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2019 Food Guide Welcome to the 2019 Heart of Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local Food Guide! If you are a lover of local food, you’ve come to the right place. Buy Fresh Buy Local connects consumers with local food by providing information on farms and food busi- nesses from the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward. Our intention is to build community around food by fostering relationships between those who eat and those who produce. People choose local foods for many reasons: a desire to sup- port local businesses, concerns over health, food safety, and the environment, or merely a love of good food. Regardless of the motivation, buying local has real impact. Research by Virginia Cooperative Extension has shown that if each Virginia household spent $10 per week on foods from local farms, our state’s economy would gain more than $1.65 bil- lion in new income each year. For the counties listed in this guide, it would mean a direct economic impact of $48 million in new income each year! When purchasing products from the businesses listed in this guide be sure to let them know where you found them...in the Heart of Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local Food Guide. VIRGINIA BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL CHAPTERS Support Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters across Virginia. Presently, there are nine active Buy Fresh Buy Local Chap- ters statewide. A wide variety of locally grown products can be found within each chapter. When traveling, please don’t forget to Buy Fresh and Buy Local from farms and food businesses across the state. You’ll grow Virginia’s economy in the process. Visit www.buylocalvirginia.org to find a chapter near you! 2018 Heart of Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local Food Guide … 1 EVERGREEN LAVENDER FARM WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? AMELIA 7169 Old Evergreen Road, Appomattox RETAIL OUTLETS, FARM STANDS & MARKETS FARMS & ORCHARDS HUDSON HENS (434) 352-9562 2940 Military Road (Rt. 153), Amelia www.evergreenlavender.com Rocky Branch Farm Amelia Hudson Hens Amelia (434) 292-9771 Cut your own lavender, workshops, and Lavender Festi- Pamplin Community Farmers’ Market Appomattox Rocky Branch Farms Selling eggs and baby chicks year round from free val on June 16th. Handcrafted soaps, lotions & sprays Wilt Family Farms Waterfall Farms range chickens. Owned and operated by the Hudson available at the farm & at Lynchburg FM. Farm rental Woodland Farm family - Colby, Dianne and Donnie Hudson. for special occasions. Charlotte Co. Farmers’ Market at Drake’s Branch Charlotte Woods Tree Farm Downtown South Boston Farmers’ Market Halifax Dark Leaf Farm Appomatox ROCKY BRANCH FARM THEFUNNYFARM ORGANICALLY GROWN FRUITS Town of Halifax Farmers’ Market Thefunnyfarm CSA 23350 Holly Farms Road (Rt. 307), Jetersville (434) 414-7549 South Boston-Halifax County Visitors Center Stratmoore Farms (804) 317-1314; (804) 561-5649 [email protected] Franchesca’s Dawn Farm Wide assortment of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, eggs, Crumptown Farm CSA Buckingham Fresh produce, bedding plants, hanging Paige’s Produce baskets, mums, local grass-fed beef, home-grown pork, pastured heritage turkeys, low-sugar jams, herbs, baby Reese’s Farm Fresh Produce Browntown Farms Brunswick brown eggs, homemade jams & Homestead Creamery ginger & turmeric. Sales by weekly CSA, appt. & at the Kenbridge Farmers’ Market Lunenburg Dogwood Grove Greenhouse, LLC dairy products. Open Mon-Sat 9-5. Pamplin FM. We are hiring interns who want to learn Clarksville’s Farm Fresh Marketplace Archlynn Farm CSA Charlotte about producing, preparing, and preserving nutrient- WATERFALL FARMS rich foods. A&J Produce Nottoway Goldman Farm Harvey Oaks Farm (804) 852-2464 Local Roots Food Co-op Prince Edward Lamberth & Sons Farm [email protected] STRATMOORE FARMS Farmville Community Marketplace Nisani Farm Waterfallfarmsva.com 275 Woods Edge Lane, Appomattox Thistledowne Farm Pamplin Poultry, LLC Quality, flavorful all-natural meat--no added hormones (434) 610-0404 Thankful Acres Family Farm or antibiotics. Sausage (variety of flavors), scrapple, www.stratmoorefarms.com Wildwood Berry & Produce bacon, ribs, pork tenderloin, and whole lambs processed Pastured/non-GMO poultry and pork; free-range eggs; and packaged as desired. We also grow sweet corn, produce. Sales at the Farmville and Drakes Branch FM. Cedar Shade Farm, LLC Cumberland and -coming soon- mushrooms and beef! Sales by appt. Dragonfly Berry Farm or at the Magnolia Green and Chesterfield CH FM. WILT FAMILY FARMS Boyd Farms Halifax 1364 Oakleigh Avenue, Appomattox Broad Shoulders Farm CSA WOODLAND FARM (434) 414-2123 NURSERIES, SPECIALTY FARMS & BUSINESSES Coleman Creek Produce 9200 S. Amelia Avenue, Amelia [email protected] Family owned and operated produce stand offering Evergreen Lavendar Appomattox Franchesca’s Dawn Farm (804) 931-3565 Hudson Heritage Farms, LLC [email protected] seasonal vegetables, hay, animal feeds, mulch, topsoil, Anbriar Rabbitry Buckingham Misty Meadows, LLC www.vagrassfedbeef.com and fresh eggs. Open Mon-Fri 9-6 & Sat 9-2. Alberta General Store Brunswick Sapphire Farms, LLC Grass-fed beef halves and quarters. Orders can be Deb’s Daylilies & More Charlotte Thaxton Farm placed online. BRUNSWICK Tuck Farms Sweets! Halifax WOODS TREE FARM Seven Springs Farms, Inc. Lunenburg BROWNTOWN FARMS Whispering Hills Nursery Lunenburg 13941 Clementown Road 255 Browntown Road, Warfield Willowland Farm [email protected] (804) 704-0675 Cooper’s Landing Inn and Traveler’s Tavern Mecklenburg DenDi Ranch CSA Mecklenburg http://woodstreefarm.com [email protected] Blossom Berries Family Farm Nottoway C & L Farm Nottoway Christmas trees sold on-site seasonally. See website for PYO and we-pick strawberries; spring, summer and fall Mardelian Farm Redgate Farm, LLC details about Spring, Fall and Winter farm events produce, eggs, preserves, and honey. Virginia Natural Fish Company Prince Edward Waverly Farms CSA Whippoorwill Farm CSA APPOMATTOX DOGWOOD GROVE GREENHOUSE, LLC Windmill Hill Farm & Orchard 370 Meredith Mill Road, Brodnax LISTINGS BY COUNTY PAMPLIN COMMUNITY FARMERS’ MARKET (866) 419-0717; (434) 949-7288 Abdus-Sabur Homestead, LLC Prince Edward Small owner-operated farm in business since 2001. Pro- Glascock Orchard 115 Main Street, Pamplin Amelia 3 “From our Farms to our Community” Providing farm duces pesticide-free greenhouse grown tomatoes, Eng- Appomattox 3 Thistledowne Farm lish cukes, and sweet bell peppers from March to July. Tomten Farm CSA fresh goodness to promote community wellness. We of- Brunswick 3 fer fresh, locally grown produce, pasture raised chicken, Buckingham 4 beef, and pork, goatmilk soap and goat shares, flowers, ALBERTA GENERAL STORE Charlotte 4 GuidGUIDE KEY baked goods and more. Check Facebook for dates. featuring “Unkol” Chuck’s Brunswick Stew Cumberland 4 Appt: Appointment 106 W. First Ave, Alberta, VA 23821 Halifax 4-6 Facebook DARK LEAF FARM (434) 532-6658; (434) 532-6655 Lunenburg 6 www.albertageneralstore.com Mecklenburg 6 FM: Farmers’ Market 185 DarkLeaf Road, Appomattox (434) 607-2611 Stew cooked in our cast iron kettle, all chicken breast Nottoway 6-7 PYO: Pick your own meat, seasoned mild, gluten free, sold frozen in quarts, Prince Edward 7 [email protected]; [email protected] CSA: Community Supported Pumpkins and blackberries. Availability varies with pints, and cups. Visit website and Facebook for our sell- Community Partners & Sponsors 8 Agriculture season; please check Facebook. ing locations. For General Store, call for appt. 2 … 2018 Heart of Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local Food Guide 2018 Heart of Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local Food Guide … 3 BUCKINGHAM NISANI FARM DOWNTOWN SOUTH BOSTON FARMERS MARKET COLEMAN CREEK PRODUCE (434) 542-4613 300 Broad Street, South Boston 8036 Huell Matthews Hwy, Alton ANBRIAR RABBITRY [email protected] (434) 489-7533 (434) 575-1442; (434) 579-1951 (cell) (804) 647-5017 www.nisanifarm.com www.downtownsobo.com Corn, string beans (round and flat), tomatoes, cucum- [email protected] Certified Naturally Grown ginger, turmeric, vegetables, Locally-grown produce, eggs, meats, cheeses, baked bers, squash, beets, butterbeans, peas and more. Prod- Quality rabbit meat available. Occasional availability herbs, flowers, and ginger and turmeric seedings. Sales goods and more. Open mid-April-October: Mon-Sat, ucts available at Downtown South Boston FM. of stock. Other product availability includes ‘ready to Sat at the Lynchburg FM. SNAP and Senior Vouchers 7:30am till sold out. SNAP & Senior Vouchers accepted. garden’ manure and occasional pelts. Sales by appt. accepted. FRANCHESCA’s DAWN FARM TOWN OF HALIFAX FARMERS MARKET 2137 Clays Mill Rd., Halifax CRUMPTOWN FARM PAMPLIN POULTRY, LLC 209 South Main St., Halifax (703) 424-6497 (434) 574-2227 10885 Thomas Jefferson Hwy, Pamplin P.O. Box 627, Halifax [email protected] [email protected] (434) 808-5693 (424) 476-2343; (434) 222-6604 Our farm store has a selection of pastured beef, pork, www.crumptownfarm.com [email protected] [email protected] chicken, lamb, eggs, honey and handmade artisan In-season, chemical-free fresh produce. We grow every- Pamplinpoultry.com www.townofhalifax.com goods from our & other local farms. Delivery to VA thing we sell. Our farm uses cover crops, organic fertil- We offer pasture-raised chicken, FRESH weekly. Our Fresh produce, pasture-raised meats, farm-fresh eggs, & NC; see our website for current locations and get in izers, and is chemical-free. Sales through a CSA, by menu includes: whole birds, cuts, bone broth, eggs, and fresh herbs, local arts and crafts, and much more from touch if you would like delivery elsewhere. Sales online appt., or at the FM at St. Stephen’s in Richmond. chicken sausage that’s made in-house, by us, every over 25 local artisans and crafters! Satudays, January- or on-farm Mon-Fri 9-1, Mon & Wed 2-5:30, Sat 10-2. week. Sales on-farm and at the Pamplin Community and April 9-1 & May-December 8-1. SNAP and Senior CHARLOTTE South of the James FM. Call or check website for hours. Vouchers accepted.
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