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!
Our House
I’ll light the fire while you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today…
(Our House-Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young)
As we near the last days of November, and look ahead to the next month, my mind immediately goes into overdrive.
The thoughts of the hustle and bustle of the holidays, the planning, the shopping, the baking, the travel, the events, the family, the excitement…it can be a little overwhelming if you look at the whole big picture.
I am that person who easily shuts down the minute that I try to look at the whole thing, the whole equation, the big picture. I like simplicity, the ease of things, the peace and love of things…of course I know that the holiday season is about peace and love, but if I look too closely at jammed schedules, events, people, places…I zone.
We all get that way, and that is why our little local market of love can be so helpful in these busy weeks.
Think of us as your comfort place, your ease of ordering and buying all that you will need to feed your family and guests. All that you will need for your baking. All that you will need for lighting your home with candles to make it cozy, soaps to stock the rooms with or for quick gift ideas. Oils for diffusing throughout the house…
We truly have it all, right here, in your own backyard, where we all come together in our own house…this market, our house…
This morning we close the market for the week. Your market manager has been crazy busy with the Thanksgiving holiday, a weekend away, and then a crazy busy event, yesterday. As I ease back into the real world, I am going to make my own life easier, by ordering from the market. And, as my early December gift to you, I am going to leave the market open until 9am, this morning.
So, you get an extra hour, extra time to think about what you need for the week…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam