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!
You'll Accompany Me
A gypsy wind is blowing warm tonight
The sky is starlit and the time is right
(You’ll Accompany Me-Bob Seger)
Well, little market of love customers, here we are, in the tail end of February, and it feels like are in the middle of April.
I’ve had windows open, driving around with my sunroof open, selecting tunes of my yesteryear music that used to signal sunshine days, cars cruising around with open windows, lazy days of Frisbee, hanging out in the park that was near The West End, meandering around with nothing to do, nowhere to be…the ease of it all.
These warm days have allowed your co-market managers to get kale planted in their Hippie and the Farmer gardens, our seedlings for tomatoes and peppers are all sprouting, you see people, shoppers, vendors, all excited, and hustling around with their plans for the upcoming season.
Little by little we will see the return of seasonal products to this market, and the entrance of our new dairy producer.
This market is always alive in every season, in different ways!! Give us a try, revisit us, check out our extensive products, and just generally show us some love. We’ve got nothing but love for you!!
In other words…won’t you accompany us? Go ahead, place your orders, before the market closes, this evening, at 10pm!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam