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FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

Featured Volunteer, Chris Larsen

Chris Larsen has been a Market member since December 2010. She is also one of the first-ever volunteers to contribute talent to our Market. For over three years she has spent time almost every Friday morning in Nathan’s garden either nurturing or harvesting produce for delivery to our customers. With a critical eye for quality and focused caring hands, Chris has become quite accomplished at harvesting only the best of it and doing it in record time. As a result of her experience in Nathan’s garden she and her husband Bruce now have a thriving home garden from which they get all their vegetables and literally no longer need to buy through us. THAT is our Mission! Accomplished! We value Chris “Angelface” Larsen, not only as a generous volunteer but now as a family friend. She is a key member of our Market Community as well, sharing her nutritional expertise which is her passion. THANK YOU, Chris!

Message from Your Market Manager

SO YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING US FOR AWHILE NOW…
wondering what’s all the hubbub about. Come find out for yourself… Volunteers are needed to help with Friday deliveries of locally grown, chemical-free vegetables to St. Petersburg customers. You get to ride for two hours as part of a tag team delivering throughout St. Petersburg and into Gulfport. You will meet many of our customers who are so grateful for the time you invest to bring them their vegetables. YOU CAN GIVE THEM A BUSINESS CARD! We have 3 shifts to fill which run from 11am to 1pm, 1 to 3pm, and 3 to 5pm. All times are approximate as we do sometimes run another 15-20 minutes over. We do require that you attend an orientation that takes place WednesdayS at NOON (for 45 minutes) for those who will be delivering for the first time on Fridays. Call Market Manager Tina Levy to inquire on qualifications or to sign up for one of three shifts. 727-515-9469

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU ORDERED FROM US?
Do you want to save $40 on a new membership with St. Pete Locally Grown? You have just TWO Fridays left to accept delivery at the old rate of $50 per year assuming you have ordered from us at least ONCE so far. Membership fees are being increased for the coming year by $40 effective March 1, 2014. This brings the total annual investment per household to $90—or $7.50 per month—which is still a very affordable proposition when compared to other local options. For current members this new rate does not go into effect until your next annual renewal. For those considering it, membership in St. Pete Locally Grown has intrinsic value beyond what is listed here but you won’t discover that unless you become a member or speak to those who are. The tangible list of membership benefits in this Market Community gives you and your household access to high quality, organically grown produce from local urban farmers with whom we have built trusting working relationships, one that does not require purchase or minimum orders, lets you mingle with local SME’s who are part of our business’ network, and attend monthly potluck socials where growers, volunteers and customers converge to build a small town farming community right here in St. Petersburg. We could charge much more for membership but we choose to make this a very INCLUSIVE local movement. As usual, we will continue to offer installment payments for those who need them.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

IF YOU GROWN YOUR OWN FOOD & YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR PHOTOS
Please email me and I’ll send you an invite that will give you access to posting photos of your abundance on our Pinterest page. If not, then Follow us as we encourage local urban farmers to post their food garden photos to share with the entire St. Petersburg Community! Let’s document the power of growing food LOCALLY! Just follow this link to our Pinterest project. We are also documenting “The art of distributing food to the St. Petersburg Community”. Hope you will follow our progress! with that project as well.

Grower News

NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK
Be sure to check the new products “marquis” across the top of this week’s Market product list. There are usually some wonderful surprises to take quick advantage of while they last!

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

• THIS COMING SATURDAY! “Monthly Potluck Social”, Feb. 22nd, Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM. for active Market customers. BY EVITE ONLY. Come meet your fellow Locavores!
  WORKSHOPS
• “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Mar. 8th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Mar. 15th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
on google
via email

Ready To Order?

sign in & shop now
FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

How This All Started

Back in 2010, Nathan Levy set out to plant a garden that would succeed in Florida’s hot climate, year round! Having moved here from California where he was tremendously successful with growing his own food, he failed THREE times before he discovered the secret of growing year round in this climate. For those who like to sneak a peek at history, here is a look back at Nathan’s wonderful effort starting back in 2010 before the St. Pete Locally Grown was conceptually born in St. Petersburg.

Message from Your Market Manager

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET ORDERED FROM US
Do you want to save $40 on a new membership with St. Pete Locally Grown? At the very least, read what you’re missing out on before you make a decision to pass it up. You have just 3 Fridays left to accept delivery at the old rate of $50 per year. Membership in St. Pete Locally Grown has intrinsic value beyond what is listed here but you won’t discover that unless you become a member or speak to those who are. The tangible list of membership benefits in this Market Community gives you and your household access to high quality, organically grown produce from local urban farmers with whom we have built trusting working relationships, one that does not require purchase or minimum orders, lets you mingle with local SME’s who are part of our business’ network, and attend monthly potluck socials where growers, volunteers and customers converge to build a small town farming community right here in St. Petersburg. Membership fees are being increased for the coming year by $40 effective March 1, 2014. This brings the total annual investment per household to $90—or $7.50 per month—which is still a very affordable proposition when compared to other local options. We could charge much more for membership but we choose to make this a very INCLUSIVE local movement. As usual, we will continue to offer installment payments for those who need them. With increasing expenses related to delivery and the support that takes, this change will help to sustain our Market and provide affordable, high quality goods from our Market to your door. This Market currently operates totally with volunteers. It is hoped that our volunteer team managers can start being compensated for their longterm dedication to our growing business. We need your financial support so the Market can continue to provide this much needed service and valuable products to the St. Petersburg Community. Please contact me with questions or comments.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

ARE YOU GROWING ANY OF YOUR OWN FOOD?
If so, please email me and I’ll send you an invite that will give you access to posting photos of your abundance on our Pinterest page. If not, then Follow us as we encourage local urban farmers to post their food garden photos to share with the entire St. Petersburg Community! Let’s document the power of growing food LOCALLY! Just follow this link to our Pinterest project. We are also documenting “The art of distributing food to the St. Petersburg Community”. Hope you will follow our progress! with that project as well.

Grower News

FIRST TIME ON OUR MARKET THIS WEEK!
Special welcome to PARC in Bloom this week. PARC in Bloom is an inclusive and vocational horticulture program for the adults enrolled in Life Skills Development at PARC. Both Grower Ray Wunderlich and Volunteer Cristy Abbott have been instrumental in assisting in this garden’s creation in St. Petersburg.

WELCOME BACK TO VELOURIA FARMS
Chris Tisch has been the Grower Velouria Farms for our Market since January 2011! He continues to flow in and out of our Market through the different seasons and there is such beauty is having that flexibility for distributing the abundance of his garden. You too can have that arrangement with us… Just contact Market Manager to discuss how it works.

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

WORKSHOPS

• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Feb. 15th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “Monthly Potluck Social”, Feb. 22nd, Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM. for active Market customers. BY EVITE ONLY. Come meet your fellow Locavores!

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
on google
via email

Ready To Order?

sign in & shop now
FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

Market Membership Fees

Membership in St. Pete Locally Grown has intrinsic value beyond what is listed here but you won’t discover that unless you become a member or speak to those who are. The tangible list of membership benefits in this Market Community gives you and your household access to high quality, organically grown produce from local urban farmers with whom we have built trusting working relationships, one that does not require purchase or minimum orders, access to local SME’s who are part of our business’ network, and invitations to monthly potluck socials where growers, volunteers and customers converge to build a small town farming community right here in St. Petersburg. With all this said, we are ready to announce that annual Membership fees are being increased for the coming year by $40 effective March 1, 2014. This brings the total annual investment per household to $90—or $7.50 per month—which is still a very affordable proposition when compared to other local options. We could charge much more for membership but we choose to make this a very INCLUSIVE local movement. As usual, we will continue to offer installment payments for those who need them. With increasing expenses related to delivery and the support that takes, this change will help to sustain our Market and provide affordable, high quality goods from our Market to your door. This Market currently operates totally with volunteers. It is hoped that our volunteer team managers can start being compensated for their longterm dedication to our growing business. I cannot promise this, but I truly envision Market fees fluctuating up—and down—as needed so the Market can continue to provide this much needed service and valuable products to the St. Petersburg Community. THANK YOU to all of our supporters! Please contact me with questions or comments.

Message from Your Market Manager

ARE YOU GROWING ANY OF YOUR OWN FOOD?
If so, please email me and I’ll send you an invite that will give you access to posting photos of your abundance on our Pinterest page. If not, then Follow us as we encourage local urban farmers to post their food garden photos to share with the entire St. Petersburg Community! Let’s document the power of growing food LOCALLY! Just follow this link to our Pinterest project. We are also documenting “The art of distributing food to the St. Petersburg Community”. Hope you will follow our progress! with that project as well.

Market News

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

WORKSHOPS

• “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Feb. 8th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Feb. 15th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “Monthly Potluck Social”, Feb. 22nd, Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM. for active Market customers. BY EVITE ONLY. Come meet your fellow Locavores!

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
on google
via email

Ready To Order?

sign in & shop now
FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

Featured Volunteer, Nathan Levy

Nathan Levy is not only a Grower for St. Pete Locally Grown, he is also the “behind the scenes guy” who sets up our distribution area so we can prepare for deliveries. His background as a production manager serves us well as he creates efficient processes to streamline the time it takes to get things done. Known as “Nate the Great”, Nathan literally can fix anything and that is a huge Blessing to our operation! The icing on the cake, so to speak, is that Nathan is an experienced and well-spoken teacher who provides great training to newbies and veterans alike on subjects of urban farming. His workshops are posted on our Calendar of Events and we encourage you to attend. Nathan supports our Market’s Mission for people to grow their own food so they won’t have to buy it from us. Today is Nathan’s birthday! Just click here to send your Birthday wishes. “Thank you so much, Nathan, and Happy Birthday!”

Important Message from Your Market Manager

MEMBERSHIP IN OUR MARKET: PRICE INCREASE
Membership in St. Pete Locally Grown has intrinsic value beyond what is listed here but you won’t discover that unless you become a member or speak to those who are. The tangible list of membership benefits in this Market Community gives you and your household access to high quality, organically grown produce from local urban farmers with whom we have built trusting working relationships, one that does not require purchase or minimum orders, access to local SME’s who are part of our business’ network, and invitations to monthly potluck socials where growers, volunteers and customers converge to build a small town farming community right here in St. Petersburg. With all this said, we are ready to announce that annual Membership fees are being increased for the coming year by $40 effective March 1, 2014. This brings the total annual investment per household to $90—or $7.50 per month—which is still a very affordable proposition when compared to other local options. We could charge much more for membership but we choose to make this a very INCLUSIVE local movement. As usual, we will continue to offer installment payments for those who need them. With increasing expenses related to delivery and the support that takes, this change will help to sustain our Market and provide affordable, high quality goods from our Market to your door. This Market currently operates totally with volunteers. It is hoped that our volunteer team managers can start being compensated for their longterm dedication to our growing business. I cannot promise this, but I truly envision Market fees fluctuating up—and down—as needed so the Market can continue to provide this much needed service and valuable products to the St. Petersburg Community. THANK YOU to all of our supporters! Please contact me with questions or comments.

WEEKLY DELIVERIES & FEES
Delivery pricing really revolves around how efficient we can make our delivery process. With our business starting to boom and growing delivery demands, our business model is evolving to where we have had to cut back on home deliveries in some areas. Those folks are being assigned to alternate pickup spots, mostly in their own neighborhood or an adjacent one. This will help us keep delivery fees low. Until we have enough resources available, this is the best path for us to follow at this time. We request your continuing support by your willingness to relinquish a home delivery at least for now. Please be patient as we aspire to keeping our service convenient for our customers AND cost effective for sustaining our small business and our fluctuating volunteer pool. Planned increases in this area will be minimal, perhaps from $1 to $2 more per delivery. Nothing firmly decided yet. Again, we are intent on covering our costs with minimal impact to our customers.

Market News

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

Grower News

ARE YOU GROWING ANY OF YOUR OWN FOOD?
If so, please email me and I’ll send you an invite that will give you access to posting photos of your abundance on our Pinterest page. If not, then Follow us as we encourage local urban farmers to post their food garden photos to share with the entire St. Petersburg Community! Let’s document the power of growing food LOCALLY! Just follow this link to our Pinterest project. We are also documenting “The art of distributing food to the St. Petersburg Community”. Hope you will follow our progress! with that project as well.

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

WORKSHOPS

• “Successful Urban Farming in St. Petersburg” on Feb. 8th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Feb. 15th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
via email

Ready To Order?

sign in & shop now
FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

Featured Volunteer, Gina Castellano

Gina Castellano works for CASA – Community Action Stops Abuse, which has propelled her into a life of activism, including Pinellas Greens and the Florida Green Party. She calls herself a biophiliac which literally means ‘love of life or living systems’. For a few years of her childhood, Gina lived on a commune in Virginia where they grew their own food. She developed a connection with nature’s ability to flourish. Most recently the Occupy Movement brought her an awareness of urban gardening, inspiring her to take action locally. Says Gina: I started volunteering at community gardens and taking gardening classes. I met Nathan and Tina and started helping out on Friday morning with food distribution. A couple months later, I became a part-time garden manager for Old Southeast Community Garden. I am a member of SUAC – Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition, always looking for ways to be involved in our local food movement, and getting inspiration from the results I am witnessing. I feel it is imperative that citizens learn how to grow food as a matter of survival one day and even better to share this food within our communities. There is a stronger interdependence within communities as more local interaction develops, creating a renewed local economy thus keeping dollars circulating locally. This is the revolution; this is the change I wish to see.

Grower News

GERALDSON COMMUNITY FARM & ST. PETERSBURG URBAN FARMS
Veggies from Geraldson Community Farm (GCF) in Bradenton are like gold to our Market, and for alot of reasons. Not only is their produce top quality and beautiful, the volume and variety they provide our customers is extremely well rounded. They are also helping to fill a production gap within our local community. With that said, as St. Pete’s urban farmers continue to evolve, producing higher levels and greater variety of locally grown veggies, we look forward to St. Pete Growers playing an even larger role in supplying our local Community with vegetables grown right here in St. Petersburg. Until then, sincere thanks go to all customers who purchase from our Market and create more demand from St. Pete’s urban farmers. Your encouragement is highly noted and very appreciated. THANK YOU.

DOCUMENT ST. PETE’S GROWERS ON PINTEREST
Follow us as we encourage local urban farmers to post their food garden photos to share with the entire St. Petersburg Community! Let’s document the power of growing food LOCALLY! You can partipicate too. Just follow this link to our Pinterest project.

HOW MUCH FUN CAN ONE HAVE?
We are documenting that too on Pinterest as we record The art of distributing food to the St. Petersburg Community. Hope you will follow our progress!

Message from Your Market Manager

PLEASE STAY INFORMED WEEKLY OF IMPORTANT ONGOING MARKET CHANGES UNDER “MARKET NEWS” BELOW

GOOGLE+ PAGE
If you prefer Google+ over Facebook, we have just launched a page out there. We do hope that you will follow us?

PINTEREST
Check out our two new Pinterest projects and follow our progress on What Are We Up To?

WEEKLY DELIVERIES
Last week, I enlisted local entrepreneurs at the Spiritual Niche Network (SNN) monthly luncheons. They are supporting St. Pete Locally Grown by volunteering with deliveries on Fridays. In return, I am allowing them to pass out business cards and flyers with the orders. It’s a great trade off and a win-win for our customers should someone or something catch your eye. Thanks in advance for considering support of these local small businesses.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

Market News

MARKET FEES
Delivery and membership fees are being reevaluated for the coming year. As your Market Manager, one of my duties is to grow the Market and to retain our dedicated customers. To that end, I can assure you that, whatever we decide to do, it will be done for the good of sustaining our Market and providing affordable, high quality goods from our Market to your door. Longterm, I envision Market fees fluctuating up—and down—as needed so the Market can continue to provide this much needed service and valuable products to the St. Petersburg Community. Stay tuned.

DELIVERY OPTIONS
Business is starting to mushroom! This is what we have been working towards. As a result, we are striving to serve an expanded delivery schedule by condensing some of our deliveries. For some neighborhoods, this may mean eliminating household deliveries and relegating all orders to one particular household for pickup. We know there will have to be exceptions! Please be patient as we aspire to keeping our service convenient for our customers AND cost effective for sustaining our small business and our fluctuating volunteer pool.

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

THIS COMING SATURDAY

• “Monthly Potluck Social”, Jan. 25th, Garden Tour Begins at 5:30PM. for active Market customers. BY EVITE ONLY. Cannot wait to see you!
  

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
via email

Ready To Order?

sign in & shop now
FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS If you do not receive an email confirmation immediately after you order, then you did not click the SUBMIT ORDER button and we did not receive an order from you. Call your Market Manager for help.

Featured Volunteer, Brenon Duff

I like to volunteer because I learn new things and get to know other people better. I’ve worked in my own garden for many years and I do it alone because it’s a time for me to contemplate and be creative outdoors in nature, and I like to watch plants grow. But when I help in other people’s gardens, it’s teamwork, it’s community, it’s camaraderie. And when it’s for a good cause that’s benefiting many people, like SPLG or the Faith House garden, that’s a great motivation. I also learn new things and sometimes teach a bit as well. So helping in Nathan’s garden is just plain fun and I encourage anyone who hasn’t volunteered there to try it. You won’t regret it.

Grower News

WELCOME TO PERMACULTURE GOODIES
This week we are thrilled to have Justin Marlin coming on board with his St. Petersburg urban farm called Permaculture Goodies. Justin is a local Permaculture Designer and is offering permacultural produce that our Market has yet to find anywhere else. Woohoo for more variety and “Welcome” to Justin! Can you say “Chayote”? pronounced “chay-oh-tay”…

BEDROCK LIVING GOT A GREAT WELCOME!
Thanks for the warm welcome you extended last week to Leanna Cappucci of Bedrock Living! Her products sold out during her first week on our Market and she’s back this week with more quantity and an expanding variety of her line of “safe”, “clean” and “real” body care items.

GLORY ROAD GARDENS
Did you know that our Market sells a microgreen mix that contains an eye-popping mix of any of the following varieties: pea shoots, red oak leaf, red mustard, arugula, ruby streaks, komatsuna, gem marigold, red choi, purpel mizuna, red Russian, ruby red chard, garnet amaranth, basil, and Thai basil? GRG’s microgreens are grown to a stage of development in between a sprout and a baby green. They contain the dense nutritional value of a sprout topped off with an extra kiss of life sustaining chlorophyll. Chlorophyll has been called “nature’s greatest healer”. It is the first product of light, therefore contains more healing properties than any other element. Also important: All of GRG’s mixes will keep between 2 and 3 weeks when properly refrigerated but you will finish them off way before then! POSTNOTE FROM MARKET MGR Just heard from the Grower that “the weather got all the fragile stuff… no blends this week..should be back to normal next week.” Until then, enjoy the succulence of fresh pea shoots and sunflower shoots. Hoping that we have whet your appetite for this luscious mix on future orders.

Message from Your Market Manager

PLEASE STAY INFORMED WEEKLY OF IMPORTANT ONGOING MARKET CHANGES UNDER “MARKET NEWS” BELOW

SNN EMAILS?
If you have opted in to receive email from Spiritual Niche Network through our online Market, we would like to know how often you are receiving them and what you think of them. Please email Market Manager with any comments or suggestions. If you have not yet opted in, please review what SNN can offer you and subscribe if you want to receive discount offers from local entrepreneurs (like us) who encourage a healthy lifestyle.

POTLUCK SOCIALS
Have you attended one of our monthly socials yet? If not, you won’t know what you are missing until you do. Everyone who attends leaves feeling uplifted, better informed, having met new friends. Held exclusively for active customers, valued volunteers and contributing growers, these socials are a great place to get recipes, gain insight into the urban farming movement, and network for your business. If you receive an Evite, you are eligible to attend. Please come!

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

Market News

MARKET FEES
Delivery and membership fees are being reevaluated for the coming year. As your Market Manager, one of my duties is to grow the Market and to retain our dedicated customers. To that end, I can assure you that, whatever we decide to do, it will be done for the good of sustaining our Market and providing affordable, high quality goods from our Market to your door. Longterm, I envision Market fees fluctuating up—and down—as needed so the Market can continue to provide this much needed service and valuable products to the St. Petersburg Community. Stay tuned.

DELIVERY OPTIONS
Business is starting to mushroom! This is what we have been working towards. As a result, we are striving to serve an expanded delivery schedule by relocating some of our delivery drop spots. The lower the amount of stops we have to make on Friday, the more deliveries we can squeeze into our all-day schedule. Please be patient as we aspire to keeping our service convenient for our customers AND cost effective for sustaining our small business and our fluctuating volunteer pool.

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

THIS COMING SATURDAY

• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Jan. 18th, 1PM Cost $35/$25. RSVP NOW
• “Monthly Potluck Social”, Jan. 25th, 6PM. for active Market customers. BY EVITE ONLY. Please come and meet like-minded folks from all walks of life!

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Oakdale Community Garden
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

To Contact Us

St. Pete Locally Grown
on the web
on facebook
via email

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Seeking Delivery Solution

I am seeking an alternative to renting a cargo van for our weekly deliveries. It’s very expensive and is going to impact our fees in the long run. I am wondering if our Market Community can put our heads (and pocketbooks) together to figure out a “palatable” solution that will help St. Pete Locally Grown makes its deliveries with a more cost effective solution. One idea is to borrow or rent a van from any of you who may have a large van available on Fridays. Another is to make a group purchase of a van and take turns using it, with SPLG getting it on Fridays. Your thoughts please?

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POTLUCK SOCIALS
Have you attended one of our monthly socials yet? If not, you won’t know what you are missing until you do. Everyone who attends leaves feeling uplifted, better informed, having met new friends. Held exclusively for active customers, these socials are a great place to get recipes, gain insight into the urban farming movement, and network for your business. If you receive an Evite, you are eligible to attend. Please come!

PLEASE STAY INFORMED

• MARKET FEES (below) important update
• GROWER NEWS (below) important announcements

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

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!

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Featured Volunteer, Rita Sewell

My decision to volunteer in Nathan’s garden started soon after my initial visit Summer 2011. I wanted to learn to grow my own food and knew nothing. My experience with the extension service was uninspired. Now this place was like nothing I had ever seen. My idea of farms were long rows of vegetables in the hot sun with folks bent over toiling in the heat. Nathan’s is the" Garden of Good Eating". with patches of shade, raised beds, birds chirping, flowers blooming, no toxic spray or evil overseer and such peacefulness! My Friday mornings were free so I started coming. Now I find that the time I spend in the garden is renewing to my spirit. I am double blessed by playing with a a team of wonderful volunteers. Chris, Brenon, Christy and Phyllis are mellow and their low key style fits right in with the garden vibe.

When I am not hanging around in the garden I work as a nurse advocate in my own business, part time in a physicians office, work part time as a health screener, garden in my own yard, volunteer at my Lutheran Church, play guitar at a monthly meet-up and try to do God’s will for my life every day. As a recovering junk food junkie I know eating fresh local food is the key to my total well being.
Rita

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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
Here are some generous folks comprised of growers, customers, and volunteers who helped to make all of our Holidays better with fresh delivered veggies. We thank them all! view photo album

NEW VIDEO FROM VOLUNTEER JEFF YENTZER
Jeff has done it again, this time he’s produced a video about raising red wrigglers. We are glad to share this great info for those wondering how it’s done! Thank you, Jeff!

COMMUNITY MARKET BLOG
Lots of new posts in our Market Community Food Blog this week. I spent some of my time off last week catching up with new recipes I wanted to try.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS!
Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

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!

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MARKET IS CLOSED NEXT WEEK FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
As you know, most produce you purchase through our Market will last for a few weeks, so stock up and enjoy all you need during the week we are closed. After the Market closes this Wednesday, Dec. 18th, it will not re-open until Dec. 30th. We will NOT close the week of New Years.

SPIRITUAL NICHE NETWORK (SNN)
You will soon receive an email from SNN regarding St. Pete Locally Grown’s new partnership in their marketing network. In addition to promoting St. Pete Locally Grown, SNN will be distributing discounted offers to our customers from other local entrepreneurs who are also partnering with SNN and are equally concerned with healthy lifestyles. In effect, our small businesses are marketing to each others customers. I am excited to be associated with a network that works to build the local economy through its entrepreneurs! With that said, you are under NO obligation to accept emails from SNN and will be offered the choice to “opt out” of any future emails from them. Please don’t report them as spammers, just opt out if you have no interest in receiving their notices.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CUSTOMERS! Once you have submitted your order, if in doubt about what you owe, you can always confirm what you have been charged for by checking your account history and viewing your most current invoice. Instructions on how to do that are on our Q&A page under the question entitled Since you don’t provide an invoice with delivery, how do I know what I owe? . Also, since your vegetables are picked fresh within 24 hours of delivery, they should be lasting for WEEKS in your refrigerator. When you accept delivery, please take a few minutes to inspect your order to protect your vegetables from unnecessary spoilage. Lastly, it is imperative that you understand our policy on Unclaimed Orders found on our Q&A page. When you make a purchase you are agreeing to abide by this policy.

Market News

DOES A FRIEND PICK UP YOUR ORDER FOR YOU?
Customers who have backups picking up for them at co-op locations are required to provide Market Manager the contact names and numbers so we can call the backup if we are running late. This will help us do a better job if we get ahead of schedule too! It will also keep your friends (& us) from getting stressed out…

COMMUNITY MARKET BLOG
Don’t forget to occasionally visit our Market Community Food Blog to see who is sharing their recent food experience. There are two entries from Customer Kim Munshower, one for fresh baked kale chips and the other a beautiful slaw made with green papaya. I’ll bet you’ve been wondering what to do with green papaya!

ONE LAST CHANCE! HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS AND GIFTS
Are you still scratching your head on what to get that person who already has everything? Check out our gift ideas that are bound to be unique, most are LOCALLY produced, and all are available through our online Market.

Grower News

SAVORY SPICE SHOP
Paul and Joan Bailey have withdrawn from our Market temporarily and I will keep you in the loop on progress of their return to St. Pete Locally Grown. In the meantime, you can visit their storefront at 400 Beach Drive NE, Suite 173, in St. Pete where I know they will be glad to meet you in person!

GLORY ROAD GARDENS
We have been experimenting with a smaller package of Kevin’s micro-green mix for 2 oz. (instead of 4 oz.) to make them more affordable for everyone. If you want this size on our Market long-term please express your interest by purchasing them.

OUR VETERAN URBAN GROWERS ARE RETURNING
It’s wonderful to welcome back Velouria Farms and I recently heard from Toad Stool Pond that they will be back soon. YES!

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Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently organizing our volunteer needs by Grower and by Market. So when you are interested in learning how to garden and/or how to run an urban market, consider volunteering for the organizations below. Check back for more Growers to be listed.
Nathan’s Natural Veggies
Oakdale Community Garden
Pioneer Settlement Garden
St. Pete Locally Grown Market
The Faith House

Upcoming Events

All these and more are posted on our Calendar of Events

DON’T MISS THIS ON SATURDAY!

• “REAL DIRT: Make Your Own” on Dec. 21st, 1PM Cost $35/$25.

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!