About Us

Who We Are

Land & Table exists to revitalize the connections between local food, land, and community. Our vision is to catalyze and strengthen small family farms, self-reliant families, and community based local food initiatives to create a thriving and resilient local food system in the Lynchburg, Virginia region.

Land & Table is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving Lynchburg and surrounding towns and counties, including: Bedford, Amherst, Appomattox, and Campbell Counties.

Working towards a thriving and resilient local food system in the Lynchburg, VA region.

SUPPORT SMALL FARMS & FOOD PRODUCERS

Our vision is to support and promote the Lynchburg region’s local farms, food producers, and food entrepreneurs by expanding marketing channels, training, skill-sharing and community building.

Vision: Strengthen self-reliance in families

STRENGTHEN FOOD SECURITY

Our vision is to help strengthen the food security of families in our region’s rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods – by offering food production resources, training, skill-sharing, seed sharing and distribution, and community building.

ACCELERATE ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE

Our vision is to accelerate the widespread adoption of ecological and regenerative agricultural practices through educational training, demonstration sites, and
mentorship programs (both formal and informal).

Vision: Raise Awareness of the importance of eating local.

RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LOCAL FOOD

Our vision is to raise awareness about the importance of relocalizing food production, and local eating for our personal, social, ecological, and economic health. It is time to build a more sustainable future.

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Eating Is An Agricultural Act

Kentucky farmer, author, poet and agrarian philospher Wendell Berry, once wrote: “Eating is an agricultural act”. Mr. Berry and other elders of the local food movement are inspiring a new generation to rediscover and restore the lost connections that have been
dis-integrated by our current global food system. Land & Table is just one expression of a worldwide movement in our time to return to the land and relocalize our food system.

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History

Land and Table originally began in November 2011 as an informal grassroots network of farmers, homesteaders, and local food advocates. Our initial meetings were sparked in part by a report titled: ‘Land and Table: Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture and Resilient Food Systems in Virginia’s Region 2000‘ originally produced for the Central Virginia Planning District Commission (formally known as the Region 2000 Local Government Council). This white paper summarized the economic impacts of the local food movement at that time – nationally, across the state, and in the regional area. This report was reviewed by local government leaders from the surrounding towns and counties and served as a seed for further economic development studies regarding our region’s agricultural economy.

We used the white paper as a springboard to begin our initial local food forums in November 2011. Our initial meeting had three local residents present and from there our monthly gatherings grew month by month (with an average of 20 to 30 adults each event, even now).

These monthly community meals and our other events, are focused on eating together, open discussion, skill-sharing, networking, education, inspiration, and community building. The grassroots community spirit of Land & Table is an essential part of our history and will continue to be our guiding influence.

In late 2022 the work began to establish Land & Table officially as a non-profit to accelerate our mission. Join us in creating a resilient local food system in the Lynchburg, Virginia region that will continue to thrive for generations to come.

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