SustainFloyd to Host Floyd Top Tomato Contest
Saturday, August 27th at Floyd Farmers Market Do you think you grow the best-tasting tomatoes anywhere? Put your ’maters to the test. Bring them to the Floyd Farmers Market no later than 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2011 to be tasted by a panel of local tomato aficionados and by the public for prizes in SustainFloyd’s “Floyd Top Tomato” contest. All are welcome to enter, whether you are a market or garden grower. However, all tomatoes must have been grown in Floyd or contiguous counties. The judges will...
Read MorePress Release: Childhood Obesity Specialist
Floyd County Groups Win Grant for Childhood Obesity Prevention Specialist / October 18,2010 Floyd, Virginia – The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has granted the Multi-Disciplinary (MD) Team of Floyd County $59,841 to fund the hiring of a childhood obesity prevention specialist. New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS) will oversee the contract. NRVCS, SustainFloyd, Plenty! and the Floyd County Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB) served as the primary partners in writing the grant application. The...
Read MoreFarm To School Potato Dig ~ Fall 2010
Watch a short video of Floyd County kids “finding gold” behind the tractor. Food can be fun!
Read MoreApp State Scrapes the Plate
Over the 1999 spring semester, students enrolled in a sustainable development curriculum at Appalachian State spearheaded a project to collect food waste from campus food services. A year later, students in an Appropriate Technology curriculum track launched a pilot project, constructing an aerated static pile and composting about 18 tons of food waste. At last count (2008/2009), that had increased to 105 tons annually. “The compost is utilized back into landscape application on campus as well as at our...
Read MoreLocavores misguided, critics say – The Denver Post
…Rob Gardner, a Chicago- based locavore and editor at large for thelocalbeet.com, believes some critics have created an extreme caricature of the locavore as someone who forbids the consumption of any non-local food to suit their arguments. “I don’t think anyone is advocating such extremism,” said Gardner, who still drinks coffee, eats citrus and uses olive oil and spices despite his Midwestern residence. “It’s just not realistic. At thelocalbeet.com we advocate a modest...
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