Market News and Updates

News Flash! Our* Facebook Page* is up! Please go to Heirloom Living Market and check it out! We would appreciate it, if while you are in the vicinity, you would click on the “Like” button and share our link with friends and family!

I am having my morning cup of Vigilance Blend coffee from The Roastin’ Fool as I write this post! It is a delightful way to wake up and start your morning! David has joined our Market Family and now, you too can experience a memorable, delicious cup of coffee! Look for his Vigilance Blend coffees on the Market!

This past week was very busy! Market Pickup last Thursday went well and everyone was glad to meet Bruce and Dabrielle from My Daily Bread. They brought wonderful treats for tasting and to sell! We met many new people and had fun! One of the absolutely BEST parts of being a Market Manager is meeting the new customers that have ordered – which is most everyone right now – and welcoming back people we already know! I am always excited to share new products that are available, get to know a little about you, get your feedback on the Market and what we can do to improve it from your perspective!

Mary will be back this week, so be sure to say “Hi” (and let her know how hard Betsy and I worked last week!) Also, please know that Mary is your “go-to-person” for meal ideas, what goes with what, spices to use to make dishes interesting and delicious! She truly has a talent for pairing foods that make your meals extra special! Mary, through her company, Patchwork Pastures offers wonderful organic spices and flavor-infused sea salts. Look for a couple of recipes in your Produce Box this week! Those will be from Mary to assist you in using all of the healthy, fresh veggies that Doug has harvested just for you in your Produce Box!

Mary Beth Sellars of Joyful Noise Acres Farm offers us free-range pork and chicken. I roasted a chicken from Joyful Noise on Sunday and it was succulent and very flavorful! Since this week will probably be our last ‘cold snap’, I am fairly certain the whole chicken I ordered this week is bound for the Soup Pot! Thank you, Mary Beth for joining our Market Family and providing us with such delicious meats!

Dena from Good Shepherd Herbals has joined our Heirloom Living Market Family. Her Herbal Tea Blends, Tinctures and Herbal Salves offer a natural alternative to chemical laden OTC’s and meds. Dena shared a jar of her Trauma Balm with me this past Saturday. I was having a particularly difficult bout with Sciatica. Alternating between applying therapeutic essential oils and Trauma Balm I was able to find relief and am symptom free today! (Read: I am NO longer in pain and once again a pleasant person to be around! I thank you Dena)
Check out what Dena has to offer on the Market and know that very soon, she will be at Market pickup to share her knowledge! If you have questions about products, you can reach Dena at
fathersbounty@windstream.net.

I was invited to a “Meet The Farmers” event sponsored by Certified Naturally Grown this past Sunday at* Phoenix Gardens *in Lawrenceville. Brennan and Gwendolyn Washington have created a 2.5 acre sustainable nirvana of gardens. They also have laying hens and are raising meat birds! It was amazing to see the creative way they have interspersed sustainable agriculture in their space! I have invited them to become a Produce Grower for the Market and hope they will be joining us very soon with their great produce and eggs.

I was also fortunate enough to speak with VIcky and Steve Fry from* Fry Farm* in Bethlehem, GA. Their 20 plus years of growing great veggies and fruits have earned them an excellent reputation in the community. Such nice people! I have also invited them to provide produce to us and am looking forward to hearing from them soon and welcoming them into our growing Market Family!

The Weston A. Price Conference which I attended this past Saturday was an excellent opportunity to learn more about fermented foods, organ meats, making nitrate free bacon, making fish stew and other useful information. It was also a time to connect with old friends, meet some new people and make contact with additional vendors. I will be writing about it soon!

I warned you all last week that I can be verbose -but I had lots of news to share! One last IMPORTANT item – If you are NEW to grass-fed meats, this link contains vital information for you! We want you to enjoy your healthy choice of grass-fed meat and you will find out exactly how by reading this document! Get the document here.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read the news and my musings! The Market is open for ordering until Wednesday at Noon. Now, if you haven’t ordered your goodies for the week, hop on over to the market and shop!

Joyful thoughts and blessings,

~Maryanne