Locally Grown - Availability for October 15th, 2013

Hey Local Food Lovers,

Fall is in the air, and the leaves are just beginning to change. After a wee cold snap last weekend, it looks like we still have quite a few farms with peppers and squash and other items that either were up on hill away from the frost, covered, or in a greenhouse. Yes, believe it or not we got frost up here in the mountains. Thank goodness for farmers who baby their plants late into the season so we can continue to enjoy warm weather crops usually up until the really cold frosts in November. But enjoy all you can now. We’re just weeks away from colder weather.

We’ve got a brand new FARM to introduce to the market this week. They are called Mountain Sweet Honey and they are based out of Toccoa, GA. If you can’t guess from the name, they MAKE HONEY. Or the bees make the honey that is, and they collect it so you can eat it on your biscuits. I’ve noticed over the years, that if I put on the counter both jam and honey for biscuits in the morning, my wife goes with the honey every time. Then sometimes the second biscuit gets jam.

Buy some Honey this week. We always like our new growers to feel nice and welcome. They have 4 different sizes, ranging from 16oz all they way up to 5lbs.

Also look out this week for Smart Chick Farms who has some new pork listed. We may have to call them Smart Chick and Piglet Farms. Also, Jumpin Goat Coffee is back after a break. Drink something warm on these windy chilly days ahead.

Well, that’ll do for this week. Hope everyone has a terrific week. And don’t forget to….

EAT WELL,

Justin, Chuck, Teri and Andrew