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Athens Locally Grown

How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
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Market News

First this week, I’m the bearer of sad news. Early Thursday morning Jim McBride, known around town as “Farmer Jim”, passed away in his sleep after a very long and painful illness. Jim’s Farm out in Winterville was widely regarded as the producer of the area’s finest blueberries, gems among the riches of excellent blueberries grown around town. Jim came to town about a decade ago from the west coast, drawn to town by the climate, the people, and the burgeoning food scene that was developing here. Jim was especially supporting of Athens Locally Grown and my vision for the software system I was creating to keep it going. He encouraged me back when it was a finicky website I cobbled together to re-write it from scratch as a set of tools that could be used by communities across the country to reproduce we we boult here. His support helped me push through a full grueling year of getting up at four in the morning every day so I could program, before going to work for eight hours, and then going back home to work in the gardens into the evening. Now, there are hundreds of communities across North America using locallygrown.net to get food from small farms to the kitchens of local households, and I’ll always remember Jim’s encouragement that helped make this happen. He was a character for sure, but always generous in every way he could be. He will be missed.

If you’re looking for something to do this Thursday after picking up your ALG order, may I suggest an evening of Pacific Island cooking combined with Georgia herbalism? Filipino chef and poet Pasckie Pascua will be teaching by preparing a meal focused on Mung Bean Soup, a popular staple dish of the region. Christina Wagoner will be on hand to talk about new uses for culinary herbs you may already be familiar with. The event is hosted by Mama Bird’s Granola and Kitchen downtown. For more information, please take a look here: http://superhomeypoetwok.blogspot.com/2014/05/island-cooking-demo-and-herbalism.html.

Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!

Other Area Farmers Markets

The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at city hall. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is open throughout the week here in Athens, and you can find more information about them here: www.athenslandtrust.org. The Washington-Wilkes Farmer’s Market in Washington is open every Saturday 9-12 behind the Washington Courthouse. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse. The other area markets I haven’t mentioned have yet to open for the season, so far as I know.

All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!

We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!