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

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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Have fun with worry-free food

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 our menu is a small image of the farmer or food artisan who provided it. Click on that image, and you can read their story and get to know them. Knowing where your food comes from means…

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Yes, you CAN decorate brown eggs! Here’s how!

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, and decorating doesn’t have to equal toxic, either. You can get non-toxic egg dye kits from…

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Use this one sustainable rule to declutter

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 a veggie fairy: declutter through sustainable practices that are good for us and the planet! The fact is, our farmers aren’t the only ones who can practice sustainability to help us eat better and live better. We can do it at home by using this one sustainable trick to declutter…

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2 things to never store together

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / Mar 29-30, 2017

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They make a great pair… cooked. But they should be stored separately. One likes to be dry and cool, and the other tends to release moisture. One is also sensitive to ethylene gas, which is given off by ripening fruits. Find out which 2 items in your crisper are the ones you should never store together…

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This kind of local farmer helps the future

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / Mar 22-23, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special help you eat better live better!

Seasonal Roots makes it possible for you to have an impact on the future – simply through the food you eat today. We partner with farmers who use sustainable practices because they’re thinking about the future, too. This kind of local farmer helps the future of our families, our communities, and our planet. Exhibit A is Van Dessel Farm, which got its start when…

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Regional vs local

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / Mar 15-16, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special help you eat better live better!

Can you tell what’s local and what’s regional in that picture? Local food and regional food both have good things to offer! But what makes food local, regional, or neither? Sometimes it’s obvious: If an apple comes from New Zealand, it’s not local, at least not here in Virginia. But what if it comes from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or even Florida? There’s no official definition for ‘local food’ or ‘regional food’. Seasonal Roots considers food ‘local’ if…

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Eat Better Live Better / Feb 15-16

Recipes, tips, hacks, specials, and feature stories to help you eat better live better with sustainable local food in every issue of our newsletter!

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Eat Better Live Better / Feb 8-9

COOKED GRAPEFRUIT?! TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE UP TO IN THE KITCHEN!
Seasonal Roots member Kristen shared a kid-friendly recipe with us on Facebook that involves a broiler and grapefruit. Krista, another member, shared a recipe for carb loading the right way, with sweet potato hash brown patties. Krista wrote: “These were and continue to be a big hit, I’ve made them with the Kennebec potatoes too!” Do you have a great recipe that uses our local food? Send it our way and EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER!

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Eat Better Live Better / Jan 25-26

RECIPES, FOOD TIPS, AND MORE!

First up — this is why we’re the best farmers market in Virginia:
7 WAYS OUR LOCAL FOOD WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Seven ways to eat better live better!

1. Convenient home delivery = a total time saver! All those perishables that have to be restocked the most often? We bring them right to your home or office. That equals fewer shopping trips.

2. Vetted farmers market fare = peace of mind. We know our family farmers, we know their produce and food items come from right here, and we know they rely on healthy, sustainable practices and treat their animals humanely. At a traditional market, you’re on your own, and it’s hard to know who to trust.

3. Guaranteed freshness = good taste and good health. We can guarantee it because everything is local or regional, harvested and delivered in a short period of time, and still packed with flavor and nutrients.

4. Dedicated customer service = more serenity, less aggravation. If there’s ever an issue, just email support@seasonalroots.com or call 757-351-4565 and we’ll make it right. Meanwhile, at other markets, there’s no one to help you between market days.

5. More variety = less boredom, a more balanced diet, and a healthier eco-system. Whew! This is a big one. We partner with dozens of small family farms and food artisans, all growing and making different things. Whether you customize your basket or opt for the default, you’ll experience 7 kinds of sweet potatoes, 4 kinds of kale – hey, have you ever tried creamline whole milk? The list goes on and on. And our farmers’ sustainable practices include growing a wide variety of crops. Much better for the soil and the local eco-system than monocropping.

6. Reliable staples = save your energy for the exotic stuff. Every week you can count on us for your fruit, veggies, bread, cheese, eggs, milk, meats, and other basics, all of them fresh!

7. A team that loves what they do = more joy for everyone! Studies show that happiness and good health are closely connected. Smiles are contagious, so we pass ‘em on!

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