Tom Benevento is leading an effort to create a sustainable living homestead in the heart of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

This initiative seeks to integrate agroforestry, fish farming, solar applications, an organic garden, transitional housing for the homeless, and other sustainable living features into a community urban homestead.

Join us every Thursday for Peace Forum from noon-1pm in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room. Free, delicious lunch always provided.

Loyal locavores Jan and Dan Sims will be hosting the December 100 mile radius potluck at their beautiful home, Arden Hearth (www.ardenhearth.com). Thanks for this hospitality!

We will gather on Tuesday, December 15 at 6pm, at 202 N. 15th Street.

Bring a dish celebrating local food - whether every single ingredient was grown within 100 miles of Richmond, or just the main ones, give local cooking your best shot.

Bring your own dishes, as well, to keep things simple for our hosts.

And as always, if you can't pull a dish together, you can come without food!

Anna Lisa Gross, 765.914.2973

Hello locavores!

Miller Farm has invited us to gather in their toasty-warm farmhouse for the November 100 mile radius potluck on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6:30pm. Miller Farm is a student farm of Earlham College, located at 1405 Abington Pike.

As always, bring as local a dish as you can (or come with curiosity and an appetite). Bring your own dishes, if possible.

Please contact Anna Lisa Gross with any questions - 765.914.2973 or annalisa144@gmail.com.

Are you ready to celebrate this season's harvest? The next 100 mile radius potluck will be at a local farm, where we can properly welcome fall! Meet new people, see friends and eat delicious food!

The potluck will be on Sunday (Oct. 25) at 6pm at Abundant Acres Farm. Meet on Earlham's campus at the (former) Security/Clear Creek Co-op building at 5:30 to carpool and caravan or visit Google Maps for directions from Richmond.  continue reading »

What do you love about local food? The taste? The safety? The sustainability? The joy? Celebrate these reasons and more - meet new people, see friends and eat delicious food!

Join farmers, eaters, foodies and the curious for a monthly 100 mile radius potluck, on Sunday, September 27 at 6pm at Springwood Park (60 Waterfall Rd).

Come with or without food and your own dishes, if you can. Challenge yourself to bring a dish entirely made from food grown within 100 miles of Richmond (and know that all food will be welcomed!)
Contact Anna Lisa Gross at 765.914.2973 or annalisa144@gmail.com with questions.

Spring is here! Just think how easy the 100 mile radius potlucks are going to be soon!

In the meantime, for the hardcore, curious and determined among you, our April potluck will be on Sunday, April 26 at 6pm.

We'll meet at the Cycling & Fitness Warehouse. CFW sits near the Cardinal Greenway, so it's easy to find by bike or on foot. It's a bit harder to find by car, but there are directions on their site, and here is another map. It's near Richmond's main post office, and we'll put up signs next Sunday. Thanks to CFW for hosting.  continue reading »

How can we support local farmers? What are Richmond-area farmers doing to grow food sustainably? Bring your garden questions on Thursday, April 16. Free lunch included. Earlham School of Religion Dining Room, noon. All are welcome, no RSVP necessary.

In The Small-Mart Revolution by Michael Shuman, which is available for borrowing from the PWC library, he lays out a very helpful "purchasing ladder" - a hierarchy of choices that you can make about buying locally. As he puts it, "since few goods and services are perfectly local, how should you weigh various imperfections? Ultimately the answers will reflect your own tastes, values and interests."

Here's what Shuman says works for him (slightly edited for length):  continue reading »

Join the Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee and a distinguished panel for a discussion regarding the marketing potential for locally grown products in our area. Could we market our own locally grown produce and other products? Hear what’s already happening in our area and other parts of the state and nation. We encourage producers, consumers and vendors alike to participate in this discussion.  continue reading »

The votes are in - the next 100 mile radius potluck will be Sunday, February 15 at 6pm! Thanks to all who participated in picking a good time and place to share our love for local food!  continue reading »