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Prizes for our challenge and another market to mention

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Good news! I received confirmation that the Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets will give us prizes to use in our challenge! So… Everyone who participates in the MWV Challenge from Memorial Day to Labor Day will be entered into a drawing to win one of two $15-value tokens to the Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets. Since the markets run until November, you will have plenty of time after Labor Day to pick up some late summer or fall goodies! (I’m working on other prizes, folks, so if you aren’t near Corvallis or Albany, please stay tuned. I will try to have something for ya!) For those out near Brownsville, there is a market there that also opened on April 19th. The Brownsville Co-op Farmers’ Market runs Saturdays from 9AM to 1PM. The market is located in the vacant lot across the street from City Hall.

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Starting simple

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While our challenge doesn’t officially start until Memorial Day weekend, some folks may choose to get a jump start. Pat Kight at Cooking from the Market is one such person… she got over to the Albany market yesterday, even with the funky weather, and picked up some eggs, salad greens and some garlic. And then went home had a simple salad made from those greens. Sometimes, a simple dish like that is all it takes before you’re planning how to get your hands on another batch of fresh produce… There are new photos from Pat up at the Flickr group, Market Friends, and I must say a big thanks to her as well, for talking about this challenge at the market, as she notes in her blog post. She gave me a great idea via e-mail to print up some fliers. I love that there is word-of-mouth about this...

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This -n- That

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This -n- That

I’ve added a resource page for honey and molasses. I am pretty sure this photo was taken at the shop in Reedsport, Hive, where they have an actual glass-fronted hive in the store. The bees here are hovering near the entrance to the hive, located on an outside wall of the shop. There are only a couple of links on that page so far, but I’ll be working on getting more. I’ve also added a couple of more places to the meat and poultry page. I’m trying to figure out, as this site grows, what’s the best way to organize links? Should I link farms in the sidebar by city headers? What about on the resources pages? The last thing I want is for the blog to become too cumbersome and make it impossible for people to navigate. Your feedback welcome! In my mad Googling, I found an interesting...

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Sharing the market love at Flickr

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Sharing the market love at Flickr

Do beautiful photos of food help inspire your own meals? Can you be seen dashing around the market with your camera in one hand and cash in the other, ready to both shoot and scoop up the fresh, colorful, delectable produce? Well, check this out: Market Friends is a Flickr group for people to share photos from the Albany and Corvallis Farmers’ Markets. Go be inspired, or go join and share your own fabulous photos! Photos: Jennifer (*Oregongirl at Flickr)

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