Harvest:
- All growers must use sustainable practices and never use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. I’ll come back to this later.
- All growers can only sell what they themselves have grown, made, or otherwise produced.
- All growers must be within about 100 miles of Cumming.
- All growers must be willing to be part of our TCH community, and not think of us as just a dumping off point.
- All animals raised for meat or eggs must be pastured or sustainably wild-caught
- Prepared foods must use organic ingredients if at all possible, and locally grown ingredients if at all possible
- All proper licenses, when required by law, must be obtained
“Sustainable practices”. There’s no set definition of that, and there’s really a sliding scale. There is a generally accepted definition of what is “conventional” agriculture, and that includes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and confined and grain-fed animals. Those are easy to exclude. At the other end, there is the USDA Organic Certification and Certified Naturally Grown certification. Few small diversified growers can meet the expense of USDA certification, but a good number of our growers are CNG certified. This program uses the USDA rules as a starting point, made a few things more strict, and uses a system of growers certifying other growers to keep things honest. If a new grower does not have a certification, then I talk to them, get information about them, and visit their farm in person when necessary.
In short: the growers have satisfied my standards, and I personally have approved them for inclusion in TCH. However, I want you to not just take my word for it. All the farmers welcome visitors to their farms, just call them and set up an appointment. We occasionally have a “meet the farmer” table on Saturday’s so you can talk with the growers yourself face-to-face. We encourage them to take photos for their online photo album, to describe their practices, and to take care with their product listings. We want to facilitate communication between you and them, so when you place an order, they see your name and email address in case they need to clarify a request or offer a substitution, and likewise for most of our growers you can see their contact info when you view their grower profile (while logged into the site) so you can get clarification from them when needed.
I often wrestle with some of those edge cases. Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon was one such case. The salmon and halibut they sell was caught in Alaska, but Doug and his family live here (well, just over the line in South Carolina). They own their own small boats, and catch the fish themselves. Their practices are certified sustainable by a reputable organization up there, and their products are high quality. They’ve worked out the logistics of getting fish to you every week (by keeping a supply at the market in a freezer they own). I have in the past talked with dairies from across the state, fisherman from Savannah, olive growers from Savannah, and other people making items we just can’t get from growers located right here. Often, the logistics of getting their items from there to here on a regular and timely basis is what breaks down, but I hope that over time we’ll be able to expand the items at our market without compromising our community of growers located right here.
Hopefully that explains how our growers get into TCH, what standards they have to meet, and so on. It’s a very important topic, perhaps the most important one for our market, but much of it goes on behind the scenes. I know you’ve put your trust in me, and I take that very seriously, If you’d like to talk with me in person about this or any other aspects of TCH, I’d love to do so. Just pull me aside when you come by to pick up your order.
LOCATION
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040.
Google Map
PICK UP HOURS
Saturday from 10-12pm.
106 Colony Park Drive, Suite 100 Cumming, GA 30040
Please contact me if you have any questions, problems or suggestions. EMAIL ME
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
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!
Champaign, OH: Run, Don't Walk!
It’s Last Call!
Get your orders in before we close up shop for this week!
You have 15 minutes…
ALFN Local Food Club: Order Up!
Despite the lengthy weekend, it’s already Tuesday again. Time to get your order in before The Market closes, so you can enjoy yet another week of awesome local food. So let your fingers mosey on over and check out everything our fantastically dedicated farmers have to offer. Including, but not limited to:
Juniper berries. Even if you don’t distill your own gin, these little blue beauties are a worthy addition to your culinary arsenal. And while you’re in the Herbs & Spices category, consider picking up some fresh rosemary. This is, after all, a delivery week for White River Creamery, which means delicious ricotta dip is only a few ingredients away. Don’t forget the bok choy for dipping!
-Rebecca Wild
Program Manager
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Champaign, OH: I Bid You Goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight…
(I Bid You Goodnight-Grateful Dead)
For all the Dead Heads, from way back in time, when The Grateful Dead used this song to close so many of their shows. Sung, in beautiful sweet clarity, no instruments, everyone departing the shows in one big love fest…good times!
And so, tonight is Tuesday…once again we find that we also will need to bid you goodnight, one more time, for the week. Let’s have an order love fest. You have until 10pm…make it count, think about your needs, think about making you life all about the ease and the love of local. Think about us greeting you with your weekly order, already packed, and all with a smile, a laugh, and a fun chat..
Let’s have it…show us some love…we are close to bidding you a farewell, for this week…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam
Madison GA: Doug at Flying Horse and Patty Lay....
I’ll be out of town tomorrow so just drop off and pick up at Auto1 across the street from Ingles,just see Lori .Thanks,Kevin
Russellville Community Market: RCM Order Reminder
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing for orders tonight at 10:00 p.m. Get your orders in soon!
Happy ordering!
We hope to see you on Thursday for the market pick-up!
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Russellville Community Market
Cape Locally Grown: Spring Fever
Yes! We get a “Spring Break” this winter with this warmer weather! It’s time to plant broccoli, cabbage and other cole crops. We are gearing up for spring!
We welcome Barbi Kelley from Kelley’s Green Acres. She has hardy homemade cotton dish/washcloths for sale. Her and her husband are looking forward to growing more on their green acres! They are also great customers of Cape Locally Grown! Thanks for your support!
Thanks to all of you for your interest and support of local growers and local artisans.