This is a FREE event, but we ask that you consider financially supporting our work.
Twenty-five years ago Joseph Martinez started with ten acres of marginal pasture in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Through eco-restoration practices and regenerative agriculture he created an ecologically diverse and biologically abundant environment, integrating native Virginia wildflowers, plants, and trees with gardens and orchards – all with the mission to create a real-world demonstration of how agriculture and wildlife can co-exist in harmony.
Join us Tuesday, August 19 (6-8pm) for the monthly Bedford Land & Table potluck, as we hear the inspiring journey of one plot of land and how it was turned into a thriving eden.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Joseph Martinez is an orchardist, apple cider vinegar brewer, and owner of Rockbridge Cider Vinegar. His first summer job when he was 14 years old was working in an apple orchard. He has been growing apple trees organically throughout the United States since 1975. Joseph has been homesteading in Rockbridge County, Virginia for 40 years.===============
COST: FREE, but we ask that you RSVP. Please consider making a donation when you arrive. Help us keep these monthly events going
WHEN: Tuesday, August 19 (6-8pm)
WHERE: Mountain Run Farm (Camp Sedalia): 1228 Charlemont Rd, Big Island, VA 24526
Turn into the farm driveway. Drive past the showbarn, through the gate, and keep going straight back towards the camp entrance.
WHO: Anyone! All are welcome.
WHAT TO BRING:
– A healthy dish to share.
-A lawn chair or picnic blanket.
– A friend (of course)!
– Your own dishware.
– Your own drink.
– Kids are welcome but they must be attended by an adult.
Donate online – or leave a donation when you attend one of our events. Thank you for partnering with us! We are a grassroots network and 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving Lynchburg and surrounding towns and counties, including: Bedford, Amherst, Appomattox, and Campbell Counties.
===============
If you or your children are under the weather or not feeling well, we ask that you stay home and rest with a nice cup of warm medicinal tea. 🙂
VENUE DETAILS:
Mountain Run Farm (Camp Sedalia): 1228 Charlemont Rd, Big Island, VA 24526
Owned by Ben and Carly Coleman and the larger Coleman family, Mountain Run Farm has been a pioneer in the local food movement in the Lynchburg region, modeling pastured based animal husbandry with a focus on raising healthy meats and healing the land. They are Land & Table founders and are known by many to be mentors in regenerative agriculture, and have a passion for community building.
Ben and Carly often host our monthly Land & Table Bedford meeting (meets each third Tuesday of every month).
