Between the Hills Kitchen
Chef Reid Badger and his wife, Alison, have always believed in the connection between food and community. It is no coincidence that they have created a small catering kitchen nestled “between the hills” of their farmette where they live with ...
Gathering Springs Farm
Pam Jones and Sarah Waybright met in 2017 while working at Potomac Vegetable Farm, where they quickly bonded over a shared passion for fresh, nutritious food. Pam, a two-time Paralympic gold medalist in rowing, knew that fueling herself with high-quality, ...
C&S Farmstead: Flower Farming at its Finest
When I first met Sharla Bond and Clyde Kessler of C&S Farmstead, it was on a spring-like day in February. We stood under the shade of a tall oak near a barn with open windows and deep shadows that stretched ...
Hidden Creek Farm
"Our focus is to provide highly nutrient-dense, pure, clean food to our customers by including humans in an ecosystem of regenerative health,” say Andrea and Dendy Young of Hidden Creek Farm in Delaplaine, Va. Since 2015, their agricultural operation in ...
Little Hat Creek Farm: Connection Forged Through Food
The line that spreads into the flow of traffic at the Little Hat Creek stall at the IX Park Farmers Market in Charlottesville says it all. Customers crane their necks to see if their beloved Danish rye bread or braided ...
Cultivate Charlottesville: Big Impact of Small Spaces
"Charlottesville is a phenomenal foodie place: the restaurants are gourmet, there’s the wineries, the farms around...we’re very very lucky and well-resourced,” Cultivate Charlottesville’s Outreach and Resource Program Director Aleen Carey said. “But Charlottesville is not a food equity city.” Cultivate ...
Northern Piedmont Guide
Learn more about this local food guide for Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock Counties. The Northern Piedmont Buy Fresh Buy Local guide is brought to you by The Piedmont Environmental Council and our amazing 2023-2024 sponsors. See the full ...
Loudoun County Guide
The Loudoun County Buy Fresh Buy Local print guide is brought to you by The Piedmont Environmental Council and our amazing 2023-2024 sponsors. See the full sponsor list below! Download the 2023-2024 Loudoun County Buy Fresh Buy Local guide PDF ...
Charlottesville Area Guide
Learn more about the guide for Charlottesville and Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson Counties. The Charlottesville Area Buy Fresh Buy Local guide is brought to you by The Piedmont Environmental Council and our 2023 -2024 sponsors. If you are interested in ...
Advertise Your Local Business While Supporting Others in the 2023/2024 Buy Fresh Buy Local Guides
In the two years since PEC’s last Buy Fresh Buy Local guides were printed, a lot has changed in the Piedmont and within our local food system. This is why we are incredibly excited to announce that the 2023-2024 Buy ...
Get Listed in 2023-2024 Buy Fresh Buy Local Guides
Calling all local farmers and business owners: The Piedmont Environmental Council is working on completing its 2023-2024 Buy Fresh Buy Local guides to be printed and mailed to 300,000+ households at the end of April this year. See the 2021-2022 ...
Virginia Black Farmer Directory
The just-launched Virginia Black Farmer Directory is a cumulative project and effort to build a community for Black farmers and centralize resources for consumers, wholesalers, markets, and other farmers across Virginia. The directory is a collective effort initiated by the ...
