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!
Sea Green, See Blue
And you dream, you make movies, you dance
You moved to Montreal, to be closer to France
How’s that working out, how’s the music, how’s the food?
I know you won’t stay there forever, I know you’re gonna move again and again and again…
(Sea green, See Blue-JayMay)
The sweetness of a little song can move me, cheer me up, make me think in all directions, and make me want to do a million things, all at once. And, somehow, I am always able to bring it around to thinking about this little market of love.
Just like the part of the song that I chose for today, I know that there are a million things that you all also could be doing, should be doing, will be doing, and that after it all, you will all land right where you need to be. With us, with the goodness, with the realness, with the friendliness, with the nutrition, with the community spirit.
And here we will be…always with open arms, swaying along, humming our tune, smiling our smile, offering our products.
Yesterday, we said hello to spring. That means that it won’t be long before all of our seasonal vendors begin to groove back to us. It means that everyone comes home to land. And when that happens, we live a nice little harmony from spring until late fall…
Get your orders in, today, because we close for the week, at 10pm, this evening!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam