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 October 16th, 2013
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Hey Local Food Lovers,
There a tons of items this week to choose from. It’s been really great to see folks returning week after week through late summer and into early fall. This has been the best transition between the seasons we’ve seen at Locally Grown with sales consistently higher than they have been in years past.
Big thanks to all those who are eating well week after week. Lately I’ve been eating a lot of pita pizzas topped with local ingredients. Been loving the peppers from Oakcrest farms, and mushrooms from Orchard Valley, then some onions and tomatoes of our own to fill it out.
YOU ARE invited to consider attending the Soque River Watershed Association’s FALL SOQUE CELEBRATION next Friday on October 18th at 6pm at Blackhawk Flyfishing on 197 north of Clarkesville. The event is just $15 and features dinner, wine, beer, music, silent auction, and fly fishing demo to see rainbow trophy trout.
If you’re not quite sure why you are being invited it’s because by shopping at Locally Grown you are helping to support a program of the Soque River Watershed Association as one of our programs to promote sustainable land-based businesses. There are some real benefits to the non-profit organization of local food efforts. For example, all the breads, jams, jellies and other baked goods are only allowed for sale at local markets as the result of a non-profit exemption. It also takes quite a bit of bookeeping to run a market such as ours and we’re able to take care of the IRS obligations through the non-profit. Most recently we also found out we’re approved to participate in the SNAP for food stamp program (once the government shutdown if over that is) so that food stamps can be spent at Locally Grown. All these benefits come from our affiliation with the SRWA non-profit.
As our way to say thanks we’d like to invite you to attend this great party. We’ll have BBQ chicken, slaw, potato salad, and for dessert we’re encouraging folks to bring a seasonal dessert as a Potluck. For more information check out our website at www.soque.org or here
Tickets can be purchased online or at the Clarkesville market location on Wednesday. Even if you can’t make the event, you can help support the SRWA by considering donating a silent auction item, becoming a member, or consider sponsoring an event like the FARM TOUR coming up again next Summer.
That’s it for tonight.
EAT WELL,
Justin in Habersham
and
Chuck in Rabun