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Cozy vibe, big selection at Old Beach Farmers Market

Seeds for this farmers market were sown a few summers back when Virginia Beach restaurateur Laura Habr offered up her place as a pickup spot for CSA, or community-supported agriculture, products.read more

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Find fresh eggs at Virginia Beach farmers market

Fresh local eggs can sometimes be hard to find, but they are almost always available at the Virginia Beach Farmers Market. Both Virginia Garden Organic Grocery and Skipper Farms sell fresh eggs. The...

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Sales explode as 'Buy Local' movement grows up

VIRGINIA BEACHAt a small table surrounded by a crowd at the Ynot Wednesdays? Farmers Market, Shannon Rice offered samples of her goat cheese infused with herbs or sun-dried tomatoes.read more

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Eat your veggies, and make sure they're Va.-grown

Do these cool fall nights have you yearning for a pot of collards or kale? Wish no more. Fall and winter veggies are on their way. Find kale, pumpkins, apple cider, beets, broccoli, sweet potatoes,...

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Farms lay out a spread of fresh goodies for Easter

Listen up, Peter Cottontail! You will have no problem filling your baskets with fresh local eggs. Vaughan Farms' Produce in Virginia Beach writes that the "newest chickens are happy for the longer days...

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Signs of spring

It might not seem like spring, but the Buy Fresh Buy Local Hampton Roads chapter's newsletter reminded me this morning that local farmers will soon proffer the bounty of the season. The Smithfield...

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Take your pick of farmers markets

The weather is warming, slowly but surely, and by the middle or end of the month, strawberries and asparagus should be prime for picking. Even better, farmers markets already are beginning to open for...

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Asparagus is here, with strawberries on the horizon

LOCAVORES, LISTEN UP! We are on the cusp of strawberry season. And when juicy red strawberries ripen in the fields, they signal the beginning of good eating for many months to come in Hampton Roads....

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Smithfield Farmers Market open for business

Smithfield's Farmers Market opened its 12th season with "a record-breaking day," said Cheryl Ketcham, market manager. /// The turnout wasn't as good the following Saturday but 70 vendors leased spaces,...

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Time's finally ripe for strawberries and lots more

Hooray! Though strawberries have been coming and going in the rain and cold for the past couple of weeks, they should be out in force by this weekend. Depending on your mother, you might take her a...

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