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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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Tuesday Night Reminder


Just a reminder, as you shovel out of your houses, thaw the icy steps, stay warm…the market is open until tomorrow morning at 8am!

I don’t blame you for not thinking about ordering when this weather has thrown such a cold, icy chill our way…but, what better time to order??

While it is glistening, and diamond like, outside…take a moment to get your thoughts together for your weekly stock up from your little local market of love!

Also, I have been hard at work on the market site! I have streamlined the market column at the left side of the page! Most vendors all now have their own top billing either in their own category or in their subcategories!

It was time for a bit of house cleaning…

Ok…I’m leaving you, as I get ready to pour a glass of wine, and begin my dinner prep with items that I ordered, last week, from our market…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Morning Morgantown


We’ll find a table in the shade
And sip our tea and lemonade
And watch the morning on parade
In morning, Morgantown
Ladies in their rainbow fashions
Colored stop and go lights flashing
We’ll wink at total strangers passing in
Morning, Morgantown
Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning’s just the same
I’d like to buy you everything
A wooden bird with painted wings
A window full of colored rings
In morning, Morgantown
But the only thing I have to give
To make you smile, to win you with
Are all the mornings still to live
In morning, Morgantown
Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning’s just the same
Morning’s just the same
(Morning Morgantown-Joni Mitchell)

Just some mellow Joni to get your Saturday started on a lovely note…

We are here for you, all weekend, with all of the products you have grown to love, hoping that we can take this winter weather anxiety away from you, if not just for your culinary shopping, your bath and body shopping, your artistic shopping, your candle light shopping, your pet treats shopping…we can’t make the weather go away, but we can help to make it all more bearable, knowing that once you get to us, we will have you packed up, ready to get right back out the door, and be on your way with loveliness…

Also, on this mellow morning, this is also a reminder that in these months of winter blues, not only can you chase them away with the proper nutrition, but also with exercise of all kinds. And, while we can get you the food end of things, your pick up location, the YMCA can give you the workout you need to keep you happy and healthy during these winter days.

I am totally loving the cycle class that Paul, the CYO of the Y teaches, on Wed, Friday, and Saturdays, but our market also brings you another cycle instructor on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Marc Stadler of Valley View Farms…and, our own puppy treats curator, Kim, not only runs the front desk at the Y, but she also teaches a dance/aerobics class on Monday evenings! And, a whole lot of our customer base are members of the Y, and involved in all kinds of classes!

Good nutrition, fitness, well being, health, it all goes hand in hand…

Ok…let’s see where this incoming weather takes us, while you all get those orders in…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Winter


And it’s sure been a cold, cold winter…
(Winter-The Rolling Stones)

I always feel that this is a under appreciated old Stones song, from one of my favorite of their albums, Goats Head Soup…

I’ve been in an old Stones kind of way, lately…their bluesy, early years.

Maybe it’s this winter that is driving me to be under a musical blues kind of way. But, whatever the reason, this market is also making me dance, and sing, and getting groovy, each week!

In the coming week, the market may be our only spot of sunshine…our winter is promising to take us on a bluesy path, soon.

Let’s not think about the weather, or the dreariness of it all…let’s think about making it all easier, tastier, more nutrition packed, more flavor packed, more fueled by market love…

Go ahead, make your lists, check the market listings, and place those orders. One less thing to think about, if you let us be the sunshine in your life!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

The Last Call!


Go ahead…get groovy…get your orders in by 8am, this morning!!

The market is all crazy happy, again, and we don’t want you to miss out on the fun, food, and fantastic feeling you get when you walk away with so much market love, each Thursday!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

An Evening Update


Hello, little market of love customers…

For all of you who have been asking…Dugan Road has updated their milk quantities!!

I know that is music to your ears…the market is open, don’t be shy, go place those orders!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

California Dreamin'


All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I’ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk)
On a winter’s day (on a winter’s day)
I’d be safe and warm (I’d be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin’ (California dreamin’)
On such a winter’s day…
(The Mamas and The Papas)

So, yes…we have our January snow, and it’s all pretty, and it was sort of nice to be house bound, yesterday, but now I’m all about sunshine, thoughts of spring, and thoughts of quick melting of the snow.

I am a one snow for the season kind of girl! Plus, my furnace went out, over night. Plus, I’m cold…not helping with my desire to flee for warmer beaches, places, fun…

So, to pass my time while waiting for my furnace guy to return my text, I am going to order my weekly items from the market! How about we all have a moment of ordering. I mean, what else are you going to do?

I’m just sitting here, dreaming away…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

The Beat Goes On


And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da…
(The Beat Goes On-Sonny and Cher)

Because I woke up, singing Sonny and Cher songs, because Cher was my idol, back in the day, and because this lovely little market of love continues to go on…beat by beat, on and on, each week reaching a crescendo, louder than the previous week!

So, on this early Saturday, will you be joining our market’s beat? It’s early, it’s cold, it’s snowy…what better time to take some time, on our site, deciding what products are needed to keep your week’s beat going…

La de da de de, la de da de da…

And the beat goes on…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Give It Up


Baby, give it up, give it up…
(Give It Up…KC & The Sunshine Band)

Disco, anyone? Mirror ball, cool disco frocks, lighted dance floors??

Well, now that you have this song implanted, why not give a little hustle, and give it up for our market!

The love is strong, the vibe is real, and the boogie just can’t stop!

We open our market, again, right now! Each week we seem to break another record in numbers for sales, returning customers, and new customers…

Go ahead…get your disco moves on, and give it up for everything we offer! Your orders are your ticket to dance!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Last Call!


This is your Wednesday morning wake up call…did you sleep well? Good!

Now, grab that morning coffee, tea, beverage, and groove those orders. We will be closing the market at 8am, it is a huge runaway market, and we don’t want you to miss out!

Need eggs for the week? We’ve got them for you! Brown, multi-colored…all there!

Need non GMO field corn to feed your outdoor wildlife? Oakview Farm Meats just added some, the other day!

I know that you need ALL that we have to offer…now, all you have to do is order.

See you at 8am! Will you be joining the market fun, this week?

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Your Tuesday Love Note!


Just a reminder that the market is open until tomorrow morning, Wednesday, at 8am!

That means you still have time to get your lovely little market orders in!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam