MISC MARKET NOTES

It’s good to be back! We had no idea when we closed for winter break, usually 2 or 3 weeks, that life would throw a curve ball and it would be necessary to extend that time. That’s all behind. Market at Dothan is now open again for orders and during the absence we’ve been brainstorming about ways to serve you better. One thing our vendors agreed on is that we will NOT lower our standards! We know it means we’ll always be the small oddball in the local fresh food market, but it also means we’ll have the CLEANEST food in the region.

One funnish thing we’re working on is freshening up our logo. No doubt the above three look familiar. Tell us what you think! We don’t want to lose our local food vibe, but we do want to brighten things up.

Lastly, THANK YOU for your understanding and support. We’re excited to finally get 2025 rolling again and hope to see you soon!

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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What a Year

Is it the (almost end) of December already?

It hardly seems possible but here we are, the last M@D order cycle of 2024. I want to personally thank both vendors and customers who have stuck with us through this challenging year. With all the ups and down, people coming and people going it’s been a wild ride, but like a cowboy staying on a bucking bronco, we’re still here.

So

THANK YOU.

See you Friday!

Ros Horton
Market Manager

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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Recently I overheard part of a podcast about potential changes under the new administration with Robert F Kennedy Jr. leading the fight for our nation’s health. Among the topics discussed were honest food labeling, banning foods/additives currently banned in Europe, and prescribing lifestyle changes instead of pills for many preventable health issues. These are all issues that our Market at Dothan family is concerned with.

Of course there’s the issue that big pharma will fight tooth and nail against any person or policy that affects their bottom line. With billions of dollars to “contribute” to elected officials to vote their way, it may very well be an uphill battle.

It’s too early in the process of changing administrations to predict what will or won’t happen. But the fact that our president elect has chosen an uncompromising advocate to head the US Health and Human Services department is encouraging. “The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country,” Trump said in a post on X. “Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!”

RFK Jr. is controversial for sure. His political background is different than the party he hopes to serve. He was a drug addict years ago and his stand on the unborn . . well, he needs to get his heart right on that one. But when it comes to health, especially children’s health, he’s the man you want fighting in the ring.

So we wait with hope.  

Mt. Moriah Farms: Today is Small Business Saturday and if you are taking the time to read this THANK YOU! We trust y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, surrounded by family and friends! We are now selling Gift Sets! We have our entire Facial Care Routine conveniently wrapped up in a beautiful gift box. We also have our most popular Skin Care products wrapped up in an easy to give box! We not only did we do that, but we also have them available in mini sizes! We would love for you to check them out. We are excited as always to be a part of the Holiday Open House. We look forward to seeing you all there. Have a wonderful day and happy shopping! ??

D’s Jellies I  look forward to seeing everybody next Saturday (Dec. 7th) at Dothan Nurseries Christmas Open House.  I will have Mild and Hot D’s Pepper Jelly. Also, Mayhaw Jelly & BlackBerry Jelly will be available. D’s Farmhouse Kitchen Recipes is a wonderful addition to your recipe collection. My Jellies and Cookbook are unique Christmas gifts. See ya Saturday!

Horton’s Farm: We are happy to announce a New Product, HONEYBERRY BLISS. This product consists of local honey, whole cranberries, and two years in a mason jar. They are everything we hoped they would be: good in cooked dishes, good in salads, and good on your plate beside your turkey, dressing and gravy. Any leftover liquid is divine mixed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil as a salad dressing.

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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When it comes to gratitude there’s nothing to rethink. A thankful attitude has been proven to be mentally, spiritually and even physically beneficial. Over time our southern cultural expression of this has involved turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie followed by football.

Hopefully everyone has wonderful memories of family gatherings with all the traditional things, but it’s also ok to have and create new and different equally wonderful traditions. What follows is a list, without names in case anyone wants to drop in, of brilliant and beautiful traditions. Our hope is that if you need to do something different or are just happy not to be the only Thanksgiving weirdo, this will be a blessing. However you choose to spend the holiday, we wish you great gratitude and great joy.

Many thank you’s to everyone who remembered our changed pickup and delivery times. Pickup last Friday went so smooth and it was wonderful to see everyone. We really do have the absolute BEST customers in the Wiregrass.

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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Busy, busy, busy! You would think with summer behind that life would wind down a bit during these (supposed to be) cooler days of fall. Between halloween, many fall festivals in preparation for Thanksgiving & Christmas, National Peanut Festival, church gatherings, etc, it almost seems like things speed up!

Staying as active as possible is good, but there’s also this thing called BALANCE that calls us to still our hearts, embrace quietness and reflect. This need to look inside is part of what makes Thanksgiving such a special holiday. Many families have traditions that involve naming and counting blessings. One friend starts listing things on the first day of November every year, sort of like a Thanksgiving advent.

I like that idea! And since a few days have passed since Nov. 1 I’m thinking that writing down something every morning and every evening would make up for both the lost days and lost years of doing this!

We’ve recently made some small changes to our website and correspondence to reflect pickup and delivery changes. The Dothan pickup time, 10am to 11:30am is now permanent rather than seasonal, and Enterprise deliveries will now require a $50 minimum order.

Katherine’s Kitchen: I have some news that is very joyous except one one sad thing. God has led me to a godly man who has asked to marry me. But the sad thing is he lives in Nevada, so I will be far, far away from the wonderful, special, God-honoring, down-to-earth little market that I have been so honored to be a part of. And the best honey ever.
With love in Christ,
Katherine

Congratulations! We will definitely miss you and are at the same time so very happy for you! We hope life with this very fortunate man will exceed your fondest dreams.

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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If you’re always on the lookout for Low Carb, low sugar recipes using HEALTHY ingredients then check out LIL SLIPPER. Bethany’s wonderful food creations are an extension of her own health journey and her social media accounts share a multitude of wonderful things both learned and created in her own kitchen. Her recipe “shorts” are published on Facebook and Instagram, and the Facebook account contains a multitude of educational videos in addition to the wonderful recipes. Not every ingredient she uses works for every person and every dietary situation, but as a whole her kitchen creativity is nothing short of inspirational. Isn’t it nice to have options!

Mt. Moriah Farms: Recently I have found myself listening to many motivational speeches on YouTube. I’m also reading a book on “Growing Your Small Business”. There are times that I think about how easy my life would be if I didn’t try to run a business. It’s hard in life to be sure what exactly the Lord would have us be doing. As Christians we are stewards of two things… TIME & MONEY. I definitely want to be where the Lord wants me to be. I get easily overwhelmed with everything that I have going on and that is why I have been listening to those speeches. I need a pick me up some days and that’s exactly what I’ve been getting. I also have been quoting the verse “ “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”. Ps 61:2  I wanted to share this with y’all since I know we are fixing to enter to the busiest season of the year ??. Thank you for following along in our journey! 

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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Happy October! We hope this finds you enjoying the splendor of this most glorious month. It seems like every corner of the south is throwing a party to celebrate the end of the hot summer and the welcoming of football, hunting and pumpkin/sweet potato pie season. As a sustainable CLEAN FOOD market we want to encourage you to take full advantage of the best this time of year has to offer – meaning healthier choices for your favorite foods.

Lets ditch the store bought seasonings. Often they include MSG, fillers and too much sodium. Here are three you can make at home, store in an airtight or recycled container and enjoy year round. These were chosen because there are so MANY recipes that each can be used to prepare.

Another thing we’ve noticed trending of late are small potent sweet treats popular in other cultures.

If Soda Ads Were Truthful: There is a lot of information available about the harmful effects of carbonated beverages but few get the message across as well as this: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/3swC3G3ARiciUwcM/

Horton’s Farm: It’s been another disastrously blessed two weeks on the farm. Several weeks ago we MADE the yard look like Helene hit us by cutting down four pine trees “just in case”. Cleanup is ongoing and is providing a lot of material for landscaping (pine bark and pine straw), bio char (stuff being burned) and permaculture (soft rotting material being used in beds). It’s a lot more work doing it this way but oh so satisfying as nature itself is providing what it needs to flourish.

The other disaster in disguise was having a freezer go out. Thankfully we caught it in time to save the bulk of food but there was still about 10 gallons of fruit and vegetables that had to be discarded . . . to the chickens and to garden beds for compost.

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!

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What a blessing to see many of you at Dothan Nurseries today for their Fall Front Porch Festival. We couldn’t have asked for lovelier weather or better company. Thanks to both vendors and customers who made the effort!

Mt. Moriah Farms: Wow!  It really feels like fall now. It’s absolutely wonderful. Thank you to everyone who came out today and purchased from us. We truly hope you enjoy our products!  If there’s one thing we want you to remember, it would be that YOUR SKIN IS YOUR LARGEST ORGAN!  It truly matters what you wash your body with, what you lather onto your skin, and use on your lips. We appreciate y’all supporting our endeavors to bring healthy skincare to those around us. 

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Many of our Market At Dothan vendors will be on hand for you to greet and get to know better, including Avalon Farms who already misses us while on sabbatical. We hope you’ll come out, enjoy the festivities and visit a while!

For more eye candy about what to see and anticipate on Sept 28 please visit https://www.facebook.com/dothannurseries .

VIP DELIVERY NOTE FOR OUR ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS: Viki R. will be managing pickup for this order cycle and there will be NO Enterprise deliveries. We apologize for any inconvenience.

D’s Jellies: I am making D’s Hot Pepper Jelly almost daily now. I wait for all of my peppers (jalapeno,  cayenne,  sweet banana, & bell peppers) to turn red. This gives my jelly its red color. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Fall Festival at Dothan Nurseries on Saturday, September 28. I will have samples for tasting! Dianne Herring 

Katherine’s Kitchen:
“Eternal are thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends thy Word.”
Maybe when Isaac Watts penned this, he too was listening to the downfall of an especially needed rain!
In addition to the rain that has blessed us all this week, God blessed me with something new that will help double my bread availability. A new oven! With it I can now make up to four loaves available per pickup. And maybe experiment with something more. . . .
“Why only four,” you ask? “Why not more, can’t you do more batches?” Well, you see, I’m not going to be one of those cheater bakers who sells you bread that’s already a day old. It has to be baked within 12 hours of pickup to ensure that you get fresh bread, truly fresh. And that usually means the ovens are firing up at 4am on Friday morning. If your bread’s not fresh, is it really worth your money?
Thanks to everyone who has bought one or even two loaves in the past. I am always honored when I run out!
~Katherine’s Kitchen

Mt. Moriah Farms:

We are so very thankful for the rain over the last couple of days! We have gone from milking 14 does to 4. The reason being, they are getting ready to kid out in November! We did have a doe kid out two weeks ago and the picture below is of her kids.

They are absolutely beautiful in our opinion. Both are boys, with the names of Milky Way & Snickers. We are working on a fall line of fragrances for soaps & scrubs so stay tuned!  This week’s featured soap is Oatmeal, Milk & Honey… Oatmeal & Honey Goat Milk Soap is packed with rich moisturizers, vitamins, and minerals your skin craves. Sweet notes of honey mix with natural grains of oats to complete this extra gentle exfoliating bar. 
Oatmeal & Honey Goat Milk Soap helps defend  against dry skin and irritation with natural ingredients. An essential treat for everyday use, cleanse, moisturize and feel the difference in your skin for yourself!

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at one of our pickup locations. 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!