Farmers' Markets

There is a fabulous farmers' market at the Springs Preserve every Thursday morning, from 10-1pm. Get there early for best choice of produce and parking spaces! There are truly local farmers selling their goodies at the market. Some have small farms in the Las Vegas Valley. Others are just over the hill in Boulder City, Overton or Pahrump.

There are also magical treats that I'd bet you've never heard of (Buddha's hand, anyone?) from Southern California. My friend Janet, who has a stand at the market too, says the market is all about trying something new.

If vegetables don't tickle your fancy, you can't say no to a baguette. Or fresh pasta? Or to locally roasted coffee beans?

And now.... there is a farmers' market downtown, as well on Friday morning from 9-2pm. I saw this guy selling coffee beverages there the first week.

Now you don't have an excuse! Go check out the local food scene.

Mountain Rose Herb Order/LVHC Social

Happy August 1st!

It's that time again to place our group order. Please visit Mountain Rose Herb's website and email me (KEEPITREALLV @ ME . COM) the items, with sizes/quantities of what you'd like. The deadline to place your order is the 3rd.

Tomorrow night is our social to talk and educate on gardening in your yard (or even on your patio/balcony in pots). Julie Sligar has graciously offered to host this meeting at her home, located in the NW part of the valley (near Arbor view High School). She is going to show us her garden and discuss how her raised planter beds were constructed, irrigation and her views on growing things here in the desert. I will also give some ideas from my gardening experiences here in Vegas and encourage all of you to do the same. This is all about community and helping each other with the knowledge that we have. Please join us to meet fellow Las Vegan's interested in living healthy lives and maybe even begin growing your own herbs and vegetables!

Thank you for your interest in the Las Vegas Herb Co-Op. I've attached the guidelines for ordering below.

I hope to see you tomorrow night at Julie's house. If you are interested in attending but still need directions please email me

thank you,

Christine Frazzitta

ZeetaBody.com

Keep it Simple. Keep it Pure. Keep it Real

We can still order as a group and receive the 15% discount from Mountain Rose Herbs on all items, as well as a larger discount on bulk herbs when we get to a large volume, (up to 40% off of dried herbs and teas) when we order in 1# sizes.

Until the LVHC website is back up we can order as a group in this way.

1. Each member will view the Mountain Rose Herbs website and choose what they'd like to order and email their order to me by midnight on the 3rd of each month. I will tally up the order, apply the 15% discount and also apply a $5/per person shipping fee.

2. I will email you the total amount of your order, including the discount and shipping.

3. You will need to have a paypal account and paypal your total to this email address/paypal account by 5pm on the 5th of the month.

4. I will place the order on the 6th and notify the group that it's been received and sort the products. The order takes about 10-12 days to arrive since it get's routed internally for our group discount.

6. Each person will be responsible for picking up their purchase from my home, I live just N of Sunset between Green Valley Pkwy. and Pecos. If we are able to establish an additional drop to make it more convenient for the group, please volunteer if you can be an additional pick up spot. I can occasionally deliver to you, depending on where you are located, I drive between the west and east side of the valley at least once a week.

Bountiful Baskets ORDER TODAY

As of 10:30am there are 39 Conventional Baskets available at the North Las Vegas Drop location. If you want to place an order do it soon!
Nevada Produce Order Page

New Produce Co-op Drop Locations

There is a new basket Drop Location near Durango and Lone Mountain. For now they are only offering Conventional at that location, but I would guess it won't be long until they are offering Organic as well.

Produce Basket Co-op

Notes: We do NOT run this co-op, but do participate in it.
Please AFTER YOU HAVE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE and looked over their website
http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/
If you still have questions please contact the owners of the coop at:
TanyaAndSally@BountifulBaskets.org
or
Sarah at s_porty7@yahoo.com

What is it??
Bountiful Baskets is a way to use collective purchasing to get high quality food at prices usually reserved for grocery stores and restaurants. Save money while you work together cooperatively within your community.

Here is an excerpt from their info page
About Bountiful Baskets Co-op
Bountiful Baskets is not a business. It is a group of people who work together for mutual benefit. We are up front and open about how things work. Our policies are as follows:

Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op is constantly growing to reach new areas through a large network of volunteers. We run at least every two weeks at each site. We are completely volunteer-run and make no profit. We have the following distribution sites and look forward to adding other distribution sites as volunteers are trained and ready to open them! Please see our home page for a complete listing of current sites. Cities marked with an * have 100% Organic sites available.

This is a Co-op
This is a grass roots, all volunteer, no contracts, no catch co-operative. Without volunteers this co-op wouldn't happen, so you will need to help as you are able. There are many opportunities to participate!

What Do You Get??
Each week, they are offer Conventional and Organic Baskets, see below.
Conventional Basket: $15 you receive approx $40-50 worth of produce.
Organic Baskets: $25 you receive approx $70-80 worth of produce.
Here is a sample of what you may receive in each basket
8 apples, 4 oranges, 7 bananas, 1 pineapple, 5 pears, 1 pack of strawberries, 6 potatoes, 1 head romaine lettuce, 2 packs of asparagus, 4 avocado, 2 butternut squash, 6 tomatoes, 5 potatoes

They also have add ons you can purchase along with your baskets such as bread, snack bars, pastries, Ethnic Cuisine Ingredient Packs, Cases of a particular type of produce and many others items. Each week new and exciting items are availble for purchase.

Ordering:
Order begins at 9am on the Tuesday before the pick-up date. The baskets sell out VERY QUICKLY, often by 10am, so go online http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/ and order as close to 9am as you can.

Pickups:
Pickups times vary for each location. See Site Listings on the website for locations, times, delivery dates and which baskets (Conventional and/or Organic) are available.

Delivery Dates
There will be 2 deliveries, Week A (Durango/Lone Mt) and Week B (Sahara/215) and are as follows. More locations may be added soon.w
March 6th Week A
March 13th Week B
March 20th Week A
March 27th Week B
April 3rd Week A
April 10th Week B
April 17th Week A
April 24th Week B
And so on....