VA Celebrates Farmers Market Week

Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, July 30th, 2009

(Image: Columbia Pike Farmers Market)

As decreed by Gov. Tim Kaine, August 2-8 is officially Farmers Market Week here in the Old Dominion.

What’s that?

You are all for propping up the local economy but you don’t know where/how to begin?

We’ve taken the guesswork out of sustainable grocery shopping by tracking down nearly three dozen weekly farmers markets in the surrounding communities.

And if gorging yourself on straight-from-the-field foodstuffs isn’t reason enough to support our regional purveyors, the Virginia Department of Agriculture is sweetening the locavore-luring pot by offering up $100 in Virginia produce and specialty products as part of the Eat Local Recipe Contest.

Submissions need to feature local ingredients and must be filed by August 15. Winners (one in the adult category and one in the children’s category) will be chosen at random on August 28.

To do next week
Shop smart

Eat well

Maybe, just maybe, score some homegrown goodies

–Warren

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