The Weblog
Stay informed about what’s happening on Market2Go and the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market!
Market2Go at the new year
What a year it’s been! So many challenges, so much loss and isolation and frustration. But in the midst of it all, some successes, too. We all missed the excitement of our traditional Saturday markets, but we found a way to use our Market2Go to keep you safely connected to local farmers, food producers and artisans. And to put money in our vendors’ pockets. You responded with such wonderful, gracious support — placing your weekly orders and waiting in line to collect your groceries, following us through multiple venues and changing protocols, and being understanding when we made mistakes. Thanks to our new customers who discovered us during the pandemic and to our loyal regulars who have supported us for years. Thanks for your purchases and for your patience. Thanks to those who volunteered. And thanks for your donations, large and small.
We’ve made it this far together and we’re going into 2021 with a sense of pride and optimism. Through the market, you’ve pumped more than $400,000 into the local economy during the pandemic — money going specifically to local farmers and entrepreneurs. With the help of a year-end surge in orders and some generous donations, the market finished the year in the black despite extraordinary expenses. We couldn’t have done it without your “extra effort”, and we hope we can continue to count on your support.
We have exciting plans for 2021. We will continue to bring you the best produce, meats, dairy and prepared foods from local sources. And this year we will work to extend Market2Go access to underserved communities within Statesboro and to neighboring communities. Please help us continue to make fresh, local food available to you, to your neighbors, and especially to those in need.
The Market2Go will reopen Friday, January 1, for the 2021 season. Stay with us! Tell your friends and colleagues about the market. Keep the orders coming and donate when you can. Let’s make this market a sustainable resource in our communities.
Market Help Needed
Can you help tomorrow?
Our season finale — the last market pickup for the year — will be a big one! We could use a few more helping hands to ensure everything goes smoothly and customers don’t have to wait in line too long. We need two or three volunteers in the morning, 10:30 to 12:30, to help unload vendors and sort products into customer orders; and another two or three volunteers in the afternoon, 4:00 – 6:00, to assemble orders and take them out to customers in the drive through.
If you can help, text Relinda at 912.481.2263 with your name and available hours. Thanks for whatever you can do!
Market2Go Pickup!
MARKET PICKUP THURSDAY!
DRIVE-THROUGH HOURS Drive through hours at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) are now from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Thursday. Sylvania pickup hours remain the same, from 4:00 to 5:00.
SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK!
Featured Pop Up This Week: .Big Boy Cookies will be with us, serving warm, fresh-baked cookies from their food truck — 8 flavors including seasonal favorites oatmeal rum craisin and white chocolate peppermint mocha. Pair your cookies with hot chocolate, coffee, or cowboy cappuccino. And you can check out other Georgia Grown products normally featured at the Big Boy shop.
When visiting our popup vendors, please wear your mask & observe social distancing.
STATESBORO – THURSDAY Drive Through at SCVB starts at 4:00.
- Last names A – L 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
- Last names M – Z 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
SYLVANIA – THURSDAY Pickup at Victory Gardens General Store
- All Sylvania customers 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Want to change your pickup time? Pickup times are established and changed in response to weekly sales volume and available volunteer hours. We will have help available this week between 4 and 6 to assemble your orders and bring them out to your vehicles; however, we can accommodate a few early or late orders with advance notice. To change your slot or request early or late pickup, please text 912.481.2263 with your ORDER NAME and the TIME you want to pick up.
Remember! When you head out to your pickup location, be sure to take a mask, a placard with your order name(s), and appropriate containers for your food.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH PROCEDURE in Statesboro.
- Drive to the right (counter clockwise) all the way around the SCVB, keeping to the outer perimeter and maintaining a tight queue. A volunteer will check you in as you come around the far side of the building.
- Please display the name(s) for your order(s) on a windshield placard to assist in quick and safe check-in.
- Please wear a mask while communicating with market staff.
- Provide access to your vehicle and to the containers you want loaded (bags, boxes, bins or coolers); unlock the back door or the trunk, with containers inside.
- We recommend that you bring a cooler for transporting meat, dairy and perishable items. Ice cream melts, even in a short car trip, and our fresh non-homogenized milk is temperature sensitive.
- Wait in your car for the runner to come out with your order and load into your containers. Make sure your name placard is visible.
- If you did not prepay on line with a debit or credit card, please make a check for exact amount when your order is delivered. (You may pay cash in exact amount, but any “change” from cash received will be credited to your account. Use an envelope to label the cash payment with your order name.)
PICKUP for SYLVANIA CUSTOMERS.
Pickup is at the Victory Gardens General Store. Please remain in your car until volunteers bring your order, and wear a mask when interacting with volunteers. We recommend that you bring a cooler for transporting meat, dairy and perishable items.
HOME DELIVERY CUSTOMERS.
Orders will be delivered between 2:00 and 5:00 by Boro Takeout. You will receive a notice when your driver is on the way. We recommend you leave a cooler at the front door (or your designated delivery location) to facilitate no-contact delivery and to keep perishable food safe.
EBT CUSTOMERS.
Right now we can scan EBT/SNAP cards only at the Statesboro pickup location. So, if you have ordered online with the intent to pay with your EBT card, you’ll need to come to the Statesboro Drive Through at the Convention and Visitors Bureau between 4:00 and 6:00. Email or text us in advance so we can calculate your bonus dollars and the amount to be charged to your card.
Weblog Entry
This Thursday is our last market until 2021, so order before 10pm on Tuesday night!
It’s the holiday season and we’d like to remind anyone on the hunt for gifts that Market2Go has something for everyone! Gift wrapping service is available for Market2Go purchases if chosen for a small fee.
- Luxurious soaps, scented candles, bath bombs, body butters, and salt scrubs.
- Artisan woodwork products such as clocks, puzzles, wall decor, cutting boards, and chess sets
- Adorable hand crocheted plushies and keychains.
- Numerous potted plants to delight any avid gardeners in your life
- Gorgeous pottery, platters, and wreaths
- Fruits, cookies, and many other sweet treats that make great stocking stuffers
- And of course, deluxe and local olive oil, jams, honey, coffee, and herbs to wow the even hardest to please gourmets
And don’t forget to stock up early for your winter feast! We’ve got roasts, turkeys, salmon, peas, sweet potatoes, eggnog, and ready made desserts that are perfect for a cozy holiday dinner! Check out our ever expanding recipe section for inspiration.
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK!
We’ve got more salmon! Doug has restocked our supply of large salmon fillets, individual portions, ground salmon and halibut portions. Y’all put in your Christmas orders now!
Last week for Market2Go Christmas Shoppe! Browse our new shopping category to find great gift ideas, holiday treats, and food for your feasts. Choose our Gift Wrapping Service and you’ll be all set with wrapped presents on December 17.
Featured Pop Up This Week: .Big Boy Cookies will be with us, serving warm, fresh-baked cookies from their food truck — 8 flavors including seasonal favorites oatmeal rum craisin and white chocolate peppermint mocha. Pair your cookies with hot chocolate, coffee, or cowboy cappuccino. And you can check out other Georgia Grown products normally featured at the Big Boy shop.
When visiting our popup vendors, please wear your mask & observe social distancing.
Market2Go is Open!
Market2Go Is Open — last week for shopping before Christmas!
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK!
We’ve got more salmon! Doug has restocked our supply of large salmon fillets, individual portions, ground salmon and halibut portions. Y’all put in your Christmas orders now!
Last week for Market2Go Christmas Shoppe! Browse our new shopping category to find great gift ideas, holiday treats, and food for your feasts. Choose our Gift Wrapping Service and you’ll be all set with wrapped presents on December 17.
Featured Pop Up This Week: .Big Boy Cookies will be with us, serving warm, fresh-baked cookies from their food truck — 8 flavors including seasonal favorites oatmeal rum craisin and white chocolate peppermint mocha. Pair your cookies with hot chocolate, coffee, or cowboy cappuccino. And you can check out other Georgia Grown products normally featured at the Big Boy shop.
When visiting our popup vendors, please wear your mask & observe social distancing.
Place your order by 10 pm Tuesday night.
Remember to choose your pickup location or delivery option from the drop-down menu before you check out. Options are
- Statesboro: Thursday afternoon drive through at SCVB 4:00 – 6:00
- Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at Victory Garden General Store 4:00 – 5:00
- To Your Home Delivery (must add delivery to cart and prepay)
Please pay online to make our process more efficient and to better meet health guidelines. Register your debit or credit card at Your Account and click “Pay Now” when you check out. Your card will only be charged after you have received your order, including any adjustments for missed items or other credits.
You may now use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you’ll receive “bonus” fruits and vegetables through the Georgia Fresh for Less program. You must write “EBT” in the order comment field. All EBT transactions must be made at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau during the Thursday drive-through. If you want to know more about how to use an EBT card to make market purchases, email market2gostatesboro@gmail.com
Market2Go Pickup!
MARKET PICKUP THURSDAY!
DRIVE-THROUGH HOURS Drive through hours at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) are now from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Thursday. Sylvania pickup hours remain the same, from 4:00 to 5:00.
SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK!
More Salmon is coming next week! Sorry, salmon lovers! We sold out of our initial supply of individual salmon portions, but Doug will be back to restock us on Friday for next week’s market. We still have a few fillets and some salmon burger meat as well as halibut from Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon. Don’t forget we also have fresh Georgia shrimp and regional flounder and whiting from our local Prosser’s Seafood.
The Market2Go Christmas Shoppe has grown! Browse our new shopping category for great gift ideas, holiday treats, and food for your feasts. Look for highlighted products and vendors on our Facebook page. Order through December 15.
Featured Pop Up This Week: The 4 & 20 Bakers food truck returns this week with wood-fired pizza, designer cupcakes and homemade lemonade. Order Chad’s popup specials on Market2Go or visit the food truck in the parking lot. Call or text Chad at 912-425-3612 to direct order whole pizzas for pickup.
STATESBORO – THURSDAY Drive Through at SCVB starts at 4:00.
- Last names A – L 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
- Last names M – Z 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
SYLVANIA – THURSDAY Pickup at Victory Gardens General Store
- All Sylvania customers 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Want to change your pickup time? Pickup times are established and changed in response to weekly sales volume and available volunteer hours. We will have help available this week between 4 and 6 to assemble your orders and bring them out to your vehicles; however, we can accommodate a few early or late orders with advance notice. To change your slot or request early or late pickup, please text 912.481.2263 with your ORDER NAME and the TIME you want to pick up.
Remember! When you head out to your pickup location, be sure to take a mask, a placard with your order name(s), and appropriate containers for your food.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH PROCEDURE in Statesboro.
- Drive to the right (counter clockwise) all the way around the SCVB, keeping to the outer perimeter and maintaining a tight queue. A volunteer will check you in as you come around the far side of the building.
- Please display the name(s) for your order(s) on a windshield placard to assist in quick and safe check-in.
- Please wear a mask while communicating with market staff.
- Provide access to your vehicle and to the containers you want loaded (bags, boxes, bins or coolers); unlock the back door or the trunk, with containers inside.
- We recommend that you bring a cooler for transporting meat, dairy and perishable items. Ice cream melts, even in a short car trip, and our fresh non-homogenized milk is temperature sensitive.
- Wait in your car for the runner to come out with your order and load into your containers. Make sure your name placard is visible.
- If you did not prepay on line with a debit or credit card, please make a check for exact amount when your order is delivered. (You may pay cash in exact amount, but any “change” from cash received will be credited to your account. Use an envelope to label the cash payment with your order name.)
PICKUP for SYLVANIA CUSTOMERS.
Pickup is at the Victory Gardens General Store. Please remain in your car until volunteers bring your order, and wear a mask when interacting with volunteers. We recommend that you bring a cooler for transporting meat, dairy and perishable items.
HOME DELIVERY CUSTOMERS.
Orders will be delivered between 2:00 and 5:00 by Boro Takeout. You will receive a notice when your driver is on the way. We recommend you leave a cooler at the front door (or your designated delivery location) to facilitate no-contact delivery and to keep perishable food safe.
EBT CUSTOMERS.
Right now we can scan EBT/SNAP cards only at the Statesboro pickup location. So, if you have ordered online with the intent to pay with your EBT card, you’ll need to come to the Statesboro Drive Through at the Convention and Visitors Bureau between 4:00 and 6:00. Email or text us in advance so we can calculate your bonus dollars and the amount to be charged to your card.
Can you help tomorrow?
Can you help tomorrow? We’re a little short on helping hands at the market this week. We could use two or three volunteers in the morning, 10:30 to 12:30, to help unload vendors and sort products into customer orders; and another two or three volunteers in the afternoon, 4:00 – 6:00, to assemble orders and take them out to customers in the drive through.
If you can help, text Relinda at 912.481.2263 with your name and available hours. Thanks for whatever you can do!
Order Before 10pm!
Order before 10pm Tonight for pickup on Thursday!
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK!
More Salmon is coming next week! Sorry, salmon lovers! We sold out of our initial supply of individual salmon portions, but Doug will be back to restock us on Friday for next week’s market. We still have a few fillets and some salmon burger meat as well as halibut from Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon. Don’t forget we also have fresh Georgia shrimp and regional flounder and whiting from our local Prosser’s Seafood.
The Market2Go Christmas Shoppe has grown! Browse our new shopping category for great gift ideas, holiday treats, and food for your feasts. Look for highlighted products and vendors on our Facebook page. Order through December 15.
Featured Pop Up This Week: The 4 & 20 Bakers food truck returns this week with wood-fired pizza, designer cupcakes and homemade lemonade. Order Chad’s popup specials on Market2Go or visit the food truck in the parking lot. Call or text Chad at 912-425-3612 to direct order whole pizzas for pickup.
It’s getting cold out there, so that means it’s the perfect time to make a cozy pot of chili!
We’re holding a virtual poll to determine the post popular chili recipe on Market2Go!
Bonus! If you post a picture of the chili you make to the recipe page and email us you’ll receive a free Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market sticker in your next market order.
Which will you be making?
More Salmon
Sorry, salmon lovers! We sold out of our initial supply of individual salmon portions, but Doug will be back to restock us on Friday for next week’s market. We still have a few fillets and some salmon burger meat as well as halibut from Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon.
Don’t forget we also have fresh Georgia shrimp and regional flounder and whiting from our local Prosser’s Seafood.
Market2Go is Open!
Market2Go Is Open — featuring Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon.
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK!
Doug’s Wild Alaska Salmon is back as promised! After a great summer’s fishing in Alaska, long-time vendor Doug Resetarits has brought us large salmon fillets, individual portions and ground salmon plus halibut fillets.
The Market2Go Christmas Shoppe has grown! Browse our new shopping category for great gift ideas, holiday treats, and food for your feasts. Look for highlighted products and vendors on our Facebook page. Order through December 15.
Featured Pop Up This Week: The 4 & 20 Bakers food truck returns this week with wood-fired pizza, designer cupcakes and homemade lemonade. Order Chad’s popup specials on Market2Go or visit the food truck in the parking lot. Call or text Chad at 912-425-3612 to direct order whole pizzas for pickup.
Place your order by 10 pm Tuesday night.
Remember to choose your pickup location or delivery option from the drop-down menu before you check out. Options are
- Statesboro: Thursday afternoon drive through at SCVB 4:00 – 6:00
- Sylvania: Thursday afternoon at Victory Garden General Store 4:00 – 5:00
- To Your Home Delivery (must add delivery to cart and prepay)
Please pay online to make our process more efficient and to better meet health guidelines. Register your debit or credit card at Your Account and click “Pay Now” when you check out. Your card will only be charged after you have received your order, including any adjustments for missed items or other credits.
You may now use your EBT/SNAP card to purchase authorized EBT items through the Market2Go, and you’ll receive “bonus” fruits and vegetables through the Georgia Fresh for Less program. You must write “EBT” in the order comment field. All EBT transactions must be made at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau during the Thursday drive-through. If you want to know more about how to use an EBT card to make market purchases, email market2gostatesboro@gmail.com
