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Oct. 16, 2021 Market Newsletter - It's time to Order!
WE ARE SO BLESSED!!
There are a lot of things that go on behind the scenes every week to keep Market at Dothan going. I want to tell you about one of them this week.
Writing Checks
We choose to pay our farmers on delivery Friday mornings rather than wait a few days till all the payments have cleared (like the original locallygrown.net market in Athens, GA still does!). Doing it this way does have it’s risks but by God’s grace nothing has ever happened that we weren’t able to navigate.
This week I smiled because it’s the first time we’ve ever wrote checks to FIVE meat farmers in one week. FIVE.
How blessed are we to have that much clean nutritious protein available to us??
I hope you’re taking advantage of all the choices.
GROWER & MARKET NOTES
This & That: It was good to get away but it’s good to be back! It was a treat seeing Market regulars and some new faces yesterday and we were especially pleased to hear that the Fall Festival at Dothan Nurseries went so well in our absence. A hearty Thank You to our own
Dianne Herring who saw to organization and to all the vendors who participated and helped each other out.
On that note now would be a good time to announce some upcoming things:
1. First of all:
Our Thanksgiving week order cycle will run from Saturday Nov. 20 to Monday, Nov. 22. Pickup will be Wednesday, Nov 24, the day before Thanksgiving. This schedule was set so that those who have ordered fresh turkeys from Grows in Rows can pick them up, fresh and unfrozen, within 24 hours of butchering. You just can’t get fresher than that!
That being said, if you placed a deposit on one of Kathy’s turkeys, that’s the day to claim it!
2. (Drum Roll Please . . . .)
Ordering Tip: Our vendors typically update their market inventory quantities every Saturday before 5 pm when the Market opens. Ordering right after opening helps you get those items with limited quantity. Once in a while however something will be listed during subsequent days. Some growers announce these additions on our Facebook Discussion Page. We encourage you to take a second look at the Market Page before closing on Tuesday at 5 pm just in case something’s been added that you would use.
Along the same topic, every once in a while a vendor will delete an item from your order after Market closes. Most of the time it’s weather related crop damage but other times it may be something that requires communication between grower and customer. We encourage this type of interaction and love it when issues can be worked out in advance of pickup.
Thank you Debt Free Stress Free Life for these great Fall Picnic Ideas:
Apples and apple cider (more on that in the article link).
Hearty easy to package sandwiches.
Freshly baked bread with your favorite sharp cheddar cheese, grapes, local apples (see how important they are), pears, and applesauce
A thermos with warm things to eat and drink – think soup, cider, cinnamon sticks, and hot chocolate!
Cozy blankets
Floor pillows
A beautiful and sturdy American-made picnic basket.
An “unplugged” activity – bring an instrument, checkers, sketchbook, favorite book, football, etc.
Your favorite people.
The perfect spot.
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!