AltDaily sent their camera man out to the first annual Farm
to Fork event that was held on September 11, 2011 at the Hampton Roads AREC station. Check out this video diary of a fun,
local food celebration!
The Hampton Roads Show invited BFBLHR to be their live studio audience on Friday, July 29th, 2011 and interviewed us about the upcoming Summer 2011
Farm to Feast Week event.
Independent We Stand recently held a taste test with local food experts to see if they could taste the different between local and big
box food. Check out the video to see how they did:
Founder and Former President of Buy Fresh Buy Local Hampton
Roads, Jo Ann Hofheimer, was covered in an article for The Beacon, March 24th, 2011.
Congratulationsto two specialBuy Fresh
Buy Localfolks who were honored at the Virginia Beach Excellence
in Agriculture banquet recently! Pete Schultz, director
of the Hampton Roads Agriculture Research and Extension Center and husband of Lynn Schultz, vice-president of our areaBuy Fresh Buy Localgroup,
was presented the2010 Friend of Agriculture Award. Laura
Wood Habr, owner ofCroc's Bistro on 19th Streetand a member of our Buy Fresh Board of Directors, was
honored with aSpecial Recognition Award
BFBLHR was a participant in Jack
Johnson's "All At Once" tour, which raises money for local charities. We created this video, which was posted
on the All At Once website. Everytime the video was viewed, Jack Johnson's foundation donated $1 to BFBLHR. In November
BFBLHR was gifted $2500 by the All At Once Foundation.
In November
2010, WVEC, Channel 13 News did a story covering BFBLHR's Farm to Feast Week Event where local restaurants feature fixed-price,
three course meals incorporating fresh, local produce, seafood and meats. Restauranteur Todd Jurich and BFBLHR Volunteer,
Tanya Banks talk about why this event is so important for Hampton Roads.
