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!
Winter Winds
But if your strife strikes at your sleep…
Remember spring swaps snow for leaves…
You’ll be happy and wholesome again…
When the city clears and sun ascends…
(Winter Winds- Mumford and Sons)
Well, we really did get hit with much snow, cold, and winds, yesterday. In fact, we have had a week of this frosty, cold, snowy weather.
It’s been the kind of cold that drives you under layers of blankets, mounds of layers of clothing just to move about your day, and many, many thoughts of sun drenched, warm days to come. We really are in the last stretch of the winter months but it is not going to let us go, so easily. It wants us to truly know it’s presence.
So, we endure, we are patient, we are ever knowing that spring is around the corner. It’s this frozen last part of winter that makes us appreciate what’s ahead, what’s to come, and what it feels like to bask in warm rays.
We also remain patient by waiting for the next growing season to begin. To see the return of so many of our seasonal vendors. But, in the meantime, we remain steady, strong, and ready to take your weekly orders.
We rock the numbers, each and every week! We are seeing the return of familiar faces and friends. We are here, just for all of you, to make the last weeks of this cold, cold winter, a bit easier on you.
Give us your orders, and let us take the work out of it for your week. We are that bit of warmth and happiness in this frozen mess. We look forward to seeing you!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam