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Land and Table: Potluck and Forum with Grassroots Local Market – May 17

Jason F. — Tue, 10 May 2016 14:44:30 +0000

UPDATE: Our potluck and open forum tomorrow will feature Grassroots Local Market – a new co-op grocery store forming in downtown Lynchburg. They will be sharing their vision and ways for eaters and food producers to get involved.

The next Land and Table networking potluck and open forum is coming up next week on Tuesday, May 17 at Mountain Run Farm in northern Bedford County, Virginia. For over three years we have continued to host our monthly potlucks as a space for farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, and local food advocates to meet and encourage one another. These potlucks are not just events for us – but a small way that we can help cultivate community and build, even if slowly, a movement of people who are collectively passionate about transforming our food and farming culture in the Lynchburg, Virginia region. This is a national, if not worldwide, movement with a very local expression – unique to our own place. “Eating is an agricultural act” as the farmer/writer/poet Wendell Berry so famously said. Eating together is our way of not just remembering this truth but of reminding one another that agriculture is communal work. Too many of us, whether farmer or eater or somewhere inbetween – live a life that is saturated with the American ideal of the lone pioneer – we are carving out a path in business and life that we can claim is our own. But we are, like the the rest of creation, made for the ecology of community – the complex web of relational interdependence that makes up a healthy life. This is the vision for Land and Table – to cultivate the life of community, for a community of land-lovers and food advocates. These are not just potlucks, they are a slow means of cultivating a movement – of growing community. Will you be a part? Join us.

EVENT DETAILS:

When: Tuesday, May 17 (5-8 pm) (NOTE: come late if you cannot make it by 5pm but please RSVP.) 5:00-5:45: Arriving and networking 5:45-6:45: Eating and gabbing 6:45-7:45: Open Forum 7:45-8:00: Clean up Come Prepared By Bringing:

Food to share (the focus is on homemade and healthy and…yummy!)
Your own dishware (plates, forks, spoons, cups, etc – for your own use).
Lawn chairs (there will be benches as well).
An optional cash donation of any amount (if you benefit from and appreciate the work of Land and Table)
Dress appropriately – we plan on being outside.

Children are welcome. Dogs are discouraged. Friends and neighbors are encouraged to come along. Location: Mountain Run Farm – Showbarn – 1228 Charlemont Rd, Big Island, VA 24526 (Raine or shine! We will be meeting indoors)

RSVP: Here on the website or on Facebook.

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Lynchburg Area Local Food Movement: Potluck and Open Forum – April 19

Jason F. — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:14:48 +0000

EVENT DETAILS: (PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!)

When: Tuesday, April 19 (5-8 pm) (NOTE: come late if you cannot make it by 5pm but please RSVP.) Come Prepared By Bringing:

Food to share (the focus is on homemade and healthy and…yummy!)
Your own dishware (plates, forks, spoons, cups, etc – for your own use).
Lawn chairs (there will be benches as well).
An optional cash donation of any amount (if you benefit from and appreciate the work of Land and Table)
Dress appropriately – we plan on being outside.

Location: Mountain Run Farm – Camp Sedalia – 1228 Charlemont Rd, Big Island, VA 24526 (In the event of rain we will meet at the Showbarn near the entrance as you come in)

RSVP: Here on the website or on Facebook.

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Land and Table Winter Break

Jason F. — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:48:11 +0000

we want to hear from you about the kind of forum topics, mini-workshops, skill-sharing sessions, guest-speakers, and work parties that you would like to see us focus on this year. Make your way over to our contact form and email us your ideas! Whether you have been a part of our monthly gatherings for some time or have never attended any of our events, there are a handful of ways that you can get involved in the Land and Table vision and mission: Join us for our Monthly Networking Potluck If you are a farmer, gardener or local food advocate and you have never joined us for our monthly gatherings please consider joining us – mark the third Tuesday (evenings) of each month, sign-up for our email updates and follow us on Facebook to get event details a week or two before each gathering. Host a Land and Table Gathering If you own a sustainable farm, organic garden, homestead or other local food/agriculture-related location in the Lynchburg/Bedford area and you would like to host one of our Land and Table monthly potluck gatherings please let us know. You must be able to accommodate parking and facilities for approximately 30 adults (and varied amounts of children). We often meet at Mountain Run Farm in northern Bedford County be we also like to tour other farms and projects who are involved in local food production and sustainable agriculture throughout the area. Become a Land and Table supporter Because Land and Table is a labor of love that we do on the side we have always operated on a shoe-string budget (or no budget at all). For three years we have hosted monthly networking potlucks but we have a vision to do more. We want to:

Develop Marketing Resources: Create a marketing program that local producers and food entrepreneurs can leverage to communicate the value of local food to the community.
Create a Local Buyers Guide: Create and publish an online directory and Local Buyer’s Guide for the Lynchburg area with a focus on sustainable and chemical-free farms, etc.
Host Regular Workshops: We often include educational aspects in our free monthly potlucks but there is often not enough time to dig in deeper. We would love to host more in-depth workshops on various food production and homesteading topics.

To sink our roots into this expanding vision we will need to re-imagine Land and Table as something more than a grassroots network. We have thrown around the idea of becoming a non-profit and we continue to lean into this possibility. Join us as we consider ways to resource this vision. This year we hope to start fundraising by releasing an original ‘Grow Local’ Land and Table t-shirt and bumper sticker that will be available on a per donation basis. Help us cultivate a lasting impact for food producers and eaters alike. Thank you! It’s been an honor to be a part of the growing Lynchburg/Bedford area local food movement over the past three years and we anticipate 2016 as being another important year of strengthening our regional foodshed and the families that it supports. Thank you to each of you who have and continue to be a part of the Land and Table community.]]>

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Community Potluck and Farm Tour at Great Day Gardens – April 21

Jason F. — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 22:06:31 +0000

Great Day Gardens is a small farm in Forest, Virginia focused on growing healthy, natural vegetables, baking artisan breads with wholesome ingredients… and more to come! A quick word from Michael and Arden:

“We are just starting our first year as a small market farm, Great Day Gardens. We are fortunate to be able to farm on Arden’s family land which they have owned since the ’60s. We are growing vegetables on less than 1 acre and we have laying ducks. A large part of our business is in baking sourdough breads, which we also take to the Forest Farmers’ Market and the Grandin Village Market in Roanoke. We are doing a small CSA this year and are hoping to reach out to the community and host educational events through the season!”

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When: Tuesday, April 21st (4-7pm) (4-5) Arriving and Networking (5-6) Eating and Hanging Out (6-7) Farm Tour Bring: 1) A healthy dish to share. 2) Your own dishware. 3) Lawn chairs or blanket to sit on. 4) An optional cash donation of any amount (to help us grow Land and Table) Location: Great Day Gardens, 2261 Thomas Jefferson Rd Forest, VA 24551 Directions: If coming from 221, take a right onto 811 (Thomas Jefferson Road) after you pass through the 2nd stoplight (Everett Road), Great Day Gardens is the first driveway on the right. There is a small white sign that says “Merrywood” (with white tulips possibly in bloom by the driveway). Look for the large old white farmhouse. Parking in the driveway or up in the field to the left (between the house and barn).

RSVP: Here on the website or on Facebook.

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Farm Potluck and Natural Home Remedies Forum | Nov 8

Jason F. — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:52:10 +0000

DETAILS: WHAT WILL WE BE DOING? (4:00-5:00 pm) Arrive and networking (5:00-6:00) Potluck and more networking (6:00-7:00) Community Forum: ‘Natural Home Remedies For Fall and Winter‘ COME PREPARED:

Bring a homemade healthy dish to share. Label your dish with your name and food description.
Bring your own dishware (plates, cups, utensils, etc) (A dishwashing area will be provided).
Come ready to talk about your natural home remedies or just learn from others (or both!)

TIME & PLACE: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 (4:00-7:00 pm)

Mountain Run Farm (saloon/farm store – near the pond) in Bedford County, Virginia (Sedalia) Address: 2734 Charlemont Rd, Big Island, Va 24526 (view map) This gathering is open to everyone in the regional community. The goal of our monthly meetings is to network, support and build community for those who are passionate about local food, intentional living, sustainable agriculture and community flourishing.

Please RSVP by using our Contact page or by RSVPing on Facebook. And spread the word!

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Lynchburg Area Land and Table: October Gathering

Jason F. — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:39:33 +0000

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Land and Table friends, farmers, gardeners, eaters and neighbors! Come out for an evening of en-joy-ment and common-unity. The Land and Table network has been coming together for almost a year now on a monthly basis to build community and help network the local food movement. If you are interested in renewing our regional community, sustainable agriculture, healthy eating, natural health, and reconnecting with the land – come join us for our October gathering.

When and Where: October 2nd, 2012 (4:30-7:30pm) | Mountain Run Farm store/saloon. What you need to bring:

A healthy, yummy, homemade dish to share
Lawn chairs or blanket for sitting on (if weather permits)
Dishware (plates, cups, silverware, etc) – a dishwashing station will be provided

Location: Mountain Run Farm (Bedford County) – 2734 Charlemont Rd Big Island, VA 24526

Please let us know you are coming by RSVPing on Facebook or via our contact form.

(Download the event flyer: here or see below)

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Roanoke Area Land and Table: September Gathering

Jason F. — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:36:48 +0000

Four Corners Farm in Rocky Mount, Virginia to be the coordinators and hosts of the ‘Roanoke Area’ Land and Table Network. They have begun hosting monthly potlucks/gatherings at their farm so if you’re in the Roanoke area check out what they have going on at their September gathering (details below).

WHEN: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Join us as at Four Corners Farm as we share a community potluck meal and hear from local beekeeper, Jeff Jenner. Jeff is the “head drone” at his homestead, Turkey Ridge Farm, in Boones Mill, VA, as well as an instructor for the Franklin County bee club, The Moonshine Beekeepers. Jeff also raises local regional Queens for other beekeepers. He will be talking about changes in beekeeping from the past to the future and why environmental changes are continuing to involve beekeeping. Come on out for good food, a time of learning, and meeting others who care about sustainable practices in agriculture! 4:30pm – Gather & Greet/Networking 5:00pm – Potluck & Eating 6:00pm – Presentation, Q&A, and Discussion POTLUCK – Bring a healthy dish to share! Feel free to forward to a friend and invite others to come! Please RSVP and let us know you’re coming. RSVP to Carolyn via email or call 334-1044 Four Corners Farm 404 Old Mill Creek Lane Rocky Mount, VA 24151 (540) 334-1044

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Lynchburg Area Land and Table: September Gathering

Jason F. — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:08:12 +0000

Mountain Run Farm. Be amazed as you experience first-hand the source of your milk!

Come out September 4th, 2012 (4:30-7:30pm) to the Mountain Run Farmstore/saloon for our monthly Land & Table gathering. What you need to bring:

A healthy, yummy dish to share (local ingredients are a plus)
Lawn chairs or blanket for sitting on
Dishware (plates, cups, silverware, etc) – a dishwashing station will be provided

4:30 – music and networking 5:30 – potluck and eating 6:30 -7:30 – milking demonstration and then open forum Forum topic: “Defining sustainable agriculture”

Location: Mountain Run Farm (Bedford County) – 2734 Charlemont Rd Big Island, VA 24526

Please let us know you are coming by RSVPing on the Land & Table Facebook page or via our contact form.

(Download the event flyer: here or see below)

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