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!
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody…
When I paint my masterpiece…
(Grateful Dead – When I Paint My Masterpiece)
Well, first of all, thank you, thank you for a lovely market, this week!! We appreciate you all so much and we totally groove that you love our little local market, so much!!!
By keeping it real and keeping it local, you are painting the masterpiece to good health, local growth, and helping to build the local economy.
As you think about this masterpiece of local love, think about what you are doing, this weekend!! You can support all things local by venturing downtown to the 10th Annual Art Affair On The Square!!
Your market manager is a chairperson, your favorite local meat producer, Oakview Farm Meats, is a food vendor, new locally grown vendor, Nanette, will be a dessert vendor in her new food trailer, and, your local organics store/vendor/ LuAnn Shafer of Tastefully Simple is also a chairperson!
See the masterpiece of local? It all goes hand in hand…
As I open the market, once again, for the week, I urge you to think about the local masterpiece you are painting…let us be a part of that creation. Let us help you paint it, layer by layer, by placing your trust in our little local market of love…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam