Athens Locally Grown

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Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
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Market News

I really love celebrations of local food, whether I’m traveling or close to home. One of my favorites lately, and not just because I’m currently the reigning champion, is the garlic pie contest at the Clayton Garlic Festival. It’s being held this Saturday at the Clayton Farmers Market, held at the Food Bank of NE Georgia. It’s small compared to the Athens Saturday markets, but the people there are wonderful and any excuse to go visit Clayton is a good one. If you come by, a donation gets you samples of all the pies submitted for the contest, including some by highly regarded restauranteurs. I was lucky enough to win last year with a mock chicken garlic pot pie, and I’m going to try to win it again this year with something completely different. I’d love to see you there, from 10:00 to 12:30!

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 is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park, and Wednesday evenings downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is back as well, Saturdays from 9 to 1, and you can watch for weekly news here: http://www.athenslandtrust.org/west-broad-farmers-market/. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The Oconee County farmers market is held every Saturday 8 to noon in downtown Watkinsville. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on Saturdays from 9 to 2pm. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com Folks to the east can check out the Hartwell Farmers Market, which starts bright and early on Saturday morning from 7am to noon, and Tuesday afternoons from 11 to 3pm. If you know of any other area 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!