Vouchers for Veggies
February 4, 2010 by Marian Burros
Helping food stamp recipients shop at farmers markets near and far.
By Marian Burros • Photo by Kristen Taylor
With names like Boston Bounty Bucks, Fresh Checks, and Double Dollars, programs at a few farmers markets across the country—including some in the Capital foodshed—offer economically vulnerable people a deal they cannot refuse: as much as $20 worth [...]
Rebel with a Cause: What We Can Learn from the Big Box Stores
February 4, 2010 by Joel Salatin
I am an advocate for farmers markets and CSAs.But if we really want the masses to “buy local,” do we need to consider another model?
By Joel Salatin
Anyone who knows me knows I’m an ardent supporter of farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSA). Direct-marketing models linking farmers to buyers are as varied as entrepreneurial ingenuity. [...]
Flavor Cafe: The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm
February 4, 2010 by Walter Nicholls
Beverly Morton Billand is the Capital foodshed’s ultimate, farm-to-table pioneer, and chef Christopher Edwards brings what she grows to the plate.
By Walter Nicholls • Photographs by Molly McDonald Peterson
In the late 1990s, organic farmer Beverly Morton Billand had what she calls “my crazy idea.” She took the otherwise farmers market–bound vegetables and herbs, grown on [...]
Local, Handmade Sweets for Spring
February 4, 2010 by Flavor Magazine
Links to the websites shown in the gift guide can be found below.
ACKC, Washington, D.C. & Alexandria, VA
(202) 387-2626 & (703) 635-7917 • www.thecocoagallery.com
C-ville Candy Company, Charlottesville, VA
(434) 962-4284 • www.cvillecandy.com
Chocolate Cravings, Richmond, VA
(804) 363-6873 • www.choccravings.com
Chocolaterie Wanders, Manassas, VA
(866) 792-6337 • www.chocolateriewanders.com
Cocoa Mill, Lexington, VA
(800) 421-6220 • www.cocoamill.com
Gearharts, Charlottesville, VA
(434) 972-9100 • www.gearhartschocolates.com
Pandora [...]
Rebel with a Cause: Beware Those Sincere Conservation Easements
January 29, 2010 by Joel Salatin
Designed to save farms and farmland, these easements drive farmers into extinction.
