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!



 
Subscribe to an RSS Feed

Eyes Of The World


Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has it’s beaches, it’s homeland and thoughts of it’s own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has it’s seasons, it’s evenings and songs of it’s own…
(Eyes Of The World-Grateful Dead)

Hello, lovely little market customers!

It’s a dreary Sunday morning, but even without the sun, I can still fill the brightness of a new day, and, a new year, for your market manager.

Yesterday was my birthday, and it was a week spent doing things that I wanted to do, with friends, with old friends I have reconnected with, with family, and with my daughter, who flew in from Florida, to run in the Cap City 5K, yesterday.

I feel like, each birthday gives me more and more insight into who I am, where I am going, and what I am doing. This birthday was a bit different, because I entered into the month, conflicted, and letting a negative incident of last month, make me question me, and what I do. Like, it has not been good in the Hippie’s head.

But, like life often does, at just the right time, and from the right people, the light was thrown on what I have been grappling with, and suddenly, along with this song blaring in my car, yesterday, I began to carve the way back to me. The real me. And, what I do, how I do it, and where I am headed…

And, that it really is okay to live no particular way but your own…

So, there you are…very Eyes Of The World, on this Sunday morning…

And, in Cosmic news…I am adding new product, today, so you will not want to miss out!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

She's Back!!


Tis the season…and, no, not the Christmas holiday season…it’s even better!!

It’s the start of asparagus season, and Beth, of Harrigan’s Harvest, is back with the loveliness of her local offering!!

As you know, this season’s length depends on weather, and availability! So, you must get your orders in, each week, as if it’s going to be the last, just so you can indulge in the short lived, but much loved asparagus season!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Welcome To The Market!


Sending out a huge welcome to the new vendors of the Stoll Farm/Vernon Family Beef!!

Adding to our already stellar local meat producers, we are excited to add the Stoll/Vernons with their all grass fed beef!!

Get to know them, and their products!! They will be supplying me with a write up, for this weblog, soon, so that we can all read about their adventures in grass fed beef!!

Their products are now on the market…check them out!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Welcome Back!!


We are opening the market, again, for the week!

Show us some love, and watch for new products, incoming seasonal products, and new vendors!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Hello, beautiful!!


All of our customers are beautiful souls who love us, and this market!

Today is Tuesday, and the market closes for the week, tomorrow, at 6am!

Take your beautiful thoughts, think about your week, and float your orders on in to us!

We want to put the beauty in your week!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Just Another Thursday Evening...


Kicking it into the holiday weekend…

We know that you are going to be busy, overloaded with activities, soulful thoughts, family and friends on this Easter weekend…

We don’t want to bother you, or pester you while you are enjoying, so for now, I am just sending you love vibes for the weekend, and a gentle thank you, for always shopping this little local market of love.

Right now, just as a note, we are short on honey. We are going through a cycle, and the honey supply is down, but we are working on things!!

Now…go, enjoy, and we will be here, all weekend, ready to take your orders!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Night Moves


Started humming a song from 1962
Ain’t it funny how the night moves…
(Night Moves-Bob Seger)

I’ve been sitting outside, this evening, taking in the beautiful colors of the sky, as the sun slipped away, and the moon began it’s moonlight dance.

Night moves…

Get your orders in, tonight, before the night slips away…we close the market at 6am, tomorrow!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Rainy Days and Mondays...


No need to let the combination get you down!

We’ve got all that you need to bring the sunshine back into your soul! And, what better way to spend a gloomy morning, than to make a list of items you need, and then instead of going out into the elements, you can order right from the comfort of wherever you are!

And…don’t forget that Easter is this coming weekend!! We can make it easy for all of your food prep needs. Or, still looking for items to put in Easter baskets? Why not make baskets full of local products for our market? We have so much to make up a Foodie Easter Basket!

However you want to use our market, we are ready to take the dreariness out of the rainy day!

And…Old Soals has now added fresh basil along with their lovely lettuces!! Arugula is on vacation, at the moment, as they wait for the next production of it, but will be back, soon!!

And…Kennedy Farms is on a short break while they plant, and plan for the markets they are involved with, in the coming season! They should be back in mid May!!

Rainy days and Mondays are actually really goods for getting things done, and getting your orders in…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Sing Your Song...


…and, dance to your own beat…

Be the original. The one who sings, dances, laughs, dresses flamboyantly, and stays colorful…only you can sing your own tune, and that is why you are such a perfect match for this market.

We do things, our way, singing our song, and dancing to our beat. Our customers love that about our little local market of love. It’s our originality, dedication to being one of a kind, colorful, and full of amazing products, and vendors, that keep the market groovy, and the customers, shopping us, weekly…

So, tonight, before I head off to dreamland, I open up the market for the week. The one of a kind, marvelous, colorful market…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

We Bid You Goodnight...


And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight…
(Grateful Dead-We Bid You Goodnight)

How many Dead shows did I see with this song ending the evening? Jerry, Bobby, Phil, all harmonizing, together, with just Jerry strumming on his guitar…

Anyway, why not strike up your own harmony with our market, as I bid you goodnight. The market closes at 6am, tomorrow morning, so consider this your night before love letter to get your orders in…

And, I bid you goodnight…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam