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!
Starfish and Coffee
“Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine
And a side order of ham”
(Prince)
Happy Sunday, lovely local market customers!!
Just a reminder to get those weekly orders in!! Sundays can get a bit crazy as they fade into a Monday, so why not make your market list, now?
I’m sitting with coffee, doing my own ordering, and listening to a few playlists I’ve put together. For some reason, I’ve really been into melding old Prince with Donovan tracks…anyway, this song popped on, and the lyrics caught my attention for the market…
For one…we offer maple syrup, jam, I’m sure there are some butterscotch something or others, and ham…
My main thought, though, is the jam…and, to let you know that Champaign Berry Farms just added SEEDLESS Blackberry Jam to the market!!!
Get excited, mix your own playlists, and dance it all out while getting those orders in…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Hello, Again!!!!
Welcome back to another week of local ordering!!!
As always, we appreciate the support of all that the market has to offer!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Tuesday Wake Up!
Good morning, lovely little market customers!!
Here is your weekly Tuesday reminder that the market will close of the week’s orders in one hour, at 8am!!
Have you put your orders in, or are you like me, and are running to do it, right now?
Either way, you still have time…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
That Monday Morning Mania!
Good morning, and here we are, right at the start of a Monday morning…the new week, the frantic pace, the overload of thoughts for the week…
Now, imagine you, calmly ordering all the goodness from the market, at your leisure. Having all of the items you may need, all ordered, and ready for a Thursday pick up…sounds dreamy, right?
Also, Super Bowl Sunday is upon us, and you may need extra items for that evening, so Thursday would be the perfect time to pick those up, as well…
This calmness is not a Monday dream…it’s a market reality…the products, the vendors, the amazing feeling of keeping it all local, and you, not fighting the big box shopping madness…
I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own
Something you can have and hold
I’d build a road in gold
Just to have some dreaming…
(Dreaming-Blondie)
I even threw in a song implant to take you on your way to a dreamy Monday…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Welcome Back!!
It’s a new week for ordering all of the local loveliness from the market!!
Thank you for always supporting this local endeavor!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Wake Up Call!!
Hello, good morning, how are you?
It’s Tuesday, it’s a super crazy market, and we close at 8am for weekly orders!! Are you in on the fun?
You still have time to make your week an easy one with all that we have to offer!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Friday Ordering
Now that she’s back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation…
(Drops Of Jupiter-Train)
I am back from my soul vacation, chilly beach walks, communing with the ocean, taking it all in…now, I am back, and I am looking at a bare pantry, bare fridge, and sad looking cabinets…
But, no problem, because on this early Friday morning, I am placing my market order for all the good things that the market has to offer!! Are you doing the same? The Friday Ordering?
I love that I can enter the weekend knowing that my market order is placed, and will be waiting for me on Thursday…
“Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair
She acts like summer and walks like rain”
(Go ahead…you know you want to flip this song on, and turn it up…) Perfect for listening while placing those orders…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Early Market Opening!
Hello!
I am headed home from Myrtle Beach, and opening the market a bit early, this week, to start your ordering fun!
Excited to bake for everyone, next week!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Tuesday Reminder
Good morning!
Just a quick reminder that your weekly orders are due by 8am, this morning!
Don’t miss out on all of the fun!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Monday Happiness!!
Happiness because you still have until tomorrow morning, at 8am, to get your weekly orders in!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam