Stones River Market:  Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday

WELCOME TO THE STONES RIVER LOCALLY GROWN WEEKLY MARKET, IT IS NOW OPEN for taking orders!

Market opens TODAY Sunday December 17th Closes Monday December 18th at 10PM.

The Market will always open SUNDAY at 8 AM with or without Weblog. Weblog may occasional be delayed.

IMPORTANT NEWS: Market will be closed the week of the December 24th and through the week of December 30th.
If there is something you really need, contact the Grower, their listings are in the Grower Section.

Market will reopen January 7th. All of us from the Stones River Locally Grown Market
wishes everyone a happy and safe Holiday season and be able to enjoy your friends and families during that time.

A very special THANK YOU for supporting our local farmers, bakers and craftsmen.
We will look forward seeing you when you pick up your order on Wednesday December 20th on the porch of
Quinn’s Mercantile from 5:00 – 6:00pm when you pick up your order, please come earlier, it gets really cold on the front porch!

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE LATER THAN 6:00 (it is getting colder)..we can make arrangements for you to pickup your order.

Growers this weeek: subject to change

Calico Farms
Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farms)
D B Collectibles
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse
East Fork Farm/ Worm Castings & Luffa
Flying S Farms
Heath Homespun
Lavendar Cottage
Linwood Lamb
Oakview Farm
Pennie’s Delights
Periwinkle and Pine Co
Pinky’s Micros
Quarter Spring Farm
Quinn’s Mercantile
RC Farms TN
Safe & Sound Soap Co.
Singing Bee Honey
Sow’s Ear Piggery
Sunshine Farm
Sweet Beets Farm
Tailwynds Farm
The Natural Nook
Triple LLL Farm
Valley View Farm and Garden
Yentz Family Farm

Growers News: this is one of the longest blog I’ve done, thank you Growers getting me your news.

DB Collectibles: This week, in addition to our beautiful wood products, we are featuring hat and scarf sets, which are woven and knitted or crocheted.

Oakview Farm: We are celebrating the season with our new Cranberry Pear Jam, which goes well with our toasted Artisan Sourdouh Bread. Also try our famous Roasted Strawberry Jam (or gift it to a loved one!), or if you want to eat healthy try our Salad Green Mix! We will also hve our homemade Peppermint Patties and Peanut Butter Cups.

Sunshine Farm: (Permission to post) Pure Maple Syrup (find in Jams, Jellies category. The Syrup is from Vermont Maple syrup is high and antioxidant values and contains essential minerals, such as magnesium, zinc, manganese, calcium and potassium….. Maple syrup is great on many breakfast foods, baking, in stirfries, baked beans, ham, glazes, desserts, and so many other things.

Quarter Spring Farm: HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Quarter Sping Farm. We have our usual plentiful pieces of pastured poultry and superb selection of skin softening soaps and lotions. We also are fully stocked with fresh grass fed lamb. Fill your holiday table with tastiest and healthiest meats, all grown natually right here in Middle TN. Also be sure to grab some soaps for any last minute additions to your Christmas List.

Lavender Cottage: We have several flavor options of our freeze dried treats, frezze dried vegetable powders and dried vegetables. These will make wonderful gifts in gift baskets, snocking stuffers or just yourself (we won’t tell), Market Manager really likes our Cantaloupe, Strawberries and uses vegetable powders in their soups.

Calico Farm: New this week: Organic vegan maple sea salt cookies & Organic vegan Christmas sprinkle sugar ookies. The sprinkles are even dye-free for those of yu trying to avaid artificial foo coloirng. Both Cookies are super soft and best-sellers. You will no e disappointed!

Need last minute stocking stuffers? Grab a few of our organic house-blend teas & Steeper and you’re set.

Need a gift for your favorite baker or foodie? try our organic vanilla sugar and homemade vanilla extract. Put them togther for a bakers bundle!

Heading out for a road trip? Our nuts an packaged perfectly in resealable bags for a healthy trip on the road and also make an awesome hostess gift.
Finally, our self-care products re a fantastic option if you want a non-food option. The shower steamers offer aromatherpy that are so relaxing & just lift your spirits naturally. Don’t forget about our best selling sinus relief steamers – truly therapeutic to relieve congestion & great to have on hand this time of year!

Yentz Family Farm:
Love our jarred items and snacks? Share them with your loved ones for the holidays. Our goodies make great Christmas gifts and can be ordered alone or in a gift basket. Check out our new listings including our holiday candy options!
Did you know that our pies and baked goods can be frozen until Christmas or New Years? Our Apple and Mixed Berry Crumb Pies Freeze great, as do our rolls and breads. I do not recommend freezing the pumpkin pie though.

Simple plastic wrap or ziplock bag and place in the freezer for up to 3 months. When you are ready to use them simply defrost in the fridge the day prior.

Carol’s Herbs (CS3 Farms):
We are back on the market from a wonderful anniversary break. 32 years and the good Lord keeps our marriage strong.
This week we have a few elderberry cream cheese pies ready. They are a great addition to holiday parties. They come to you frozen and you can take it out of the freezer an hour before serving.
We also have a few elderberry syrups left and lots of all in one honeys to help prevent or limit cold and flu. Stock up. They last the whole season.

Calico Farms: New this week for all of our friends with food allergies/dietary restrictions: Gluten-free Organic Vegan Peppermint Bark. This one ticks all the boxes and, yes, is still delicious. Even the candy canes are dye-free so you truly can’t find a healthier treat.
Don ‘t forget about our nut varieties – they are perfect for gifting being 10 oz & in resealable bags. Be sure to grab them for all your holiday events to fill those snack bowls, charcuterie/grazing boards or even road trips. Our sweet & spicy pecans and herbed & spicy mixed nuts are unlike anything you’ve ever had and our cinnamon sugared pecans are WAY better than Buc-ees!

For all your holiday baking, or for the baker/foodie in your life, be sure to check out our homemade vanilla extract & organic vanilla sugar. Together they make magic and a truly unique gift, we’ll call it a baker’s bundle.

Also new this week is our organic chocolate dipped Norwegian krumkaker cookies. These are an old-world Nordic tradition and are as beautiful as they are delicious. Available plain as well, both can be enjoyed as is, filled with whipped cream & chocolate chips or berries…your choice!

Finally, check out our espresso & regular peppermint barks, organic chocolate syrup (I promise you this is our new favorite product!!!), house blended teas, shower steamers & bath sachets (listed in wellness section). I think we can all agree that we can use some of these treats in our lives this time of year.

Triple LLL Farm:
I would like to say Thank You to everyone for helping support our farm this year. We have put together several Packages for the Holidays we think you might enjoy.

Breakfast Sampler Package
Holiday Breakfast Sampler
1 Pack Hickory Smoked / Maple Brown Sugar Bacon (Approx. 1LB)
1 Pack Hickory Smoked / Maple Brown Sugar Cottage Bacon (Approx. 1LB)
1 Pack Maple Brown Sugar Sausage (1LB Chub)
1 Pack Mild Breakfast Sausage with Extra Sage (1LB Chub)
1 Pack Hot Breakfast Sausage with Extra Sage (1LB Chub)

2 chicken special packages
Holiday Chicken Lovers Package
2 Pack of Boneless/Skinless Breast (2 per Pack)
2 Pack of Chicken Thighs (4 Per Pack)
2 Pack of Drumsticks (4 Drumsticks per Pack)
2 Pack of Wings (8 Per Pack)
5 Soup Kit Packages
Holiday Chicken Sampler Package
1 Pack of Boneless/Skinless Breast (2 per Pack)
1 Pack of Chicken Thighs (4 Per Pack)
1 Pack of Drumsticks (4 Drumsticks per Pack)
1 Pack of Wings (8 Per Pack)
2 Chicken Soup Kits Packages

5 Holiday Specials 4 are buy 1 get 1 free

• Holiday Special * Boneless Pork Chops
  Boneless Pork Chops Buy one Get 1 FREE!!
• Holiday Special * Center Cut Pork Chops
  Center Cut Pork Chops Buy 1 get 1 FREE!!
• Holiday Special * Pork Cutlets
  Pork Cutlets Buy 1 get 1 FREE!!
• Holiday Specials * Chicken Soup Kits
  Pastured Raised Chicken Soup Kits Buy 1 Get 1 Free!!
• Holiday Special * Seasoned Jowl
  $5 Per Pack Hickory Smoked / Maple Brown Sugar (Approx. 1LB)

3 Holiday Pork Packages
Holiday Special Package 1
4 Packs of Pork Chops (2 per Pack)
2 Packs of Sirloin Chops
2 Packs of Brats (4 Brats per Pack)
2 Packs of Chicken Thighs

Holiday Special Package 2
2 Packs of Pork Chops (2 per Pack)
1 Packs of Sirloin Chops
2 Packs of Brats (4 Brats per Pack)
1 Packs of Chicken Thighs

Holiday Special Package 3
2 Packs of Pork Chops (2 per Pack)
1 Packs of Sirloin Chops
1 Packs of Brats (4 Brats per Pack)

Flying S Farms: By request, Our Popular Christmas Jam is available. Still have Seriously HOT Strawberry great on cream cheese, Sour cream or Buttermilk Biscuits (2" or 3") and Wheat or Plain sourdough is available this week whole or sliced, full size or half. Several varieties of Friendship Bread they are perfect for upcoming gifts or parties, make wonderful gifts. Experience all our Friendship Breads lightly toasted, great treat. Our chicken eggs are also available.

Pinky’s Micros: Microgreens pack 40X more vital nutrients than their mature counterparts. Extremely dense in vital enzymes, minerals, vitamins, omega and high does of chlorophyll. There aren’t many foods you could eat that are packed of nutrients and harvested a day before delivery for freshness. Put them on your sandwich, top your salads, or use them in place of lettuce.
We love putting them on avocado toast, salads, wraps, B.L.T. Sandwich and more!
Our Fall Seasonal Chef’s Blend: Pink Lipstick Chard, Rutabaga, Purple Kohlrabi, Nasturtium Leaves as well as what we grow all the time. Peas Shoots, Rose Radish, Broccoli, Basic Salad Mix and Sunflower Shoots.

Periwinkle and Pine Co: beautiful holiday wreaths and other wreath for any occasion. (Manager report…her items are beautiful and very well made, worth her time and price, they will last for along time)

This is the bitter-sweet time of the year for some of us — this is the last market of the YEAR 2023. We will reopen January 7th after the holiday season. From all of us (Growers and Staff) would like to thank everyone for your support during 2023 and looking forward to 2024 starting the New Year.

Please Be sure to check out our Meat Producers: They all have some great meal options for your Holiday meals using their delicious cuts of meat, ranging from Lamb, Chicken, Beef, Pork. The list of Meat Producers are Quarter Spring, RC Farms, Sows Ear Piggery, Tailwynds Farm and Triple LLL Farm. Each of our Meat Producer provide you with the freshest items you can get, definately not ‘grocery store qualities’.

Don’t forget our Poultry Egg producers: Carol’s Herbs (CS3 Farm), Health Homespun, Flying S Farms, Quarter Spring Farm, RC Farm TN, Triple LLL Farm and Yentz Farm.

We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile WEDNESDAY, December 20th from 5:00 – 6:15 pm, please contact the Manager if you are unable to pick up your order or are running late, please phone, email or text the Manager (615.542.1078) so we can make arrangements to get your order to you.

We will always try and reach you as a reminder about your order, we can make arrangements for you to get your order to you. “If we do not hear from you, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount of your order”". We still need to pay our Growers for their products. Remember we do have Delivery Service. If you think you will be later than 5:45pm, when our Delivery Staff begin delivering orders, please contact us, so we can make arrangements with you. If it is the first time you have requested delivery, please include direction to the location you would like your order delivered.

How to contact us:
Email: stonesrivermarket@gmail.com
Website: https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
locations: Quinn’s Mercantile on the corner of Spring and Lytle.

The Wednesday Market:  This is Your Last Opportunity to Order in 2023!

Good evening.

The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 2 and 4 p.m. Wednesday. Check the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

As announced last week, the Market will be closed the week of December 25, so this is the LAST opportunity to order before Christmas and New Year’s Eve. You might consider ordering extra items this week to get you through New Year’s.

Ordering will start back on December 30, for pickup on January 3, 2024.

Thank you for supporting our Market and Georgia Grown products. We look forward to serving you in the New Year. In the meantime, may you have Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

Thanks,

Beverly

Grumpy Goat:  Weblog Entry

Get your orders in before Sunday night if you would like to pick up on Tuesday the 19th. We will be closed the following week – no pick up on the 26th.

Of course you are always welcome to swing in for eggs anytime!

We only have a handful of maple syrup – maple leaf jars left for $12 each. This is the last of the syrup for the year. New syrup will hopefully be available starting in March – if winter ever comes! Message us if you want one set aside – otherwise I will be putting them on the table at Lake Rat Brewery for the Sip and Shop today 12-4. Better yet- come get your shopping done, see some other great vendors, and grab a meal and drink!

Also at the Sip and Shop today I will have some fresh baked sourdoughs. I’m still working on the recipe a bit using our homegrown flour but it made a fantastic breakfast slice.

I will also have some lightly spiced honey roasted peanuts for all you nut lovers! $4 for a 10 oz bag. Not to toot my own horn, but these are addicting , so don’t plan on sharing!

Hope to see you all today, but if not, have a fantastic holiday season!

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Market is open for orders!

Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
No market 12/27/23 or 1/3/24

Go to the market >>
Produce
Pastured Meats
Cultured/Fermented Foods
Pastured Eggs
See All Products
Baked Goods with Organic Ingredients

Market is open Fridays at 9 p.m. through 9 p.m. Mondays!

Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!

PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in Clayton, Clarkesville, or Gainesville.

If you do not get an email ORDER CONFIRMATION after you finish the checkout process, then your order is NOT complete. Head back to the market page, and your order might still be there waiting for you to check out! If you have any trouble or questions at all, we are here to help; simply reply to this email.

Once you place an order, be on the lookout for the order reminder email on Wednesday with further pickup and payment notes. Thanks for your support!

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
No market 12/27/23 or 1/3/24

Statesboro Market2Go:  Market2Go is Open!

Market2Go Is Open! Are you planning to order this week?

Place your order by 10 pm Tuesday night for pickup on Thursday.

Choose your pickup location or delivery option from the drop-down menu before you check out.

• Statesboro – SCVB Drive Through: Thursday afternoon 4:00 – 6:00
• Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at Road-Tisserie 3:30 – 5:00
• Home Delivery – must add delivery to cart and prepay

Online Payment Available Register your debit or credit card at Your Account and click “Pay Now” when you check out. Your card will only be charged after you have received your order, including any adjustments for missed items or other credits.

Use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you can receive matching “bonus” fruits and vegetables and raw nuts through the Georgia Fresh for Less program – with NO Limit. Please write “EBT” in the order comment field and select the Statesboro – SCVB drive-through pickup. For more information, email market2gostatesboro@gmail.com

Market News


This is our last pickup before Christmas – Shop for local food for your holiday feast as well as a wide array of handmade gifts from local artisans!


Our Sylvania pickup location is now at Road-Tisserie Takeaway Store, 115 Ennis St, Sylvania

Thank you to our sponsors who are helping our market grow! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Statesboro Farmers Market you can find more info here.


Sustaining
Clayton Digital Reprographics
Visit Statesboro
Kiwanis Club of Statesboro

Sowing
Great GA Realty
Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro Properties
Personal Finance Service of Statesboro
Quality Inn & Suites
Queensborough National Bank & Trust
RE/MAX Preferred Realty
Southern Palace Restaurant
Statesboro-Bulloch County Library
Vyve Broadband
ExperCARE Health Statesboro

Sprouting
Citizens Bank of the South
Synovus
Bulloch County Farm Bureau
Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern

Seedling
Georgia Southern University Libraries
Bulloch Solutions

Friends of the Market
Christina Harrell
Michelle Oliver
Anna Clifton
Jennifer Moran
Debra Chester
Cynthia Frost
Sam Wainford
Ann Smith-Wilson
Laura and Patrick Wheaton
Kathy and Larry Smith
Martha Joiner
Trinity Episcopal Church Yoga Group

Happy Shopping!

Russellville Community Market:  12/15/23 opening

To ensure your order is placed, make sure you click the “Place My Order” button once you have completed your shopping. You will receive a confirmation email.

Don’t forget to check out the extras when you pick up your order from 4-7 PM on Tuesday at the Downtown Russellville Train Depot.

Let RCM help you have a happy holiday with foods and gifts for all your needs! This is the last market before Christmas, and the last market for 2023! RCM will re-open December 29th for the first 2024 market on January 2nd! Need cookies for Santa or just a bunch of hungry elves? Our baked goods category is sure to have your favorite flavor! Charcuterie for a party? Pine Ridge gardens has herb crackers, Meadowlark has cheese, Cecelia has amazing crusty sourdough and check out our selection of pepper jellies or other condiments . Drewry has raspberry jalapeno pepper jelly, The Thomas Family has green pepper jelly, Michael’s garden has Habanero Gold and Plum Ginger pepper jelly and Lucky Star has a cranberry relish! This is the last week for a while that Ralston rice will be available… they are taking a break until the next quarter, so stock up on your favorite flavors! RCM has tons of great gift baskets plus handcrafted items like Meadowlark’s handmade pens, Houston Family Farm and Fiber’s woven table runners, or ,Drewry and Meadowlark’s candles and hand creams. You can definitely stuff your stockings here! The Fortunate Mushroom has some fresh mushrooms available this week and there are fresh greens, peppers and, of course, pumpkins and winter squash ready to highlight your holiday table. Holiday dinners call for fantastic cuts of meat like spiral sliced ham from Porch Swing Farms, beef roasts from R&D, or pork roasts from Bluff Top! Retro Roasts coffee makes a great stocking stuffer and McAnulty Mercantile will deliver you a holiday party tray or you can use her spice blends in your favorite dishes! Don’t forget the fresh eggs and homemade fruitcake; there are tons of fabulous items to make your holiday jolly!
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

REMINDER- We can no longer accept credit or debit cards. We will still be able to process cash, checks and SNAP/EBT transactions.

Check back frequently as our farmers regularly update what they have available. Multiple orders are encouraged. :)

Russellville Community Market

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Yalaha, FL:  Market Open for weekend ordering

oops I didn’t open the Market early this week. Remember you can always email or text me if you want to place an order and I forgot to open the Market. Often flexible here though not always predictable.

If you Want to pick up the order at the Chillax Drum Circle in the Villages just let me know so I can bring it along. Otherwise when ordering, remember to let me know when you want to come pick up at the farm. If I don’t email you back to confirm, the order may not have gone through. To make an order you must be signed in, and you add products to your cart individually and then to check out you must go to your cart (Left side of screen near the top of the Market page) to do the check out and actually place the order.

The regular ordering window is now (as in whenever I open the Market) through Thursday 8am for Friday-Sunday pickup. (Or check with me tclynx@aquaponiclynx.com or text 407-342-8515 if you might want to pick up sooner or for special arrangements, I’m usually flexible.)

I may still be able to take orders after Thursday Morning but can’t guarantee availability of things as I may have already packed them for the Restaurants.
Ordering window is Monday Afternoon (or when I open it) through Thursday Morning and pick up will be Friday-Sunday by appointment until we expand more, Please indicate when you would like to pick up when you place your order.

Remember to tell me when you want to pick up! (and if I don’t reply to confirm within a day, bump my e-mail or text me 407-342-8515. Though I have cleaned up my e-mail so hopefully I won’t Miss Anyone.)

Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market

You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then set the number and click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy (it is the little picture right next to the quantity box.) Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)

Martin's Farmstand:  Weblog Entry

The farmstand is open today from noon till 5 pm. There are still lots of onions, carrots, beets, potatoes, apples and more. The bulk food room has flour,oatmeal spices, etc. December hours till Christmas, open Friday and Saturday afternoons. After New year till spring open Saturdays only. We have local eggs available again. In the winter if it is cold the front doors will be closed even when we are open and the produce will be displayed in the display cooler, bulk food room and in the basement. Come in even if the outer stand looks desolate as there is lots of good eating hiding inside. Daniel

Champaign, OH:  A Market Reminder From Tonight

Just a reminder that there are a few of you who still need to pick up orders, from tonight!

You can pick up, tomorrow, 10am-12pm or Saturday, 10am-4pm. Tomorrow, the shop will close, promptly, at noon, because Hippie and the Farmer are catering in the evening!!

Thank you!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Champaign, OH:  Happy Holiday!

Happy Holiday (Happy Holiday)
Happy Holiday (Happy Holiday)
While the merry bells keep ringing
Happy Holidays to you…

Well, lovely market customers…here we are right in the middle of the holidays, and we have one more market to offer you before we say goodbye to this 2023 year, and the market takes it’s annual two week break!

You’ve been amazing customers, all year, and especially during the holiday months!

Think about what you will need to stock your pantry, freezer, shelves, before we go on break.

I will not be baking because I have a very special young visitor, and his parents, lol, coming to visit for 10 days! So excited, and I do not want to miss a moment!

I will, however, be back with the full Cosmic and Hippie and the Farmer line up, right after the new year!

The market is open, for that one last sparkling week of the holiday market season…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam