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Appalachian Center For Economic Networks
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Thank you for your interest and support in the on-goings of Appalachian Center for Economic Networks!
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Thank you!
Thank you to all the food producers, community members, businesses, and sponsors who have been celebrating with us through participating in ACEnet's 30th anniversary events.
We had a great time at the Taste of ACEnet event hosted by the Athens Kroger. Congratulations to
Cyndi Jones, winner of the the gift basket filled with tasty product and swag from several of South East Ohio's loved food businesses.
We'd like to thank the Athens Kroger for hosting this great event, the new manager Josh Wise for donating season tickets to a variety of local sporting events,
Crumbs Bakery
,
The Herbal Sage Tea Company
,
Nature's Magic
, Sarah's Sweets,
Shagbark Seed & Mill
,
Silver Bridge Coffee Company
,
Snowville Creamery
, and
Vino de Milo
for helping us make this happen by hosting a tasting table, or donating products to our raffle basket or both!!
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Product of the Month:
Nature's Magic!
This month the Athens Messenger featured the natural cleaning products of Nature's Magic.
About six and a half years ago, Young started a cleaning business with the idea of using green, environmentally friendly products. She researched commercially green products already on the market and, quite frankly, found them wanting. She decided to make her own. Taking to her own version of a cauldron, Young researched and began mixing oils and soaps. 'I just started to tinker around,' Young said. 'Tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil are antibacterial and anti germicidal and if I can mix that ... I was just going with it. A little more of this and a little more of that ... and they work!'
Read full story!
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Good to the Last Crumb!
Crumbs Bakery Introduces New Products
Crumbs Bakery is a familiar name around Athens, Ohio. The 29 year-old worker owned and operated bakery is known for their famous Bird Seed Bread, Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies, and pastas. Crumbs is also known for sourcing high quality ingredients, placing valu
e on all-natural and organic food production, and community building. Ingredient sources include local businesses
Shagbark Seed and Mill, and S
nowville Creamery, as well as
Frankferd Farms Foods
(Saxonburg, PA),
King Arthur Flour
(Norwich, VT), and
Sue Bee Honey
(Sioux City, IA).
This spring, in addition to the old favorites, Crumbs has new products for cracker lovers to try. Crumbs has recently introduced two new cracker flavors, Rosemary, and Black Pepper. Crumbs crackers can be purchased locally at the
Bulk Food Depot, Village Bakery, Seaman's , The Farmacy, Kroger , and the Athens Farmers market. Crumbs also accepts pre-orders which may be picked up at ACEnet. For their distant fans, Crumbs regularly ships orders via UPS.
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Wish of the Month!
 Metro C5119-PXFC-4 C5 1 Full Height Aluminum Proofing Cabinet
Proofing cabinets facilitate a higher and faster rise for baking bread and pastries. By maintaining consistent warmth and humidity conditions, proofing cabinets facilitate the fermentation of yeast.
The C5 Series Proofing Cabinet features individual analog controls for temperature and humidity levels. Other features include easy-to-read digital thermometer, recessed control dials, master on/off switch and power indicator lights. The cabinet's clear, polycarbonate door provides visibility of the contents without heat loss.
Funding Cost- $2,033.10
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OHIO Farmers Market Returns to OU Campus for April
Ohio University will be hosting
the OHIO Farmers Market. The market will run for two dates this spring (April, 10th and 24th) from 11:00 - 2:00. The event will take place in a new location this year:
Oasis Park.
Last year the market brought out a mix of vendors including an array of produce, fudge, soap, jam and jelly, information and used clothes. If you work Uptown we hope to see you out visiting these fine vendors and showing your love for the Uptown farmers market.
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Upcoming Events!
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Social Media Workshop
April 18th, Somerset
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Season Extension
Starting a Local Food Business
April 25th, Somerset
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Appalachia Ohio Food Hub Partnership
This spring, four local food hubs and shared-use kitchens in Appalachia Ohio are receiving funding through the
Central Appalachian Network to create a peer-learning community to share best practices and strengthen the regional food hub. ACEnet staff along with members of Muskingum County
Business
Incubator, the Somerset Farmer's Pantry and Community Kitchen Perry, and the Youngstown's Commonwealth Kitchen Incubator, will meet quarterly allowing members to visit each facility and community. The partnership will focus on issues of state policy, distribution and supply networks, as well as regional asset mapping to grow the ability of Appalachia Ohio's food hubs to better serve the needs of the region. Officials from the various county health departments and the State Department of Agriculture will be invited to share information on regulations and policy pertaining to food hubs and kitchen incubator facilities.
The partners are experiencing an exciting time of expansion and growth.
Last month the Foodworks Alliance at MCBI celebrated the opening of their new commercial kitchen with
a
ceremonial
ribbon cutting event. The facility will offer producers the opportunity to have long or short-term professional kitchen leases at reasonable rates and on a flexible time-share basis. The Kitchen provides a wonderful opportunity for local food producers, currently operating home-based cottage foods businesses, to move to the next level in a licensed facility.
Somerset Ohio has developed a space known as the "Farmer's Pantry" and "The Community Kitchen." The "Community Kitchen" will be available to members of the Perry County Farmers Market Cooperative to rent space by appointment only for a special hourly rate. Residents of Perry County will also have access to facilities for an hourly rate. The "Farmer's Pantry" will have store hours, allowing residents and producers to offer their products for sale on a consignment basis.
The Common Wealth Kitchen Incubator is a shared-used commercial kitchen in Youngstown that aims to empower people to launch their own food businesses by providing a certified kitchen facility that can be rented by the hour at affordable rates. The kitchen is equipped with commercial stoves, a convection oven, a large cleaning and processing area, and equipment storage for renters. A canning line has been recently installed along with large commercial freezers and refrigerators. The building also houses a caf? that offers local foods items. In the near future, the Kitchen will provide consultants to assist clients with business planning and marketing efforts.
ACEnet is looking forward to working with these partners to deepen Appalachia Ohio's growing local foods network.
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Message from 30th Anniversary Sponsor: The Ohio University Credit Union
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Thank you to our 30th Anniversary Champion Sponsors!
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740-592-3854
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