Locally Grown - Availability for June 25, 2014

Hey Local Food Lovers,

We’re a little late with the message this week, but luckily eight and half hours is still a long time to get your orders in for pickup this Wednesday. Hopefully this quick e-mail is a good reminder that there’s oodles and oodles of good local food this week for the getting. So put in an order if you haven’t, or add to your order if you reduced the fridge down over the weekend.

For those who may still be trying to learn the navigation of the Locally Grown website we have something that can help. Andrew Linker, our new Gainesville Market Manager put together this great little tutorial that should help you find what you’re looking for a little faster. He’s planning to do some other web videos that may speed up your understanding of this great system for ordering local food from dozens of farms.

CLICK HERE for the YOU TUBE VIDEO on how to find products on Locally Grown

Today is the LAST DAY to order GEORGIA MOUNTAINS FARM TOUR passes through Locally Grown. This is the EASIEST way to get your passes and brochures so just click on your cart and you’ll get your brochure with your food on Wednesday (but write a separate check for $35 to GMFN). This event is the only occasion all year to get to visit the farms that grow the food for Locally Grown (as well as several other great Georgia Mountain Farms that don’t sell to Locally Grown).

The spring items will be fading fast from the market with all this heat so items like cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, swiss chard, rhubarb, and more will be disappearing one by one. Enjoy them now while you can. I did this past Friday with some incredible cole slaw on a SLAW DAWG.

The cole slaw recipe is posted on our facebook page so go check that out if you’re a coleslaw fan.

We’ve been watching with great interest as our Gainesville Market slowly gathers speed. We now have 43 individuals signed up for the market to receive these e-mails. This week we’ve got 10 orders for that location so far. Not too shabby! We’re also slowly getting to know the folks who are returning each week which is fun. Our other market locations definitely consist of a core of regulars who we see week after week and exchange recipes with, life stories, and a sense of common community that loves good food from great farms.

We hope all the new folks are enjoying it so far, and don’t be afraid to share with us your thoughts. This market keeps evolving as it grows and some of the best ideas we’ve had originated from customers.

PS – It was mentioned to us that some people are confused by the long list of items attached to this e-mail. That’s just for quick reference if you’d like to see if we have a specific item available this week. TO ORDER YOU ALWAYS want to click on the link below that takes you to our website. Log in and start shopping.

Ok, that’ll do it for this week. Thanks for EATING LOCAL and……

EAT WELL,

Justin in Habersham
Chuck in Rabun
and Teri and Andrew