Local Thoughts For A Local Holiday

Happy Saturday morning, local market customers!!

Your market manager is about to head down to her moonlighting position of Santa Land merry maker, but before I head out, I wanted to share a holiday write up by our own Charlene…

She summed up exactly how we feel at this little local market of love. The love of local can totally extend into the gift giving season!! In fact, I hear more and more people say that they are keeping it local, this year. When keeping it local, make sure to look at our market. You can shop for everyone on your list, right here, right now…

Think about it as you read…

And, the gift giving can extend to gift certificates to our little market, for gifts that can last throughout…

Also…during this busy, hustle and bustle month of fun, don’t forget that you still need your veggies for staying healthy…Don’t forget to remember that both End Of The Road Farms AND CRSI/Strive are our go-to year round veggie people!!

Ok…I leave you know in a haze of coffee, Christmas tunes, and good cheer as I rush off to Santa Land…

Oh, and just FYI, today’s Santa will be someone very familiar to us all…can we give our very own Paul Wadsmith a HUGE thank you?? Come downtown, today, to catch him in action!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

And now…words from Charlene…

Greetings Customers.
We all just have 2 weeks to shop the Virtual Market before Christmas 2014 is upon us. Let’s make this Christmas a shop local year.
The Virtual Market can help make Christmas giving simple. So many product offerings are great for gift giving for hostess gifts, teachers, family, and friends or designing your own gift basket. Mustards from Bad Seed Mustards, Jams jellies, sauces, Champaign Berry Farm and J.C. Growers. Honey –Homecomer, Maple products – Valley View Woodlands, Sorghum- End of the Road Farm. Salt free Herb blends and mixes by Swisher Hill Herbs. Dried Garlic, peppers and black beans by J.C. Growers. Coffee from, the Depot and Herb Teas from Swisher Hill Herbs. Tea Tree Essentials have you covered with soaps and Swisher Hill Herbs offer Essential Oils, balsam and lavender Sachets.

Baked goods! You name it we got it! 126 offerings. 7 pages of breads, rolls, biscuits, cakes, cookies, bars, donuts, pies and pretzels! 6 baking vendors. Cosmic Charlie Breads, Sunshine Gardens, Littler Farm, Nanette’s, Homecomer tradition and “Gluten Free “baking by Live Simply, Live Lively, give them a try!
Want to do your own baking? Organic Spelt Flour from End of the Road Farm ,Whole Wheat Four from Oberly Bros Farm and Frozen Berries from Champaign Berry Farm. You will need eggs. Don’t go to the Super market for eggs. Seriously! Right now we have 3 vendors who sell eggs. End of the Road Farm, Homecomer Tradition and Oakview Farms.
Oh yes, we have Dairy products ,milk and yogurts by Star Dancer Creamery and no party is complete without a selection of Cheese’s from Blue Jacket Cheese.
We are almost there! Now here’s the meat of it all. We are fortunate to have two Meat producers and Freshwater Farms who furnish fresh trout and other fish products. Oakview Meats raise their own pork and purchase local beef and chickens and Nettle Creek Farm and Ranch raise chickens. Check out their frozen selections. What’s for dinner? You choose.
Under the listing Farm Crafts Anchor Acres has an offering of beautiful handmade scarves.
Did I say this Virtual Market has it all! We have dog treats from J.C. Growers and Oberly Bros farm has ears of corn to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders.
Buy Local! Eat Local! Live Local! Think Global!