A shipment of more than 2,000 Virginia apples is just a “small step” in Charlottesville City Schools’ efforts to bring locally grown food to all of its students. A new monthly program, Local on the Line, adds one item sourced from the Local Food Hub’s partner farms to lunches served in all of Charlottesville’s public […]
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City schools look to expand local offerings in meals
Charlottesville schools officials are looking for ways to expand the proportion of local foods offered in the system’s prepared meals over the course of the next year. The division last spring received a Green Ribbon Schools award from the U.S. Department of Education in part for its use of local produce in lunch menus and […]
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Local Food Hub awards celebrate Virginia agriculture
The Local Food Hub recognized farmers, businesses and nonprofits for contributions to Virginia agriculture at the organization’s annual Community Food Awards celebration Thursday. “It takes a community to build a better food system,” said Local Food Hub executive director Kristen Suokko. When volatile weather decimated peaches and other crops this spring, the Local Food Hub […]
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Federal official tours Local Food Hub
A top official in the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited Ivy on Wednesday to hear lessons learned by the Local Food Hub since the nonprofit organization began operations in 2009. “Local food has been growing so much in size and in importance,” said Elvis Cordova, deputy under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the […]
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Local Food Hub honors innovation
The Local Food Hub celebrated its sixth year of operations Thursday by honoring area farms and businesses that are improving the region’s food system. “Central Virginia’s food system is improving every year,” said Kristen Suokko, the nonprofit’s executive director. “The [award winners] are contributing to better nutrition, a better environment and a more robust local […]
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Crutchfield employee wellness program now includes local produce
Fresh, local produce recently joined the list of employee perks for staff of Albemarle County-based Crutchfield Corp. In partnership with the Local Food Hub, the consumer electronics retailer has joined a Farm to Workplace program providing employees with boxes of local fruit and vegetables every other week. Demand was high to sign up for the […]
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Fresh Farmacy: A prescription for produce
Fresh Farmacy gives out locally grown goodness to at-risk area residents Spinach, lettuce, broccoli, sugar snap peas and cherries overflowed from brown paper bags on a recent night at Charlottesville’s Free Clinic. The clinic is one of three in the Charlottesville area that have partnered with the Local Food Hub to provide local produce to […]
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How the grassroots local food movement is changing what we eat
Many people in the Charlottesville area seem to value local food, but one University of Virginia lecturer said she thinks the community can take the movement one step further. “This food movement is about healing lands, neighborhoods and identities,” said Tanya Denckla Cobb, associate director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation. “It’s about how creative […]
