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
Sunshine, daydream, walking in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose, now come on over sweetly
Ride out singin’, “I got you in the morning sunshine”…
(Grateful Dead)
Good morning, good morning!!
Well, this song is perfect for announcing that it’s rumored we will have some sunshine, today!! Also, when I was young, my mother called me, Mary Sunshine, upon rising because of my very, very dislike of getting up in the mornings. Completely opposite of the adult me. And, I used to sing this to my daughter, in her nursery, when I would get her up in the morning. And, last fun fact…her nursery was decorated in Grateful Dead song verses, one of them being, Sugar Magnolia, with this song, Sunshine Daydream, being one of the verses within Sugar Magnolia. And, at quite a few Dead shows, they would open a set with Sugar Magnolia, work their way all around the songs of that set, and settle back in to end the whole night, with Sunshine Daydream…
Had enough of my sunshine trivia and thoughts??
Okay, also, this serves as your reminder that the market closes for the week in one hour!!! Get your sunshine selves up, get groovy, and get your orders in!!
It’s a great market, again…let’s just blast it with all the sunshine we can!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam