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!
Groovy Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday!!
Groovy Tuesday is always what I think of when the day rolls around.
It goes back to college days, 80s, me stuck in a night lab glass for Geology, bored out of my mind, but needed a science class to fulfil that segment of my curriculum of which I changed majors, three times, in college, finally landing where I should have been, all along. A communications major with a minor in journalism, dabbling in liberal arts. Throw in a few fashion classes, where my award winning term project of organizing a closet using polka dots and plaids as my guide, still gets talked about at my alma mater. I know this, because my daughter also graduated from my alma mater, and majored in fashion. One day she called me, laughing, about the awesome project being used as a demo…who knew??
But, I digress…the boring, to me, Geology class was only made brighter by two things. We got a good looking, TA, for that lab, and, we all went to Groovy Tuesday, at one of the downtown clubs, after lab. And, it was a highlight of the week. All new wave music, cheap beer, Geology students, cute TA, and then, me…the non Geology girl, but who was I to skip a fun night out?
So, Tuesdays, to me, are always groovy, for those memories. Also, it’s the day we close the market, for the week, at 8pm, and, I love seeing how groovy the market looks, each week, at closing.
Go make your own grooviness, today, and while you are doing so, remember to get your orders in…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam