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!
School's Out
School’s out for summer
School’s out forever…(School’s Out For Summer, Alice Cooper)
Do you remember the absolute freedom you felt back on the last day of school? The last bell? Your escape to freedom?
In my high school, it was tradition, for the graduating class to have this song blasting on the PA system, as they made their exits, a week early, from the rest of us. We were all left, looking out the windows, watching as they fled, carefree, into their cars, to go off doing senior type things.
The rest of us felt the same sense of wildness and freedom, a week later, but just without the fanfare of ‘the song’. But, with the last bell, the last slam of the lockers, we were all off! Piled into cars, heading off to parks, parties, pools…it was summer and the livin’ was easy!
Remember that feeling of total excitement once the last day of school hit? Summer fun was right in front of all of us. Summer jobs, summer vacations, endless hours spent tanning, swimming, listening to summer tunes, bleaching out our hair, seeking out and making summer memories.
Well, it’s that time of year, again!! And, even though most of us are way out of school, I do still get that same summer freedom feeling. The feeling that summer adventure is just around the corner, waiting to happen!
Go out, enjoy your summer vacations, your summer adventures, your summer fun. Let us do the work of worrying about your local food needs! You can shop us from your phone, poolside, cabana side, vacationing…you go have the summer fun, we will make sure you are all taken care of, so you don’t have to miss a minute of it!!
Make it part of your summer ritual…click on us, place your order, forget about it all until Thursday evenings!!
School’s out for summer…go find your adventures!
Remember…it is Tuesday, we close the market at 8pm…get your orders in!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam