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!
Closer To Fine
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(The less I seek my source)
Closer I am to fine, yeah…
(The Indigo Girls)
I’ve had this song rattling around in my head for a few weeks, now. First, I love it, and it will always remind me of my drive from Los Angeles to Raleigh, NC, when I moved for my job as a flight attendant, and my change of bases.
It also has been of great comfort in these crazy weeks of summer with the wedding events for catering, my own daughter’s bridal brunch (which turned out just simply stunning!! If you want to see photos, you can find them on either The Hippie and the Farmer Facebook page, or Instagram page), and while all the happiness has been happening, and now the upcoming wedding of my daughter on September 18, I am also walking a bit of an emotional tightrope as my favorite uncle has been battling what will soon become his final days.
This song’s lyrics have been perfect in helping me find that balance of happiness, sadness, compassion, acceptance, and many phone calls, with him in Oregon, as we retrace my childhood, his outlook on life, his crazy hippie ways (looks like the apple fell close to the family tree, with me), and trying to plan a last trip out to see him, after the wedding.
Balance…the careful balance…
This market has made me smile with all of the orders flooding in. This market is another one of the things in life that I welcome each week, to keep the balance. I was so busy, last week, prepping for a wedding, and on Thursday, I just really missed that there was no market. But, it gave all the vendors a nice week off…more balance. Some time off to relax, regroup, and jump back into it all.
Also, it looks like Blue Jacket is on the market for the week!! Take advantage, and get your orders in for them!!
The Flourish girls have new offerings, as well!!
Closer to fine…this market, ourselves, our lives…we all just want to be closer to fine.
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam