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Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown market
To Contact Us
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnmomof10@gmail.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
Our pickup location is across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building:
Good morning!
Welcome to this week’s offerings from your online farmers’ market. Everything you see on our website is the “cream of the crop” from local farmers, the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! When you place an order with our farms, you know you are supporting your friends and neighbors, most located within 30 miles of Manchester, Tennessee.
The market will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.
Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
Farm News of the Week
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Frontier Family Farm has added Small Baskets of Day-neutral Strawberries to the market. “What are day-neutral strawberries?” you ask. They are modern types developed to bear continuously all summer and into the fall. They also have firmer and larger fruit than June-bearing strawberries.
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Strawberries in the Hydroponic Channels, and French Green Beans.
Native Fare has added Concord Grapes to their “Hale’s Best” Cantalopes, to round out our fruit offerings this week. Get them now! Fruit won’t last long on the market.
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Concord Grapes and Spaghetti Winter Squash
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has added Fresh-Cut Lemon Balm to their listings of fresh-cut herbs.
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(Clockwise from upper left): Lemon Balm, Lavender, Rosemary, Grapefruit Mint.
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Sow’s Ear Piggery products will be in vacation mode this week, but expect to return next week.
Important Ordering and Pickup Information
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at the pavilion across from Manchester City Schools administration building, 215 East Fort Street, Manchester.
We can also deliver your order to your home (or other location) on Friday afternoons, for a small fee, if it’s more convenient for you. If you prefer to utilize this service, please place an order for it, same as other products, selecting your delivery area. Don’t forget to give us your location address in the comments section of the order. Also please text Linda at (931) 273-9708 for specific arrangements.
We 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. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends and inviting them to give us a try. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.
Blessings,
Linda & Michael
Here is the complete list for this week.