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Living Locally Parte Deux
As an update to my post on Living Locally, this week Charlottesville is hosting the Blue Ridge Harvest Festival, which according to NBC29:
“Encourages people to buy and enjoy food grown in their neighborhoods around their towns and even in their own backyards.”
More from the story:
“Albemarle County Supervisor Ann Mallek said, ‘There’s so many community benefits to increasing our food production locally: for the freshness, for the health, for the lower energy cost, for knowing your neighbor - the community building that goes on there..’
Mallek estimates that if people spent $10 of their grocery expenses on locally produced food, it would produce about $20 million in revenue that would stay in the county. Mallek also says that promoting local food helps protect local farmers and ultimately helps preserve the rural areas of Central Virginia.”
NBC29’s website also takes you to Locallectual, a website based in Charlottesville that promotes “local food :: local products :: domestically produced goods :: locavore community :: locally supported lifestyle :: socially responsible eco-friendly shopping”. How’s that for Search Engine Optimization?
According to The Hook, the following C’ville entities are participating:
- Specialty food shop Feast!
- Prep school St. Anne’s Belfield (aka “STAB” for the Townies)
- UVA dining hall (no thanks!)
- Author of Closing the Food Gap, Mark Winne
- A new documentary called “Meet the Farmer”:
So all my classmates in grad school going to Monticello this weekend, and all my fellow UVA alums going to the game, stop by the Blue Ridge Harvest Festival!
