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Local Resources
Local Roots restaurant (Roanoke, VA)
Red Hen restaurant (Lexington, VA)
Riverstone Organic Farm (Floyd, VA) - partnership with Ferrum College (Dining Hall)
Roanoke Community Garden Association
Roanoke Valley Locavore - includes: Bent Mountain, Blacksburg, Catawba, Fincastle, Floyd, Moneta, Roanoke, Salem, Shawsville, Troutville & more!
Friends of the Farmers Market (Blacksburg) - don't miss their "Tab" labelled "Learn", which answers the question: Why eat local? And has a link to the "Schultz Foodprint Comparison Study"
Farmers markets begin to sprout (Addresses given & Summer Hours listed), by Lindsey Nair/ from (Wed. April 16, 2013) issue of: Roanoke Times [newspaper]
Don't snip the roots of local food movement, by Mark Powell / from (Sunday Amy 5, 2013) issue of: Roanoke Times [newspaper]
State / National Resources
Virginia Cooperative Extension - Community Food Systems (Go Local, etc.)
Farmland Information Center - developed by the American Farmland Trust & the USDA
Know your farmer, know your food (USDA)
Food Safety Modernization Act (FDA) -- Public comment period ends May 16, 2013
Last updated (9/27/2017)
