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!
Let There Be Songs To Fill The Air
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It’s a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they’re better left unsung
I don’t know, don’t really care
Let there be songs to fill the air…
(Ripple-Grateful Dead)
Coming back into reality, today, after a long weekend, engulfed in music, friendship, and fun, and I felt this mellow, love filled tune was the perfect theme for the market, today…
I hope that everyone had an amazing holiday weekend, spent doing it in a manner that was meaningful to you.
Holidays and holiday weekends tend to mess with our market. Everyone gets busy, is taking a vacation, or trying to remember it’s actually a Tuesday, and not a Monday.
So, I want you to take a glance at the market, on today, the day that is Tuesday, and not a Monday, because the market closes, tomorrow, Wednesday, for the week!
And…a few announcements…
We are welcoming a new vendor, Fun Guy Farms, with his Oyster Mushrooms!!
I met him, this past winter, and the Springfield Winter Market, and talked to him about joining this market!!
He applied, this past weekend, and now I want you all to show him some love by getting your mushroom orders in, as soon as his product is live on the market!!
Also…there seemed to be some sort of hiccup in the market, when I was gone. Please check your orders, and confirmation emails, to make sure that your order did go all the way through the market.
I have asked a few customers to reorder, due to a time frame where the orders did not take!
And, with the return of yours truly…all Cosmic products are out of vacation mode, and live, on the market!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam