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ALG Market Open for December 17


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I hope if you celebrate any of the many holidays that fall this time of year, that things are happy and bright for you. Next Thursday is Christmas Eve, and so we will be CLOSED next week. If there’s anything you need for your holiday meals next week, be sure to order it for pickup this Thursday. I know it’s hard to feel festive when it’s nearly 80 degrees out, but here we are. I’ve heard multiple reports that the blueberry bushes have started blooming, which could mean a disastrous season next year. Or, if it never gets cold, then we’ll be picking blueberries in February. I guess we’ll see which we get.

New Year’s Eve is a bad day to hold a farmers market, but I don’t want you to have to go three weeks between markets, so we’re going to move things around this year. We will have a special ALG pickup day on WEDNESDAY December 30. I’m planning to open the market for orders on the evening of Saturday, December 26, and give you through Monday night to get your orders in. Then on Wednesday, we’ll have pickups from 4:30 until 8pm, and just pretend like it’s Thursday. Some of our growers will be taking the week off, but most of them have told me they’ll have things that need harvested (and eggs that need collecting, etc.), so we’ll be here for them and for you.

Shalley Carrell from Carrell Family Farms will be at our “Meet the Grower” table this week to tell you all about her grass based livestock farm down in Monroe. Her herds are pretty unusual for this part of the world, including water buffalo and alpacas, and she’d love to tell you all about them. I also noticed several of our bakers have assortments of holiday cookies available this week, so I’ve already ordered a couple boxes for you to sample from while you wait for your orders to be filled. In years past I’ve had a pot of spiced apple cider going too, but the way the weather is, I think 1000 Faces iced coffee might be more appropriate.

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 Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too. A new Athens Sunday market has opened up at the Classic Center, every Sunday from 11 to 4 now through October. They have a website here: http://www.sundaycentermarket.com. The Comer Farmers Market is open in downtown Comer on Saturday mornings. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville. The Shields Ethridge Cultivator Market is held monthly in Jefferson. If you know of any markets operating, please let me 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!