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Lady Locavores at Home

  Photo credit: Andrea Blanton by Food Earth Birth. Keyatta, Sage by Jenna Shea Photojournalism. Maricela by Braylen Dion for the New York Times. Celebrate International Womxns Day and beyond, with a 4-part virtual series led by several of Atlanta’s Lady Locavores! Community Farmers Markets invites you to Lady Locavores at Home, including a tea […]

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Lady Locavores at Home: Suggested Ingredients and Supplies

Lady Locavores at Home includes 3 creative classes: Cocktails with Keyatta and friends, Cooking with Maricela, and Flower Arranging with Sage. We wanted to share the suggested ingredients and supplies in case you’d like to follow along or recreate after the Zoom class. Maricela’s recipe is her intellectual property, please always give Maricela Vega credit […]

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Strawberries at the Farmers Market

We welcome the market season with a fresh crop of juicy strawberries! Jenna shares strawberry read-a-louds on our Youtube page, and Ilene has shared a creative strawberry sauce with us on Instagram.   Strawberries are in and they are sweet as ever! Of course, they are great as is, but if you ever want to […]

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Plant 2 Plate at EAV Farmers Market – April 22

Calling all families on SNAP benefits with green thumbs! Want to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables at home but don’t know where to start? The Georgia Plant 2 Plate program can help! HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:  Visit Love Is Love Farm at the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market on Thursday, April 22 in Atlanta, GA. […]

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What to Expect at Markets

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Visit Our Farmers Markets

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Peach Season is here!

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LADY LOCAVORES 2023

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Local Produce, Local Meals

Dandelion Food & Goods offers prepared meals using seasonal, local ingredients. Stella Dillard started Dandelion Food & Goods, formerly Stella’s House of Weird Casseroles, after the pandemic hit and led to a loss of work and security for Stella and many of her restaurant family. She began making soups, salads, and casseroles based on the […]

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Car flips in Kirkwood after fleeing a traffic stop

This story has been updated.  Atlanta, GA — A car flipped into the front yard of a home in Kirkwood on Wednesday evening. Atlanta Police attempted to perform a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled the stop, an APD spokesperson said. A post in the Kirkwood neighborhood Facebook group said the incident occurred on Clay […]

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