Virginia Eats: Farm to Table Bus Tour , Saturday, June 1, 2024 8:00AM

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Saturday, June 1, 2024 8:00AM

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Virginia Eats: Farm to Table Bus Tour 

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Join the VMHC for an excursion to local Virginia farms and artisanal producers. Tastings, lunch, and Virginia wine included!   

Saturday, June 1 from 8:00am - 7:00pm 

• 8:00 - 8:30am – Departure  
• 8:30 – 10:00 – Travel to Bellair Farm  
• 10:00 – 11:30 – Programming at Bellair  
• 12:00 – 12:30 – Travel to Caromont Farm 
• 12:30 – 2:30 – Programming at Caromont  
• 2:30 – 3:30 – Travel to Deep Roots  
• 3:30 – 5:00 – Programming at Deep Roots  
• 5:00 – 7:00 – Travel back to VMHC  

Agriculture is Virginia’s largest private industry. Hundreds of small farms and producers provide the fruits, vegetables, meats, and cheeses that Virginia’s award-winning chefs use to create dishes inspired by fresh, regional ingredients. Join the VMHC for an excursion to three Central Virginia agricultural sites to learn about the history and practices of artisanal ‘Virginia Eats.’   

Participants will begin and end this experience at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. We will be traveling by charter bus to the locations below, returning to the VMHC at the end of the day.

Tickets include: 

• Tastings at each location 
• Boxed lunch 
• Glass of Virginia wine 
• The opportunity to purchase produce from each site. 

Our first stop will be Bellair Farm. Located in Albemarle County, Bellair Farm is a diversified community farm that produces eggs, vegetables, chicken, beef, and pork. Bellair is at markets and open to the public year-round on Fridays and Saturdays with an on-farm store, picnic area, walking trails, and seasonal pick-your-own opportunities.  

Next, the tour will continue to nearby Caromont Farm. There, chef and cheesemaker Gail Hobbs-Page has produced award winning goat’s milk and cow’s milk cheeses since 2007. Gail’s goats are raised on the sustainable principles of grass-based holistic management. This practice creates vibrant full-flavored cheeses of place. Caromont Farm and their cheeses have been featured in The Washington Post, Food and Wine Magazine, and Culture Magazine, as well as on PBS, the CBS Evening News, and international cooking shows. 

Our last stop will be Nelson County’s Deep Roots Milling. Deep Roots is an artisan mill working to bring small grain production back to the mid-Atlantic. Their team operates out of historic Woodson’s Mill, built in the 1790s and one of the last commercially operated water powered mills in the state. Deep Roots is driven by water, making flour with purpose.  

While at Deep Roots Milling, guests will interact with representatives from nearby Little Hat Creek Farm, a small diversified ecological vegetable farm and wood-fired bakery nestled in the rural Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Their goal is to drive change in the regional food system by forging one-on-one relationships with their community of eaters, providing them with bread and vegetables that are directly linked to the land. Much of the flour Little Hat Creek Farm uses in their bakery is milled by Deep Roots.  

THIS TRIP WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR AND IS NOW SOLD OUT.