healthy eating Archives - Land and Table https://landandtable.com/tag/healthy-eating/ Cultivating a thriving local food system in the Lynchburg, VA region Fri, 17 May 2019 15:46:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://landandtable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-land-table-favicon-32x32.png healthy eating Archives - Land and Table https://landandtable.com/tag/healthy-eating/ 32 32 39422686 Gardening with the Next Generation – July 17 (Bedford YMCA) https://landandtable.com/2018/07/gardening-with-the-next-generation-july-17-bedford-ymca/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:22:18 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=2429 Join us Tuesday, July 17 (5-8pm) at the Bedford Area Family YMCA for the monthly Land and Table potluck and garden tour.

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]]> Children and teenagers today inherit the typical U.S. American diet of highly processed, everyday junk foods that has come to characterize the average American’s food habits. Childhood obesity and diet related diseases are becoming all too common. Some children don’t even recognize raw vegetables when they see them because they never encounter them in their daily meals.

But what if we could reverse this trend? What if we could not just inspire kids to eat healthy, but to get outside, away from television, smartphone and computer screens, and get their hands in the dirt? The educational gardening movement is doing just that.

Join us Tuesday, July 17 (5-8pm) at the Bedford Area Family YMCA for the monthly Land and Table potluck and garden tour. We will be hosted by Mark and Allison Angelini as they discuss: their work with the educational garden at the YMCA for the past year, how the garden is impacting the kids who interact with the garden, and educational garden design.

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When: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 (5-8pm) (5:00-5:45) Networking (5:45-6:45) Potluck (6:45-8:00) Garden Tour and discussion with Mark and Allison Angelini This event is rain or shine. The potluck will be under a shelter.

Bring: 1) A healthy dish to share. 2) Your own dishware. 3) A friend or two. 4) Cash donations are welcome and help us keep these gatherings going.

Location: Bedford Area Family YMCA, 1111 Turnpike Road Bedford, VA 24523

Bring a friend and please RSVP on Facebook or via the website here.

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]]> 2429 Turmeric For Daily Health – Feb. 13 (Appomattox) https://landandtable.com/2018/02/turmeric-daily-health-feb-13-appomattox/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:28:17 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=2234

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]]> (Please note: the Appomattox monthly gathering meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The Lynchburg/Bedford monthly gathering meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month) WHERE: Local APX Market (hosted by Don and Nancy Wilk) 1848 Church Street, Appomattox, VA 24522 Parking is available in the rear of the building (go down alleyway on the left side of the building) or along Main Street in Appomattox. WHEN: Tuesday, February 13th (5:00-8:00 pm) WHAT TO BRING:
  • Healthy food to share (please label with ingredients if possible).
  • Your own dishware (plate or bowl, cup, silverware, serving utensil, etc).
  • A friend or two!
  • Cash donations are always welcome – help us keep these gatherings going.
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]]> 2234 Benefits of Kombucha! (Appomattox) – Nov. 7 https://landandtable.com/2017/11/benefits-kombucha-appomattox-nov-7/ Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:17:46 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=2156

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]]> These monthly gatherings are a great way to network with other farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, and local food advocates who are interested in sustainable agriculture and strengthening the local food movement. (Please note: the Appomattox monthly gathering meets the first Tuesday of each month. The Lynchburg/Bedford monthly gathering meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month) WHERE: Local APX Market (hosted by Don and Nancy Wilk) 1848 Church Street, Appomattox, VA 24522 Parking is available in the rear of the building (go down alleyway on the left side of the building) or along Main Street in Appomattox. WHEN: Tuesday, November 7th (5:00-8:00 pm) WHAT TO BRING:
  • Healthy food to share (please label with tape).
  • Your own dishware (plate or bowl, cup, silverware, serving utensil, etc).
  • Cash donations are always welcome – help us keep these gatherings going.
Bring a friend and please RSVP on Facebook or via the website here.]]>

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]]> 2156 Land and Table APX: What is Sustainable Agriculture – July 4 https://landandtable.com/2017/06/land-table-apx-sustainable-agriculture-july-4/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 03:21:21 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=1986

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]]> Land and Table Appomattox potluck gathering (every first Tuesday of the month), hosted by Local APX Market. We will be hearing from Graham Donahue of Growing Pastures Farm who will be discussing “What is Sustainable Agriculture and Why Should We Care About it?” (Please note: the Lynchburg/Bedford monthly gathering meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month) WHERE: Local APX Market 1848 Church Street, Appomattox, VA 24522 Parking is available in the rear of the building (go down alleyway on the left side of the building) or along Main Street in Appomattox. WHEN: Tuesday, July 4 (5-8pm) (always first Tuesdays of the month) WHAT TO BRING:
  • Healthy food to share (please label with tape)
  • Your own dishware (plate or bowl, cup, silverware, serving utensil, etc)
 

RSVP NOW: ON FACEBOOK OR VIA OUR WEBSITE

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]]> 1986 Land and Table Gatherings Expand to Appomattox – Starting June 6 https://landandtable.com/2017/05/land-table-gatherings-expand-appomattox-starting-june-6/ Wed, 31 May 2017 21:08:36 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=1966

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]]> Local APX Market is a new food, farm and artisan market with a vision to serve Appomattox and the surrounding area. Join us for our first ‘Land and Table: Appomattox’ potluck gathering for a time of visioncasting, networking, and community building on Tuesday, June 6 (5:00 – 8:00 pm). This is a great opportunity for ecologically-minded farmers, gardeners and local food advocates near Appomattox to connect and collaborate. Nancy Wilk, Local APX Market manager will also be sharing their vision – don’t miss it! (Please note: the ‘Land and Table: Lynchburg/Bedford’ potluck gathering will take place at Great Day Gardens on Tuesday, June 20 – this gathering will continue to meet each third Tuesday at various locations) WHERE: Local APX Market 1848 Church Street, Appomattox, VA 24522 Parking is available in the rear of the building (go down alleyway on the left side of the building) or along Main Street in Appomattox. WHEN: Tuesday, June 6 (5-8pm) WHAT TO BRING:
  • Healthy food to share (please label with tape)
  • Your own dishware (plate or bowl, cup, silverware, serving utensil, etc)
 

RSVP NOW: ON FACEBOOK OR VIA OUR WEBSITE

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]]> 1966 Land and Table: Potluck and Forum with Grassroots Local Market – May 17 https://landandtable.com/2016/05/land-table-networking-potluck-open-forum-may-17/ Tue, 10 May 2016 14:44:30 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=1557

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]]> 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:
  1. Food to share (the focus is on homemade and healthy and…yummy!)
  2. Your own dishware (plates, forks, spoons, cups, etc – for your own use).
  3. Lawn chairs (there will be benches as well).
  4. An optional cash donation of any amount (if you benefit from and appreciate the work of Land and Table)
  5. 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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]]> 1557 Lynchburg Area Local Food Movement: Potluck and Open Forum – April 19 https://landandtable.com/2016/04/lynchburg-area-local-food-movement-potluck-open-forum-april-19/ Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:14:48 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=1534

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]]>   Land and Table exists to cultivate the local food movement in Lynchburg and the surrounding area. If you grow food (or want to) for yourself, your family, or for the community,  join us for this monthly regional gathering of agrarians & local food advocates, and connect with folks who are of like-mind. We are a diverse group with a vision for networking sustainable farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, do-it-yourselfers, back-to-the-landers, foodies, families, students and anyone who is interested in “growing local”! This coming Tuesday, April 19 (5-8pm) we will gather at Camp Sedalia at Mountain Run Farm in Bedford County for our monthly potluck gathering. We will hang out, we’ll eat good food, and share an open forum where we will discuss possible vision for the coming months and what you are getting your hands into as the weather warms. If you are interested in learning about how to host a Land and Table gathering please come as well – and get the details.  

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:
  1. Food to share (the focus is on homemade and healthy and…yummy!)
  2. Your own dishware (plates, forks, spoons, cups, etc – for your own use).
  3. Lawn chairs (there will be benches as well).
  4. An optional cash donation of any amount (if you benefit from and appreciate the work of Land and Table)
  5. 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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]]> 1534 Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Seminar at Our Father's Farm | July 12th https://landandtable.com/2014/07/healthy-eating-healthy-living-seminar-fathers-farm-july-12th/ Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:51:22 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=1057

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]]> Healthy Eating, Healthy Living seminar[/caption] For those of you who want a busy day this Saturday – before our monthly Land and Table community potluck you may want to check out this seminar from the folks at Our Father’s Farm in Gretna. See below for details: Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Seminar
Come and enjoy a one day seminar studying the truths of divine design and personal responsibility with regard to how we live and eat. Saturday, July 12th at Our Father’s Farm | 10:00-4:00 (Lunch Included) Please come out and enjoy a wonderful day of learning! A sampling of topics include:
  • Why, where, and how to source local
  • Organic foods at better prices
  • How to prepare these more expensive “real foods” the best ways possible
  • Caring for your skin and gut naturally with home made nature’s products and lacto fermented foods and condiments
  • Creating a homeopathic health care kit for your family and learning how and when to administer home remedies
  • Hands on work in the kitchen
  • … and much more.
Cost $65 which includes, the day long seminar, a booklet of information and recipes you will learn about during the class, a brief farm tour and a lunch made from delicious natural foods from the farm so you can taste what you’ll be learning about. Call or email to secure a spot in this class, seats are limited. Please make checks payable to “Our Father’s Farm” and send to the address below. We look forward to seeing some of you for an exciting day of learning, tasting, seeing, and doing! ================================= Testimony from a previous class: “I loved hearing Kim’s journey to healthy eating- it is empowering & filled with encouragement. I walked away from the workshop with knowledge, motivation and the desire to take the time to provide & prepare my best to serve my family. I enjoyed the hands on time in the kitchen learning a new way to prepare healthy food. Kim speaks through experience and her convictions and joy for what she shares is amazing.”   Our Email and phone number below: orders@ourfathersfarmva.com or 434-656-1188. We hope you can make it!   Our Father’s Farm and the Fuhrmann Family 2664 Deer View Rd. Gretna, VA 24557 434-656-1188 www.ourfathersfarmva.com info@ourfathersfarmva.com
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]]> 1057 Land and Table: One Year Anniversary Gathering! https://landandtable.com/2012/10/land-and-table-one-year-anniversary-gathering/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:49:35 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=386

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]]> Join us for the one year Land and Table anniversary November 6th![/caption] Coming this November will mark our one year anniversary of organizing Land and Table gatherings of the regional local food movement! This is an exciting milestone because I think it speaks clearly of the rising interest within the community to revive our connections with the land, the sources of our food, and one another. Many of us are longing to reclaim a life full of meaningful connections and a more intentional way of life that looks to past generations as a source of wisdom. With this wisdom, mixed with new understandings, we are helping shape the future of agriculture, culture and community within our region. It is no small task that we have gathered monthly for a year. It is a sign to the broader community of the importance of reclaiming the agricultural, cultural and economic health of our community. We have accomplished much this year but if we only have accomplished weaving a network of relationships among those of us involved and interested in the local food movement – that would be enough. For from this relational infrastructure will arise the will and continued action to create a viable and beyond-sustainable food economy in this corner of Virginia. As we celebrate our one year anniversary we will be reviewing this year’s accomplishments, making plans for our December Christmas party and beginning the process of mapping out our vision for 2013. We are also delighted to have Elli Sparks who has been a Weston A. Price cooking instructor for years in Richmond. Her expertise in healthy, cooking of local real foods will be an asset to our region for years to come. For our November gathering Elli will be sharing a Weston A. Price primer on cooking with traditional real foods and how this shift in our eating can positively impact the health of our families. I read an article recently that Elli wrote in one of the VICFA newsletters titled ‘You Teach! You Teach! You Teach!‘ in which she said:
“We are building community, because no one person is the food revolution.”
We totally agree! This statement is why we do what we do. This is why we are passionate about Land and Table. And we hope you will continue to help us build a community that looks towards transforming our regional foodshed. __________________________________________________
When and Where:
Mountain Run Farm store/saloon (2734 Charlemont Rd Big Island, VA 24526 – second entrance from Rt. 122 – look for the pond)
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 | 4:30-7:30pm
4:30-5:00: Arrival and Networking
5:00: Real Foods Potluck (bring your own dishware – and please arrive by 5:00) 6:00: “Optimal Health Through Traditional Foods: A Weston A. Price Primer” (talk by Elli Sparks with Q&Q time afterwards) 6:45: Land & Table yearly review (with open forum about 2013 vision) lead by Land & Table coordinator Jason Fowler Also: December Christmas party planning
Please let us know you are coming by RSVPing on Facebook or via our contact form. View the event flyer below or download it: here [pdf http://landandtable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/november-2012-land-and-table-flyer-lo.pdf 590 730]  ]]>

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]]> 386 Michael Pollan’s Food Rules (Book Review and Videos) https://landandtable.com/2012/08/michael-pollans-food-rules-book-review-and-videos/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:09:28 +0000 http://landandtable.com/?p=280

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]]> Food Rules By Michael Pollan[/caption] When my husband first showed me ‘Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual‘ by Michael Pollan, we were both struck by how small it was, but I was hooked from the first glance. ‘Food Rules‘ is a quick and very enjoyable read filled with witty, quirky sayings that are fun to read yet are full of wisdom. Michael Pollan really does take all of the confusing messages about food, that come at us from all directions, and simplifies it. While the title says Food Rules, they are really suggestions on how to eat real food and actually enjoy it. He points out that our Western diet is comprised mainly of processed foods, lots of salt and sugar and refined grains, which leads to many western diseases. Scientists are constantly looking for the “evil” nutrient that we can eliminate to be healthy. Americans are bombarded with research that shows this or that nutrient as the BAD one to the extent that we have no idea what is good anymore, what is even real food anymore, much less how to eat it, when to eat it or how much to eat. This a a great book that can teach us all how to relax and enjoy food again. So sit back, enjoy this book, then enjoy your food!! By the way, my favorite is rule #20; “It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car”. From the book:
“Make no mistake: our health care crisis is in large part a crisis of the American diet — roughly three quarters of the two-trillion plus we spend on health care in this country goes to treat chronic diseases, most of which can be prevented by a change in lifestyle, especially diet. And a healthy diet is a whole lot simpler than the food industry and many nutritional scientists — what I call the Nutritional Industrial Complex — would have us believe. After spending several years trying to answer the supposedly incredibly complicated question of how we should eat in order to be maximally healthy, I discovered the answer was shockingly simple: eat real food, not too much of it, and more plants than meat. Or, put another way, get off the modern western diet, with its abundance of processed food, refined grains and sugars, and its sore lack of vegetables, whole grains and fruit.”
A few more rules:
  • #11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
  • #19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.
  • #36 Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.
  • #47 Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.
[Videos: via Democracy Now interviewing Michael Pollan about his book Food Rules] [Watch more of this interview: here] ————————————————————————- Also, here’s a great list of other book reviews of Food Rules from around the Web: at MichaelPollan.com
#11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
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