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Celebrate Another Milestone With Us! The Purple Carrot Market Board is celebrating growing to 800 owners by the end of 2024. It took dedication from a team of individuals to reach out to members in our community to invite them to become owners. Who is owner #800? Come to the celebration and meet them. Each owner, no matter what your number, is equally important in building our community owned grocery store, The Purple Carrot Market. Celebration Details: A.T. Black & White (Owner #173) 116 1st St SE, Little Falls Wednesday, January 15th 5:00-6:00 PM- Socialize, Celebrate, Drinks 5:30- Group Photo 800 owners doesn't mean we stop there! We need to continue to grow ownership throughout the Capital Campaign, construction and our store opening phases; in fact, we need to continue to grow long after the store opens to remain a viable business. Ownership growth is important for when we apply for grants and approach an institution for financial assistance. Continue the celebration by staying for dinner. You will then be included in the drawing for $20 in Chamber Bucks and some Purple Carrot Market swag. Cost for a drink(s) and/or dinner will be the responsibility of each owner celebrating with us.  Leave less of a carbon footprint by reducing waste in making your own laundry soap.
Join Cindy Nienaber from Health and Human Services in a Laundry Soap Make-and-Take Workshop. You will make a 5 gallon bucket that will last for 8 to 10 months for pennies on the dollar compared to commercially made laundry detergent. Its safe for front load and top load washers. Its great for scent sensitives people. Cost of the workshop is $15 for owners and $20 for non-owners which will cover the cost of the supplies. Sign up by clicking on the button below. Sprout MN (door 9 - east door) 609 13th Ave NE, Little Falls, MN 56345 Tuesday, January 7th (If cancelled because of inclement weather, make-up date is Tuesday, January 14th) 6 - 7:30 pm Simone Rendon from Edible Arts MN will be our instructor for the evening. Simone Rendon is a descendant from White Earth and Pine Ridge. She wild harvests most of the food she turns into jellies and jams then sells at Farmers Markets. She has always loved working with foods, making new flavors, and learning from others. Simone will be cooking up an in-season Indigenous stew. Simone will not only share her cooking talents and stories with us, she will share her ancestral knowledge while exploring the nutritional and cultural significance of recipes using traditional ingredients. Because seating is limited to 17 participates, the first five (5) are saved for new owners that join in the month of December (see December Ownership Drive below). Cost per ticket is $40. This is an owners ONLY class. Date of the Class: Wednesday, January 29 Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm Location Sprout MN Kitchen 609 13th Ave NE Door #9 Little Falls  Be one of the first five (5) new owners to join the Purple Carrot Market in the month of December and receive a $40 complimentary ticket to attend the Indigenous Cooking Class on January 29th cost covered by a Thrivent grant.
Missing your fresh greens already now that the fall harvest is over? Here's your chance to learn how to grow microgreens in your own home all winter long; its easy to grow! Erin May from Wholesome Living Acres will be instructing a Microgreen Make-and-Take Class on this super food. Did you know microgreen pack 40% more phytochemicals, or beneficial nutrients and components, than fully grown plants? You will receive a starter kit and instructions about how to plant, care for your greens and harvest your microgreens along with recipe ideas.
 Before the Microgreens Make-and-Take class on December 10, Erin May from Wholesome Living Acres will also be doing a lettuce drop. Looking ahead, she's planning to have Romaine, Tropicana, kale and microgreens. What could be better than crisp, fresh greens in the cold of winter?!?! You will be able to order through her online store which will be updated in about a week. Look for a special drop down for the Purple Carrot Market.
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