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!
Sunshine Daydream
Sugar magnolia
Ringin’ that blue bell
Caught up in sunlight
Come on out singing
I’ll walk you in the sunshine
Come on honey, come along with me…
(Sugar Magnolia…Grateful Dead)
Well, today was a beautiful market day with sunshine, mild temps, breezes…it was a smile day, all around, and I loved seeing each and every one of you!!
This market puts the sunshine in my days, and you all make me so happy, each week, with the loyal orders, and your love of getting your food, all local, all from lovely local vendors, striving to bring you nothing but goodness.
I am opening the market for the week, with one tiny change…your market manager has placed all of her Cosmic goodness on a week’s vacation mode!! I have been going strong since March, organizing, cooking, baking, tending to the masses, and now, my daughter is flying in from FLA, I have one day and evening to see her, next Thursday, and I am taking that window of time to meet up with her and her new fiancé in Columbus!!
BUT…I will still be running the market, behind the scenes, setting the market up, AND monitoring all things at pick up, via my phone!!
AND…your Happy Chicks Egg lady also needs to be on vacation mode, only for the week, to help take care of a family member. She will also return, after next week!
CONSTRUCTION…the question on everyone’s mind!!! Yes, part of Rt. 54 will be under a bit of construction. The state department told your other market manager, Mark, that customers can still travel 68, turn onto Powell Ave., and then continue to the farm, the back way. Or, if coming from Urbana, you can also go Patrick Avenue, and out 54!
I think that’s it for this evening…thank you for always letting me, and the market vendors, into your lives, each week!
And now…the last verse of the song…
Sunshine daydream
Walking through the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose
Breathing more freely
Light out singing
I’ll walk you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam