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Father’s Day Giveaway

Dads are special. I want to help you give your dad something special this Father’s Day.

This Saturday, June 18th, 2016 I will have Father’s Day Gift Baskets that will include fresh roasted coffee, biscotti, coffee cakes and more! In order to win one of these beautiful baskets, share a happy or hilarious memory of your father by commenting on my Giveaway Facebook post.

A winner will be chosen at random and will be announced at 9 a.m. at The ALMH Market on June 18th, 2016. Winner must be present to win. I can’t wait to hear your stories. Also, this month, I’m partnering with Woven Together. Their mission is to bring the Father to the fatherless through adoption and foster care support.

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Giveaway Details: Winner will be selected using “Random Name Picker”. Winner must be present to win. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. No purchase necessary.

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Coffee Farmers Market Lincoln Illinois The ALMH Market

Woohoo! My first market is tomorrow.

I have been preparing for this day for over a year now! Holy cow.

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 21 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m., I will be selling 3 varieties of home roasted coffee at the all new ALMH Market. Not only that, I’m also selling my favorite coffee, Huehuetenango Adiesto, by the cup! YEAH.

I truly believe that this market will benefit our community greatly. Not only can you buy fresh coffee at the market, but there will be organic vegetables, health presentations, a smoothie bike (HUH!? Yup, come see for yourself) a walking trail and even a yoga class. Something for the whole family. Pile them up in the car and come on out. I can’t wait to see you.

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A Year of Persistence

My love for coffee started in high school. But my obsession for fresh roasted coffee did not start until my first cup of coffee from Peoria’s Thirty-Thirty Coffee Company. From there curiosity of home roasting coffee grew into a hobby. I started home roasting coffee in 2014 using air popcorn poppers and decided I wanted to try selling it at a local farmers market. Once you have a cup of coffee that was roasted only 2 days ago, it’s difficult to go back to buying coffee at the grocery store!popcorn-roasted

I soon discovered that Illinois has stringent farmers market laws. In April 2015, I started working with State Representative Tim Butler’s office to get legislation passed to allow home roasted coffee as a cottage food. We hit many road blocks. We found a pending bill (HB2486) that would allow us to add home roasted coffee as an approved item, but it was too late to make an amendment. After months of research, Butler’s office found a contact in State of Illinois Farmers Market Task Force and we finally got the right people to talk to. Everything was lining up. We were working with the director to add home roasted coffee to the list, and then she retired. It would be nearly three months before the new director would follow-up with me. But, this past March I got the green-light! I am the first in Illinois to sell home roasted coffee under the cottage food law. No need to rent an expensive commercial kitchen. I am very grateful for Butler’s office, specifically Matt Butcher, for helping me with this project. Ryan Williams with the Logan County Health Department has been helpful as well.

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