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!
Happy Mother's Day
Mama, mama, many worlds I’ve come
Since I first left home…
(Brokedown Palace-Grateful Dead)
Probably one of the most beautiful lyrics, and the song that tossed me onto that bus with the legions of Dead Heads, so many years ago.
I was a wild child, wanting the world, wanting everything on my terms. I exhausted my mother, and delighted my grandmother, but together, they were, and still are, a driving force in all that I have become…
They let me go, they let me see the world, they let me fail, they let me conquer, they let me be, because they knew that my strong will would see me through…
Here’s to the mothers and grandmothers who raise strong women…
Happy Mother’s Day, Bread Heads…and, thank you for always showing the love…
The many worlds that shaped me into becoming the Hippie Bakestress…
Have a lovely day, market motherhood…and, remember, you can also be a mother just by caring for something or someone, along with your furry loves of your lives, the pets that need your mothering love…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam