Cooking with Local Flair Presented by April Payne arpayne@vt.edu - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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/ • 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

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

What’s in Season NOW?

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/

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/

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

Ways to become a Locavore o Start by choosing just 5 foods to buy local o Find a CSA and sign up o Lobby your supermarket o Visit a farmers market o Find restaurants that support local farms o Visit a local farm Source: PBS.org “10 steps to becoming a locavore”