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!
I Wasn't Born To Follow
I will want to dive beneath the white cascading waters
She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic
And mention all the things I’ll lose
That really have no value in the end she will surely know
I wasn’t born to follow…
(The Byrds…I Wasn’t Born To Follow)
I love this song, and, tonight, finds me with loads of old tunes, a glass of wine, listening to more storms blowing in, and thanking my lucky stars that I wasn’t born to follow. Anything. Anywhere.
I know it’s no big surprise that I do things on my own terms, pave my own way, go the extra mile, all on my own. If something is the main stream, I will go less main stream. If the crowd is all doing it, chances are, I groove one my own.
Much like this little market…it’s always just grooved on it’s own. Basked in it’s own little success story, paved it’s own way, and usually stayed away from the mainstream.
We love our market, we love our vendors, and we love that you allow us, each week, to bring you all that we have to offer.
Like our market, our customers tend to not follow…they come back, because they are free flowing thinkers, always giving us the opportunity to take them in all different directions…
We are opening, once again, for the week!! Take a bit of a detour from your usual path, and be the one that doesn’t follow the masses. Follow a new groove, and give us a try…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam