Shenandoah Valley Farms Healthy Foods -
Chemical Free Shenandoah Valley Foods - Staunton Augusta
Farmers Market - Fresh Meats - Shenandoah County Virginia
Farmers Market - Powered by GrassRoots Farmers
The
community has a strong tradition of farmers’ markets.
A feature article in the Staunton Daily News in
the late 1800s was entitled "Staunton’s Model
Market." It described the market organization as
"a signal success" and the market facility,
Columbia Hall, as "the largest room for public
gatherings in the city." www.safarmersmarket.com
CSA Shenandoah
Valley is a partnership between a farm and the
surrounding community –the community financially
invests in the farm by purchasing “shares”
prior to the beginning of the growing season and in
return, the farm provides, to the best of its ability, a
variety of fresh vegetables harvested at their peak
weekly.
In farming, there are risks. These risks are shared by
both the farmer and the subscriber. Each season, crop
abundances and failures are part of the natural order
– crops are subject to insects, plant diseases and
inclement weather. We grow a large variety of vegetables
to lesson these risks and assure our subscribers a
bountiful harvest.
Becoming a member creates a bond between
people and the food they eat, the land on which it is
grown and those who grow it. It helps support small farms
and responsible farming.
What is in a Share?
You can enjoy the bounty of Echo
Ridge’s produce by joining our CSA. CSA members
receive a weekly share of seasonal vegetables and produce
freshly harvested. -
Shenandoah Valley
Community Supported Agriculture
Farm
Address: 620 Chapel Road
Middletown, Virginia
We are a small, family-owned farm
in Elkton, VA that breeds and raises Boer goats.
We sell goats for breeding purposes, for meat,
and for use as pets. Please look at the photos of
our goats and Contact Us if you have any
questions or would like to purchase some of our
goats.
What
does 70% of the world know about, that us
American's don't? Well, would you believe goat meat is a great tasting red
meat and is quite nutritious. The key to a tasty
meat is to make sure only young goats are
processed, and processed quickly to minimize
stress and quality deterioration. All our
products are derived from younger meat goat
animals. Our goat meat is raised with no steroids,
no growth-promoting antibiotics and no animal
byproducts. It is red meat as it should be!
We
feature a wide variety of high quality trailers including
stock and horse trailers, equipment hauler and flatbed
trailers, dump, cargo and utility trailers, and car
hauler and motorcycle trailers by the very best American
trailer manufacturers.
Farmer-to-farmer
networks are starting to take off in Virginia as a way
for farmers to pool ideas, exchange perspectives, and
learn from each other. The Networks focus on management
intensive rotational grazing, weed and pest management,
soil fertility, herd health, or the economics of farming
sustainably.
Clarke
County VA Tree Nursery - Front Royal VA Tree Nursery -
Shenandoah County VA Tree Nursery
Winchester VA Tree Nursery
Our crew is
experienced in planting small trees or very large ones.
We routinely handle a root ball up to 42inch diameter (about
2000 pounds. or a 4inch caliper tree.)
Gray's Tree Service also provides commercial and
residential design and installation, as well as
maintenance for your property. We will come visit your
local site at no charge to help you get started. Start to
benefit from our personal service, experienced crew, fine
plants and trees, and over 20 years of landscaping
experience and growing in the Shenandoah Valley.
All trees
are dug when ordered and at the best time for the tree
and for planting – either in the spring or in the
fall for optimal planting time. Consequently the trees
are in prime condition when they are planted. We like our
customers to choose their trees in March or April for
spring planting, and during the summer and early fall for
planting after September.
Complete
Tree Service Shrub
Care - Certified Arborist - Licensed and Insured
540-436-3578
- Alan Gray
Cell - 540-975-0433
Over 20
years of professional experience in tree care and removal,
emergency services and more. We can solve your tree
problems with minimum disruption to your property. We
also handle residential logging, storm damage, and stump
grinding.
Saves energy - Modern conventional farming uses more
petroleum than any other single industry, consuming 12%
of the country's total energy supply. Organic farming is
more labor intensive.
Keeps chemicals out of our food chain - Many pesticides
approved by the E.P.A were registered before there was
extensive research which links these chemicals to cancer
and other diseases.
Helps small family farmers
Supports a farm economy without government handouts -
Modern conventional farmers received billions in federal
subsidies this year alone.
Promotes bio-diversity with crop rotations and
sustainable farming practices.
Better tasting products.
Organic Farming This is
a page of Organic Gardening techniques, topics and
selected links to other Organic Farming information.
Organic farming is vital to our Health and Prosperity.
Genetically engineered foods, sold in most food stores in the
US and in many other countries may be hazardous to the
health and may harm the environment.
What you put on the ground ends up in
our drinking water and in the river...
The Shenanoah Valley has a very
fragile ecosystem and we
all need to become aware of this fact!
Access to a secure, safe and sufficient
source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for
the survival, well-being and socio-economic development
of all humanity. Why do we continue to act as if fresh
water were a perpetually abundant resource? - Read this PDF on the Ground Water
The
Shenandoah River Song by Rick Harris JR
He’s
been a rancher, a poultry grower, a house painter, a
photographer and a rug salesman. He was a partner and
recording engineer in a Tacoma Park, Md., studio, where
he placed people with major labels and played with hot D.C.
performers. Rick Harris
Shenandoah Valley Environmental
Forum Access to a secure, safe and sufficient
source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for
the survival, well-being and socio-economic development
of all humanity. Why do we continue to act as if fresh
water were a perpetually abundant resource? Shenandoah Valley Environmental
Awareness
Shenandoah
Valley Conservation Council
Shenandoah
Valley Conservation Council promotes land use that
sustains the farms, forests, open spaces,
and cultural heritage of the Shenandoah Valley region of
Virginia. www.valleyconservation.org
Looking
to List Providers of Fresh Rabbit Meat
Fresh
Rabbit is above all other meat in nutrional value; (ie:
highest in protien, lowest in cholestorol etc.) Rabbit is
just as simple to prepare as standard table meats such as
chicken and is often used as a substitute for these
common meat. Thus becoming the nations healthiest meat
substitute available.
Why
Buy Local Grow Shenandoah Valley Foods
1. Locally grown food tastes better - Food grown in your own
community was probably picked within the past day or two.
It's crisp, sweet and loaded with flavor.
2. Local produce is better for you - A recent study showed that
fresh produce loses nutrients quickly. Food that is
frozen or canned soon after harvest is actually more
nutritious than some "fresh" produce that has
been on the truck or supermarket shelf for a week.
3. Local food preserves genetic
diversity - Many
varieties are heirlooms, passed down from generation to
generation, because they taste good. These old varieties
contain genetic material from hundreds of years of human
selection.
4. Local food is GMO-free - Although biotechnology
companies have been trying to commercialize genetically
modified fruits and vegetables, they are currently
licensing them only to large factory-style farms. Local
farmers don't have access to genetically modified seed.
If you are opposed to eating bioengineered food, you can
rest assured that locally grown produce was bred as
nature intended.
5. Local food supports local farm
families - With
fewer than 1 million Americans now claiming farming as
their primary occupation, farmers are a vanishing breed.
And no wonder - commodity prices are at historic lows,
often below the cost of production. The farmer now gets
less than 10 cents of the retail food dollar. Local
farmers who sell direct to consumers cut out the
middleman and get full retail price for their food -
which means farm families can afford to stay on the farm,
doing the work they love.
6. Local food builds community - When you buy direct from the
farmer, you are re-establishing a time-honored connection.
Knowing the farmers gives you insight into the seasons,
the weather, and the miracle of raising food. In many
cases, it gives you access to a farm where your children
and grandchildren can go to learn about nature and
agriculture. Relationships built on understanding and
trust can thrive.
7. Local food preserves open space - As the value of direct-marketed
fruits and vegetables increases, selling farmland for
development becomes less likely. You have probably
enjoyed driving out into the country and appreciated the
lush fields of crops, the meadows full of wildflowers,
the picturesque red barns. That landscape will survive
only as long as farms are financially viable. When you
buy locally grown food, you are doing something proactive
about preserving the agricultural landscape.
8. Local food keeps your taxes in
check - Farms
contribute more in taxes than they require in services,
whereas suburban development costs more than it generates
in taxes, according to several studies. On average, for
every $1 in revenue raised by residential development,
governments must spend $1.17 on services, thus requiring
higher taxes of all taxpayers. For each dollar of revenue
raised by farm, forest, or open space, governments spend
34 cents on services.
9. Local food supports a clean
environment and benefits wildlife - A well-managed family farm is
a place where the resources of fertile soil and clean
water are valued. Good stewards of the land grow cover
crops to prevent erosion and replace nutrients used by
their crops.
10. Local food is about the future - By supporting local farmers
today, you can help ensure that there will be farms in
your community tomorrow.
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