The Richmond Area Food System

Promoting a sustainable community food system in Richmond, VA

All Blog Posts (9)

Anne Darby VCE and the House Budget

Dear Friends of the Richmond Food System,

It is my understanding that the Virginia House of Delegates has proposed a budget that slashes funding to Virginia Cooperative Extension, in particular the Community Viability Program, from which has sprung dear friend and advocate of the food system, Dr. Jonah Fogel.

Jonah has been with RAFSC since its inception in 2007, and has been a consistent source of support for our efforts. If his job is eliminated, our efforts to

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Added by Anne Darby on February 23, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Stacy Luks National Farm to School Network Contest for Grade School and College Students etc

Straight from the Slow Food USA Blog - a couple of fabulous opportunities to engage our youth in the conversation about better school food! Check out the films made last year - incredible!!

Right now, the National Farm to School Network is running two contests for grade school and college students, and has its

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Added by Stacy Luks on February 18, 2010 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Athena Parker TeamWorks accepting applications!

Hey all,

I just wanted to let you know that HandsOn has begun accepting application for the Spring TeamWorks program! It is going to be a great community learning experience focused on local food access issues in Richmond and local solutions to this important issue. The program will start on 3/16 and finish on 6/1; there will be 8 meeting on Tuesday nights and Saturdays. Learn more and apply here.

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Added by Athena Parker on February 8, 2010 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Lisa Dearden Share your love for farms

Share your love for farms by ordering apple and cherry snacks grown on North American soil – and help save the land that sustains us at the same time! Order the “American Farms Sampler” today and enter shipping code AFTFREESHIP! Continue

Added by Lisa Dearden on February 3, 2010 at 11:49am — No Comments

Jonah We continue to grow.

In a little under two week we've grown to a membership of over 45 people, with more than 300 unique visitors to see this site...so far. If you think that it's just a little site that "no one sees" you might be right, or...you might need more info... We've had visitors from as as far away as California and Wisconsin.

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Added by Jonah on February 2, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Jonah Welcome

Hi everyone! It's a pleasure to be with you... I just wanted to make a quick blog post (I may do this from time to time), to give you an update on the site itself or make an announcement. Richmondfoodsystem.org launched just over one week ago. Invitations to join were sent out via email and through ConnectRichmond's listserv...and the response has been great! So far we've have logged more than 182 unique visitors...in one week (32 of which have become members). The pages of this site have been… Continue

Added by Jonah on January 28, 2010 at 11:49pm — No Comments

Jonah Test #2

This blog entry was added from the blog page under the "Share" tab. It shows up on "My Page" too! Continue

Added by Jonah on January 15, 2010 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Jonah Test Blog Post

This was written by me and submitted from "My Page". You can add a blog post too and it will show up on this page with an attribution that you were the author. The post will show up on your "My Page" too. Continue

Added by Jonah on January 14, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

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