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!
Hello, I Love You!
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game…
(Hello, I love You-The Doors)
The love, the little local market of love, the thrill of supporting all things local, the fact that I was just having a Doors discussion with one of my best friends…it all adds up to how I feel about this market, this community, all that I do…
She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song…
(Ok…add the riff, here…)
This market makes us all very, very proud. To look back, is only to look ahead, and to look in the present, of all that we have done. We never thought we would make it past the first year, we knew we had a huge pride in all that we were attempting, we did not know we would be such a driving force in this local scene, and yet, here we are, years later, singing our song…
Hello, I love you…
I am opening the market, tonight, with a huge thank you to the customers who support us, the vendors who supply us, and the YMCA who houses us…
It’s nothing but a love fest…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam