Using Our Common Cents
Slow Money founder Woody Tasch aims to play matchmaker between entrepreneurs in regional food systems and patient investors who share the vision of slow, small, and local.
Cheese Greater
They planned to just make cheese during weekends in the country, but what they created at FireFly Farms was too good to keep to themselves.
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Foodie Elitism
How should we respond when we’re called elitists because we buy more expensive, local food? By Joel Salatin • Photographs by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald Peterson Because high-quality local food often carries...
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The Slow Money Alliance is re-imagining financing options for local food systems. By Jennifer Conrad Seidel • Photos by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald Peterson The magazine in your hands is part of a national movement...
Read more of this articleChardonnay
Chardonnay is more complex than you think. By Jim Law • Photographs by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald Peterson There is more acreage of Chardonnay in Virginia than of any other variety, and this reflects a national...
Read more of this articleCheese Greater
The demand for FireFly Farms’ cheeses — including a rare goat’s-milk blue — seems insatiable. By Marian Burros • Photos by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald PetersonWhen Michael Koch and Pablo Solanet bought...
Read more of this articleThe Capital’s Hot Somms, The Commonwealth’s Hot Wines
Flavor invited some of the Capital foodshed’s most influential sommeliers over for a drink to see which Virginia wines would impress them. By Bill Plante • Photographs by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald PetersonPeople...
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An alternative Virginia farmer brings a variety of specialty mushrooms to market while caring for the ecosystem. By Walter Nicholls • Photographs by Molly McDonald Peterson © Molly McDonald Peterson Just behind a sizable 145-year-old...
Read more of this articleAfter a Hard Winter
This paralyzing winter should have taught us to take advantage of our local bounty and lay up for the day our food systems grind to a halt. By Joel Salatin The winter of 2009–2010 will go down in our mid-Atlantic record books...
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