We are Closed for Thanksgiving

This is just a reminder that Athens Locally Grown is closed for the week of Thanksgiving, and we will resume our weekly ordering cycle next week for pickup on December 3rd.

I also have two bits of dairy news. First, Johnston Family Farm is making a dairy delivery into Athens on Wednesday. If you’d like to order anything from him directly, you can do so by email at info@johnstonfamilyfarm.com.

Secondly, a neighbor has decided to openly challenge the actions of Georgia & the FDA when they seized and destroyed the raw milk purchased from South Carolina dairies. Bob Hayles believes, as I do, that the laws as written clearly do not prohibit someone from legally purchasing milk in South Carolina and bringing it back to their homes in Georgia, either as individuals or as part of a group. In an open letter to Tommy Irvine, our Agriculture Commissioner, Bob is organizing a public milk run to the dairies that supplied our milk. You can learn more, and sign up to participate if you wish, by reading his letter at http://juicymaters.com/blog1/?p=287.

Thank you for all of your support! I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.