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!
Waiting For The Sun
Can you feel it now that Spring has come? That it’s time to live in the scattered sun…”
(The Doors-Waiting On The Sun-Morrison Hotel)
The sun is certainly shining on us, now! Yesterday, and now today…the beauty is all around! Sun, warmth, growth, green, planting…it’s all happening. Everyone and everything is all waking up from a mild yet still the very winter months.
With that, we will also begin seeing excitement in the market as the seasonal vendors return, and in exciting news, I spoke with Dugan Creamery, yesterday, and they are about 2-3 weeks from the market!! Yay!!!
JC Growers have been busy on the farm, and house painting, but will be back, soon!!
Swisher Hill Herbs have added more and more live plants and herbs!!! Signs of spring!!
We have a new vendor, Just Ducky, with duck eggs!!
We welcome back, Rocky Ridge with their egg selections!
We said, Hello, to End of the Road, last week, and enjoyed their amazing spinach, loose leaf lettuce blend, and look forward more of their products!
Hippie and the Farmer put their first out of four gardens in, last week!!
I ran into Beth from Harrigan’s Harvest, and while the asparagus is not yet ready, we all know that it’s worth the wait!!
And, with the ushering in of spring, we also welcome the upcoming Easter holiday!! You know you will need to get your Easter dining plan, together, and get your market orders in!!
It’s all around us…let the spring sunshine take control…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam