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How To Make Drinking Vinegars | 8-20-24 (Bedford)
How did previous generations stay properly hydrated when working the land before our time of sports drinks and electrolyte mixes?
Join us on Tuesday, August 20 (6-8pm) for a networking potluck and skillshare as we look into the refreshing world of drinking vinegars.
Hog Butchery Basics | 8-17-24 (Amherst)
Are you interested in raising healthy pasture / forest-based meats to feed your family? Regenerative animal husbandry is only one part of the process. Self-reliance also requires you regain the lost art and skill of butchery.
Join us on Saturday, August 17 (5-7pm) at Brooklyn Hills Ranch in Amherst County, Virginia for a networking potluck and demonstration of home-based hog butchery basics by farmer Fred Lyssy
Home Canning Basics (Bedford) – 8/3
Join us on Saturday, August 3rd (10:00 – 11:30am) at the Bedford Public Library (Bedford community room) for this ReSkill Workshop: an introduction to home canning basics.
Soil Biology For Resilient Crops (7/20)
Join us Saturday, July 20 (5-7pm) for the monthly Land & Table Amherst County potluck hosted by Brooklyn Hills Ranch. We will be discussing key steps to increasing and supporting soil biology to create better and more resilient crops. The discussion will also touch on essential teachings by soil and agronomy experts like John Kempf, Christine Jones, and others.
Of Flowers and Flourishing (7/16)
Join us Tuesday, July 16 (6-8pm) at Little Otter Flower Farm in Bedford, Virginia for a potluck, farm tour, and walking conversation on therapeutic care farming, autism awareness, and how growing flowers can lead to human flourishing, in community.
Farm Fit Work Party @ Mtn Run Permaculture (7/13)
Join us for this workparty + farm tour + potluck. Grab some gloves, bring a shovel or two and help move some mulch on this regenerative farm. Put to action the old maxim: “Many hands make light work”.
The Resilient Homestead | Huddleston (6/18)
Join us on Tuesday, June 18 (6-8pm) at Little Rustic Homestead in Huddleston, Virginia (Bedford County) for a farm tour and walking discussion on how to create a low cost homestead with maximum resilience in mind.
Adaptive Stewardship | Amherst (6/15)
Join us on Saturday, June 15 (5-7pm) at Brooklyn Hills Ranch in Amherst County for a Land & Table networking potluck and discussion on Dr. Alan William’s concept of Adaptive Stewardship.
Glorious Mead w/ Graham Ordinary | Sedalia (May 21)
Join us for our monthly Land & Table potluck on Tuesday, May 21 (6-8pm) at Mountain Run Farm. We will be hearing from John Graham of Graham Ordinary, a unique lodge and meadery. Hear about the history of mead, the modern mead making process, keeping honey bees, and the story behind their family’s mountain lodge and meadery here in Bedford County.
Keeping A Family Milk Cow | Sedalia (4/16)
Learn practical tips on animal care, milking, and more. Join us on Tuesday, April 16 (6-8pm) at Mountain Run Farm (showbarn) for our monthly Land & Table potluck, and get a crash course on the nuances of the family milk cow.
Spring Social and Farm Swap | Sedalia (3/19)
Join us Tuesday, March 19 (6-8pm) at Mountain Run Farm (Camp Sedalia) in northern Bedford County, for a family-friendly networking potluck and farm swap (bring your seeds, plants, and chickens to trade).
ReSkill Workshop: Art of Apple Pruning (3/16/24)
Are you interested in growing your own apples on your homestead, farm, or property? Join us Saturday, March 16 (11am – 2pm) for this hands-on ReSkill workshop with orchardist, heirloom apple enthusiast, and cidermaker John Hoskins.