GFM :  Beautiful !

What a Beautiful Day. In the middle of January !

Hope you are all taking advantage of the abundant sunshine, and enjoying working outdoors.

All our vendors are preparing for the season, deciding what crops to plant this year, and getting fields ready for that crop.

Are there any produce, that you haven’t found at the market that you would like to be able to purchase there? Let me know and I will forward your suggestions to our farmers, and maybe one of them will be able to add that to their crops for this year. If you have any suggestions for anything you would like to see at the market, please let us know.

In the meantime, take advantage of what they do have available, and shop away.

Have a GREAT DAY !

J. Shelton

Green Fork Farmers Market:  Weekly Product List

Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers,

Sorry we are so late getting this out this week! Just got back from the agriculture conference that kept us away last week, and now we’re excited about a new year of growing and bringing you the best local, naturally grown products available. Don’t forget that our growers don’t use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and are committed to sustainably grown and humanely raised food.

We’ll be open all winter with a seasonal selection of greens, lamb, chicken, pork, beef, mushrooms, herbs, eggs, salsa, baked goods, lacto-fermented sauerkraut and other vegetables, jams and jellies, and olives and olive oil directly from the grower in California.

Check out this week’s attached list and then click on the website link below to fill your cart and place your order from now until Tuesday at midnight (we’ll give you a little longer this week due to the holiday).

We’ll have extras for sale on the table this week as well, so stop by to shop and visit with us. See you there!

Green Fork Farmers Market

Wednesdays 4-7 pm
Indoors, Year Round
At Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR

To place your order, click on the link below to enter the website. Sign in as a customer, then click on the icon next to each product you wish to order. Proceed to checkout, review the list to make sure it’s correct, then scroll to the bottom and click on Place This Order. Make sure you receive a confirmation email—if you don’t, your order was not processed. Payment is at the market pickup with cash, check, debit/credit card, EBT, and Senior FMNP coupons. Ask about our doubling program for EBT and SFMNP!

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Reminder to order..

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Smoked Ham and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is Sold out; however, I did happen to purchase some extra when it was available! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Check with your Market Coordinator at pickup if you are interested.

Burnell Farms is back! Check out their great veggies on Market! Last week Tammy brought Broccoli, Brussell Sprouts, Huge heads of Savoy Cabbage, Carrots, Kale and Romaine Lettuce for the Farmers’ Sale Table! Things sold out very quickly! This week you can order on-line!

Carrell Farms has delicious Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth! Add in the Ox Tail for an especially delicious treat!

Jay Parsons of Dances With Bees is offering a Bee Keeping Class. Jay is a Master Bee Keeper with a wealth of knowledge! His Apiaries are Certified Naturally Grown. Want to start your own hive? Now is your chance to learn all about bees, their importance in our lives, how to keep and care for them and harvest your own Honey! Great opportunity!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir, Elderberry Syrup and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmers’ Sale Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Marie of Bakery on Brooks has created a Gluten-Free Pancake Mix especially for our Market! It is available on the Market this week. The waffles I made yesterday were fabulous! I made a full recipe and now have some stashed in the freezer for part of a great breakfast!

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  There is still time to order...

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Smoked Ham and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is Sold out; however, I did happen to purchase some extra when it was available! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Check with your Market Coordinator at pickup if you are interested.

Burnell Farms is back! Check out their great veggies on Market! Last week Tammy brought Broccoli, Brussell Sprouts, Huge heads of Savoy Cabbage, Carrots, Kale and Romaine Lettuce for the Farmers’ Sale Table! Things sold out very quickly! This week you can order on-line!

Carrell Farms has delicious Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth! Add in the Ox Tail for an especially delicious treat!

Jay Parsons of Dances With Bees is offering a Bee Keeping Class. Jay is a Master Bee Keeper with a wealth of knowledge! His Apiaries are Certified Naturally Grown. Want to start your own hive? Now is your chance to learn all about bees, their importance in our lives, how to keep and care for them and harvest your own Honey! Great opportunity!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir, Elderberry Syrup and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmers’ Sale Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Marie of Bakery on Brooks has created a Gluten-Free Pancake Mix especially for our Market! It is available on the Market this week. The waffles I made yesterday were fabulous! I made a full recipe and now have some stashed in the freezer for part of a great breakfast!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Check this out...there is still time to order!

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Smoked Ham and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is Sold out; however, I did happen to purchase some extra when it was available! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Check with your Market Coordinator at pickup if you are interested.

Burnell Farms is back! Check out their great veggies on Market! Last week Tammy brought Broccoli, Brussell Sprouts, Huge heads of Savoy Cabbage, Carrots, Kale and Romaine Lettuce for the Farmers’ Sale Table! Things sold out very quickly! This week you can order on-line!

Carrell Farms has delicious Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth! Add in the Ox Tail for an especially delicious treat!

Jay Parsons of Dances With Bees is offering a Bee Keeping Class. Jay is a Master Bee Keeper with a wealth of knowledge! His Apiaries are Certified Naturally Grown. Want to start your own hive? Now is your chance to learn all about bees, their importance in our lives, how to keep and care for them and harvest your own Honey! Great opportunity!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir, Elderberry Syrup and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmers’ Sale Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Marie of Bakery on Brooks has created a Gluten-Free Pancake Mix especially for our Market! It is available on the Market this week. The waffles I made yesterday were fabulous! I made a full recipe and now have some stashed in the freezer for part of a great breakfast!

Berea Gardens:  Market is Open

Good Sunny Day to You!

Our offerings are a little slim this time of year, but we are open to accept your orders. Please remember to get them to us before 9 AM on Tuesday.

Blessings,
Bob

Naples,FL:  Market News, Please read

I don’t know why the email didn’t go out this week my apologies. We are sold out. From this time on when your order is not picked up I will credit it to your account and you will have to reorder next week. I had several large orders that had not been picked up and they want them this week which cut down on the product available for everyone else.This has caused a problem to the customers who are on time and regularly pick up their orders. I know things come up but in all fairness to everyone you will have to get a credit and reorder product at another time. Also when you send me emails through the co-op if you don’t sign your name I can’t respond the website doesn’t automatically give your info. We are in the process of buying better cows and getting rid of the cows from our last source which are not producing enough milk or gaining the condition that they need to work for us. These new cows will have to be weaned off of their rations slowly so to keep producing milk and not dry up.

They are quality cows and will be good producers after the adjustment.However Jerseys are hard to come by and we have had to go out of state to purchase. Mike and his son will be traveling the end of this week to get them.They will have to travel non-stop to get them here between milkings.
We are anticipating a 3-5 weeks adjustment period. We are checking into the feed at the moment and it will be non-GMO and will be given at the minimal amount to keep cows in condition. By the end of March and beginning of April(if weather conditions hold) we will be getting our spring grass and everything will be back to 100% grass fed and the great milk that everyone is use to.
Not all the cows are fresh at this time but this will help in their transition period.They are due to calve soon and lets hope they have heifers for future milkers.
Thank you for your understanding through this process it is not by choice but is our only option.
Teresa and Mike Alday

CSA Farmers Market:  Growing Season Update January 2015

Dale Kinney from White Pine Farm is starting to plant. He turned an old freezer into a germination cabinet and is upgrading the attached green house so he can heat it. Last years cold weather contributed poorer than usual transplants. Each year he tries to improve and each year poses new first time challenges.
On sunny days the hoop houses get very warm and the chickweed still grows like crazy.
Even it what is suppose to be downtime for farmers is not downtime but bundle up time, long johns, carhardt coveralls, extra socks and what ever it takes to stay warm. The cows can stand in the field with the snow piling on their backs so long as there is water, food and a place to get out of the wind they seem content. Last extreme cold winter was one reason beef prices rose. When it gets cold animals put all their energy to staying warm and not towards growing. In some areas of the country it was so cold herds died. We were lucky our small handful of animals did well, they did not grow quite as much as normal, but they still did well.
This winter so far has been a pleasant blessing, the early cold snap in November took out a lot of hoop house plants but so far after that the winter is somewhat more typical of an average year. Let us hope for a good spring so we can harvest fresh lettuce, kale carrots and more in March. I was forced to buy lettuce from the grocery store instead of eating our own from the hoop house and my first question was Where is the FLAVOR—-there was none, so I too am anxiously awaiting fresh greens.

Until Next Time
Marian Listwak

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Locally Grown - Availability for January 21st, 2015

Hey Local Food Lovers,

I hope everyone gets to enjoy either a little time off for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, or is participating in the MLK Day of Service! I’ll be doing the latter tomorrow at a Garden Workday in Clarkesville at our GreenWay Garden. Anybody looking to enjoy the warm afternoon in the sunshine is welcome to join us from 1-4 pm if you’re close to Clarkesville and would like to see an organic garden and what winter chores look like. It’ll be a combination of mulching fruit trees, digging up raspberries (in fact you might be able to take a few cuttings home with you) and some shed clean up!

I really like the MLK Day of Service slogan, “make MLK a day on, not a day off.” Though we didn’t organize a unique MLK event just for Locally Grown this year, we are in the process of developing several activities that supportive community members could be a huge help to us and our farmers in 2015. Here’s a short list and if you have special skills or interest in any of the above please let us know.

• We’re considering how to BUILD a SHED somewhere near our Gainesville location that would allow us to store our coolers, shelving, boxes and signs in between markets. A shed would also allow us to start receiving items from farms and producers located closer to Gainesville which we hope to do by spring.
• Grace Calvary Church in Clarkesville has been the best possible host for our market there we ever could have imagined. To show our appreciation, sometime in 2015 we would like to help take care of the CARPORT where we have our pickups. A WORKDAY would consist of cleaning the roof of some little trees starting to grow on it, and painting some or all of the outside.
• June 27th is our 2015 FARM TOUR and this year we are planning to do help some of the farms that participate in the tour by organizing a handful of CROP MOBS to help them clean up their farms, and get a handle on the weeds, etc. before the BIG TOUR. If you are interested in being involved in helping farmers during their busiest point in the season get in touch with Andrew the 2015 TOUR COORDINATOR at foodandfaces@yahoo.com
• Locally Grown is hoping to attend several events in the Gainesville / Hall County community this year just to get our name and mission out there. One of them is coming up soon, the BUY LOCAL SAFE and GREEN EXPO on FEBRUARY 5th. If you’d be interested in helping us hand out fliers and business cards at this event please let us know. There will be other opportunities this year for customers to lend to our little market some new faces and testimonials. You guys have always talked us up better than we ever could ourselves.

Well that’s about it for tonight. This week I really enjoyed cooking up some collard greens, having some Cheddar Dill Bread from Habersham Bakers, and adding fresh cilantro to my meatballs instead of parsley.

Have a Great MLK DAY and
EAT WELL,

Justin, Chuck, Andrew, and Teri

Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open

The market is open and it is so hard to go to work in an office when it is so pretty outside. I would love to be putting my fingers in dirt this week. Alas, off to work I go today!
See everyone on Friday,
Angela