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This post expired on March 03, 2023.

Greetings Conway Locally Grown Community,

No time today for whining about the weather or how hard it is to be a farmer. There’s too much exciting stuff going on that everyone needs to know about! Check it out:

La Lucha Space On The Move
La Lucha Space is moving downtown and re-envisioning their operations. These young go-getters have some very cool ideas. Check out their website laluchaspace.com for details and help them out by taking their short survey.

Kiva City Little Rock Launch
In other exciting news, longtime micro-lender Kiva is launching Kiva City Little Rock this Spring. Kiva is a non profit that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses start or grow their business. Last year they started a program called Kiva Zip which aims to help small businesses throughout the US. On March 15th they’ll be having a large media event in Little Rock highlighting entrepreneurship in Arkansas and they are looking to get connected with farmers who might benefit.
Their program offers 0% interest loans up to $10,000 for underserved and financially excluded entrepreneurs in the US. These loans are crowdfunded online by people around the world. They have had a ton of success working with organic farmers throughout the US.
Their media event on March 15th will be a great chance for you to gain awareness and publicity for your businesses. They’ve promised a prominent endorsement that will bring national attention to Kiva and entrepreneurs throughout Little Rock.
If you would like to learn more, you can check out their website at zip.kiva.org or reach out directly to Justin Renfro, the Program Coordinator at Justin@volunteers.kiva.org or 408-455-7726.

Update From The Director
Lastly, the CLG Advisory Committee and I have made it our goals this spring to improve the efficiency and function of the market, and to generate some excitement in the region over local food in the hopes of adding new customers. There are a few things we are working on currently to help us reach these goals that you all should know about. I am in the process of planning a local foods dinner in Conway that would feature food from CLG growers. The dinner would be designed as a fundraiser for the food pantry and/or CLG community fund, and also as a press and advertising opportunity for CLG. I will also be working with committee members to organize farm tours this spring – this will be a fun opportunity to connect personally with some of our farmers and see what their work is like. I’ll updated you when we nail down the details.

Hopefully that gives you an idea of what’s going on behind the scenes at CLG. More details will be coming soon. The market is now open. Go to conway.locallygrown.net/market to place your order. Hit the checkout button (only once!) when you’re done, and you will receive a confirmation email when your order has been placed. Thanks for your continued support, and have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,
Gabe Levin
Market Director