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    Summer Schedule Announced for our Market


    This post expired on June 22, 2023.

    SPLG Market goes on Summer Schedule

    Valued Customers:
    We are grateful for your ongoing support of our Market and trust that an upcoming change in our online Market schedule will not keep you from patronizing our Market all summer long. If you have been with us for awhile, then you know that this summer’s produce and product list is double what it was last summer. Yet, with recent considerable increase in demand (Amen!), we continue to strive for enough produce during hot summer months. But we still need—and greatly appreciate—your year-round support to keep us operational.

    With all this said, St. Pete Locally Grown is rescheduling our online Market to open every other week effective this Monday, June 24th through the end of August. This means that the Market will open this coming Monday, June 24th, with orders delivered on Friday as usual. The Market will then close the week of July 1st and reopen on July 8th and so on, until September.

    Many customers are already ordering every other week. Given that the majority of our greens last for 2 to 3 weeks when properly stored, it follows that you too can plan your orders for two weeks instead of one. Here are helpful hints to keep your greens as fresh as possible! We will still offer fruit which will likely need to be consumed the week it gets delivered. Of course, frozen foods won’t be an issue. Regarding dairy, here are guidelines for keeping yours fresh up to two weeks. I know these work because my goat kefir lasts up to two weeks.

    We appreciate your understanding of this summer schedule and would like to hear from you about any concerns you have that will keep you from ordering every other week. We want to address each concern so that we may mutually support one another.

    Best,
    Tina & Nathan

    PS. Nothing else will change on our Market’s scheduled activities. Our volunteer opportunities on Tuesdays and Saturdays remain the same. Our potluck socials will continue on the 4th Saturday of each month. Nathan’s urban farming class will continue the 2nd Saturday of each month.