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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
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Market News

I’ve just arrived home from a week in Lexington, Kentucky, where I served on the staff of the annual conference for the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. It’s one of my favorite events, and this year was the largest one ever with over 1400 farmers from across the south and beyond gathering to share stories of failure and success, learn from those, and inspire each other to return home and grow even more real food for their communities. The days there are extremely long, and I’m ready to drop into sleep as I type this, but it is always well worth it.

I haven’t had a chance to go over the listings this week in any great detail to gather notes for this week’s mailing, but I do see lots of great food available. I did get contacted a few days ago by a group in town who has begun the process of putting together a bulk order of solar energy collectors for houses and businesses around Athens. They’re called Solarize Athens, and have a coalition of public and private alternative energy and community groups behind them. If you’ve been considering converting to solar generated electricity, or are just curious what it would take, you’ve got two months to get in with them. The first phase of assembling the coalition and finding an equipment supplier and installation company has already happened, and now they’re putting together the bulk order with them for submission on March 31. For more information, check out their website at http://www.solarizeathens.com.

Thank you 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 has closed for the winter. You can watch for news during the offseason on their website. The other area markets are also all closed for the season, I believe. If you know of any winter markets operating, please let me know. And they might all be closed, but we’ll be here all year round!

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!