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Big news! Building on the success of our dairy initiative, we partnered with Fauquier Community Food Bank and Lakota Ranch to pilot a new initiative connecting high-quality, locally-raised beef with local food pantries experiencing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
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Learn more about the 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 2020 sponsors. If you are interested in becoming ...
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Learn more about the guide for Loudoun County. The Loudoun County Buy Fresh Buy Local Guide is brought to you by The Piedmont Environmental Council and our 2020 sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Buy ...
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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 2020 sponsors. If you are interested ...
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The Piedmont Environmental Council is the Buy Fresh Buy Local chapter coordinator for the Charlottesville area, northern Piedmont and Loudoun County. If you are interested in learning more about local food initiatives, as well as other issues that pertain to ...
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PEC produces three Buy Fresh Buy Local guides which list farms who sell veggies, fruit, meat, dairy and other locally grown products directly to consumers: Northern Piedmont guide [Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock Counties]Charlottesville Area guide [Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, ...
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The Buy Fresh Buy Local Piedmont (BFBL Piedmont) directory is “powered by MarketMaker” meaning that it pulls relevant information from the BFBL Piedmont MarketMaker profiles to showcase in our searchable, mappable directory. MarketMaker is a digital platform and database that ...
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Hi there! My name is Matt Coyle and I am writing to introduce myself as The Piedmont Environmental Council’s new Buy Fresh Buy Local coordinator (my amazing predecessor, Jess Palmer, moved back home to Texas last year). I know that ...
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