New Farm: Back in Time Farm

I am very happy to welcome Ruth and Bill Hayden of Back In Time Farm to our family of farmers and vendors!

They are a small 14 acre family farm located in Statham, GA. They raise pastured poultry that are moved to fresh grass daily. In addition to what the chickens find on the pasture, they are fed a Non-GMO supplemental feed. They are watered with collected rain water. No antibiotics or growth hormones are given to chickens and no synthetic chemical pesticides are sprayed on grass.

Back in Time Farm raises red broilers which are a slower growing chickens and produces a flavorful bird – a “Back in Time bird” raised the old fashioned way.

B&G will still be offering chicken to the market as well. We have enough demand for chicken to support 2 great farms!!

Market News

New Item: Kombucha
I am very happy to welcome Trisha Goodridge of Kombucha Brewing Company to our family of growers and vendors! She is working with Cultured Traditions to bring us locally brewed kombucha. Kombucha is a refreshing effervescent elixir packed with probiotics. They use organic ingredients to create bold flavors that tastes amazing! If you are tying to replace soda in your diet this a great refreshing beverage to try! Flavors offered are: Apple Spice, Berry, Ginger Root, Lemongrass, Mango, Pineapple, and Straight Up.

New coffee – Kenya Murang’a
JavaGenesis, our co-op’s small batch craft coffee roaster, has just added a new coffee Kenya Murang’a. This coffee is so good! It is a medium roast coffee with lots of fig and molasses sweetness on the front end with floral aromatics on the finish. It’s very balanced and full bodied. This one has become my new favorite coffee and I think you’ll love it too. The origin of the name Murang’a is believed to have been used by the Kikuyu people who referred to going for a visit in the area as ‘Kurang’a’ and and later changed to Murang’a. It is located 80 km north east of Nairobi and the coffee is grown on the slopes of the Aberdare range, an extension of Mt Kenya, with red volcanic soil. This coffee is produced by small scale farmers of 1 hectare to 5 hectares of land under the Farmers Cooperative Movement.

JavaGenesis’ roast philosophy is to roast each bean to bring out the best characteristics of the coffee. Your coffee will arrive with the roast date on the package so you will know that you are drinking coffee at the peak of freshness. Whether you choose a medium or dark roast coffee, a single origin or blend or regular or decaf this means a great cup of coffee for you!

Cedar Rock Dairy Price Change (repeat)
We are so fortunate to have Cedar Rock Dairy deliver their milk weekly. Sam hates to do this but due to rising costs he has to increase the price of his milk. He’s been putting this off for several months but unfortunately he has no choice but to increase the price so he can continue to bring us the best Non-GMO, grass fed milk. Starting this weekend these are the prices:
Milk – Raw Jersey Cow Milk for Pets 1/2 gal (Glass Jar)* – $4.40
Milk – Raw Jersey Cow Milk for Pets (Plastic Jug) – $5.50

If you’ve been purchasing in plastic but would like to switch to glass, Sam will list additional GLASS JAR SETS on the market for purchase. If you order your glass jar set this weekend you can immediately order milk in glass as the jars will already be at the farm. Please note you have to have glass jars or purchase a set before you can get the glass jar price! For more info on how the glass jar program works and your responsibilities please click here

New Items on the Market
Coffee – Kenya Murang’a
Kombucha – various flavors
Muscadines – Ruby
Hand Salve-ation! Tallow Hand Treatment
Skin Care – Facial Balm – Tallow – Oily Skin/Under Makeup
Skin Care – Facial Balm – Tallow – Dry/Maturing Skin
Skin Care – Body Balm-Tallow-Lavender
Gift Set – For Sensitive Skin
Gift Set – For Oily to Normal Skin
Gift Set – For Dry or Maturing Skin
Toning Mists – Refreshing, Hydrating, Brightening

FREE Upcoming Wellness Event: Discover Natural Thyroid, Hormone & Weight Loss Solutions

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Market News

My Daily Bread is on the Market this week!
My Daily Bread will be listing their items every other week. Feel free to double up on items that you would purchase weekly. Breads, tortillas, muffins, and other items freeze well. Stock up!

Cedar Rock Dairy Price Change
We are so fortunate to have Cedar Rock Dairy deliver their milk weekly. Sam hates to do this but due to rising costs he has to increase the price of his milk. He’s been putting this off for several months but unfortunately he has no choice but to increase the price so he can continue to bring us the best Non-GMO, grass fed milk. Starting this weekend these are the prices:
Milk – Raw Jersey Cow Milk for Pets 1/2 gal (Glass Jar)* – $4.40
Milk – Raw Jersey Cow Milk for Pets (Plastic Jug) – $5.50

If you’ve been purchasing in plastic but would like to switch to glass, Sam will list additional GLASS JAR SETS on the market for purchase. If you order your glass jar set this weekend you can immediately order milk in glass as the jars will already be at the farm. Please note you have to have glass jars or purchase a set before you can get the glass jar price! For more info on how the glass jar program works and your responsibilities please click here

Vendor of the Day This Tuesday
Ellen Dawe from FarmHouse PoundCakes will be at pick up this Tuesday (9/15) from 1pm to 2:30 sampling her new Fall flavors – Apple Honey and Pumpkin with a Maple Glaze. In a couple more weeks she’ll have Gingerbread and Orange Cranberry!

New Items on the Market
Muscadines – Ruby
Hand Salve-ation! Tallow Hand Treatment
Skin Care – Facial Balm – Tallow – Oily Skin/Under Makeup
Skin Care – Facial Balm – Tallow – Dry/Maturing Skin
Skin Care – Body Balm-Tallow-Lavender
Gift Set – For Sensitive Skin
Gift Set – For Oily to Normal Skin
Gift Set – For Dry or Maturing Skin
Toning Mists – Refreshing, Hydrating, Brightening

Group Buy this weekend

This weekend we will be taking orders for Sorghum Syrup from Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill.

One of our fellow co-op members told me about this wonderful small family farm in TN that produces 100% Pure Sorghum Syrup. If you are unfamiliar with sorghum syrup, it comes from a plant usually called “sweet sorghum”. This plant is grown in climates too hot and dry for corn. It originated in Africa before traveling to Asia, Europe, and North America. Other varieties of sorghum are grown for grain or livestock use, but sweet sorghum has a juicier stalk.

Sorghum syrup is made by cooking down the juice from the stalk causing the water to evaporate thus concentrating the syrupy sweetness. Sorghum syrup retains all minerals.

The nutritional profile for a 1 tbsp. serving of sorghum syrup comes to 3 percent of your overall daily value of calcium, 4 percent iron, 5 percent magnesium, 6 percent potassium, 7 percent vitamin B6 and 16 percent manganese.

Sorghum syrup can be used the same as honey or maple syrup.

All sorghum is packaged in attractive plastic jugs that are BPA free.

Pricing includes our discount, shipping and taxes.

I will place our order this Monday and do not expect it to be available at pick up for 2 – 3 weeks.
We only order once a year so don’t miss out!

Read more at Kitchenstewardship.com and Livestrong.com