Northern Piedmont Archives

Carver Food Enterprise Center: Community Value Added

Follow your nose down the hallways of the Carver Center in Rapidan and you’ll come to a bright mural announcing your arrival where good food happens and dreams come true - the Carver Food Enterprise Center.

Chapman Farm: More Than a Century of Land and Legacy

“We believe the well-being of our cattle contributes to their overall health, and in turn, yours,” reads the front of the pamphlet for Chapman Farms, located in Bealeton. The sentence summarizes the values that guide Claudius Edwin “Claude” Chapman Jr. and Carla Jean Carmona-Chapman’s work. These are values that have been lived and taught through four generations of Chapman family farmers.

Finding Roots at Kinloch Farm

Mike learned that food brings people together, and for a while, he pursued that mission through the culinary world. Today, he tends to the intersection of conservation and agriculture at Kinloch, knowing that best practices in each of these areas result in the best nutrition.