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Do you feel that individuals and municipalities should have the right to create their own sustainable clean energy grid?
Here are 2 articles in the news today:
AZ solar energy in a power struggle with conventional electric power companies
Boulder’s movement to create its own sustainable power grid
Make your own from this recipe based on natural ingredients:
August 30, 2013: Spend $7 with any vendor and receive a FREE raffle ticket to enter our raffle for a GIFT BASKET! Drawings at 9.30am and 11am. Must be present to win! For more information, please come to the Farmers Market booth on Friday.
August 30, 2013: Are you a backyard gardener? Are you wondering about what grows in our desert climate, how to amend and create soil through composting or pest management, want to grow a cover crop? Or you have a space in your garden and would like to start growing flowers and vegetables?
Visit with the Master Gardeners today from the Yavapai County Extension – they participate every other week at the market.
August 30, 2013: Many a local rancher has cut down their herd during this 9 year drought. So when the rains come in abundance, it brings with it hope for renewed and continuing life on the range!
From Orme Ranch’s Diana Kessler:
“These summer rains bring out the smiles and relief in us and our lands. The animals, all sorts, are eating great fresh forage and drinking rain water, which is a treat for them. The plants are able to grow new leaves, send up flowers (grasses flower as well!) and set seed for the following crop to germinate from. Roots grow vigorously in order to green up and grow new plant material in the next season after the next moisture falls.
The cows give lots of milk to their healthy growing calves which will wean in Oct/Nov. This means a better income for the ranch. When combined with good forage and water, the ranch will be in good shape to withstand another 18 months of drought or really flourish if the next season turns out to be wet.
The rains are vital to the soil microbes, especially fungi. Microbes flourish when we plan our cattle grazing to benefit them which allows us to increase the forage for cattle and wildlife of all types and creates more beneficial microbes! An amazing cycle of sustainable support for all these life forms and thereby humans.
Rains brings out the best of optimism in us and we love them – they smell good and make us happy!”
August 30, 2013: Meet Meg at the market this week and see how your business can benefit!
Founded in 2003, Local First Arizona (LFA) is a non-profit organization working to strengthen communities and local economies through supporting, maintaining, and celebrating locally owned businesses throughout the state of Arizona. We educate citizens, stakeholders, business leaders, and legislators about the significant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of strong local economies. We focus on spreading the positive messages of buying locally and community building, and strive to build vibrant communities that make residents proud to call home.
LFA is currently the largest organization of its kind in the country with over 2400 members. As a non-profit network of local, independently owned Arizona businesses and supporters, we facilitate sustainable economic development by providing education, connections, market development. Join us and place yourself in front of customers who already know they want to find it locally. Let us help them find your business.
Contact: Meg Williams, meg@localfirstaz.com
Northern Arizona Director
August 30, 2013: We found an article that peaked our interest on HERBAL TEAS.
To read the article please, click here: WHAT IS REALLY IN YOUR TEA?
We are grateful to offer an alternatives at the farmer’s market: Herbescent Organic Tea & Botanicals. Feel free to approach the owner, Laureen Grenus, about the article. She will explain how her teas are sourced, processed and packaged for purity and freshness with your health in mind.
Here is her company overview:
Herbescent offers the true authentic herbal tea experience with exceptional quality. Holding the intention of achieving harmony in the Body, Mind and Spirit vicariously via a cup of remarkably soothing tea . The ancient principle of natural medicine, “body heal thyself”, underlies the creation of each individual tea.
A pioneer and herbal advocate, Laureen Grenus, began formulating herbal healing teas for individuals in her Herb shop in 1992. After selling her shop in 2004 she founded Herbescent Tea & Botanicals to increase availability of her healing blends Nationwide. While upholding and honoring the enchanting and historical legacy of Herbalism, Laureen continues to uniquely blend many varieties typically hosting eight or more various herbs. Each formulation is thus a complex herbal remedy tea rarely seen in the market today.
Using exceptional care and the finest quality organic & fair trade ingredients Herbescent produces various collections of tea. These collections consist of teas for calming and purification, brain tonic teas, immune support teas & more…
These special formulations created by Laureen, the *Healing Tea Lady*, are a delicious infusion that only Mother Nature could produce. Enjoy this sensual herbal experience and allow the body to do the rest.
We take great care to use certified organic, fair trade & wild-harvested herbs whenever possible; this makes a better tasting beverage in addition to protecting you and the environment. We are a small company that preserves strong values of purity and environmental responsibility.
August 30, 2013
B i o g r a p h y
“Fusing the most genuine elements of folk and country, the music strikes a balance between being wholly unique and strangely familiar.”(Kudos Magazine). Critics and reviewers have praised Chris Jamison’s work, all turning their attention to his voice as the centerpiece. His voice, likened to Graceland era Paul Simon for its “silky… light and quick demeanor,” (C-Ville Weekly) is the centerpiece. Yet his lyrics, called “contemporary poetry” by the Austin Chronicle, and masterful sense of melody truly convey the artistic depth that sets him apart from other young songwriters on the scene today.
Jamison was born in Texas, raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and finished high school in London, England. It was in London, at age 17, that he first began writing and performing his own songs; putting his notebooks full of poetry to the music of his voice and acoustic guitar. Since graduating from the University of Virginia in 2006 with a degree in political science Jamison has independently released four records (mastering the first two, Into Surrender and Strangers and Lovers, at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios).
The summer of 2013 marked the beginning of a new chapter with Jamison releasing his fourth record, Sleeping with the T.V. On. Called his “best yet” by the Equal Ground, it’s a timely collection that reflects a young songwriter finding his true voice by seeing beyond himself. It is music that harkens back to a time when a song could be catchy and still carry the weight of depth and honesty. This is contemporary-folk at its very best: raw and pure yet heartfelt and thoughtful.
Chris currently lives off-the-grid in Northern Arizona’s Verde Valley writing, recording and performing his music full-time.
PK’s songwriting style careens wildly around the alt-country and folk genres like Hank Williams on a souped-up Vespa – rooted in tradition, but with a kind of laissez-faire European eclecticism that is decidedly modern.
In other words, fans of old-time music will find much to like, but this is not an attempt at a purist revival by any stretch!
With elements of folk, western swing, honky-tonk, and blues, and taking on a wide range of subjects from religion and sex to the zombie apocalypse, the songs are the star, delivered in an immediately-compelling baritone reminiscent of Cash and Presley but with a style all it’s own.
Sedona Community Farmers Market
Summer Season 2025:
Weekly Sundays 8am - Noon
June 1 - October 26, 2025
Wells Fargo Bank Parking Lot
2201 W State Route 89A,
West Sedona AZ 86336
Sedona Community Farmers Market
Winter Season 2025/2026:
Weekly Sundays 11am - 3pm
Nov 2, 2025 - May 31, 2026
Wells Fargo Bank Parking Lot
2201 W State Route 89A,
West Sedona AZ 86336
