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!
Weblog Entry
Sometimes I wonder, what am I gonna do
There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
(The Who – Summertime Blues)
So, it’s a rainy summer day with no sunshine in sight. I have always called these days, Summertime Blues days. I know we need the rain but it always draws me back to younger days, staring out the window, wanting to be outside running like the wind but all you saw was rain pelting the windows.
When I was older, in college, and home for one of my summer breaks, one of my pals ended up with a huge, old house for the summer. It was one of those houses that became the community house. It was on the outskirts of Wittenburg’s campus, and it was all of ours’ for the entire summer. What fun!! Everyone just kind of came and went. We would work our summer jobs, hang out at the house in the evenings.
It was the summer that I worked three jobs. I was a window designer for a store at our local mall, I worked in a pub, and I interned at the local newspaper. I remember one night, upon arriving at the house for a night of fun, I felt so tired and just sort of sank down on a random sofa beside one of my oldest and dearest pals.
He asked what was wrong with me since I was always bopping around, singing, grooving. I told him I was just tired from the pace of all three jobs. He looked at me and just said, You’ve got the Summertime Blues, Pammie (always my nickname back then). I just cracked up laughing because yes, it was the Summertime Blues but also it was the name I had given rainy days way back when I was young.
So…for this Summertime Blues day, I am going to make it a bit cheerier for all of you!! Instead of the one Market Love playlist winner, I am going to make it FOUR Market Love winners!!!! But, you can only have a chance to win if you all get your orders groovin’!!
We are having a great market, and we would LOVE to break even our best record!!! What better way to cheer yourself up, make your week easier, and win a Market Love playlist??
Let’s go…let’s do this!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam