http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,1,0,0,html Buy Fresh Buy Local Virginia is the most comprehensive database for Virginians to find local food resources and to eat seasonally all year round while supporting family farmers throughout the state. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/img/logo.gif http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,1,0,0,html PECVA 60 en (Loudoun) The Piedmont Environmental Council and East Lynn Farm invite you to a Field to Plate Dinner featuring recipes from Chef Pati’s critically acclaimed new cookbook, Pati’s Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,997,-1,html (Clarke County) Join Piedmont Environmental Council for a fabulous locally sourced dinner at Historic Long Branch. The menu will include - Barbecue Beef, Pork and Chicken - Assorted Salads - Cornbread - Cobblers - Beer and Wine. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,996,-1,html (Richmond)Southern Foodways Alliance has staged summer Field Trips for more than a decade. This year, we reinvent that annual tradition when we stage our first Summer Foodways Symposium, in Richmond, Virginia (with a prequel in nearby Charlottesville. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,995,-1,html (Petersburg, VA) Join us for the 2013 Commercial Berry & Vegetable Field Day presented by the Virginia State University School of Agriculture. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,994,-1,html (Albemarle) http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,990,-1,html (Orange )The inaugural edible Fest in 2012 drew more than 3,000 people to downtown Orange for an unforgettable day of fun, food and discovery. Get ready for the 2013 event! http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,987,-1,html (Charlottesville) Celebrate the harvest and the legacy of revolutionary gardener Thomas Jefferson at the 7th annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,31,986,-1,html Internship: Stipend, Possible Housing http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,63,985,-1,html Farm Apprenticeship (2): Stipend, Room & Board http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,63,978,-1,html Farm Manager Position: Full-Time, Salaried, Open Immediately http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,63,964,-1,html (NPR 5/9/2012) Twice a week, local seniors in Warrenton, VA flock to a hip new dinner spot call the Bistro on the Hill for good food, a great view, and musical accompaniment... http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,931,-1,html (Civil Eats 8/6/2012) Starting a farm is not easy, a business in which high startup costs and a lack of available land for purchase or rent are obvious obstacles. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,929,-1,html (USDA 8/3/2012) Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a 9.6 percent increase in National Farmers Market Directory listings as the kickoff to National Farmers' Market Week. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,928,-1,html (WAMU 05/17/2012) Some local clinics and nonprofits are about to start convincing patients that fresh produce may actually be just what the doctor ordered. http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,915,-1,html (Good, 6/13/2012) America’s farmers are poised to start retiring in large numbers. In the next five years, something like 125,000 farmers will retire, says Lindsey Lusher Shute, Executive Director of the National Young Farmers Coalition... http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,914,-1,html (Flavor Magazine, 12/1/11) There’s a crisis in farming: The average age of a farmer in the United States is between 57 and 59. Thirty percent of our farmers are beyond retirement age. And the USDA says we need 100,000 new farmers a year... http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/index.cfm/1,30,885,-1,html