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!
Hold On!
Lettin’ your worries pass you by (Lettin’ your worries pass you by)
Baby, don’t you think it’s worth your time…
(Wilson Phillips)
Happy Thursday evening, market lovelies!
Just coming home after a lovely market pick up, (hot, but lovely), and I loved chatting with each of you!!
And, now, here I am putting this song implant into your head. Just a happy little tune. I actually had a hair appointment, earlier in the week, with my hair girl in Yellow Springs. I was her only customer, that afternoon, as she likes to book customers with plenty of time to just spend zenning out. Anyway, she picked a playlist of songs from that very late 80s to early 90s genre. This popped on, and we both started singing. They whole afternoon was just filled with silliness and music. It was a perfect couple of hours of escape.
Anyway…I thought it would be a fun opening song for the market ordering week!
Go ahead…turn it up, sing it, dance it…cause things will go your way…
And, this will be the last market before we close for the week of the Champaign County Fair!! Get all the goodness before the market takes a vacation.
I am putting all of my products, along with Hippie and the Farmer products, back on the market, now that I have a bit of breathing room from catering for a few weeks!
So, go ahead…get those orders in before you have to HOLD ON for a week of market vacation!!
I see that JC Growers just added their chem free spaghetti squash!!!
Ok…go ahead…start the party!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Happy Thursday!!
Just a quick reminder that if you placed an order, this week, your pick up is this evening!!
If you need a Friday pick up, just let me know!!
Also, don’t forget…to both the weekly ordering customers, and to those who forgot to place an order…
Champaign Berry will be set up, in the driveway of the market, with the season’s sweet corn!! They will be ready to sell at 4pm, and will be at the market until 6pm, or until they are sold out!
They take cash or cards!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Tuesday Wake Up Call!
What’s the story, morning glory?
(Oasis)
Well? Are you awake? Ready to roll?
You still have time to stop and throw us your weekly orders!!
You can do it, Morning Glory…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Jump For Joy!
Champaign Berry has sweet corn, and they will be bringing it to market pick up on Thursday!!!
If you are ordering from the market, you can pick up your order, and then drive right over to their set up at market!
Not ordering this week? No problem!! Just come out to the market site, and buy corn!
$7 for a dozen!
$4 for half dozen!
They take cash or cards!
4pm until 6pm or until they run out!
Monday Grooviness!
Hello!!
You know what’s groovy??
JC Growers just listed their seasonal garlic on the market!! YAY!! It’s finally garlic time!!!
Order while you can because it goes so very quickly!!
You know what else is groovy? LadyBug Acres just listed green peppers and kale on the market!!
You know what else is groovy? You. You are groovy, and it’s groovy that you all support this market, each and every week.
I am just coming off hosting my annual summer girlfriend camp out, at my house, and am going into catering another event, this coming weekend, BUT…I will be back, baking for the market, next week!! Groovy!!
Ok…now, get to that ordering!!
Be groovy!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Let’s Get This Party Started!
Happy Thursday, and welcome back to another week of market ordering!!!
It’s always a great week when you order from the market!! It’s so fun, it’s like a weekly party!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Tuesday Wake Up Call!
Good morning, lovelies!!
It’s Tuesday, and it’s market order deadline day, at 8am!!
I know the summer is busy, and my gosh, I have been off and on this market, all summer, between catering events, and my own party planning, but next week, you can catch me, and my breads, back on the market!!
I am rushing to go get my own orders in, and it would be such a fun party, if you did the same!!
Sending all the love vibes…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Someone Told Me…
….there’s a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair…
(Going To California-Led Zeppelin)
And, what a perfect song to announce a new vendor, this week!
We have a wildflower producer, who has also been a long term market customer, and, a fellow West End girl from my growing up!
Actually, this market now boasts three girls from the West End of my growing up…the hemp girl, the wildflower girl, and, yours truly, the bread girl!
Welcome to Angie, who grows acres of her wildflowers, and brings us, Valley View Wildflowers!
The market reopens for the week, and, we look forward to your orders!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Hello, Tuesday!!
And, hello to the ticking clock that is about to sound it’s alarm at 8am!!
You still have time to get in on all of the loveliness of the weekly market!!
Don’t be late…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Sunday Night Blues?
Hello!! Are you already dreading the Monday crazy?
Why not spend a bit of time, this evening, to run through our listings, and get your weekly orders in?
You can then rest easy while we take care of the rest, filling your week with local goods, and a big ray of sunshine!
Go ahead…Sundays are made for getting organized!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam