It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: what do you get when you combine 50+ farmers, a couple dozen Carpe Donuts, and some Mudhouse brew in a small room for five hours? I can’t say I know the answer to that question…but I do know that last week we hosted our third annual …

I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions. Don’t get me wrong — I’m plenty excited about the huge potential of a brand new year. But you’ll never find me sitting down at the table with a mug of coffee making a big “to-do” list of resolutions come January 1. Part of my resistance is that …

In a place like Virginia where we generally experience four distinct seasons (although this year, one could argue that point), winter is usually the time when our gardens and farms rest, when the market closes down (maybe one day it won’t have to?), and when colorful fruits and veggies become a distant, tasty memory of …