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Updates from the Valley


7/21/2010 - NVPG 
Stumbled on this good Mainstream Media primer on the "High Cost of Cheap Food" - good to pass along to your skeptical friends.


7/5/2010 - Beatrix Farm 
Hello Everyone, Our next On Farm Day 2010 for picking up fresh chickens will be Saturday, July 17th from noon till 5pm. Place your orders now to reserve your chickens. Dave & Regina Farinholt Beatrix Farm


6/1/2010 - NVPG 
"Label Rouge" method pastured Chickens are the traditional way to grow poultry so that the birds are healthy and the meat is more flavorful and finer grained. These birds are available in limited quantities from Second Wind and Notting Hill.


5/17/2010 - NVPG 
Relatively low-level exposure to common pesticides -- probably from residues on foods -- doubles kids' risk of ADHD, Harvard researchers find.

Kids with higher-than-average levels of pesticide metabolites were about twice as likely to have ADHD as kids with undetectable levels of pesticide metabolites, find Marc C. Weisskopf, PhD, ScD, associate professor of environmental health and epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues.

"This raises concerns that ubiquitous pesticides may be contributing to the national burden of ADHD, which already is quite high,"


3/26/2010 - Notting Hill 
Notting Hill started lambing very early this year; we may have some true "spring" lambs available for Easter. Spring lambs are approx 30 lbs and sold live for $60 (no processing). Please contact us directly via email, if interested.


3/1/2010 - NVPG 
Pastured Eggs now Available! US Grade AA Eggs from 100% cage-free and Pastured hens. Click on the Egg icon to order your fresh eggs. Available for pick-up at Briarmead farm in Front Royal.


2/11/2010 - Briarmead 
At this time of year with much SNOW on the ground and this past season's beef and lamb entirely sold out, we look ahead to warmer weather and our next butchering date in May-June; place your orders now.  We appreciate all of the feedback about this year's healthy and delicious beef and lamb.  The beef has excellent, rich flavor that has made several customers comment on how it makes conventional feedlot beef taste oh-so-BLAND.   Additionally, Briarmead lamb chops are planned as the centerpiece of a local professional chef's upcoming gourmet dinner; sure to please the palates of a group of discriminating guests.  We'll let you know how that comes out in March!

Resources from the Northern Valley Pastoral Guild
Pasture Raised Beef, lamb, pork and cabritoThere are a lot of good resources to help consumers navigate the exciting new world of Local Food and Healthy Eating. 

Below are a few links to sites we have found helpful as well as links to some pithy and clever “manifestos” from the likes of Michael Pollan, Rod Dreher and Wendell Berry.

Local / Slow Food Movement

Eat Wild   www.eatwild.com

Local Harvest   www.localharvest.org

Label Rouge   www.poultrylabelrouge.com

Slow Food International   www.slowfood.com 

Slow Food USA   www.slowfoodusa.org

Organizations Promoting Healthy Food / Sustainable Agriculture

Weston A. Price Foundation   www.westonaprice.org

National Sustainable Agriculture   www.attra.org

National Campaign for Sustainable Ag   www.sustainableagriculture.net

VICFA – Virginia Consumer/Farmer Association   www.vicfa.net

New Farm  www.newfarm.org

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund   www.farmtoconsumer.org

Thought Leaders

Michael Pollan, Author  www.michaelpollan.com

Joel Salatin – Polyface Farm  www.polyfacefarms.com

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - River Cottage   www.rivercottage.net

Sally Fallon, Author   Nourishing Traditions Cookbook

Wendell Berry, Farmer/Author

Multi-Media

Fresh (2009) http://www.freshthemovie.com/  

King Corn (2007) http://www.kingcorn.net/

Future of Food (2008) www.thefutureoffood.com

Food, Inc. (2009) http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/

Periodicals

Stockman Grass Farmer   www.stockmangrassfarmer.net

Acres USA www.acresusa.com

Manifesto

Michael Pollan  In Defense of Food

Rod Dreher  Cruchy Con Manifesto

Wendell Berry  Seventeen Rules for a Sustainable Community

Slow Food International  Slow Food Manifesto for Quality


 
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