Upcoming Events
Member Events of the Buy Fresh Buy Local West Virginia Chapter
Smoothie Saturdays: The last Saturday of every month Orrs Farm Market features smoothie recipes made with whatever fruit is in season. Customers will learn how to use fresh fruits and vegetables to make a quick and healthy snack and will go away with a recipe card.
Twilight Farm Tour: Saturday, July 24 @ 6:15 p.m. A haywagon will take you on an educational and scenic tour of the Orr's orchard. A country picnic will follow in the zinnia garden. Foods will be prepared from our farm fresh vegetables and fruits. Featuring local pork barbeque by Mountain State Meats. R.S.V.P. required. $20/person.
Peach Recipe Contest: Saturday, August 14 @ 9:00 a.m. Bring your favorite peach dessert along with a copy of the recipe. After the judging, sample the dishes and swap recipes! Call to sign-up! 304-263-1178
Bonfire Hayrides- check http://www.orrsfarmmarket.com to see our Bonfire Hayride brochure!
Mark your 2011 Calendars!
Winter Blues Farmers Market will be February 16, 2011
At Lakeview Resort and Conference Center, Cheat Lake
Morgantown, WV
Check back for more information in January of 2011
WV Small Farm Conference, February 17-19, 2011 at Lakeview Conference Center in Cheat Lake. Contact WVU Extension Service.
Past Events
2010 West Virginia
Master Gardener Association
Spring Conference
Homegrown for Health & Happiness
http://mastergardeners.ext.wvu.edu/annual_conference/
April 16-18, 2010
Bridgeport Conference Center
300 Conference Way, Bridgeport, WV
WVFMA President Susan Sauter will be a workshop presenter on Sat. April 17.
The title of her presentation is "Eating Healthy from Farmers’ Markets" Participants will come to understand the new West Virginia “Buy Fresh, Buy Local” chapter, will learn what foods are found at farmers markets, what makes these foods "healthy," and where the markets are located. The nomenclature used in labeling will also be discussed.
WVFMA Winter Blues Farmers Market: Organized by the WV Farmers Market Association:
March 1, 2010 4-7 pm
Lakeview Resort and Conference Center
Cheat Lake
Morgantown, WV
Phone: 304-594-1111
To reserve: Click here for more information
Winter Blues Farmers Market, March 1 (Monday) 4 - 7:00 pm at Lakeview Conference Center in Cheat Lake.
For the second year in a row, farmers from all over the state will sell their products alongside each other at the Winter Blues Farmers Market to be held at Lakeview Conference Center, Cheat Lake. This event is organized by the WV Farmers Market Association. It is the kick-off event at the WVU Extension Service WV Small Farm Conference. If you would like to be a vendor, please contact WV FMA at wvfma@wvfarmers.org or call 304.288.5366.
WV Farmers Market Assn Annual Meeting
March 2 (Tuesday) 7-9 pm at the 2010 WV Small Farm Conference, Lakeview Conference Center
WV Small Farm Conference, March 2, 3, 4 at Lakeview Conference Center in Cheat Lake. Contact WVU Extension Service.
Future Harvest - CASA Conference Rebuilding the Real Economy: Nourishing Local Foods and Farmers, on January 15 & 16, 2010 at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV. www.futureharvestcasa.org/10conference.html
PASA's 19th Annual Farming for the Future conference, February 4, 5 & 6, 2010 at the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College, PA. www.pasafarming.org/our-work/farming-for-the-future-conference
BFBLWV partners, Lot 12 and Panorama at the Peak, co-sponsored a screening of Fresh, the movie, at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs on Oct. 28th. This documentary by Ana Sofia Jones celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are reinventing our food systems. Films like Fresh give viewers a visual side of the stories that have already been covered in books like The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Working in tandem, these sources help to educate and motivate our residents to support local, sustainable farming practices.
September 28, 2009,
“Celebrate Local Food”
Host: Glascock’s Produce @
Quail Hollow Farm of Berkeley Springs, WV
Buy Fresh Buy Local® WV at the 2009 WV State Fair