Raw Milk Revolution

November 7, 2009
Come and celebrate David Gumpert’s newly published book, The Raw Milk Revolution. Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms will be present as well.

Screening of ‘Fresh’ & Panel Discussion

November 8, 2009
New thinking about what we’re eating… A film by Ana Sofia Joanes. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring our local heros!

Making the Cut

Butchers are a key link in the local food chain because they help small farmers get their meat to customers. Demand for such products in the Capital foodshed is strong enough that several new butcher shops have opened recently.

Over the last three decades [...]

Got Dairy Farmers?

The price paid to dairy farmers for fluid milk has dropped by almost 40 percent since August 2008. The crisis is serious enough that Congress is taking action to keep dairies from going out of business.

Milk’s positive image has been taking a shellacking on many fronts for several years now. Should humans drink it? Is it safe? [...]

Rebel with a Cause: Industrial Jargon Interpreted

Decipher the language Big Ag uses to disguise what’s really happening to your food.

The industrial food system employs some of the sharpest cleverspeak wordsmiths in our culture [...]

Winemaker’s Notes: Lori Corcoran

This Loudoun County vineyard owner is one of  Virginia’s newest winemakers.

Corcoran Vineyards is on a farm in Waterford, Virginia, about an hour [...]