Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op:  The Market is Closed

The Spa City Co-op market is now closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your order Friday the 12th at Emergent Arts, 341A Whittington Avenue, between 3:30 and 5:30, before 5 if at all possible.

This week’s manager,
Hannah Seewald
509-936-2151

Champaign, OH:  Winding Down

Hello, little local market of love customers!!

We are winding down to the end of yet another week’s market. You have until 10pm, tonight, to get your orders ready and placed!!

Make sure not to miss out on all the fun…and, remember, some of the seasonal produce is just about to leave us…

See you at 10pm!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

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!

Check out our Facebook page for great info on local foods issues and upcoming events.
Be sure to click on the “Like” button at the top of the Facebook page to get automatic updates. Thanks!

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.
Russellville Community Market

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Reminder & Volunteers Needed

Just a friendly reminder to finish your shopping in the market before tomorrow at noon.

Allow me to take this opportunity to encourage you to consider volunteering on Saturdays. When you volunteer, you receive a $5.00 credit that can be applied to your grocery bill or your membership fee. Think about it! If you volunteered once a month, you could pay for your annual membership fee!

I’ve noticed our volunteer base has been a bit thin, and it would be great to have a few more bodies and brains (you can be both) helping us out. Our volunteers really enjoy the work. If you are interested, please let me know, and I will add you to our volunteer email list. Volunteer hours are broken into two shifts on Saturdays. You don’t have to be here the whole morning! What’s not to lose here? Volunteering will get you a $5 credit and a chance to meet other ALFN members. Plus, our coordinators make a mean cup of Joe. Coffee, credit, and local faces. What’s not to love! Furthermore, you’ll walk away with a million dollar smile.

Email me at littlerockfoodclub@gmail.com if you are interested.

Thanks!

Kyle Holton
Market & Program Manager

CLG:  Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.

Hello Friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, June 12th. 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/146991555352846

Tullahoma Locally Grown:  The market is open!

Good Morning!

KIC Produce has King Richard Leeks and plenty of Broccoli Greens.
Solace Farm has added some new soaps and lots of carrots!
Fuel so Good Coffee Roasters are back on the market as well.
Check out their new storefront on 1407 N Jackson St!

Get started here: Tullahoma Locally Grown Market

The market closes noon Wednesday. Pickup is Thursday 4:15-6pm at the first Christian church annex on Grundy St.

Cross Timbers Food Cooperative:  CTFC Market Open for June 20 Pick-up

Hey, folks—

Ordering for the second June delivery is OPEN.

Orders can be placed through Sunday, June 14.

Pickup is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, June 20.

Enjoy,
Wylie
for Cross Timbers Food Cooperative

Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Just a Short Time Left to Order!

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of June 7 2015

First thank you kindly to all who replied to our request for haying help and to those who came. We got over 5000lb of hay baled and in the barn between 11 and 3pm. It did indeed rain overnite, about 30ml. And more today. btw, that’s enough hay to feed one cow for a year, assuming 200 days.

Sunday we tasted the first fruit from the strawberry patch! the first is always the best, reawakens taste buds from the year before. I may have some picked for this thursday, won’t list them though.

Asparagus is still going strong, as is rhubarb, buttercrunch lettuce and mixed greens.

We planted more of the outside garden: tomatoes, basil, carrots, parsley root. We hilled all the potatoes, and weeded the squashes. It was a busy fun weekend.

Old 99 Strawberry Solstice is coming up on Sunday June 21. Family gathering in the afternoon, plan on coming with kids for couple hours, 2pm to 4pm. More details next week on potluck arrangements.

Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami

Champaign, OH:  A Day In The Life

The next installment to our weekly series, A Day In The Life, finds us with Oakview Farm Meats! You know Mark as the assistant manager to this market, and he is also my assistant manager at the Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisans Market. He is active in your local foods movement, and along with me, is part of the local foods council.

I met up with Mark as he entered the local farmer’s market circuit, four seasons ago. In season one, he promoted and sold the Oakview products, and became a vendor in this online market. In season two, he hit the scene in the now familiar green promotional trailer that is Oakview Farm Meats of the market and festival circuit.

We began cross promotions with Cosmic Charlie/Oakview Farm Meats/various vendors. We made famous a little sandwich called the Locally Sourced Oakview sandwich. He and his family have become a major part of this whole local foods scene. He has taught this West End girl many things about their business, about promotions, about hogs, about the breeding and raising of their hogs, and about planting, and crops.

His family is also heavily involved in the pork council, the Champaign County Fair, 4H, and various other organizations in the county. We, at the markets, appreciate Mark and his hard work in our markets.

And now…A Day In The Life…as captured by Mark’s mom, Ruth Runyan. The woman behind it all…enjoy the read…

There is no typical day in the life of Oakview Farm. Plans can be laid out but there are always changes made as needed. Oakview Farm, a local family farm which takes the cooperation of 7 family members is the basis for Oakview Farm Meats. Oakview Farm has evolved over many years through several generations. Mark and his sister, Melissa, who lives in Michigan are the 4th with Myer and Emmy the 5th generation of farmers. Each family member contributes their talents to further the Oakview ventures. Each season brings different activities: Spring – ground preparation and planting of oats, corn and soybeans, Summer – landscaping and mowing, irrigating corn and soybeans, harvesting wheat, oats and baling straw, along with Farmers Markets and Festivals with the Promotion Trailer, Fall – harvesting corn and soybeans and serving Agronomy Field Days with the trailer. Finally, Winter -machinery and building maintenance, catch-up in general. The one thing that is done during every season, every day includes is hog production. The hogs must be fed, waterers checked and pens kept clean by scraping and/or bedded. Hogs must be health checke d, treated, if sick and marked so they are not used for Oakview Meats. Hog feed must also be ground and mixed for 4 different age groups. As hogs grow they must be sorted into different groups, such as breeding gilts, boars, and market hogs. Biosecurity is a high priority at Oakview which means keeping the hogs healthy and comfortable. The hogs are in temperature controlled buildings – warm in winter and cool in summer with fans and sprinklers, secure from wild animals which often carry diseases. Along with the actual farming, there are also the Meat Shop open Tues. and Thurs, 2 – 6 pm and Sat. 10 am – 4 pm. with Bud in charge, Mechanicsburg Farmers and Artisians Market on Tues. 4:30 – 7 pm with Mark in charge, Springfield Farmers Market Sat. 9 am – 1 pm with Mark in charge and various Festivals. All family members help in various ways at various times as needed. It is definitely a local family adventure!