EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 30-31, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! When you go to your online farmers market to shop this coming weekend, you’ll see something new: Updated basket options that will offer better choices to you […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 23-24, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! Eating local food creates jobs and boosts the economy, promotes health and well-being, and supports a healthy environment with thriving communities. If each Virginia household spent just […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 17-18, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! The news has been full of headlines lately about the unreliability of organic labels. Is your food as good as it claims to be? The best way […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 10-11, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! Our website just got a makeover! Not only does it have a new look, but it’s also got new information. As you know, we make it easy […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 3-4, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! Meet our newest farmer partners! When Brooks and Jil Davis decided to switch from conventional farming and go grassfed and sustainable, they were pretty much alone. Many […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / April 26-27, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! Please do play with your food! You can serve up worry-free food and fun when you know where your food comes from. Next to every item on […]
Grassfed: Why these “ka-razy” local farmers made the switch – By Kristin Henderson, chief veggie conversationalist: When Brooks and Jil Davis decided to switch from conventional farming and go grassfed and sustainable, they were pretty much alone. Many of their fellow farmers didn’t like the idea. The couple’s decision cost them one friendship and affected […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / April 12-13, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better! The happy hens who forage the green pastures of Saddle Ridge Farm are busy laying plenty of eggs. So the only limit is your imagination! You can definitely decorate brown eggs, […]
– Third in a 3-part series on storing fresh local produce – By Kristin Henderson, chief veggie conversationalist: (Part 1: You won’t believe how much nutritional value is lost) (Part 2: 4 easy ways to max out your produce’s nutritional value) In the last two posts, we got into some of the ways Seasonal Roots’ […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / April 5-6, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special help you eat better live better! The kitchen in that picture offers room for serenity or making a joyful mess, whichever makes you happier. If kitchen clutter is sucking the joy out of your life, celebrate spring like […]