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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!



 
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A Note From Your Manager...The Hippie


Hippie and the Farmer are involved, each year, donating a formal dinner and appetizers, to the Pan Ohio Bicycle Group, along with the local Roadfish Bicycle Group to raise money for The American Cancer Society.

The invitations are now circulating, and I wanted to extend reservations to our little market community.

This year, Old Souls Farm will be donating all of the lettuce for the salads that we provide for the dinner service.

This event almost had to be put on the back burner with the Covid regulations, so along with donating the dinner and appetizers, we also are donating the use of the farm venue, that evening. Read on, and if you are interested in tickets (and, they are going fast), you can call me…937-926-4833…to reserve your seats for this amazing event.

I have posted this, on social media:

Every year, we join forces with Pan Ohio Bicycle Group in conjunction with the Road Fish Bicycle Group to raise money for The American Cancer Society!

This is a big event, usually it takes place in March, in Springfield, but with regulations still being strong in March, the event had to be postponed.

So, Hippie and the Farmer offered the farm venue, along with our always lovely set up of appetizers, and formal dinner, so that the event could still go on, raising the much needed funds, this year, now more than ever!!

The evening is a lovely combination of cocktails, appetizers, dinner, over the top desserts, coffee, mingling and dancing the night away with the Pleasant Street Blues Band!! An amazing band, that will fit right in, under the stars, for this Farm Elegance event!

Wine Works will be there with a cash bar, for this event, so no bringing of your own cocktails, to this event.
Tickets are only 40.00/each for the evening of fun, AND, if you get your reservations in before May 24th, you will be entered into a drawing for a free night’s stay, the evening of the event, at Scioto Inn!!

I cannot tell you how much work, dedication, and love go into this event. So many of us donate the entire evening, because this event means so much to all of us. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society, and each year, more and more money is raised.
You can call me to reserve tickets….937-926-4833, or you can call the number on the form!

If you are a regular customer of Hippie and the Farmer, for Pizza Farm Fridays, think about kicking the summer off with this Elegant Dinner On The Farm….
I feel that this past year, with Covid taking front and center, a lot of cancer awareness was pushed out of the limelight. But, it is there, it touches all of our lives, and now is the time to come out, enjoying dinner and dancing with the groovy tunes of the band, and be happy that you helped with this cause….

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam