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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: Market is OPEN for orders! - Newsletter Corrections
A couple corrections to the newsletter – My Daily Bread will be on the market this week but NOT next week so double up if you need to. Fry Farm had some cold damage and lost a bunch of items. They will re-list once they recover.
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 6pm on Sunday.
PICK UP:
Pick up is on Tuesday at 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford 30518 from 1pm to 6:30 pm.
PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, credit card and Dwolla. If you want to use your credit card, please click “Pay Now” at the cart checkout page.
Please make sure you understand our pick up policy before you order.
Have a great weekend!
Nora
Champaign, OH: I Guess, You Say, What Can Make Me Feel That Way?
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…
And when it’s cold outside…
Well I’ve got the month of May..
(My Girl- The Temptations)
So, here we are again, ready to reopen this little local market of love, tonight!!
We are twirlin’ right into January, but as I left the market, tonight, after closing it, I was pleasantly surprised at how light it was, outside, AND, how warm and sunny it was!!
If I had my way, we would just glide right on, from here, to the warming up months! But, I will take what we have, right now, and be happy that it was still light at 6pm, with a ray of sun still peeking through, and a tiny bit of warmth.
It’s like how I feel about this market. It’s like walking into a ray of sunshine when I hit the market, each Thursday, to get ready to greet the vendors, and then the customers. You each add your own ray of sunshine to my day. To the market. To this local fabric that we are weaving.
One of the things that I have asked each vendor to do, is to write about what local means to them. How it feels to be one of the Rock Stars Of Local? What are they doing in this local scheme of goodness?
I will begin posting their thoughts, their passion, their hard work, their triumphs, and their heartbreaks. It’s not easy being a local producer. It’s back breaking, hard work, total dedication, open as much to failure as you are to success! We are all out there, in the trenches, fighting the good fight that we call…Local Love.
Tomorrow, I will bring to you, the thoughts from Women That Farm! Brandi sent me a very heartfelt write up, that I can hardly wait to share!
But for now, I open the market for all of you. As a customer, please think about why you shop us? Why does local matter to you? When did you decide to pledge your love? We want to hear it, and we want to see it…let us know that you love our little local market of love by placing your orders!
Local Love…our market makes loving local so much fun…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op: News - Group Buy Collagen/Gelatin
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Like Us on Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Have a question for other co-op members? Submit questions on our Google Group Discussion Board: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/suwanee-whole-life-co-op
Group Buy – Collagen/Gelatin (Grass Fed)
This weekend we will have our Group Buy for *Great Lakes Gelatin- Grass Fed Collagen & Gelatin!
We only order collagen every 2 months. One can of collagen hydrosalate is a 2 month supply for 1 person. Please keep this in mind when ordering.
The prices include our discounted group buy price, sale price (if applicable), shipping, fees and taxes. There was a slight increase in price due to increased shipping costs.
THIS IS A Pre-Paid Pre-Order and WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP THIS TUESDAY.
I will place our group order on Monday and expect it will be available for pick up within 2 weeks. This is a prepaid pre-order, so payment is expected this Tuesday. If you are only ordering Green Pasture or Great Lakes products this week, please drop a check in the mail or online payment on the co-op market website.
If you are new to the co-op and/or Collagen, I have a section at the bottom of this weblog that discusses the benefits of this amazing product.
Market News
My Daily Bread is on the Market this week!
Going forward My Daily Bread will be listing their items every week as long as we have enough orders to satisfy their minimum for delivery. Please support them and all our other local farms and businesses! Your purchases do make a difference.
New Items on the Market
Vegetables – Turnips ‘Hinona Kabu’- A unique mild-flavored turnip that is great raw in salads, stir fries or pickled. A traditional Japanese vegetable used to make cherry blossom pickle.
Vegetable – Spinach Mix -A mix of varieties of green leaf and red veined spinach. Great in salads or sauteed with garlic!
All veggies from Fry Farm are Certified Naturally Grown
Volunteers Needed
Please consider volunteering during market pick up. I can’t run the co-op without your help!
WE NEED 1 VOLUNTEER THIS TUESDAY FOR THE 2PM SHIFT!!
THANK YOU Jennifer, Pam, Chuck, and Cindy for helping out last Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!
The schedule through the end of the year is posted. To sign up click: Vounteer Sign up
No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Group Buys
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Great Lakes Collagen/Gelatin – 1/8/16 – 1/10/16
Grass Fed Cheeses – 1/29/16 – 1/31/16
Fermented Cod Liver Oil – 2/12/16 – 2/14/16
Vital Choice (seafood only) TBD
Plastic Milk Carriers TBD
Great Lakes Collagen Info
Great Lakes Gelatin (the Green can) Collagen Hydrolysate (beef kosher) Unflavored
Gelatin (also known as cooked collagen) has wonderful anti-inflammatory and anti-aging qualities, as it helps to fill in the missing amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) in the standard American diet. This is a completely different from the jiggly gelatin product most of us grew up eating as kids.
Homemade bone broth is chock full of gelatin and very nutrient dense but Great Lakes Gelatin- Collagen is a convenient way to get gelatin consistently into your diet.
What is Collagen Hydrolysate?
Hydrolyzed Collagen is the unique combination of amino acids in concentrated levels that promotes rapid re-production of blood cells for healing and conditioning over other proteins especially for bone and joint health care. This low molecular weight protein is easily digested for healthy enrichment in minutes after ingestion. It will not congeal because it has been hydrolyzed for quick assimilation and improved hydration to the connective tissue. Collagen is important to nitrogen balance, now considered an anti-aging product as it supports age related cartilage damage, and collagen loss. source: http://greatlakesgelatin.com/)
How do I use this product?
You can mix it in drinks, shakes, smoothies, or add a tablespoon to your favorite recipe to give it an anti-inflammatory protein boost. It will dissolve in cold liquids very easily.
How Much Do You Need?
Recommended dosage: Take one rounded tablespoon (10-12 g) in the morning, and the same amount before going to bed in the late evening which will help reduce appetite. This product has a low molecular weight so it will dissolve in cold, warm, or hot liquids.
Important Note: Remember not to get too carried away with gelatin. Adding too much too quickly can cause digestive issues: bloating, loss of appetite, stomach ache are just a few side effects.
It’s important to remember that more gelatin is not always better, especially if you are adding it to your diet for the first time.
Gelatin should be used in addition to a nutrient dense diet and not to replace real food like homemade bone broths and grass fed meats.
It is also really important to take this daily. You will see maximum results if you include it in your daily routine.
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I have heard dozens of success stories from co-op members and my own family members. Please feel free to email me your personal testimony on your experience with this product!
Additional links and sources:
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/gelatin-and-collagen-hydrolysate-whats-the-difference/#sthash.lGTNErFi.dpuf
http://butternutrition.com/what-you-dont-know-about-gelatin-may-hurt-you-5-things-you-need-to-know/
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/gelatin-and-collagen-hydrolysate-whats-the-difference/
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!
CLG: Total Crop Loss at Crimmins Family Farm
This morning I got a call from Chuck Crimmins detailing the devastation on their farm from the recent flooding. All of the hard work they put in to produce so much organic food for us was washed away in the flood. Please take a minute to read his note below.
From Crimmins Family Farm
Hello everyone. We must apologize that we will not be able to deliver your order this week, nor in the foreseeable future, and have unlisted all of our items from CLG. The recent rains put our entire field 3’ to 8’ underwater. It came up much quicker than anyone anticipated and we were very lucky to get our tractor and implements out of harms way. Unfortunately, we could not save our beehives and lost them in the floods. Although they were full of honey for overwintering and weighed ~250 lbs each, the floodwaters moved them off their blocks and carried them away. When the water receded, we found them 1/4 mile away, resting against a barbed wire fence. The force of moving water is not something to be taken lightly. Unfortunately, we could not pick up and move the vegetables. I guess it could be considered ‘funny’ but we found some of our uprooted turnips and beets in neighboring fields. Once again, the force of water!
We thank all of you for your orders, both this week and in the past, and your support of our small family farm. It really does help us out and we enjoy growing for you. Our next step is to now call a close to the old season and begin a new one.
We hope everyone is starting the new year off well and ‘dry’
Sincerely,
Chuck Crimmins
Crimmins Family Farm
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: How The Cumming Harvest Operates
Market News
Welcome to 2016, and another year of The Cumming Harvest. This will be our 6th year in operation, and we are looking forward to many more. Many of our growers have slowed down for the winter, delivering every other week or otherwise reducing their availability. Many others, however, are still going strong thanks to greenhouses and other season-extending methods. Now that the holiday season is behind us, we’ll be open every single week.
Each year, I devote the first few mailings of the year to the behind the scenes operation of TCH. This week, I’m going to talk about the many legal issues surrounding our market. Even though many people call us “the co-op”, TCH is legally a market owned and operated me, so I can have a place to sell items I occasionally offer from my own garden. There’s no board of directors, no shield corporation, no pot of grant money. It’s just me, and while that keeps things very simple, it also exposes my family to a ton of potential liability. There are several things I do specifically to minimize that risk:
- The growers list their own items and set their own prices. When you buy from them, it is from them, not from me, and not from The Cumming Harvest.
- The Cumming Harvest never takes ownership or possession of the food. The growers drop it off, and you pick it up.
- Everything at the market has a customer’s name attached to it when it arrives. TCH does not repackage any items.
- When you pay, you’re paying into a shared cash box for all of the growers. This lets you write a single check or swipe your card once for convenience, but you are really paying all of the growers directly and individually. Your money goes in, and the software keeps everything going spits out checks for each of the growers you buy from.
- The growers give a small percentage of their sales, 10%, back to the market to cover the many expenses of keeping the market going. I’ll cover the details of finances another week.
- TCH never buys from a grower and resells the items to you. Although I do take group orders and purchase from out of state items that we can’t get in GA. Things like butter, cheese, cod liver oil, etc.
- When a grower sells items that need licenses from either the state or the federal government, TCH verifies that the proper licenses have been obtained.
In the following weeks, I’ll get more into the nuts and bolts of finances and other aspects of how we work. Many of the decisions I make for the market are based on how the founding market, Athens Locally Grown, is run. The ALG market manager is also the web developer for the website and is in their 15th year of running. We hope to be around for that long too. :)
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!
Tullahoma Locally Grown: Market Closes Today at Noon
Your Market Closes Today.
Your Tullahoma Locally Grown Market is open today until noon. Please ensure you place your final orders by that time. You still have time to order your eggs, dairy, breads, coffee, candles, and other items.
Pickup will be tomorrow (Thursday) from 4:15 to 5:15.
Here is the link to the market: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market
Thank you for your support. Have a great day,
Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is now closed for ordering
The Spa City Co-op market is now closed for ordering.
Please mark your calendars to pick up your orders at Emergent Arts on Friday January 8th from 3:30 – 5:30, The earlier the better. Have a great week and see you Friday.
this market’s manager
Karen Schuman
501-276-3318
karenschuman9@gmail.com
Champaign, OH: Can't You Hear Me Knocking'?
Can’t you hear me knockin’ on your window…
Can’t you hear me knockin’ on your door…
(Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ Rolling Stones)
Yes, so we are knockin’ at your window and your door to remind you to get your orders in by 10pm, tonight!
The week following two holiday weeks, has slipped right on by us, and I just don’t want you to forget to order!
And, just like the record breaking sales we had in December, we are now breaking a new record for the record number of NEW customers, in one week!! Thank you for giving us a try!!
Ok…so, go, order!! Don’t make me come knockin’ on your door or window…just do this thing!
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam
CLG: Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.
Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, January 8th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net
Our Website:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st