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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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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…

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