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!
Rivers and Roads
rivers and roads…
rivers and roads…
rivers ’til i reach you…
(The Head And The Heart – Rivers And Roads)
Have you ever had a chain of events happen where they just kept piling into your emotional self? Those days where it was all little things but then one last thing happens setting all of the little things off and you feel just sort of upset, off center, not on your game? You keep trying to brush it all off but the things just kept wanting to bring you down?
Well, I am just coming off that kind of a weekend. Very unlike myself but when you have no control over all that starts to unfold, it leaves you just staring at it and all you can do is seek out what will lift you back up, put the wind back in your sails, give you the power to get back to being yourself. I might add that none of these things were earth shaking or life threatening or even of importance to anyone else except me.
Rivers and Roads…that’s what I call your path back to being yourself. Finding what grounds you. For me, it’s always my closest friends, my Cosmic business, and this little market that I love so much! When I know I have all of these to focus on, my mind gets back on track, I feel at one, and my inner peace is restored.
This market is that little source of comfort for me as I hope it is for all of our customers. That constant in your week where you know we are always here ready to help. We help in your shopping, we help to put healthy foods into your day, we help to build local bonds that connect all of us. We all need to feel connected. To have our center. When you drift from that, you end up feeling just like I did after the chain of events.
Let us be your help, your constant, your center. Not only do you get a stress free week, a local goodness to take home, and the happiness that you have kept it all local, but you also help to build our relationships at this little market between customers/vendors/volunteers. Let us be your weekly source that connects you and grounds you.
Rivers and Roads…let it all lead back to us.
It is Monday morning, the market is open, the Champaign County Fair is in full swing, it is Ohio Farmer’s Market Week, and we have a whole lot of local love to pile on, this week!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam