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!
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece…
(Bob Dylan)
Happy Friday morning, lovely little local market of love customers!
The sunshine is out, many of our vendors have returned from vacation, products are bursting at the market, making it an exciting time, and each and every week with you, the vendors, and the products, I feel like a new masterpiece is created to the backdrop of our lovely market.
Here’s hoping that we will have better weather, next Thursday, so that we can have vendors all set up out in our drive through, car hop market, was well!
This week, we welcome Blue Jacket Dairy as they return for their once a month visit! We welcome back My Daily Hemp, as well!!
AND…the girls from Flourish have two floral offerings!!!
JCGrowers now are offering their garlic scapes!!! Scapes are THE best, and, just like asparagus, are a very short, very celebrated season!!
The fresh vegetables, lettuces, and greens are coming in from Kingdom Fish!! While we also have all of the lettuce loveliness, and Wholly Rollies from our friends at Old Souls Farm!!
ChrisMis Farms is back with all of her amazing products, while the entire market is always bursting with each vendor, presenting their own masterpieces!!
You have so much to choose from, and we look forward to having you, and your orders, at Thursday’s pick up!!
Paint your own masterpiece by painting your own market backdrop of your personally curated market order…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
A New Week!
And, another week of ordering is open, and ready for your orders!!
Welcome back, and it was a pleasure to chat with all of you, at pick up, tonight!
One vacation note…The Barkery is on vacation!
Come and get your love….the market love!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Thursday Note!
Good morning, lovely market customers!
Just a quick reminder that today is your market order pick up, between 4pm-6pm!
If you need a Friday pick up, we are there between 10am-12pm, only!
And, if you need to pick up on Saturday, we are there from 10am-4pm!!
Please let me know if you are planning to pick up on the alternate days, and not this evening!
We welcome another round of new customers, this week!! Welcome to the market!! Pick up is easy!! You will just be pulling into the circular drive, and we bring your order to your car!
If paying by card, you can call me, ahead of time, with your card information!! I super helps the line if you are not giving me your card, in the pick up line!!
If paying by check, please make it out to Oakview Farm Meats, and if paying by cash, PLEASE have exact amounts, in a ziplock bag, with your name!!
Once again, we thank you for continuing this lovely outpour of support, each week, for our market!!
See you at pick up!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Last Call
Here we are, already a Tuesday that feels like a Monday that feels like I just stepped out of Friday!!
I hope that you all had an enjoyable long weekend, remembered the importance of the weekend, and also took advantage of the beautiful weather, and the star filled night skies.
I hosted my first micro private music campout in my backyard, and it was so fun, freeing to back among people having a good time, and dancing, laughing, chatting…it was music to my spirit.
And now…crazy that it’s already Tuesday but make sure to get your orders in by 8am!! I have to follow my own advice, and go straight to ordering, from here!
I will see all who ordered, at Thursday’s pick up!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Reminder!
I know we’ve all been busy over the holiday weekend, so don’t forget that the market closes for weekly orders, tomorrow, at 8am!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
It’s not warm when she’s away
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And she’s always gone too long
Anytime she’s goes away…
(Bill Withers)
I’ve been looking out the windows, sipping coffee, and humming this song, all morning.
We lost the sunshine, we lost the warmth, and we gained a whole lot of rain, wind, and cold. What a short lived summer we had…lol.
Anyway, welcome to another week of ordering. I know it’s a busy weekend with the holiday, but we are here for you, bringing you the best of the best.
A reminder that Harrigan’s Harvest said that this will be the last week for ordering asparagus!!
And, Kingdom Fish has carrots, kale, and swiss chard available on the market!! They will have microgreens, again, in a couple of weeks!!
So much to enjoy from our vendors…
I guess that this weekend, we are all making our own kind of sunshine…much love to you all…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Carrots, Kale, and Swiss Chard!
Thank You, Kindly!
A huge dose of love going out to all customers and vendors of this week’s market!!
A market well done, by one and all!!
I would like to open the market, again, for ordering, and I would also like to wish all of you a very safe, and happy holiday coming up!!
The horizon looks very different than it did a year ago, and I, for one, am never taking things for granted, again…
So, life live, and enjoy each day!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Anchor Acres!
Just a reminder that Laurie will be set up, out in the new drive through part of the market, with all kinds of fun plants, on hand, for your purchasing fun!
Hippie and the Farmer will also have a few plants, for sale, as well…
It’s the perfect time to get your garden needs, all in one spot!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
Thursday Kind Of Love!
Good morning, lovely market customers!
Just a quick reminder that today is your market order pick up, between 4pm-6pm!
If you need a Friday pick up, we are there between 10am-12pm, only!
And, if you need to pick up on Saturday, we are there from 10am-4pm!!
Please let me know if you are planning to pick up on the alternate days, and not this evening!
We welcome another round of new customers, this week!! Welcome to the market!! Pick up is easy!! You will just be pulling into the circular drive, and we bring your order to your car!
If paying by card, you can call me, ahead of time, with your card information!! I super helps the line if you are not giving me your card, in the pick up line!!
If paying by check, please make it out to Oakview Farm Meats, and if paying by cash, PLEASE have exact amounts, in a ziplock bag, with your name!!
Once again, we thank you for continuing this lovely outpour of support, each week, for our market!!
See you at pick up!!
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
A Note From Anchor Acres
Happy Wednesday, lovely market customers!
First of all…thank you, so very much, for all the love you showed us, this week, and each and every week! I am never not blown away, each week, as I watch the orders flooding in!!
And, at tomorrow’s pick up, we welcome back, Anchor Acres….she is a past vendor, and we love her produce!
Here is a note from Laurie, of Anchor Acres…
I will have more variety including some fun things like tomatillos, kabocha squash, and chamoe (Korean melon), as well as some peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green beans.Laurie
We will have her all set up in the new area that you all have been watching come to life with the new driveway expansion.
If you are a market customer, this week, you can stop at the greenhouse while I bring you your order, and then you can keep pulling into the new section to drive up to where Laurie will be!!
Each week, we will have various vendors all set up to bring you their products, or to meet and greet you, and talk about their business.
Since this is an online market, the customers don’t always get to meet the vendors, and we think this will be an excellent new edition to our little market. A drive through option!
If you did not order this week, you are still welcome to drive out, and partake in meeting Laurie, and grabbing up what she will be offering!!
She is cash and carry, only!!!!
See you, tomorrow…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam