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May 2, 2020 M@D Newsletter - We're Open for Orders!
Loving on Mom
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes
HONORING MOM
We love our Moms, and while covid may have changed a lot of the way we interact with our moms (or the way they interact with us!), thank heavens we have creative options for ways we can show our love to them, and another week to plan it out!
We thought we’d share some ideas for ways you can love on the special women in your life while supporting both covid guidelines and small businesses. Here goes!
1. Something beautiful from Dothan Nurseries. Right now your Market Manager is kicking herself that she didn’t know about the continual blooming Sunfinity Sunflower yesterday while at the Nursery. The Sunfinity is one of many delicious plants Dothan Nurseries posts regularly on their Facebook page. While the Nursery is the loveliest and safest place to shop in the city, if you can’t get out much connecting with them through facebook is a great way to see what’s available.
2. Hand crafted artisan bath and body products fromSt. Andrews Soap Company and Bella Eden Farms. Both these companies have great luxurious soaps, lotions, serums, etc. You can’t go wrong with anything from either!
3. Special Taste Treats: D’s Jellies makes uniquely Southern jams and jellies from things grown on their Cottonwood farm, including the Mahaws! Casa Perdido has a fine selection of flavored vinegars made from Alabama muscadines, and both 3LC Apiary and Horton’s Farm have local honey available every week.
4. Holistic health products from Mayim Farms and Horton’s Farm. Both have a long history of making health and wellness products from nature. Thorough product descritpions are available on the Market page.
5. If you’re fortunate enough to be able to prepare a good meal we’ve got the good eats and drinks!
- Vegetables from Avalon Farms, Danny’s Greens, and Mayim Farms.
- Special Teas from Martin Tea’s
- Meat from Smith Farms, Richter Farms and Avalon Farms.
- Deviled Eggs, custards, etc with eggs from Kathy’s Churpers, , Richter Farms, Avalon Farms and Horton’s Farm.
MARKET CHITCHAT
What a beautiful site in the Market Shed yesterday! Thank you to everyone who ordered. While we’re thankful for the white bags, we’re really looking forward to getting back to using your bags as they hold up so much better. Plus they just have so much more character. Soon . . . we hope!
This section is a reprint from last week’s newsletter for the benefit of our new customers.
I. Order Payment:
1. Voluntarily prepay by 6 pm Thursday if possible using this PAYPAL link. This eliminates passing paper currency back and forth or handling of debit/credit cards on site. Your invoice will be marked PAID and pickup is fast and easy.
2. You may use PAYPAL curbside on Friday. Not quite as efficient as we have to verify receipt but it does work.
3. Debit/Credit – yes, we still take cards using our regular system. We just have to get within 6 feet for you to put your card in the chip reader. We do our best to avoid touching your card or you touching the equipment which means we sign an “x” for your signature.
4. Cash and Checks – please put them in a plastic baggie or bank bag. If you want to put them in your trunk/tailgate that would eliminate the need to come near the drivers window
II. Curb Service:>/b> It’s OK to pull up next to the building. In fact we recommend it as tractor trailers sometimes need to share that space. Have your trunk/ hatchback open and we’ll load you up!
GROWER NOTES
MAYIM FARM Mayim Farm-
New…Fresh Dill, Fresh Holy Basil (Tulsi), Sinus Support Capsules (My main remedy for seasonal allergies)
We are awaiting a delayed seed delivery for sprouts…should be back in stock next week.
Plenty of Lettuce mix still looking great.
Fresh Moringa…if you don’t know about Moringa, it tastes great fresh and is a nutritional powerhouse in your salads, dried for soups or teas and powdered capsules for a supplement.
Collards will be around for a little while longer…
AVALON FARMS: Avalon Farms
First the bad news: We are almost out of our whole pasture raised chickens.
The OK news: There’s a few left I found in our “personal” freezer. One has a broken wing. With the current demand I’m listing these.
The good news: There will be 40 birds processed in a few weeks. With several more groups in the pipeline.
Previously we only used Freedom Rangers for our meat chickens. They are known as good foragers and do well on pasture. They also take 14 to 16 weeks to grow out on pasture.
The traditional meat chicken, Cornish Cross, grows out in 5 to 6 weeks. They need half the time and feed. These are what’s raised in all the big industrial chicken houses. In that industrial environment, with thousands in one house, they have unlimited feed 24/7 causing them to grow too fast which causes health issues for them and a high mortality rate. They are usually processed around 5 weeks. You’ve probably seen the truck loads of miserable looking chickens on the way to processing.
The 40 birds we have on pasture now are Cornish Cross. By raising them on pasture, with limited feed, they naturally scratch around and eat bugs and grass like you would expect. The fresh air, sunshine and exercise helps them to live a happier,healthier life. Providing us with healthier chicken.
These are not genetically modified “franken-chickens”. They are a breed of chickens bred using normal methods to have a “high feed conversion ratio” (meaning their biology is more efficient at converting food into body mass).
We’ll be processing the oldest ones in a few weeks. As you can see they do grow fast!
FOOTNOTES
We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write marketatdothan@gmail.com.
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: 10am – 12pm, Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: 11am – 11:30am, Parking area behind Daleville Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Pickup: 12pm – 12:30pm, Grocery Advantage, 1032 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise
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