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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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It’s That Time!


Another market week!!

And, the last one before we take a holiday break!!

Don’t miss out on all that we have to offer, to make your holidays bright!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Lettuce Update From Old Souls Farm


Good morning, lovely customers…I received an email from Nick and Ethan at Old Souls Farm, and it will be impacting all lettuce orders in today’s market pickup.

I will copy the letter so that you know the issue, and that they are working hard to get things worked out…

If you had orders from them, for today, I will be working with the Y desk, when I get to the market, to make sure all totals are fixed. If you notice that your total is still reflecting the lettuce, please let me know, this evening.

Also, this will take a bit of my time, on top of an already extremely large market, so if I could ask everyone to not pick up, early orders. The 4:30 pick up time will help me get to the market, fix all order totals, and set things up!

Here is the email…

Valued Old Souls Farm’s Customer:

Wanted to get the word out ASAP. News from the greenhouse is we will not have any Spring mix, Bibb or Arugula tomorrows delivery 12/13 and Friday 12/14.

A mechanical interruption has affected our yields. Fill rates will continue to rise quickly over the following weeks. Working through this issue now and all hands on deck to remedy this situation

Disappointed to have to bring you this news but we are empty handed for the remainder of the week.

Hopefully you will have time to source elsewhere. Again, we apologize and please call Nick with any questions (614) 307 1642.

Sincerely,

Ethan Snyder
Nick Kaczkowski

Party Train


Don’t you miss it, baby
If you miss that train
Don’t miss the party train…
(Party Train-Gap Band)

All aboard…

Who doesn’t remember groovin’ the dance floors, in the 80s, to this tune? Lots of groove time…

Anyway, this is also your cue to jump on board, this morning, and get your market orders in by 8am!

If you miss the order deadline, you miss our own market party train…and, that would just be ungroovy…

See you, at 8am…will you be on the train?

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Merry and Bright!


’Tis the season, and all that jazz…

A reminder that you have until tomorrow morning, Wednesday, at 8am, to get your orders in!

And…for everyone who has been asking, I wanted to wait, until now, so as not to confuse the market pick up dates, etc., but, we will have one more market, after this one. That market pick up date will be on December 20! We will then close the market for the entire holiday, to give your market managers, the vendors, the staff of the YMCA, and you, a bit of a holiday break, and then a regroup.

I will reopen the market ordering, for 2019, on January 3rd, and your first market pick up for the new year will be on January 10!

Now…go, order, we will see you on Thursday!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Bell Bottom Blues


Just because I am in an Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominoes frame of mind, today…

Go ahead, turn up the volume…you can thank me, always…

And, how about taking the morning, while you have cranked up the Clapton, and get your orders in for the week?

What’s better than Clapton’s wizardry on guitar, a lazy Sunday morning, and this little local market of love…

Go ahead…don’t get blue, we’re here for you…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Thank You!


Thank you for being a friend, thank you for being you, thank you for loving us!!

Tonight, we open the market, again, on a groovy kind of love!! And, we are announcing new products from our pals at Freshwater Farms, along with all of our amazing products and vendors!!

We’ve got it all, and, you can even Christmas shop with us!

You make each week, an amazing market! Keep on with the grooviness!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Good Morning!


Good morning, good morning
Good morning, good morning
Good morning…
(The Beatles-Good Morning)

And, my wake up call to you, lovely local market of love customers…

Get up, you have an hour, get your thoughts together, and toss us your weekly orders…

Oh, and, good morning…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Tis The Season...


…to welcome back old friends!!

We would like to welcome back, Freshwater Farms!!

They are in the process of listing their products, so keep looking for them to add to your weekly order!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Rainy Days and Mondays


Hanging around,
Nothing to do but frown.
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
(Carpenters-Rainy Days and Mondays)

Jump in your way back machine, take yourself to the year, 1975, and find me, with one of my very first albums that my mother let me pick from her Columbia Records Club, and then find me, the album playing on my little turn table that opened up like a little case…not to be confused with the now Crossley turntables…this was the original, then put a hairbrush in my hand, place me in front of my mirror, see my Marcia Brady hair, bell bottoms, and listen to me belt out this tune…

Fast forward to the now…Mondays always get me down, and add in the rain, and there you have it…

So, why not put on this song, take a bit of time, and put a smile into this rainy day Monday, by placing your market orders…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Hello, I Love You!!


Hello, I love you
Won’t you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won’t you tell me your name?
(Hello, I Love You-The Doors)

Welcome back, yes, we do love you, and we hope that you love us, just as much!

We are climbing out of that limbo stage, leaving Thanksgivng behind, and not yet too into Christmas, yet…so, why not get back to the norm, and get your orders in for a week of local love, and local goodness!!

Let us make your week, your month, an easy one while you gear up for the busiest time of the year!

Hello, we love you…let us jump in your game…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam