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Cooking with Local Flair Presented by April Payne arpayne@vt.edu Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent Local Farmers Markets Spotsylvania Farmers Market Saturday 8am-1pm OPEN https://www.spotsylvaniafarmersmarket.com/

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Cooking with Local Flair

Presented by April Payne arpayne@vt.edu Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent

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Local Farmers Markets

  • Spotsylvania Farmers Market

Saturday 8am-1pm OPEN

  • https://www.spotsylvaniafarmersmarket.com/
  • Fredericksburg Farmers Market

Saturday 7am-2pm OPEN

  • https://www.thefarmersmarket.co/
  • King George Farmers Market

Saturday 8am-12 Opens May 23rd

  • Located at King George Middle School on Rt 3 and Rt 206
  • Bowling Green Farmers Market

Saturday 9am-1pm OPEN

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C S A

Fredericksburg area CSA collaborative https://www.fredericksburgcsa.com/ Miller Farms Market https://millerfarmsmarket.com/choose-a-csa/ C & T Produce

https://www.ctproduceofstafford.com/purchase-a-2017-csa

Blenheim Organic Garden

https://www.blenheimorganicgardens.org/fredericksburg-buyers-club

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What’s in Season NOW?

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Resources

  • Localharvest.org
  • Local farms, farmers’ markets, restaurants, grocery stores/coops, pick-your-own, farm

stands, and more

  • Fantastic resource for recipes and nutrition information!

✓ http://eatsmartmovemoreva.org/

  • Downtown Greens- http://www.downtowngreens.org/
  • Virginia Grown - http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/vagrown/
  • National Center for Home Food Preservation - https://nchfp.uga.edu/
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What if you’re on a tight budget…

  • Learn how to garden
  • Work with Master Gardener program
  • Stafford Extension office 540-658-8000 ask for Lisa Ellis - lisae22@vt.edu
  • Try Container gardening – Extension has many resources!
  • Find food pantries in our area. Call 211 or your local Extension Agent for

help

  • Visit http://eatsmartmovemoreva.org/
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Gardening Programs

  • Master Gardener Program through Virginia Cooperative Extension
  • USDA Gardening resources:
  • https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/nutrition-education-

materials/gardening

  • Cornell Gardening resources:
  • http://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/
  • University of Georgia Gardening Curriculum:
  • https://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/school-garden-

resources/curriculum.html

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Ways to become a Locavore

  • Start by choosing just 5 foods to buy local
  • Find a CSA and sign up
  • Lobby your supermarket
  • Visit a farmers market
  • Find restaurants that support local farms
  • Visit a local farm

Source: PBS.org “10 steps to becoming a locavore”

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