The Weblog
We send out cool articles and farmer highlights using a different email program. You can see the archives of those emails here and through our facebook page! We use this “weblog” every Friday evening to let you know the market page is accepting orders (look for the little add to cart buttons next to products). Northeast Georgia Locally Grown was officially OPENED on Monday, April 26th, 2010 and we are so thankful that you are helping support fresh local foods each week.
Locally Grown - Availability for December 18, 2013
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Hey Local Food Lovers,
This is it! The final market of 2013! It’s been a fantastic year for all of us and we’re super excited about some new opportunities in 2014. We’ll save those for the new year.
The market grew by 12% this year from $40,000 in sales in 2012 up to $46,500. We want to send a heartfelt thank you to each one of you who supported the market this year, even if it was just a few orders. Local farmers love growing food for local people and it really means a lot that so many of you support us week after week.
My wife just put in a double order this week since it’ll be a long long time before we can order again. Just a reminder that we’ll be closed the week after this for Christmas, and then the following week for January 1. So that means we’ll be back on January 8th. I hope we can make it without running out of good food. I recommended last week stocking up on some root veggies like sweet potatoes, potatoes, beets, turnips and jerusalem artichokes.
Here’s an idea on how to cook some of those root veggies. Buy a whole chicken, chop up some fresh rosemary and garlic and put it in a small bowl with three tablespoons of olive oil (reserve 1 tbsp of this), rub the chicken under the skin with the other 2 tbsp oil, let marinate about 3 hours. Turn on oven to 350. Put bird in for 20 minutes on a pan covered with aluminum foil. Cut up any or all of the vegetables listed above and toss in remaining olive oil and rosemary. Pull out chicken and add vegetables. Cook another 45-60 minutes.
Be sure and let the chicken cool before cutting it. If you cut a chicken right out of the oven all the juices will drain out. It’s really easy and really yummy!
There’s so much more I’d like to say but we’ll keep it simple and wish all of you a Happy Holidays! We’ll probably send out an e-mail while we’re gone just to say hi. Don’t forget to try some incredible seasonal sweets. Amy’s Flan is the bomb! I’ve had two already and one more on the way. Moravian cookies are also super cute and flavorful. That coffee cake still looks delicious. And there’s bunches more. Dog snacks for stocking stuffers.
EAT WELL,
Justin in Habersham
and
Chuck in Rabun