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Monday, March 29
How to Run the Place Where You Work - Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
A more in-depth look at worker owned co-ops that includes Michael interviewing Tom Webb, a worker co-op expert from Canada. They talk about how to bring DEMOCRACY to the workplace and to our economy and about the rise of worker-owned co-ops worldwide (1 billion people are members of co-ops and 3 billion have some or most of their needs met by cooperatives). Webb also lays out how capitalism feeds our worst problems including environmental destruction and why cooperatives are better at social and environmental justice.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/capitalism-love-story/press/dvd-extras#extra-4
Monday, March 22
It's Spring @ JLF!
Just Local Amig@s,
As you may have felt, smelled, heard or generally sensed, spring has officially sprung! Our nights are just about as long as our days, buds are popping, gardens are being planned and started (indoor seed starts are a great idea around this week or possibly next), bikes are being tuned up, picnics are now possible, spring cleaning of our homes and our general hibernating state is continuously crossing our minds.
Some new ideas that have come to fruition this spring at your neighborhood grocery store...
Dr Bronner's Sal Suds is now in BULK! Bring in your own container or use one of ours to enjoy this versatile cleaner in your home.
Think Easter with Obsession Chocolate, fresh free range eggs (brown or white), freshly cut salad and micro greens, fair trade, organic and kid friendly easter basket fillers, many selections of ham, lamb or grillables for family and friends, cake and brownie mixes... Come on in and look for examples of spring baskets around the store!
Friday, March 19
Order your Leg of Lamb
You can order a Lambalot Acres leg of lamb, bone-in or butterflied, this week for your Easter or Spring dinner.
Lamb will be delivered to our store, frozen, on April 1, the Thursday before Easter.
Signup deadline is this Friday, March 26.
See the sign-up sheet on the bulk shelf near our meat department.
Here's some ideas for you. I grilled my butterflied lamb last year, with an herb-garlic mixture, and it was amazing.
Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb
Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary
We also have some nice half hams from Beeler, and may have hams available from Crescent Meats. Stop by to check out the details.
Thursday, March 11
POP!corn
We recently added a new star to our bulk section-Fireworks Popcorn from Port Washington, WI! We now feature Red River Valley red popcorn boasting a crunchy deep corn flavor, High Mountain Midnight popcorn with it's earthy robust mouthful, Wisconsin White Birch with its light and crispy texture and Baby White Rice as our hull-less small but crispy option. All popcorns are GMO and trans fat free! Mix them together for a popcorn party and add some nutritional yeast for a slightly salty flavor and added nutrients!
http://popcornlovers.com/
Bulk just got a little chunkier
Check out these big chunks o' love.
New in bulk:
dark chocolate covered almonds and yogurt covered almonds.
Both are made with all natural ingredients, no high fructose corn syrup, no hydrogenated oils, no artificial colors or flavors, and a whole lot of treat bliss! -Beats going for the cookie jar any day!
Wednesday, March 3
local is SWEET!
We're blessed to have a climate in Western Wisconsin that supports the growth of maple trees. These beautiful, productive trees don't grow just anywhere. We have a high concentration of Maple Bushes in our area producing high quality maple syrup. I'm mighty pleased to work with the Watkins/Oberli family up near Barron, the Dahm's near Boyd and the horse-drivin' friends and neighbors of Mahlon Shetler near Taylor - these are the folks that bring us real maple syrup.
As the snow melts and the potholes grow gargantuan, the Maple trees are also growing - as buds start to appear, the new leaves get hungry. Amazing physiological forces take control and pump sap, full of nutrients, from the roots down below up into the branches. When the weather is just right (warm during the day, below freezing at night), you can put a little spigot through the bark and these trees will share some of that nutritious sap. Boil it down and you've got a serious need for pancakes.
Over the next few weeks, our friends will be busy in the sugarbush collecting sap. Then they will carefully and laboriously boil the sap down into sweet, delicious maple syrup. Take a careful look as you wander the countryside and even the city, you'll see the buckets and bags hanging on maple trees, a sure sign of spring and the local harvests to come.
In Stock:
Dahm's Grade A Maple Syrup in quarts, pints and half pints.
Dahm's Handmade Maple Candy
Watkins/Oberli Grade A Maple Syrup in quarts
Shetler Family Maple Syrup in quarts
The Shetler's near Taylor have another sweet use for their maple syrup boiling shack: sorghum. We now carry high quality handmade sweet sorghum molasses in quart jars from the Shetler's. Mahlon brought sorghum seed with him when their family moved here from Ohio. Over the past few years he has experimented with these seeds, growing seasons and soil types to find the best sorghum possible. After extending their growing season by growing seedlings and carefully putting them out in the field by hand, the family cuts the stalks then hooks the horses up to a hundred-year old turnstyle sorghum press to extract the juice. The juice is brought over to the maple shack and boiled down. We had a hard time getting the sorghum from their farm to the store - it's too far by horse. So we've hooked up with one of the Shetler's "English" friends to complete the connection. We only have a few bottles from the first case left, and I anticipate two more cases in the next week or so, assuming they don't get too busy in the sugarbush with this great weather we've been having.
Shetler Sweet Sorghum Molasses: reusable quart jar, only $6.99
As the snow melts and the potholes grow gargantuan, the Maple trees are also growing - as buds start to appear, the new leaves get hungry. Amazing physiological forces take control and pump sap, full of nutrients, from the roots down below up into the branches. When the weather is just right (warm during the day, below freezing at night), you can put a little spigot through the bark and these trees will share some of that nutritious sap. Boil it down and you've got a serious need for pancakes.
Over the next few weeks, our friends will be busy in the sugarbush collecting sap. Then they will carefully and laboriously boil the sap down into sweet, delicious maple syrup. Take a careful look as you wander the countryside and even the city, you'll see the buckets and bags hanging on maple trees, a sure sign of spring and the local harvests to come.
In Stock:
Dahm's Grade A Maple Syrup in quarts, pints and half pints.
Dahm's Handmade Maple Candy
Watkins/Oberli Grade A Maple Syrup in quarts
Shetler Family Maple Syrup in quarts
The Shetler's near Taylor have another sweet use for their maple syrup boiling shack: sorghum. We now carry high quality handmade sweet sorghum molasses in quart jars from the Shetler's. Mahlon brought sorghum seed with him when their family moved here from Ohio. Over the past few years he has experimented with these seeds, growing seasons and soil types to find the best sorghum possible. After extending their growing season by growing seedlings and carefully putting them out in the field by hand, the family cuts the stalks then hooks the horses up to a hundred-year old turnstyle sorghum press to extract the juice. The juice is brought over to the maple shack and boiled down. We had a hard time getting the sorghum from their farm to the store - it's too far by horse. So we've hooked up with one of the Shetler's "English" friends to complete the connection. We only have a few bottles from the first case left, and I anticipate two more cases in the next week or so, assuming they don't get too busy in the sugarbush with this great weather we've been having.
Shetler Sweet Sorghum Molasses: reusable quart jar, only $6.99
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