I hope you were able to sample the amazing array of tasty food Friday June 1st at the first in the series of our monthly First Fridays with Chef Jen. She and awesome sous chef Suzanne Capone created 3 fresh salads, a batch of grits and greens, a chicken, vegetable stir fry, a chicken stuffed jalapeno[…]
1st of ONLY 2 Fiber Days. Don’t miss it! The Blue Ridge Fiber Guild will hold 2 Fiber Days at the Market this year: June 15 and August 3 during regular Market hours from 9am to 1pm. Local fiber vendors will join the weekly Farmers Market. This is a great opportunity to purchase yarns, roving,[…]
Where else can you get a Farm to Table meal for a 10-15 dollar donation? (Of course if you are moved to donate more, we won’t say no.) The core purpose of Empty Bowls is to raise funds for local food charities and educate people around issues of poverty and hunger in their community. The[…]
This is great resource from the NY Dept of Health that has healthy recipes in both English and Spanish! Click here to open the pdf and then click on the vegetable or fruit of your choice to view all the recipes. I clicked on lettuce and here’s what came up: Lettuce & Bread Salad Ingredients: 6 cups[…]
Have you ever wondered how Rick and Jen grow such amazing produce? Farm Day is your chance to learn all about how they do things at Wagon Wheel Farm. We’ll show you how to bend hoops in case you want to experiment with growing in a tunnel. It won’t be as large as theirs, but[…]
Here’s your chance to enjoy fresh,local food AND support a worthy cause.The Independence Farmers Market is pleased to partner with the Arts Council of the Twin Counties to host the Empty Bowls fundraiser, Saturday, June 9 from 4 to 6:30pm at VFW Post 7726, 115 Klondike Road in Independence, Virginia. Just in case you didn’t[…]
Arwen & Wayne Cayton of Cranberry Acre describe their business like this: We are purveyors of Revisioned – Operative – Art: Handmade, one of a kind, quality merchandise from our one acre farm, settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Arwen joined the Market in 2014 and her aprons and purses were an instant[…]
So you sent off your representative soil sample(s) to Virginia Tech and have received your results. My test results for the high tunnel told me I needed to add all of the major nutrients-N, P, and K as well as lime. N is nitrogen which primarily promotes healthy leaves. P is phosphorus for good roots,[…]