Two Awesome Events, One Great Idea: Embrace Local!
Set your calendars for July 26 to August 5. That's the second annual Farm-to-Fork… [more]
Rebel with a Cause: Why I Oppose Government GMO Labeling
by Joel Salatin The “Just Label It” movement has now reportedly gathered… [more]
Holistic Management
by Walter Nicholls, photos by Molly McDonald Peterson With more than 50 years… [more]
The Edible Treasure Hunt
by Zora Margolis, photos by Molly McDonald Peterson There’s nothing… [more]
Flavor Cafe: Fossett’s at Keswick Hall
by Anne Tate Bedarf, photos by Derek Bedarf With a reputation for luxury… [more]
Blind Tasting: Petit Manseng and Riesling
by Bill Plante, photos by Molly McDonald Peterson And now for something completely… [more]
On Location: Staunton, VA
by Suemedha Sood, Photography Courtesy of VisitStaunton.com This winter,… [more]
Locavore Weddings
by Adrienne Wichard-Edds, photos by Katelyn James, Cat Thrasher, and Kate Headley When 38-year-old finance director Betty Danti met her now-husband, Anthony, an attorney in D.C., she was living on frozen food and canned vegetables. Anthony—who grew up with a mother who cooked every meal from scratch, often using ingredients plucked from the family’s garden—changed all that. “Since [...]
Two Awesome Events, One Great Idea: Embrace Local!
Set your calendars for July 26 to August 5. That’s the second annual Farm-to-Fork Loudoun culinary celebration which brings together Loudoun farmers and chefs, sometimes for the first time. The nearly two dozen participating businesses commit to using at least 70 percent locally sourced produce and meat on special “farm to fork” menus for the [...]
In Vino Veritas
by Jodi Macfarlan, photos by Andrea Hubbell Roman author Pliny the Elder once wrote, “in vino veritas,” meaning, “in wine there is truth.” Ol’ Pliny may have simply been commenting on the effects a couple glasses of vino can have, but at Veritas Vineyard and Winery, the credo bears much weight—carrying the Hodson family through [...]
Their House
by Marian Burros, photos by Molly McDonald Peterson Most small farmers learn quickly that they need a job off the farm in order to afford life on it. Marc Grossman has turned that idea on its head: he has a full-time job as a high school history and government teacher but supplements his income by [...]
Rebel with a Cause: Why I Oppose Government GMO Labeling
by Joel Salatin The “Just Label It” movement has now reportedly gathered more than 800,000 signatures to pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) be labeled. When one of the top promoters for this campaign solicited me recently to convince conservatives and libertarians to sign on (as [...]
