THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN!

TIS THE SEASON OF DEEPEST GRATITUDE. – Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who dedicate your lives to growing fresh, clean, wholesome food for the rest of us. You are our shining stars.

TUE, DEC 1 – HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR – It’s our annual gift bazaar, held at the AJCC in Evans during market pick-up in Evans. What a great way to bring “locally grown” products home for the gift-giving season. Runs 4pm-6pm. Contact Amy at arsutter@hotmail.com if you’d like to set up as a vendor.

WED, DEC 2 – TURN-BACK-THE-BLOCK VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON – Participants of our G.R.O.W. Harrisburg/FVRx efforts have been invited to cook a locally-grown luncheon for Turn Back the Block volunteers at Crawford Baptist Church this holiday season. We’ll be prepping soups all day on Monday, Nov 30. Come volunteer if you’ve got the time!

TUES, DEC 8 – OUR ANNUAL LOCAL CHRISTMAS TREE SALE – One Tuesday each year, ALG offers free delivery of freshly cut trees from the Clarks Hills Christmas Tree Farm in Modoc, SC. Purchase your tree through our on-line market, support a local farmer and get the freshest tree around! Better yet, go pick it out yourself at the farm and meet these unique growers! Visit clarkshillchristmastreefarm.com.

THU, DEC 10 – A “SAUCY” SAUCE DEMO WITH CHEF CHARLEEN – Wow your holiday visitors with sauces you make from scratch and local, seasonal ingredients. Come learn some culinary secrets from the one-and-only Chef Charleen. Free, at the Red Clay Market in Evans, 4:30pm-6pm.

SAT, DEC 12 – URBAN FOOD GROWING FOR KIDS AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST – ALG has been invited to host a monthly urban food growing program for kids at this Augusta-based church one Saturday each month, Dec-Apr. We could sure use a volunteer or two to help! Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.

THU, JAN 7 – AUGUSTA FOOD OASIS – We’ll host our “action plan” meeting of Local Food Activists on Thursday, January 7, 6pm-8pm. Location TBA! If you want to help create a more vibrant local foods culture in the CSRA, then please know: YOU are invited!!!! Email kim@augustalocallygrown.org for more info.

MON, JAN 11 – WHOLESOME WAVE PRESENTATION – Several participants of our FVRx program have been invited to present their experiences with this national organization at their annual conference in Atlanta. G.R.O.W. Harrisburg!!!!

THU, JAN 12 – CULINARY WORKSHOPS AT THE RED CLAY MARKET – We’re pulling together a series of free culinary workshops for 2016! Save the second Thursday evening of each month to treat yourself to these fun get-togethers in Evans, at this adorable local-chef-owned storefront. Topics announced soon!

FRI, JAN 29 – TEDX AUGUSTA – We’re very excited to again play a part in helping with the TedxAugusta event in 2016. What a great way to promote local foods among our community’s deep thinkers. We’re gonna need at least 8 volunteers to really pull this off! Contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org if you can commit!

SUN, JAN 31 – CROB MOB AT CLYDE’S FRESH PRODUCE IN GROVETOWN – What’s a crop mob, you ask!? Good question! Imagine 30-40 volunteers, gathered for an afternoon on a farm, all volunteering their time to get something big done for the local farmer. This time, we’ll be planting dozens of fruit trees! Of course, we’ll share a farm-fresh meal afterwards. Save the date! Times TBA.

CHEERS!
Kim