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Help local farmers & food artisans

July 5, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / July 5-6, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

5 EASY WAYS TO HELP LOCAL FARMERS & FOOD ARTISANS
BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED: YOU, TOO, CAN BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCER!

If you love fresh, local food, you already know the positive influence your veggie love is having on your life: More delicious, nutritious food, home delivered = health benefits + time saved.
But do you realize that when you support the good work of our local farmers and food artisans, like the ones above, you’re also a positive influence on your community… and beyond?

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Eat ugly food

June 28, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 28-29, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

WHAT DOES TRULY FRESH PRODUCE LOOK LIKE?
The external appearance of modern produce tells you very little about what’s inside. Big Ag has focused on developing varieties of produce that have a long shelf life and are tough enough to withstand rough handling – nutrition and flavor are not Big Ag’s priority…

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Why local pastured eggs are so worth it!

June 21, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 21-22, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

Outside Richmond in the rolling hills of Amelia Court House, Va., lies a multi-generational family farmstead called Avery’s Branch Farm. The Alexander family live and work there alongside their chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, and cows, using sustainable farming methods to produce nutritious, delicious food for us all…

Continue reading about local pastured eggs, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

Want to help feed hungry local families?

June 14, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 14-15, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

As you read this, nearly a million of your fellow Virginians don’t know where their next meal is coming from. That’s more than 10% of our population. (More on this at vafoodbanks.org.) On top of that, many hungry people live in “food deserts”, neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy fresh food. So where will their next truly nutritious meal come from…?

Continue reading about how you can help feed hungry local families, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

This is where your early local tomatoes come from

June 7, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 7-8, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

Jack McKenney and his son Justin always wanted to go into business together. Jack was a retired banker and Justin worked for a well-servicing company in Pennsylvania. They also had a pasture in the Virginia countryside that had been in the family for 100 years. So in 2015 the father-son team attended a hands-on hydroponic farming workshop…

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Your online farmers market baskets

May 30, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

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 and better support to local farmers…

Continue reading about your updated basket options, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

Eat local food on a budget

May 23, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

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 $10 of their total weekly food budget on local food and farm products, $1.65 billion would be generated annually, directly impacting Virginia’s economy…

Continue reading about how to eat local food on a budget, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

Know your farmer for reliable good food

May 17, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

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 to know is to know your farmer. At Seasonal Roots, we know our local farmers! We know they use sustainable practices, which means you know it, too…

Continue reading about how to know your farmers, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

Easy ordering at your online farmers market

May 10, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

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 for you to eat better and live better with our network of local, sustainable family farmers, plus online ordering, home-delivery, recipes, and tips. Now our website makes it just as easy for newcomers to get what we’re all about…

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Grassfed: Why these “ka-razy” local farmers made the switch

May 3, 2017/in Newsletter Archive /by Veggie Fairy

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 of their fellow farmers didn’t like the idea. The couple’s decision cost them one friendship and affected their farm networking. They were labeled, “Ka-razy!” So why switch…?

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