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The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Market Update and Green Pasture Sale
Happy Holidays everyone, I hope you all had a great time with your loved ones. My daughter and I came down with the flu on Christmas Day, not the best, but we are recovering and enjoying being lazy. I hope you all stay well.
I also wanted to make sure you know that Green Pasture is offering a Holiday Sale on their products, 10% off. It’s a great time to stock up, not only will you get the benefit of ordering in a group price but also 10% off. A small amount (~ $1-3) will be added for shipping.
The sale ends next Saturday Jan 3, you can email me your order or wait and order online at www.cumming.locallygrown.net on Wednesday when the market opens at 10am.
Have a great weekend!
Suzanne
The Wednesday Market: Time to Order; Pick Up is on Tuesday This Week
Good evening to all of our friends within The Wednesday Market community. We trust that everyone had a Merry Christmas yesterday. We certainly did!
There is only one holiday left to celebrate in 2014, and that is New Year’s Eve. Due to the holiday falling on Wednesday, we are moving our pick up time and date to Tuesday, Dec. 30, from 3 to 6 p.m. Please place your orders by Sunday, Dec. 28, at 10 a.m. (This is the same pattern we used last week and during the week of Thanksgiving.)
This is the last opportunity to order from the Market in 2014, so please get your orders in as early as possible for the best selection. Visit the website to see this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
We return to our “normal” schedule for the first Market of the new year, Jan. 7, 2015. The Market will be turned on for ordering late Saturday evening, Jan. 3. The ordering period will close at 10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at 10 p.m. Orders will be ready for pick up on Wednesday, Jan. 7, between 3 and 6 p.m.
Thank you for your support of The Wednesday Market. 2014 was an AWESOME year, and we look forward to serving you in 2015.
Thanks,
Beverly
South Cumberland Farmer's Market: Time to Order Local Food!
It’s time to order from the Cumberland Farmers’ Market
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To Contact Us
Cumberland ’s Market
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
931-592-3399 (no voice mail)
Recipes
Market News
WHITE CITY PRODUCE AND GREENHOUSES has let us know that this coming week will be their last week on the market until Spring. They greatly appreciate everyone’s support this season and are looking forward to a great 2015 season. Happy New Year! CSA’s will remain on the market since they’re a pre-order.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
FARMER BROWNS is listing lettuce again! We have 3 types this week: the Bibb, Spikey Red and, for the first time in a long time, Winter Romaine. Looking forward to the market again!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
DOGWOOD VALLEY GREENHOUSE has some very nice herb baskets which will make useful as well as pretty table decorations this winter. With a little water and a little artificial light, they will produce clippings for your wintertime cooking. Available herbs are:
LEMON BALM
MINTS (chocolate, peppermint, pineapple [variegated], spearmint, grapefruit)
OREGANO (Greek or variegated)
ROSEMARY
RUE
SAGE, Garden
STEVIA (small but healthy)
THYME (Lemon, English, silver-edged, citrus, lime)
Please specify three herbs to be included. Finished basket is approximately 12" diameter and 6" tall.
We have a couple left-over kissing balls that will make good decorations for your winter garden for several more weeks. Right now these are on after-Christmas close-out special, marked half-price.
We also have some other nice house plants, dish gardens, windowsill gardens, and hanging baskets to brighten up your indoor wintertime. Check them out on the market!-——————————————————————————————————————————————————-
DON’T FORGET THE NEW WORKSHOP SERIES starting in January 2015. These six workshops will be taught by experienced growers and UT personnel and will provide growers and agricultural professionals with training in planning, structuring, marketing, managing, analyzing profitability and expanding a CSA.
These two-hour workshops, planned from 1-3 PM (NOTE: Workshops will be 1-3 PM EST or CST according to the host farm time zone.) on Monday afternoons, will be offered on working farms throughout Tennessee from January to June.
1) January 26, Choosing Your Crops and Varieties, and Scheduling Their Planting in the Greenhouse and the Field, led by Jeff Martin, Plant Sciences, and Adam Colvin, Colvin Family Farm, Spring City, TN
2) February 9, Options for CSA Legal Structure and Analyzing CSA Profitability, led by Chris Clark and Margarita Velandia, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Becky Jacobs, College of Law, and Ray and Bart Gilmer, Falcon Ridge Farm, Toone, TN
3) March 16, Managing Growth of Your CSA, Labor Management, Apprenticeship Programs and Quality of Life, led by Jeff Martin, Plant Sciences, and Tana Comer, Eaton’s Creek Organics, Joelton, TN
4) April 13, Adding Fruit Crops to Your CSA, led by David Lockwood, Plant Sciences, and Shannon Meadows, Mountain Meadows Farm, Heiskell, TN
5) May 11, Choosing Equipment for a Small, Diversified Farm, led by Bob Due, Terraced Gardens Farm, New Tazewell, TN
6) June 15, Marketing Your CSA and Keeping Your Customers Happy, led by Megan Bruch, Center for Profitable Agriculture, and Ron and Chris Arnold, Herb and Plow Farm, Grimsley, TN
To register:
Registration is $50 per person for all six workshops or $10 per person per workshop.
Registration for TN Fruit and Vegetable Association members (http://www.tfva.org/jointfva/) or TN Organic Growers Association members (http://www.tnorganics.org/contact.html) is FREE. Enter promo code TFVAFREE or TOGAFREE on the payment screen, if you are a member. Member verification required.
Register on-line by clicking on one of the six workshops under ‘Upcoming Events’ at: http://organics.tennessee.edu or http://vegetables.tennessee.edu
Please contact Jenny Moore (865.974.0710 or jcroker@utk.edu) or Annette Wszelaki (865.974.8332 or annettew@utk.edu) for more information.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
EXTENDING YOUR GROWING SEASON
Learn about season extension in high tunnel production systems in a new webinar series sponsored by the Center for Crop Diversification, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the Barnhart Fund for Excellence. There will be six webinars, each 75 minutes long, in February and March of 2015. The series will cover market opportunities, structure options and construction, organic production and certification, crop and equipment options, pest pressure and control, as well as a summary of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative.
For more information, and to register, please contact Miranda at 859-218-4384 or miranda. hileman@uky.edu.
All webinars will be broadcast from 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. EST.
Webinar Schedule
• February 17 — Season Extension Opportunities & EQIP Funding
• February 24 — Structure Options, Construction, Ventilation & Temperature Control
• March 3 — Organic Certification & Marketing High Tunnel Crops
• March 10 — Crop, Irrigation & Equipment Options
• March 17 — Insect, Weed & Disease Control
• March 24 — Producer Views & Series Wrap-up-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
NEW FROM NATURE’S WEALTH Look for 5-pound bags of their incredible popcorn!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
OTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you know of anyone who isn’t receiving our (general) e-mails that we send to the entire customer and grower bases (which would include Order Confirmations that come out of our proprietary software e-mail account that is re-directed via Mailgun.us: We have been working with a tech from BLomand who has done a large amount of troubleshooting and research.
If you have an e-mail address that is through Yahoo or BellSouth (Yahoo actually hosts BellSouth e-mail), you will need to go into your Contacts list and add these two addresses:
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
*@mailgun.us
If you have an e-mail address through BLomand, you will need to go into your Gray Mail and add as a Friend these two addresses:
cumberlandfm@gmail.com
mailgun.us
If you have an e-mail address that is from another provider (gmail should be OK, but you never know…), use one of the iterations above.
Also, if you want an entire domain to be “approved,” you can, for example, enter the following as a Contact/Friend (for gmail, let’s say):
*@gmail.com
If, after doing all this, you are still not receiving our e-mails (at the very least the Saturday Blog opening the market), you will have to get in touch with your e-mail provider and tell them to recognize our address as well as the mailgun address. Just giving them the cumberlandfm@gmail.com address will not be sufficient.
We hope this helps resolve these problems going forward!
Kir and Linda-———————————————————————————————————————————————————-
ANSWERING MARKET E-MAILS
Please DO NOT press “Reply” to our software’s automated e-mails. This includes Blog e-mails (such as this one), your Order Confirmation e-mail, or even Account Balance/Adjustment e-mail. If you need to contact us via e-mail, just compose a new e-mail with an appropriate Subject line and send it to cumberlandfm@gmail.com. This will ensure your e-mail is seen (not always possible with a Reply to Order Confirmations, for example) so we can best help you.
ALSO, we are checking e-mail only several times a week, so it may take a short while for us to get back with you. You are always welcome to call 931.592.3399 (no voice mail) to reach us more quickly. Thanks!-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
EBT CAPABILITY IS BACK!
We are pleased to announce that the CFM is once again able to process EBT cards.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
REQUESTING DELIVERY
If you would like your market order delivered, please contact Rachel Lynch, the new Sewanee delivery driver. E-mail: radelo50@yahoo.com or phone 931-598-0774.
Please remember that payment of all CFM orders MUST be made in advance of Tuesday’s delivery. Checks must be mailed in time to be posted to customer accounts before closing of market ordering on Monday. To ensure your account always has a positive balance, the CFM prefers payments in increments of at least $100.00. Mail checks made out to CFM to Kir Strobel, 744 Timberwood Trace, Monteagle, TN 37356.
Should at-home delivery not work for you, you may leave your order at the Center to be picked up by you or a designée by 6 p.m. Wednesday. As with any left-behind order, there will be a $3.00 fee unless that order has been prepaid in full in advance. Don’t forget there is no freezer at the Center for the foreseeable future, so it is imperative your items be picked up in a timely manner.-———————————————————————————————————————————————————-
PLACING AN ORDER
Before you order, be sure you see the little shopping cart. If you do not, log out and log in again. If this fails, turn off your computer completely and start again. This includes ordering from smart phones.
If you want to leave a comment for a grower, be sure to put it in the “Leave comment for grower” area in RED beneath the item you’re ordering. Placing comments in the market manager section will not be seen by the growers.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Don’t forget…
If you do not receive an order confirmation within 5 minutes, your order has NOT been placed in the system. E-MAIL OR CALL US to get the problem solved so you will not be disappointed on market day.
Please remember the market closes at 10 a.m. on Monday; therefore, your order must be completed and placed, and you should be signed out of the software.-————————————————————————————————————————————————————
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.
Coming Events
Keep up to date with the CFM by visiting our organization’s blog. or our Facebook Page .
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!
Independence,VA: The Market is open for pickup January 2nd 2015
Friends of the Market,
It will be 2015 when you pick up your orders. May 2015 be filled with joy.
The links are here: http://independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net/market/
you can also get there from the webpage, www.independencefarmersmarket.org
Happy New Year!
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Open for December 30
Since Thursday of this week is New Year’s Day, a terrible day to try to hold a market, we’re going to try something a little different. We’ll be moving the next ALG pickup to TUESDAY, December 30, from 4:30 to 8pm at Ben’s Bikes. The time and place will stay the same — only the day will change. The website is open for you now to place your order, and you have through Sunday night to get your order in. We’ll see you on Tuesday!
Your order confirmation email will still say Thursday, as it always does, but don’t let that confuse you. I’ll email those of you with orders on Tuesday morning reminding you of this one-time change of schedule.
In the meantime, you can help bring a wonderful local food related event to Athens. A recent episode of the Colbert Report hosted Eva Longoria, actress and activist, speaking about the movie “Food Chains”, for which she served as an executive producer. The film explores the Fair Food campaign of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and has been getting a lot of press. Athenian Dr. Shane Hamilton appears in the film as a talking head, along with Eva and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation). For anyone with even a passing interest in modern food systems, economic inequality, social justice, women’s rights, or activism, this is a film worth seeing.
And you can see it! CINE will be screening the film at 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 14th, to be followed by a short Q&A with Dr. Hilda Kurtz (Geography), Dr. Cecilia Herles (Women’s Studies), and Dr. Shane Hamilton (History). But because the film is being “crowdfunded,” anyone who wants to see the film to reserve a ticket today. If a minimum threshold of reservations aren’t made, the film doesn’t screen.
You can reserve your ticket at (and share with friends, colleagues, and fellow food folks) the following link: https://www.tugg.com/events/12322.
Thank you so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on TUESDAY, December 30, at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Florida Suncoast Locally Grown: market is open:)
the market is back on. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday.
thanks again for your continued support of the online market and supporting local farmers.
ALFN Local Food Club: The Market is Open and Our Board Needs You!
Merry Morning,
The market is open with lots of wonderful local products to start 2015 off right. The new year looks to begin as one of change, as the results of ALFN’s recent strategic planning process showed that recruiting new board members with specific skills is our organization’s top priority. Like many non-profits, we rely heavily on board members to advise and govern our current and future well-being. We’re currently recruiting folks with a passion for local food to fill the following roles on ALFN’s Board:
- Fundraising Chair – Someone that can oversee bringing in diverse revenue streams for ALFN, preferably with fundraising experience.
- Business Chair – Responsible for organizational growth, business consulting, strategic marketing, and promotion. Preferably someone with marketing/PR experience.
If you believe that you or someone you know would make a good fit for either of these roles, please e-mail arlocalfoodnetwork@gmail.com or call 501.291.2769 to learn more about serving on ALFN’s Board. Thanks so much for all that you do to support a stronger local food system. Here’s to a safe, relaxing, and local 2015!
- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is OPEN for orders!
ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!
suwanee.locallygrown.net
If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. All orders must be placed by 5pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:45 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla
If you are planning to pay using Dwolla please make sure your deposit includes the 25 cents fee. For example, if your order total is $22.50 make your deposit for $22.75.
Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Nora
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Market is Open! Come on in...
The Market Is now Open…Happy Shopping!
Pickup Day and Time: TUESDAY 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Pickup Location: Crossfit Ozone
519 Hurricane Shoals Rd., Suite J
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
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Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill: Hamilton Mill Market is Open ... Come on In!
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