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!
Truckin'
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it’s been…
(Grateful Dead)
It’s Tuesday morning! Are you truckin’ those orders in? Let’s get moving because there is still time!!
And, may I add, I am loving all of the faces rolling in attached the orders, of customers from so long ago. It’s nice to have you back!
So, this week, I leave on Thursday, to join up with some of my longest running friendships, since childhood, as we embark to the musical festival that we all love!! It’s been a few years, what with the pandemic, and all, but this year, we are back, excited, and it’s going to be epic!! Friendships that span a lifetime…these people knew me as I was making my way onto the school bus for the first time. We’ve run in packs, we’ve parted ways, and we’ve run in packs, again.
Also, for me, it’s pretty monumental because back in March, after my surgery, I didn’t think that my face would even be wanting to still to to the festival. But, miracle of miracles, and here I go. Also, fingers crossed, that when I get back, and see my surgeon, I can get back to my baking, and all that I love doing!!
Until then…thank you for being so patient, so kind with your words, and so loyal to this weekly little market!!
Now…get your orders in!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Truckin’, I’m a goin’ home
Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong…