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!
2000 Miles
HE’S GONE 2000 MILES
IT’S VERY FAR
THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN
GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY
I MISS YOU
THE CHILDREN WILL SING
HE’LL BE BACK AT CHRISTMASTIME
IN THESE FROZEN AND SILENT NIGHTS
SOMETIMES IN A DREAM YOU APPEAR
OUTSIDE UNDER THE PURPLE SKY
DIAMONDS IN THE SNOW SPARKLE
OUR HEARTS WERE SINGING
IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMASTIME
2000 MILES
IS VERY FAR THROUGH THE SNOW
I’LL THINK OF YOU
WHEREVER YOU GO
HE’S GONE 2000 MILES
IT’S VERY FAR
THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN
GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY
I MISS YOU
I CAN HEAR PEOPLE SINGING
IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME
I HEAR PEOPLE SINGING
(2000 Miles-The Pretenders)
I’ve been thinking, a lot, about all the places I have been lucky enough to live, in my life, especially at holiday time.
This song always throws me back to my California years, traipsing around Venice Beach (my first apartment, out of college) and Westwood, my second, and more grown up apartment. You could ramble in and out of the shops, and eateries, and bars, during December, and this song seemed to always be playing, harkening my thoughts back to family, friends, and traditions.
Just like this market, just like the family that we all have become. We hope that your holiday roads take you to amazing places, and we hope to send you off, in this final week of the market, for 2019, with good cheer, and good food.
This will be our final market of the year, the decade! We are taking the two holiday weeks off, and will reopen for ordering, Thursday, Jan 2, 2020…
With this, we would like to thank you, all of you, for making this market what it is, and we look forward to serving you in 2020…
We open the market, tonight, and we hope to see you all at market pick up, on Thursday…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam