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Availability for January 31


This post expired on January 28, 2023.

I’m somewhere in far West Georgia as I type this, returning from a week in Little Rock, Arkansas, for the annual conference for the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. I was joined by about 1200 other like-minded individuals, swapping information, stories, and inspiration. I got to meet a number of other Locally Grown market managers, many for the very first time face-to-face. There are 18 markets in Arkansas alone using the system we built together here in Athens, and hundreds more across the country. I absolutely love how the food system in Athens has grown over the last fifteen years, and it warms my heart meeting people from other communities who have looked upon what we have accomplished here and are working on doing the same there.

I haven’t had a chance yet to look through the availability for this week, but I see there are nearly 1000 items listed. We might have short days and cold nights, but the food is still growing, thanks to the hard work of all of our farmers.

Thanks for all of your support of Athens Locally Grown, our farmers, and your community. Know that many other people from literally around the world are watching what we’ve done here, and are envious. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!