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!
The Month Of Love!
Full speed ahead, smashing right into the loveliest lovely month of them all…February!!
I know, it all drabby drab winter, but at the heart and soul of the month, we have romance, songs, and the hope of love…
Well, what better way to usher in the month of love, the weeks of love, into this little local market of love, than with a love ballad…
Let’s kick this month off with a favorite. The song, the back story, all parties involved…
Layla…Eric Clapton wrote one of the most famous classic rock love songs for Pattie Boyd, who at the time was married to Clapton’s pal George Harrison. It was the title song of one of the three albums Clapton recorded as Derek and the Dominoes. The song title was inspired by a 12th-century poem about a woman (named Layla) and her unrequited love. It appears on the 1970 album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.”
I love a good rock love song with my idol in the middle of a love triangle between two of the world’s leading men of music…
Anyway, let’s turn all of these love vibes to our market. Let’s just flood this market with all the love you can give us…
We open the market, tonight, with much love for you, our customers, and we hope to see much of you…all month.
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam