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!



 
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Love Is Alive


There’s something inside that’s making me crazy
I’ll try to keep it together…
(Gary Wright)

Good morning on this lovely Monday morning! And, wasn’t the weekend lovely, and sunny, and good for our souls?

I can tell you that because it’s all I’ve been able to do, after my baking accident, last Wednesday. I have a pile of books, on my front porch, with one of my Alexa devices, and on my back deck, I have magazines, and another Alexa. So, all weekend, I just went back and forth, reading, keeping my hand elevated, and listened to music. I enjoyed the sunshine, and the downtime to read, all the while feeling so out of commission.

This particular song popped on, at one point, and at once, I knew it was a great market song. First, my love for this little market, the vendors, and you, the customers, is so great, and each week brings me so much joy! It’s alive, always, in my heart.

Second…the love that I have felt, after my weblog on Thursday evening, with your emails, texts, private messages, and, on Saturday, a delivery of flowers along with a plant, have all touched me, so deeply, showing me that love really is alive and well out there.

It is Monday morning, and, as you know, I am totally out of commission until I go to my second appointment at the burn clinic, so see my progress, after another treatment. BUT, the market is ALIVE, not just with love, but with product, product, product!!!

You have until tomorrow morning, at 8am, to get those orders in!! I plan to be at the market pick up, on Thursday, just to say hello to each of you!!

My soul’s like a wheel that’s turnin’, my love is alive…for all of you, and for this market.

On a side note…this used to be one of my favorite albums, to throw on a turn table, at our middle school dances or parties, back in those lovely days of the 70s…

Go ahead…turn it up while you are placing your orders.

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam