The Market is Open!

Good Beautiful Day,

Have you yet re-emerged from your Thanksgiving-induced food coma? Thankfully, it’s far too beautiful outside to be sitting around on the couch (or to already be hearing Christmas music, for that matter). As hard as it may be to think about ever eating another bite, I promise that you will get hungry again, and when you do, the market is here for all of the healthy, delicious local products to get you feeling good.

• There’s no better way to green up your diet than with a greens medley box from Barnhill Orchards. Snag this box of delicious green onions as well as turnip, mustard, and collard greens under specials.

• How about some grassfed buffalo from Ratchford Farms? Use it as a lean replacement in any beef dish, which shouldn’t be too hard with Ratchford’s selection of brisket, ground, strip steaks, sirloin steaks, snack sticks, and summer sausage.

• There’s also plenty of protein-packed legumes from Kornegay Berry Farm. Their butter beans, lady cream peas, and purple hull peas would all do well with a side of cornbread.

• Organic kale from Green Acres Atkins. Kale is a great addition to hearty up your favorite soup or the perfect start to a delicious salad.

• There’s so much fruit that I won’t even list it all, but you can still enjoy all of the sweetness and nutrition of the Arkansas summer with a delicious breakfast smoothie!

When it comes to sourcing locally, there’s no restaurant that does it better than The Root. They’re representing Little Rock by participating in HLN’s Growing America documentary series where teams of MBA students travel across the country to help small businesses. They could really use your vote as the most inspirational business, so please take a minute to do so here.

Enjoy this weather, cause it’s definitely not gonna last!

- Alex Handfinger
Director of Operations

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