Bloom into spring!
New market offerings, wildflower crafts, and Sewanee happenings.
Reminder to Order + Market Offerings
Here’s your reminder to place your order for the week! We have some delicious produce, baked goods, jams and jellies, prepared meals, potted plants and more! Check ‘em out, and don’t forget to place your order before Monday at noon.
Wildflowers
With so many wildflowers blooming now is a great time to create something from the nature in your backyard, a great craft is botanical coasters!
Items needed:
Air dry clay
Plowers
Circle cutter
Paint
Glaze
First you should roll our your clay, and then cut it into circles. Take whatever flowers you have chosen and gently press them into the clay with a rolling pin. After this, leave the clay to either air dry or stick it in the oven. Once the clay is dry use your paint to decorate them, then finishing with your clear glaze. As soon as the paint and glaze is dry you should have some wonderful coasters!
In other news…
Please consider donating to the CAC. You can do so directly through our website by “purchasing” the donation. This helps sustain the partnership between Rooted Here and the CAC and enables the CAC clients to have access to fresh and healthy food.
Electronet Mending Circle HAS BEEN POSTPONED!
Stay tuned for a new date.
Food Matters Community Meal!
Join St. Mary’s Conference Center and the Cumberland Plateau Partners for a Community Meal on April 21 (Earth Day Eve!) at 5:00 PM at St. Mary’s Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development. There is a suggested donation of $20. Farmers, food pantries, restaurant owners, and neighbors will come together for an evening of good food, honest conversation, and shared purpose around our regional food economy.
Dr. Deborah McGrath, St. Mary’s Sewanee Board of Trustees member and Professor of Biology at the University of the South, will offer opening remarks. Her work in ecosystem restoration and food system resilience makes her the perfect voice to open this gathering.
What better way to step into Earth Day than around a table with the people growing, sharing, and stewarding food on this Plateau?
We’d love for you to join us. Pull up a chair, meet your neighbors, and be part of the conversation about the future of food!
Recycling with the SCFM
Did you get your order in a nice produce box or a sturdy paper bag last week? Don’t know what to do with it? We want them back so we can reuse them all year!
The SCFM relies on community contributions of paper bags and cardboard boxes to fulfill our orders — we really appreciate all your efforts to bring us your paper recycling. Thank you for helping make the market possible!
Volunteering with the SCFM
In case you didn’t notice, pickup day can get kinda busy! If you would like to come help out as a volunteer and earn a $5 market credit per every 2 hour shift, please sign up below.
Thank you, as always, for supporting the South Cumberland Farmer’s Market. You can further support local food initiatives by purchasing donations for our CAC partnership, the Open Food Network, or for the SCFM operating costs. We appreciate YOU!
Happy Spring! Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy Holidays!