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    2019 - 2020 Shenandoah Valley Buy Fresh Buy Local Guide
    Bendfeldt, Eric S.; Price, E. French; Marston, Cyndi (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2019-04)
    Across the great state of Virginia, Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters have been founded to advocate for local food and agriculture stakeholders. e Shenandoah Valley Chapter’s food guide is a collaborative initiative of Virginia Cooperative Extension and community partners to bring you the most up-to-date information about what is happening on the farms and local food systems across the Valley. We want you to celebrate and take advantage of what this area o ers regarding local food! We invite you to get to know the farms and businesses listed in the guide, as well as the sponsors and community partners. Learn exactly where your food is coming from by asking farmers themselves how they grew it. Commitment to a local and regional food system from local collaborators is the reason the chapter and this guide exist.
  • Catalyzing Agricultural and Educational Resources to Move the Local Food Value Chain Needle in the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Piedmont Regions of Virginia
    Bendfeldt, Eric S.; Latimer, Joyce G.; Niewolny, Kimberly L.; Morgan, Kim O.; Vallotton, Amber; Price, E. French; Marston, Cyndi; Love, Kenner; Sutphin, Mark; Sastre-Flores, Beth; Cooper, Jason; Mize, Tim; Hilleary, Jim (2019-10-08)
    The Shenandoah Valley and Northern Piedmont Regions of Virginia are fortunate to have agricultural, cultural, and educational resources to catalyze and strengthen Virginia’s food system from farm-to-table. Despite growing demand and support for local food systems, barriers to sustainable success remain for farmers and food businesses, including limited or unwieldy value chain coordination, logistical hurdles, lack of transparent market signals, and inadequate scale, match and fit between producers and buyers.Educational outreach and value chain coordination has included: a Farm2Fork Affair and ongoing producer-buyer networking, Virginia Market Readiness Farm to Restaurant Workshops, On-farm Food Safety Walkthroughs, exploring a Soil Health Awareness/Action Campaign, and expanding the scope of the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Piedmont Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters in coordination with Virginia Market Maker.
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    Shenandoah Valley Buy Fresh Buy Local Food and Farm Guide, 2019-2020
    Bendfeldt, Eric S.; Price, E. French; Marston, Cyndi (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2019-05-02)
    Lists local food and beverage businesses in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.