Northeast Georgia Locally Grown

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is an internet based farmers market that makes fresh, local and sustainable foods more accessible to citizens of Northeast Georgia (http://northeastgeorgia.locallygrown.net). The farms and customers of locally grown are centered around Habersham, Rabun, White, Stephens, and Hall counties but include growers and customers from North Carolina, South Carolina, and other nearby areas. All of the growers are committed to chemical free farming and follow strict standards to ensure that all the vegetables, herbs, milled products, dairy, eggs, meats, flowers, and transplants are produced using sustainable production practices. Locally Grown works a lot like a farmers market. Each farmer and food producer posts their products in a kind of "virtual farmers market" on this website. When you place an order your orders are conveyed directly to the growers and they harvest the food specifically to fill your order. The Locally Grown market does not purchase food from farmers and then re-sell it to you. We simply act as a drop site for the farms from whom you have purchased food. To help us pay for our expenses and equipment to organize these transactions we charge the farmers 9% of all sales. The first three times you buy from the market we offer a free trial to make sure you like it. There is a very small membership fee of $20 per household per calendar year that is automatically applied to your fourth order. This helps us pay for coolers, transportation costs, and a small volunteer stipend. How to Order On Sunday evenings all the items for the week are posted on the site and you'll receive an e-mail reminder to look at the week's availability. You can place your order anytime after that, until 9pm on Monday night when the market closes. After the ordering ends the farmers will receive their orders so they know what to harvest on Tuesday and Wednesday for delivery Wednesday afternoon. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail of your order.