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!
Laughter In The Rain
Oh, how I love the rainy days and the happy way I feel inside…
(Neil Sedaka)
Go ahead…cue up 1975 bubblegum pop, and let the memories of bad school dances, awkward crushes, and feathered hair all come rushing back.
I happened to start singing this song, in my head, the entire market pick up, tonight. It was a rain soaked, cold event, this evening, but just seeing all of your smiling faces, and quick chit chats just made it more like laughter in the rain!
And…thank you, so very, very much for being this awesome, lovely little local market community. Thank you for sweet texts, thank you for bringing my pieces of pie from Loretta’s, thank you for giving me cd’s of music, and all of the other nice things that you all do for me, but mainly, I just love the love.
I am opening the market up, again, as I warm up with a glass of wine…
So many new items added to the market just when everything seems to be changing, again, along with the shift of the seasons. This means that we are here for you, more than ever, making sure you take home the love, each and every week…
Go ahead…turn up that bubblegum pop music while it rains, outside…
Cheers!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam