Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  Just a Reminder....

Market Closes at 8:00pm Today!

As of this writing, the total Market orders are less than $400. There must be a minimum of $650 in orders to make it feasible for delivery, set-up and pickup. If this minimum is not reached, you will be notified at Market close (8:00pm Monday) and given the option to cancel your order or pick it up at the Lawrenceville location. If you have any questions, please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.

Please be assured that we are doing everything we can to provide you with what you want from the local Farmers/Growers and Producers; but, please understand that Buying Local means supporting those who are committed to providing ‘Local’!

Thank you for your support! See you at Market on Thursday!

Florida Suncoast Locally Grown:  New Additions on Market

New additions to on line market this week!
CERTIFIED ORGANIC PARSLEY, CILANTRO, LEMONS, RED ONIONS, AND FUJI APPLES!
We will have certified organic ruby grapefuit at the stand when you come to pick up, unsure of price right now!
Have a great day!

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  There is still time to order...Market Closes at 8:00pm!

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Bakery on Brooks is back and Marie has fabulous Gluten Free offerings! Paleo Bites, perfect for an after-work-out-pick-me-up or a part of breakfast or healthy afternoon snack for the kiddos! Cookies to tempt your taste buds; soft and yummy Sandwich Bread perfect for sandwiches for Gluten Free folks! Try any of her delicious Rolls or Cornbread with your favorite soup. We are blessed to have such a wonderful Baker who makes the best Gluten Free items I have ever had!

For those of you who are not Gluten Free, My Daily Bread offers a great variety of Organic Baked Goods! Jams/Jellies/Preserves, (my favorites are the Hot Pepper Peach and Blackberry) all made from Organic ingredients! Check out the two new items Dabrielle has added! Beer Buzzed Cheese Dip, (perfect for snacking with veggies or crackers) and Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip which would go great with some Chicken Wings from Heritage Farm! Beware — Dabrielle says “It’s not for the faint of heart!” She has also added sliced Pumpernickel to her fabulous variety of yeast breads! Dabrielle bakes with passion and loves providing us with fresh Organic offerings and we are blessed to have her at Market!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Whole Duck, Leg of Lamb and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is back! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Try some! Oh the Deli Sliced Ham is delicious. I have had it on sandwiches and added to a Fritatta — FABULOUS! Heritage Farm is a Family run Farm. Greg’s wife, Lainya and their children all participate in the work and running of Farm, so their ‘by-line’ from our family to yours encompasses that truth. I will be highlighting the Farm in next week’s Newsletter and we will have Greg as Farmer of the Day soon! I am grateful Heritage Farm is part of the Heirloom Living Market Family!

Carrell Farms is back with Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmer Sales Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Heirloom Living Market Hamilton Mill:  There is still time to order...Market closes at 8:00pm

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Bakery on Brooks is back and Marie has fabulous Gluten Free offerings! Paleo Bites, perfect for an after-work-out-pick-me-up or a part of breakfast or healthy afternoon snack for the kiddos! Cookies to tempt your taste buds; soft and yummy Sandwich Bread perfect for sandwiches for Gluten Free folks! Try any of her delicious Rolls or Cornbread with your favorite soup. We are blessed to have such a wonderful Baker who makes the best Gluten Free items I have ever had!

For those of you who are not Gluten Free, My Daily Bread offers a great variety of Organic Baked Goods! Jams/Jellies/Preserves, (my favorites are the Hot Pepper Peach and Blackberry) all made from Organic ingredients! Check out the two new items Dabrielle has added! Beer Buzzed Cheese Dip, (perfect for snacking with veggies or crackers) and Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip which would go great with some Chicken Wings from Heritage Farm! Beware — Dabrielle says “It’s not for the faint of heart!” She has also added sliced Pumpernickel to her fabulous variety of yeast breads! Dabrielle bakes with passion and loves providing us with fresh Organic offerings and we are blessed to have her at Market!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Whole Duck, Leg of Lamb and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is back! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Try some! Oh the Deli Sliced Ham is delicious. I have had it on sandwiches and added to a Fritatta — FABULOUS! Heritage Farm is a Family run Farm. Greg’s wife, Lainya and their children all participate in the work and running of Farm, so their ‘by-line’ from our family to yours encompasses that truth. I will be highlighting the Farm in next week’s Newsletter and we will have Greg as Farmer of the Day soon! I am grateful Heritage Farm is part of the Heirloom Living Market Family!

Carrell Farms is back with Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmer Sales Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open

I guess the old saying about time flying while you are having fun is true. I can hardly believe that 2015 is here already. I am looking forward to this year. It is a time of change and renewal, to leave the old habits behind and look forward to improving ourselves and our communities.
That is just what I want to do right here in our hometown. Improve our access to locally grown food. I am still running into folks that have not heard of Princeton Farm Fresh. How can that be? I need to do a better job of marketing our farmers market! I could really use your help with this. I am looking for new ways to get connected in our town. We always have room for new farmers and customers. Most of all I am looking for feedback from you our customers. What can we do better this year? What items are you looking for? Is there someone that you can connect me to, that I can share our market with? Where do you want our market to go?
I am open for any and all thoughts and suggestions. I have some fun stuff planned for this year, and I really want to bring more local food to our community. With your help, I think we can do just that. Send me an e-mail with your thoughts and suggestions and I will do my best to act upon them.
See you Friday,
Angela

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  There is still time to order...Market closes at 8:00pm

Greetings All:

Just a reminder that Market closes at 8:00pm tonight.

Offerings you may want to check out!

Bakery on Brooks is back and Marie has fabulous Gluten Free offerings! Paleo Bites, perfect for an after-work-out-pick-me-up or a part of breakfast or healthy afternoon snack for the kiddos! Cookies to tempt your taste buds; soft and yummy Sandwich Bread perfect for sandwiches for Gluten Free folks! Try any of her delicious Rolls or Cornbread with your favorite soup. We are blessed to have such a wonderful Baker who makes the best Gluten Free items I have ever had!

For those of you who are not Gluten Free, My Daily Bread offers a great variety of Organic Baked Goods! Jams/Jellies/Preserves, (my favorites are the Hot Pepper Peach and Blackberry) all made from Organic ingredients! Check out the two new items Dabrielle has added! Beer Buzzed Cheese Dip, (perfect for snacking with veggies or crackers) and Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip which would go great with some Chicken Wings from Heritage Farm! Beware — Dabrielle says “It’s not for the faint of heart!” She has also added sliced Pumpernickel to her fabulous variety of yeast breads! Dabrielle bakes with passion and loves providing us with fresh Organic offerings and we are blessed to have her at Market!

Greg of Heritage Farm has Whole Duck, Leg of Lamb and Lamb Chops on Special this week. Bacon is back! This Hickory Smoked Bacon is over-the-top in flavor! Try some! Oh the Deli Sliced Ham is delicious. I have had it on sandwiches and added to a Fritatta — FABULOUS! Heritage Farm is a Family run Farm. Greg’s wife, Lainya and their children all participate in the work and running of Farm, so their ‘by-line’ from our family to yours encompasses that truth. I will be highlighting the Farm in next week’s Newsletter and we will have Greg as Farmer of the Day soon! I am grateful Heritage Farm is part of the Heirloom Living Market Family!

Carrell Farms is back with Water Buffalo offerings! Try some Soup Bones for wonderful Bone Broth!

Check your Grocery List and get your orders in before 8:00pm this evening for delivery on Thursday!

Just a heads-up…this week at Market Kefir and Organic Quinoa will be available on the Farmer Sales Table. There is a limited amount of Kefir, so if you know you would like some, please send me an email.

Joyful Noise Acres Farm:  Ordering ends at 8:0pm.

Please get your orders in before the market closes at 8:00 tonight.
If you are attending the Sourdough class on Saturday, you can wait until then to pick up if you want.
Blessings,
Mary Beth

Atlanta Locally Grown:  Available for Saturday January 10

I hope this finds you all doing well. Happy New Year! Here we go, kicking off 2015 with a great selection for the market. While my garden is gone to the pigs for the winter Taylorganic has lots of great produce available this week. The cabbage, collards, kale and more will enhance any meal. Order up, you will eat 28 times over the next week. Hopefully we can be apart of those meals. Carroll farms has some fantastic water buffalo available this week. Our farm has eggs, mushrooms and plenty o pork.

Let’s welcome 2 new producers this week; Mana In Our Foods, with prepared meals and Red Cactus Tamales with tamales or a varietal of flavors.

Please order up, we appreciate all your support and don’t forget to share us with a friend.
The market is open until 8pm on Wednesday and pick up is on Saturday at your selected delivery location; Piedmont Park, Sandy Springs Farmers market or Brookhaven Farmers market, we will be in touch with you about the time.
Thank you,
Brady

Old99Farm Market:  Old 99 Farm, week of Jan 4 2015

First thank you to the thoughtful Old 99 loyalists who gave us a gift of something home cooked or brewed, or a card and well-wishes over the Holiday Season. You reeally made our day!

I learned recently that Jan 1st is a very important day for chickens in California. Yes their new egg law is being implemented. Proposition 2,(2008)requires that all shell eggs for sale in the state come from hens afforded enough space to turn around and stretch their wings and fly, well, maybe walk and hop.

How much space do the scientists think a hen needs to comply with the new law? A spacious 116 square inches, as it turns out. That’s a nice upgrade from the very stingy 67 square inches (less than a piece of writing paper) afforded to hens unfortunate enough to be born into the battery cage neighborhood.

To comply many egg producers are just reducing the number of birds per cage which in the short run, means fewer eggs laid. Out of state producers have to comply too, if they want to sell in California.

The industry spin is generally the same; California voters approved the measure ultimately causing a decrease in the size of the flocks supplying the egg market *with a corresponding increase in the cost of eggs. *

There’s an economy of scale example to illustrate in real-life why small pastured producers have eggs that cost more. But are eggs at today’s prices expensive?

If a price of eggs costs $6 per dozen, that’s really 50 cents per egg. That means two sunny-side up eggs for breakfast is $1. You can’t buy a latte, a 20 ounce root beer, a pack of cigarettes, or a gallon of gas for a $1. The US pastured poultry average for a dozen of eggs is $5.20 per dozen with premiums paid for organic and soy-free production.

While the hens supplying California’s cheap egg markets have more space to live, it doesn’t result in a better quality egg. And it doesn’t eliminate cages. This is part that nobody is really talking about. Here in Canada, there is no law forbidding confinement cages for layers. That’s why you can buy eggs for $2/doz. But do they taste good? Are they nutritious? do you care about animal rights to not subsidize that industrial mode of egg production?

I figure pasture produces better quality and provides a suitable welfare environment for the chickens. There are many studies to back up the nutritional differences in pasture-raised eggs. Also, there is no caged production and the living space for pastured hens can be measured in square feet with additional space for foraging. My 90 birds have 400 sq ft inside and 8000 square feet of outside space and were eating grass on Xmas day! (Mild winter helps:)

That is the context for my “Let’s all eat eggs” campaign here for the next while. I have happy hens producing more eggs that you’all are buying. So puleez, get your neighours and co-workers interested in pastured eggs. I’m offering a free dozen with every 3 you buy. That works out to $4.50 a dozen. Buy three, get four. Sounds like an omelet to me!

The greenhouse offerings are still plentiful, with salad greens, kale, collards, spinach, green onions, and carrots. More root crops in the cold cellar. Lots of meats in the cooler, including stewing hens.

Healthy eating
Ian and Camelia

Athens Locally Grown:  ALG Open for January 8