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Nov. 6, 2021 Market Newsletter
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We’ve been announcing our Thanksgiving Schedule and Christmas Open House several weeks now and hopefully you have those changes and events noted on your calendar. Normally M@D shuts down the week of Thanksgiving, but this year we’re making it a short week and suspending online ordering following Thanksgiving so you can shop your FRESH, LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE and YEAR ROUND farm fresh foods directly from our vendors at Open House on Dec. 4!
Regular Weekly Ordering Through Nov. 19
Thanksgiving Week: Order Saturday Nov 20 through Monday Nov 22
PICKUP IS THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24
Nov. 26th – Dec. 3rd NO MARKET
DECEMBER:
SATURDAY, DEC. 4th, DOTHAN NURSERIES CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE & FARMERS MARKET
9 am – 3pm – Until with VENDORS ONSITE
Vendors Listedin Grower Notes
Weekly Ordering will resume at 5 pm Dec. 4
and continue through the last pickup of the year on Dec. 17.
WE WILL BE CLOSED DEC 18 – JANUARY 8, 2022
GROWER & MARKET NOTES
Why No Eggs? If you’ve been keeping up with our weekly happenings you’re aware that Avalon Farms no longer has chickens. This was a hard decision on their part but one that allows them to concentrate on growing vegetables. And do we EVER love their vegetables!!!
The other issue is BIOLOGY. The rest of us who have chickens get to deal with things like molting and the change of seasons – natural occurrences that affect how chickens lay. Molting happens when the chickens body diverts it resources into replacing feathers instead of producing eggs. Daylight affects laying too and the shortening days tell the chicken’s body to slow down on egg production as well, natures way of giving the chickens a rest during the cold winter while storing resources as we approach winter soltice.
Either way, we tend and care for our girls (and a few roosters) as their bodies replenish themselves in preparation for starting again when they’re ready.
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!
| Avalon Farms – Veggies & Farm Fixins | D’s Jellies – Hand Batched Jelly from Home Grown Fruit |
| Bella Eden Farms – Hand Crafted Soap and Bath/Body treats | 323 Chaotic – Hand Crafted Modern Jewelry |
| Bella & Birch Designs – Unique Carved Artisan Goods | Casa Perdido – Fine Alabama Vinegars |
| Eagle Grove Services – Fresh Picked Satsumas | Grows in Rows – Farm Fixins and Baked Goods |
| Hortons Farm – Local Honey | JBW Farm Fresh – Local Grass Fed Beef |
| Humblebee Bakes – Macaroons | Lewis Farms – Vegetables |
| Martin Teas – Unique Teas for Special Occasions | Mount Moriah Farms – Goats Milk Soap, Soy Candles, Bath & Body |
| ScrappyChic by Vickie – Hand Crafted Items for the Home | Self Care Candle Company – Young Entrepreneur Guest Vendor! |
| Smores Dessert Company – Decadent Locally Crafted Sweets | Tranquil Pastures – Pastured Chicken and Grass Fed Beef |
| Little House of Treasures – coasters, clamshells, candles |
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!