The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
California Dreaming
All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are brown)…
And the sky is gray (And the sky is gray)
I’ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk)…
On a winter’s day (On a winter’s day)
I’d be safe and warm (I’d be safe and warm)…
If I was in L.A. (If I was in L.A.)…
(California Dreaming-The Mamas and Papas)
Oh, wait…it’s not a winter’s day? I was so confused these past few days!! Yesterday was finally a beautiful, bright, warm day, but now, back to the cold, drizzle, gray…enough to make this market manager crazy!
On these days, I let my mind drift back to a time when I lived on the west coast, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco. The sleepy little beach hideaways, the perfect coastal drives, the warmth. I lived in quite a few places in the years I was out there…Venice Beach, Westwood, Malibu, Santa Monica, up in the canyons, in the heart of San Francisco. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world to be living in the place that I grew up wanting to escape to.
On these gray days, I love to think back to the places made me happy, made me excited, and forever have etched amazing memories in my brain.
This market can do the same for me on these gray and drizzly days. It makes me happy to see the lovely produce beginning to turn up on our market pages. The vendors make me smile. The customers and our bonds with them, give me a sense of love. And, this market is always showing me excitement!
In case you didn’t know, the vendors that are a part of this market are top notch. They bring the best of their best to us, each week. They are amazing in heart, amazing in spirit, and amazing to work with. I hope they know just how happy, and full of love, they make me, as their market manager!
It’s this time of year when we continue to welcome back some of our seasonal family. We welcomed back Beth, of Harrigan’s Harvest, Lee and Jennifer, of End Of The Road, and now we welcome back, Kevin, with his lettuces from Davidson Family Farms!
Find your own California dreaming, on a dreary day like today, right inside our market! Place your orders, and feel the love…
It’s Tuesday, and that means the market will be closing at 10pm, tonight! Don’t be left out in the cold…move into your own California sunshine with orders from this little local market of love…
Peace, Love, and Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam