Sprouting Farms Project
Enabling beginning farmers by providing affordable land, communal resources, equipment and experienced mentors. Sprouting Farms: Appalachian Croft, Resource, and Training Center (Sprouting Farms) is an innovative approach to enhancing local food systems within the rural Appalachian context. Sprouting Farms includes six main components to address these challenges: (1) a Resource Sharing Program for...
About the Greenbrier Valley Local Foods Initiative
The Greenbrier Valley Local Foods Initiative was started in 2010 as an initiative of the Greenbrier Economic Development Corporation is a regional economic development organization created by the state of West Virginia to assist communities in Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Monroe Counties; the Greenbrier Valley. The GVEDC assumed “local foods systems development” as a main program focus in 2011. The...
Resources
We have an abundance of resources in the Greenbrier Valley, such as workshops, events and grant opportunities. To find what you’re looking for, click on a topic below the “Resources” tab.
Why Local?
What is the big deal all about? Why should we buy local? First off, what does Local mean? Talk of local food is everywhere. But what does it mean? How local is local? Local is shorthand for an idea that doesn’t have a firm definition. Unlike organic standards, which entail specific legal definitions, inspection processes, and labels, local means different things to different people, depending on...
Who We Are
West Virginia Food Program Needs Your 2 Cents!
Input Sought on Attitudes Toward Locally Grown Food TAKE THE SURVEY NOW Maxwelton, WV—The Greenbrier Valley Local Foods Initiative (GVLFI) needs the input of residents, businesses and tourists in and around the...
Read MorePutting Local on the Menu with Anthony Flaccavento
With the help of the Value Chain Cluster Initiative (VC2) and the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition, we brought on Anthony Flaccavento from Rural Scale to give an online seminar (webinar) about...
Read MoreNew Date for Foodshed Gathering!
A new date and location has been set for the Southeast Foodshed Gathering. The...
Read MoreJoin us for an Interactive Webinar on June 16th: Putting Local on the Menu
Market trends indicate consumers desire to eat locally grown foods. Join us to...
Read MorePartnering with Greenbrier Valley Local Foods
