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 November 20th, 2013
This post expired on November 18, 2023.
Hey Local Food Lovers,
Locally Grown is on the cusp of a pretty cool milestone. We’re just $7,000 away from selling $150,000 in our first 4 years of operation. Considering we average about 20 farms listing per week that would average about $7,500 per farm over the 4 years or almost $2,000 per farm per year (actual earnings vary of course but you get the idea). With the end of year close at hand we just wanted to let you know how your food purchases are benefiting local farmers. The Locally Grown market has become an important part of many local farms earnings especially during these colder months.
We only have 5 markets left in 2013 (since we’ll be closed on Christmas Day) which means if we sell $1,400 each week for the next 5 weeks we’ll make it to the $150,000 mark. We’ve been selling about $1,000 per week, but would need to increase that by about $400. While that’s pretty ambitious, it would be so great to make it and with the holidays at hand now is a great time to be thinking of gifts for friends and family.
This week would be a great week to bust that $1,400 goal by several hundreds since we’re already at $1,200 in sales and WE HAVE Split Creek Farm’s GOAT CHEESES this week. This is a special occasion as we only offer these treats a few times a year. Most of these cheeses do freeze well so consider buying some as Christmas presents for a month from now.
If you can forward this e-mail to a few friends. We have until 9pm tonight (Monday) to order. We plan to get a press release to the local papers to make a big push for Locally Grown before the end of the year. Thanks for being a part of this increasingly vibrant part of our North Georgia communities. And remember you could be eating moist delicious pasture raised, organic feed fed chicken sprinkled with goat cheese crumbles with a side of baked sweet potato and fresh stewed kale this week. Now doesn’t that sound good.
Eat Well,
Justin in Habersham
and
Chuck in Rabun