Availability for May 8

There’s over 450 items listed on the site this week, and a good number of them are new items this week. Give the “New Products” carousel (at the top of the “The Market” page) and you’ll see what I mean. And except for a few specialty items (such as the strawberries and asparagus), there is plenty to go around and in many cases multiple farms and varieties to choose from for each item.

As I was watching the new items get added to the site today, I knew I’d need to make room in the fridge for everything that caught my eye, so I took everything I had, from ancient carrots (back this week), turnips, onions, garlic, greens, fennel, potatoes, you-name-it, chopped it up and threw it in a big pot with a little butter and sauteed a little. I added a half box of broth from the back and let it all simmer for a bit. I found a partially freezer-burnt chunk of salmon in the back of the freezer and tossed that in there, too. After a while, I stirred in the last of the cream I ordered four weeks ago (yeah, it was just starting to sour, but that’s OK). In the end, I had the best pot of “clean out the fridge” chowder, and I’m all ready to get more this week.

There’s several upcoming events you may interested in. If you’re up for a bit of a road trip (less than an hour from Athens), member farm Fancy Feathers Emu Farm is having their spring festival on Saturday. You can find more details and directions on this website. Only, instead of taking I-85, take US 29 straight from Athens to Royston, and then turn south on 17.

Closer to home, the following week is the grand opening of the newly located Athens Farms Market. Now at Bishop Park, this market will feature many of the same growers that sell through Athens Locally Grown, giving you two opportunities a week to buy local sustainably grown food.

Finally, a good number of you took advantage of pre-paying for your Locally Grown orders, either via credit card or by just paying extra with check at the pick-up. Some of you asked which we’d prefer: pre-payment or pay when you pick up. And really, it makes no difference to us, so do whichever is best for you. I know I never write checks anymore, and my credit card gives me refunds back on my mortgage principal, so I use it for most everything. Got to pinch those pennies wherever they show up, you know.

Anyway, thanks so much for all of your support. If you have friends that don’t know about us, fill them in! We’ll see you on Thursday from 4:30pm to 8pm at Gosford Wine!