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!
The Weight
I picked up my bag and I went lookin’ for a place to hide…(The Band-The Weight)
Well, I bring you this Monday morning weblog from my morning office aka my lovely front porch. I should be busy baking, busy racing around, busy scanning and emailing forms for Art Affair, emailing minutes and an agenda to members of another board that I serve on, getting my daughter ready to move to Knoxville, catching up on the one million things that make up my life.
But, other plans must have been in store for me and well for my surrounding area of the county. We are all without power. At first, I was highly annoyed, highly paranoid about not being able to start my mountain of obligations.
Then, I wandered out to my front porch with the only cup if coffee I managed before the power went out, and I sat on the front step. My face is drinking in the early sunshine, I am listening to birds, enjoying the view, and realizing that for just this moment, I am enjoying not having the weight of things calling my name.
Sometimes we have to be forced into a timeout from life to make us just sit, think, breathe, regroup.
This cannot happen, often, but today, just for a moment, I just really needed the time.
Take your own time, today, and look at our market offerings. Think about how ordering can take a huge weight off of you and your week.
Taking that small step can free you and your mind. Go ahead..