Availability for January 3

Happy New Year! 2007 was a challenging year to be a grower, but enough growers and enough of you came together to make it a very successful year for Athens Locally Grown. I don’t have official numbers to look at, but from my informal “asking around”, I think we are now the largest retail farmers market in Georgia. We have high hopes for 2008, our eighth year in operation, as well.

There are just over 200 product listed on the website. New this week are some lettuces, chervil, spinach, and a few other products. Everyone’s hens are starting to come out of their annual molt, so we should start seeing our egg supply steadily increase from here on out.

We’re coming into the two coldest months of the year. Our growers are growing veggies under cloth, in hoop houses, and in heated greenhouses to protect them from the coming freezes. It’s a challenge, more so maybe than growers further north, because we can have days in the 70s (or higher) followed a day or two later with nights down in the teens. It takes constant adjustment and effort, but I’m sure you’ll agree that the results are worth the effort.

We thank you for your support, especially those of you that have been with us for all seven years. Without you, we wouldn’t be here, and there’d be a lot fewer organic growers around Athens. We’ll see you on Thursday at Gosford Wine from 4:30 to 8pm!