Palouse Grown Market:  Last day to order!

Sunday is the last day of the week to order online from Palouse Grown Market.

Place your order and we’ll see you at Moscow’s 1912 Center for Pick up on Tuesday between 4-6:30.

Enjoy the bounty that the Palouse has to offer, on Palouse Grown Market!

Thank you.

Holly
Market Manager

Siloam Springs, AR:  Online Market is Open!

ALFN Local Food Club:  The Market Is Open

Happy Sunday to all of you. The market is open!

Today I’d like to diverge from the usual and discuss a few important logistical needs with ALFN. I know this isn’t the best hook as a topic sentence, but let’s face it—sometimes one needs to talk nuts and bolts. In our case, we need to discuss a couple of open positions on the Board of Directors and an upcoming change to membership in August.

First, we are still searching for a treasurer to fill Michelle’s shoes this fall. She has done such a wonderful job setting up a structured system, and we simply need to find a person skilled in accounting to come alongside us. The transition should be smooth, but it will help us greatly to find someone early. Please shoot us an email if you know of any possible candidates.

Second, Rebecca Kaufman is stepping down from the Governance position, and we need a fresh individual to help us stay legal. We will miss her professional guidance, but we are excited as she moves to a new place.

Do you know anyone who would be suited for the Governance Chair? Here is a description of the position:

Responsible for organizational compliance with internal bylaws and constitution, as well as advises on any legal questions. Required skills: Significant legal experience, preferably in nonprofit, environmental, agricultural, or restaurant law.

Again, if you know of any legal-minded folks, please shoot an email to us.

Finally, I want to give all of you a heads up to a small change we plan to implement in August. As you know our membership fees help us pay operational costs. Lately, we have found it difficult to maintain a consistent membership quota from our monthly subscribers. We are happy to continue to offer payment plans from the monthly to the quarterly. However, due to the infrastructure of the locallygrown.net website, adjusting monthly/quarterly memberships is quite time consuming. Consequently, the board has decided to make a small change. Annual membership fees will be the same—$60. However, we are asking members who choose to pay monthly to pay $7.50. This small increase will help us maintain a more sustainable management of our time as we transition from weekly market to weekly market. This small change will not begin until the first of August. I will continue to remind everyone, as we change these details on the website.

A final word about membership fees: We hope all of you view these annual costs not as fees, but as membership dues. We hope you feel connected to a larger community of people who are working to establish a more robust local food network. There are numerous people at different stages in this process. We have conventional farmers and organic certified farmers. We have elderly eaters and young eaters. We have vegetarians and carnivores. We have cheerful individuals and… cheerful individuals:) However, through all of our diverse reasons for connecting to ALFN, all of us share the desire to cultivate a local foodshed that ties grower and eater into a web of sustainability and societal health. Sixty dollars isn’t a tax, but a brick for building a local food economy. Thank you for joining us.

After all this talk of membership, I’m feeling poetic. Expect an “Ode to $60” next week.

Enjoy food and friends this week,

Kyle Holton
Program & Market Manager

Bedford County:  Weblog Entry

The Market Is Open!!

Good Saturday evening everyone,

The market is open for this week’s orders!

KIC Produceand Erdmann Farms have lovely summer veg.
Erdmann also has cut flowers! Tom’s has all the spice/seasonings for delicious cook outs and so much more! Berries are listed, Mary has organic baking extracts and it looks as though Fountain Springs will be on a break this week but we look forward to their return!

Thank you for your patience while we work out lots of first-year kinks and stumbles for this wonderful market!

A big welcome to Nicole and Nick from Double N Farm & Apothecary!! Their items will be listed and stocked starting next order week so look forward to some Herbal Tea blends, Tinctures, bath soaks and more from these fine Nashville farmers!

Check out “Our Growers” for more info on all our incredible farmers/artisans!

Also, *Red Fox Berry Farm *has a U-pick special through this Sunday, July 12 on blackberries. One gallon for $10. This isn’t on the market but we wanted to pass this deal along to you.

See y’all Thursday!

Important Market Information

Customers have from Saturday 5pm until Tuesday at 9pm to place orders. The market will be closed Tuesday evening.

On Thursday’s from 4:45pm – 6:00pm customers can pick up their orders at 865 Union St Shelbyville, TN 37160 (opposite Piggly Wiggly). This is where customers are to pay for their orders in check or cash.

If you have any problems or any questions please do not hesitate to ask (our contact info is above)

Recipes

Please, share your recipes with us on the website, on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Bedford County Locally Grown products, so we can try it too!

United States Virgin Islands:  This Week in Vi Locally Grown

Happy Mango Melee everyone!
Despite the drought, we actually have a wide assortment of items, including some new ones coming to the market this week. We have a whole new stockpile of assorted types of honey from the VI Honeyman, brand new wines from Nicholas Hitesman, and we also have made the bamboo from R2R Farm available online in addition to the usual produce we have available (mixed greens, herbs, peppers, fruit, etc).

See you Wed!
Best,
Castiel and VI Locally Grown Gowers.

Dothan, Alabama:  Fresh Figs, Aughtmon Sale, Welcome Back Shell Island

Market At Dothan_Eating Locally, Year Round

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Market At Dothan Locally Grown

How to contact us:’
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email:2farmersdaughters@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketAtDothan

Market News

FRESH FIGS!
MARYS Peeps has Sweet, Summertime FIGS! Delicious & nutritious…get them while you can!

Summer Market Activities….
July 11 – Casablanca Ranch will harvest their PASTURED POULTRY: BROILER CHICKENS & CORNISH GAME HENS. These whole, pastured chickens & hens are never fed any antibiotics, pesticides or other chemicals. Details coming soon!
July 24 – Welcome Allison Moody of COOKING THYME to Market At Dothan. Allison will be Onsite to share recipes, menu ideas & cooking tips based on market produce, protein & pantry! Please visit Allison’s website to read her story and learn about COOKING THYME at http://allisondmoody.wix.com/cookingthyme
Late Summer – During “Dog Days of Summer” while crops start transitioning from Summer to Fall we will take a little time off for some R&R while it’s hot & sultry. Dates TBD.
“Sirius rises late in the dark, liquid sky
On summer nights, star of stars,
Orion’s Dog they call it, brightest
Of all, but an evil portent, bringing heat
And fevers to suffering humanity.”
We appreciate your support of local, sustainable foods and farming!

AUGHTMON 1918…
CLEARANCE!!!!! Close out sale on “Welcome Home” and “Creme brûlée” scented goat milk soap. These will not come individually packaged, they will come in a clear ziplock bag,despite the picture. These soaps will be $2.50 a bar. Get them while they last….

SHELL ISLAND NATURALS…
WELCOME BACK – We have added many products and we also have acquired another candle line and we primarily sell those to Whole Foods and other retailers.

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NEWS FLASH…Great new Pastured Pork/Egg, Veggie & Herb Bundles and Boxes available as well as Gift Certificates! Great options of porky goodness!

PRICELESS HEALTH FARM & HYDROPONICs…
Restocked for Summer. CSA shares are back…Unique & diverse Priceless products available. Check it out.

HORTON FARMS…
NEW…
Raspberry Chocolate Sauce
Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Strawberry Balsamic Sauce
All Natural Sunscreen
Blackberry Peach Preserves
Old Fashioned Peach Preserves

SPRING HILL FARMS…
"We now have 2015 Spring Hill Farm honey available! Also, look for a new flavor of peanut butter – Maple!! We have also added 2 new flavors of hummus with more flavors to come in the next few weeks. Yum! Thank you for shopping local! "

CASABLANCA RANCH…
LOCAL GRASS FED, GRASS FINISHED BEEF…Half Beef Available there is NO Additional Processing Fee…you pay Hanging Weight $4.60 per pound and pick up from Market At Dothan…NO driving to processor wasting your time or gas! STEAKS – Rib Eyes, Filet Mignon, NY Strip, T Bone; Ground Beef Bundles – bulk pricing.
“Locally raised in Abbeville, AL. Grass Fed and Grass Finished. Our cattle are never given hormones, any type of steroids or growth enhancing medications. We do NOT feed them corn, chicken litter or cotton gin waste. Their diet is grass and hay. We give them minerals and salt as needed. We vaccinate them for diseases and parasites under the oversight of a veterinarian. Our meat is inspected and approved during processing by a USDA inspector and carries the USDA seal of certification.”
*GROUND BEEF, 93% LEAN
*GROUND BEEF PATTIES
*SIRLOIN TIP ROAST
*CHUCK ROAST
*BRISKET
*STEAKS: Filet, Rib Eye, NY Strip, T-Bone
*STEW MEAT
**SOUP BONES, MARROW BONES, OXTAIL

#SHOPLOCAL…
PLEASE SUPPORT these LOCAL businesses! “It’s not hard to support your local economy. Just shift your spending to local independents. Every bit counts.” #ShopLocal. Order Online @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net

DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS…
Now accepting Debit & Credit cards when you PICK UP your order during designated Market hours of 10A-12P on Fridays. Using SQUARE, is a FLEXIBLE payment option that allows you to get receipts via email or text message. EASY & CONVENIENT way to pay!

EASY & CONVENIENT Online Ordering @
www.MarketAtDothan.locallygrown.net

Farm to Table Recipes

A Tomato Sandwich Worthy of a Little Bacon
Ingredients
3 slices bacon, cooked crisp, crumbled and rendered fat reserved
1 room temperature egg
1 clove garlic
1 avocado
Juice of half a lemon
3/4 cup vegetable oil
The Bacon-Avocado Aioli
Toasted slices of a good rustic Italian bread
The best tomatoes you can find, sliced about 1/4 inch thick
Salt and pepper
Notes / Directions
1. Process the bacon, egg, garlic, lemon juice and avocado in the bowl of a mini food processor until smooth. Add the vegetable oil and the rendered bacon fat through the holes on the lid slowly while continuing to process until very smooth and thick. Refrigerate for about an hour to thicken a bit more.

2. Slather as much of the aioli as you like on a slice of the toast. Top with a few slices of tomato and sprinkle with salt and pepper. I like these open face but if you like, slather a second piece of bread with more of the aioli and place on top.

Naples,FL:  Market closes tonight

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR ORDERS ARE IN.

Statesboro Market2Go:  The market is open!

New this week – fresh flowers locally grown and arranged beautifully! Take a bouquet to a friend.

New Field Farm's Online Market:  U-pick blueberries open this weekend!

Greetings,

U-pick blueberry season has begun. We’ll be open this weekend, Sat. and Sun. 8 to 5 and then Wed. to Sun. 8 to 5 for the rest of the blueberry season.
The price is $2.35/lb. for online members and 2.60/lb. for the general public.

Enjoy,
Tim

StPete.LocallyGrown.Net:  SPLG Summer workshop pricing LOW Low low

Workshop prices slashed for the summer! $15 for 2 hours of expertise from Nathan Levy of Nathan’s Natural Veggies. STARTING THIS SATURDAY JULY 11TH! RSVP not required.

View this link for details and ignore the pricing on the flyer. Please Share.