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!
Just What I Needed
You’re just what I needed…
You’re just what I needed…
You’re just what I needed…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
(Just What I Needed-The Cars)
Well…isn’t this market JUST what you needed? I know it’s what I need, and it makes me so happy to always know that I have this little local market of love to fall back on, each and every week!
I had a jam packed day, today…I am in charge of Santa Land, along with one of this market’s vendors, Dave Smith, of Freshwater Farms, and I am on the planning committee of the Monument Square District’s Downtown Christmas Gala. Both are huge events. I am front and center in both. It gets very tiring, right about now, to make sure it is all coming together. Not only do I oversee both of these special events, but I also have my shop, and a little thing called, Holiday In The City, down in Springfield, coming up. Crazy. Not to mention my everyday Cosmic obligations.
I was driving home, tonight, cold, in need of food, and a warming glass of wine. I drove past a couple of our very lit up big box stores, thankful that we do have them but also extremely happy that my shopping was done, online, with ease, at this little local market of love.
I love what we represent, I love the local nutrition, the low cost of this locally grown food, I love the support from this community, and I love being a part of it all!!
You know we are just what YOU need…go ahead…place your orders, sit back, and enjoy the ease…We are just what you needed…
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam