Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile

Our Mission

The Market at Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile is developing into a large group of farmers, growers, and producers located around Sequim, Washington. Each grower farms his/her land using strict standards to ensure that everything produced is chemical-free. All member farms are dedicated to supplying their customers with the freshest and highest quality vegetables, herbs, mill products, dairy, eggs, meats, fruits, flowers, and transplants. Participating farms vary in size and specialty, but all carry the common thread of dedication to community, environment, health and education.

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While not a true cooperative, Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile uses cooperative efforts to achieve steady and dependable means of supplying the highest quality produce and other products. Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile works to find new and innovative methods to preserve greenspace, protect our natural resources, support our local economy, provide meaningful work, and return to a more self-sufficient community life. Each farmer realizes the importance of educating the community about the benefits of sustainable agriculture practices to our lives and our land. Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile member farms often dedicate a portion of their personal time to building gardens for their local communities as well as providing fun and informative educational programs for children and adults, including those with special needs.

Our History

Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile was founded in May 2008 through the combined efforts of Sid Maroney and Local Action for a Sustainable Tomorrow along with input from area farms and customers. Recognizing and responding to needs of community members and small business owners, we combine the efforts of individual growers to market their produce. Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile hopes to sell an abundance of local products to local individuals and families, as well as local restaurants and grocery stores.

Why Support Locally Grown?

Increase your food security: When you buy locally grown produce and other items from local growers you are increasing your local food security and eliminating unknown sources of food.

11/25/08 Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula

11/8/08 Don’t Let the Organic Label Be Greenwashed at Fish Farms

10/31/08 Melamine: It’s What’s for Dinner? China’s latest food safety scandals reveal prevalence of melamine in food supply

9/29/08 Cadbury Recalls Chinese-Made Chocolate As 22 More Are Arrested In Milk Scandal

9/24/08 China tainted milk crisis triggers global recalls 10/1/08 New Tests Find Melamine in 31 Chinese Milk Brands

8/28/08 FDA OKs Irradiated Lettuce and Spinach 8/23/08 FDA Plots to Mislead Consumers Over Irradiated Foods

8/8/08 Whole Foods Market is recalling fresh ground beef sold between June 2 through Aug. 6 because the beef might be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

7/30/08 In searching for the source of a salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration said it has found a tainted serrano pepper, as well as a jalapeno, at two Mexican farms.

Enhance local economy: By purchasing produce and other items from local growers you are providing stability to your local economy through the support of local businesses.

Save natural resources:Buying locally grown, chemical free food makes you an invaluable link in the process of saving resources such as fossil fuels, wildlife and packaging materials. Also, we are right here in your community so the expense of transportation and delivery is kept to a minimum.

9/26/08 Protect the Birds and the Bees: Stand Strong Against Toxic Pesticides!

Provide learning opportunities: Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile supporters provide member growers the means to help educate our community about the importance of sustainable agriculture.

Supporting a way of life: The number of small farms in the United States has decreased dramatically in the last decade. Please help us preserve an honest and worthy means of making a living.

We believe that small, diverse, family-owned farms contribute to society’s overall health.

Friends of the Fields, a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting farmland from development and promoting sustainable agriculture in Clallam County, can be found at http://www.friendsofthefields.org. Currently, Friends of the Fields is raising funds to protect Finn Hall Farm, 50 acres of productive, USDA-designated prime farmland, farmed by the Jarvis family for five generations. Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile fully supports Friends of the Fields and hopes you will consider a secure online contribution to them at
http://www.friendsofthefields.org/contributions.htm.

Membership Fees

There are no membership fees for customers. There is a one-time fee to Farmers, Growers, and Producers of $40. All customers pay an 8 percent surcharge on their order to fund the management and promotion of the site. Customers are welcome to try the site for two orders by paying cash only before officially becoming members and establishing an account balance. Or the customer can just continue paying cash and not establish an account balance. These first two orders must be paid for with cash when the orders are picked up. We reserve the right to limit the first two orders until arrangements have been made to insure the order will be paid for at the time of pickup. As an alternative, customers can deposit a check into their SLG account prior to picking up their orders. The value of their orders can then be deducted from their account. Checks must be deposited in sufficient time for the amount to clear the bank, otherwise, cash will be required. Checks can be made out to Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile and delivered to 43 Vine Maple Lane in Sequim, 3 days before the order is picked up, unless other arrangements are made.

Ordering Options

Unlike other co-ops, buying clubs, or CSAs where everyone gets the same box of stuff (and you don’t know what you’re getting until you get it), with Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile you get to order what you want, in the quantities that you want, from the farms that you want. The weekly email lists the produce, milled products, fresh flowers, and artisan goods available that week, and you can browse the items on this website before you place your order.

Placing Orders

SLG Mercantile opens again for ordering every Friday 8AM. Each Monday morning, a list of available products is sent to everyone with an SLG account by e-mail. Customers may place their order during the week any time after Fridays 8AM, but no later than Tuesday at 8PM. Orders can be placed here on our website, or by responding directly to the e-mail, or, if need be, by phone. Ordering through our web site is Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile’s preferred method as it is designed to reduce the amount of time it takes Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile to process orders as well as provide you with detailed information about our products. Note: We cannot take orders from new customers any other way than through the website. The customer pays the full listed price plus a market surcharge of 8% to support the market and pay the website host.

Farmers/Growers/Producers receive their orders on Tuesday night at 8PM and harvest on Wednesday and Thursday. They then deliver the pre-labeled orders to the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, on Thursday by 4PM. We will be using their facility that is behind the main building.

Picking Up Orders

From 4:30 until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, customers can pick-up their produce at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road. We will be using their facility that is behind the main building. SLG also offers Home Delivery in our electric truck. If you are not able to pickup your order at the Sequim Prairie Grange, SLG will deliver to your location on Thursday evenings or Friday mornings. We charge $1 per mile from the Grange. You can place your order for Home Delivery on SLG. A Delivery Discount of $5 is given for every $100 worth of SLG product up to the actual delivery charge.

Orders must be paid for with cash when the orders are picked up. As an alternative, customers can deposit a check into their SLG account prior to picking up their orders. The value of their orders can then be deducted from their account. Checks must be deposited in sufficient time for the amount to clear the bank, otherwise, cash will be required. Checks can be made out to SLG and delivered to 43 Vine Maple Lane in Sequim, 3 days before the order is picked up, unless other arrangements are made.

Gift Certificates are available! If you would like to purchase a gift of health and flavor, please consider a Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile gift certificate. You can decide the amount and the lucky recipient can purchase locally grown produce through a deduction of your account!