What’s On: Farm and Food Expo, Virginia Organic Producers’ and Consumers’ Assn

Get ready for a “cornucopia experience.” We’re headed to the Farm and Food Expo in Winchester this weekend- and we can hardly wait. There will be over 50 exhibitors representing local farms, ag agencies, farmers markets, seed and tool companies, food nutritionists, conservationists… Bravo to the Virginia Organic Producers’ and Consumers’ Assocation for organizing a [...]

Fall Foliage in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

Tis the season. Virginia residents (and lucky visitors) can check out the wine harvest, apple festivals– replete with cider and apple butter makin’– and pick your own pumpkin patches– all against the backdrop of autumn’s colors in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Leaf-peeping season is upon us, and soon the highways will be clogged with crowds [...]

Fall 2008 Issue of The Piedmont Virginian Hits Newsstands

Check out the latest issue of The Piedmont Virginian on newsstands this week. Special features include the annual vineyard guide, the “Hunt Breakfast,” and “The Courage of Farmers” about the Piedmont’s century farms.  You can find the magazine at fine retailers throughout the region, including the Virginia Shop in Charlottesville and Alexandria, Epicurious Cow in [...]