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February 2018
Real Local RVA’s February Meeting
Please join us as we kick off our 2018 meeting season with great conversation and networking opportunities! Real Local RVA welcomes Trista Grigsby of the Virginia Department of Education as the February keynote speaker. Grigsby will provide a snapshot of the Farm to School program in Virginia with a focus on the greater Richmond region. She will highlight a new program beginning this year centered around developing regional Farm to School Networks to improve the local connection between farms and schools. Join us to learn more about the exciting Farm to School programs happening statewide and how you can be involved!
Find out more »PLANTING A STORY – CONNECTING PR AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS OUTCOMES
In this 2-hour workshop, we'll explore the best way to tell your story to a wide audience as well as how to keep customers interested once they're paying attention! Join us for this lunch-and-learn style workshop at Ellwood Thompson's.
Find out more »March 2018
Real Local RVA’s March Meeting
When you drink that warm cup of coffee each morning do you ever take the time to think about where it came from? About the coffee bush growing on the other side of the world? About the farmer who hand picked the bean and what his/her working condition was like? Did you know the bean is actually a seed? Join us to hear more from David Blanchard founder of Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.
Find out more »April 2018
Real Local RVA’s April Meeting
Please join us for our April membership meeting! Please note that this month we will not be at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church due to holiday closure. Meet us at the Veil Brewing Company in Scott's Addition! “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community,…
Find out more »“The Gift of Food” with Professor Norman Wirzba
Humans are creatures dependent on food. It is the basis for our survival, and it plays a major role in determining our health and well-being. We often plan our days around food, we center our family gatherings around food, and food plays a massive role in the economy of our world. Yet most people have lost a very important connection to this thing that has such a large impact on our daily lives.
Please join us for an evening of enlightened conversation as we learn to explore food in a different way. Professor Wirzba will discuss the importance of recognizing food as a gift to be treasured vs. food as a commodity. Wirzba writes: “To receive food as a gift, and to share it with each other, opens up a new way of imagining a community’s economic life together and forms a tangible connection to the natural world.”
Find out more »May 2018
Real Local RVA’s May Membership Meeting
Please join us for our May membership meeting! This month we are excited to introduce you to Slow Money Central Virginia. "We must bring money back down to earth. Fast money and fast food are destroying our communities, our health, and our soil." - Slow Money **Please note we will be back at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Find out more »Locally Focused Beer Paring Dinner @ Fine Creek Brewing Co.
Join us on Wednesday, May 16th for a locally focused 5 course dinner at Fine Creek Brewing Co. in collaboration with The Savory Grain!
Find out more »June 2018
Real Local RVA’s June Membership Meeting
Please join us for our June membership meeting! This month, in collaboration with the release of the new BSide Collective issue, we are excited to bring you a panel of RVA Women in Food. The women will discuss the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, and what it's like to be a part of Richmond's local food system. Moderated by Robey Martin, a food, spirits and culture writer, the panel features four exciting women entrepreneurs.
Find out more »July 2018
Real Local RVA’s July Membership Meeting
Please join us for our July membership meeting! Meet Your Local Land Trust: The Capital Region Land Conservancy The Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) is the Richmond region's land trust, responsible for protecting over 7,000 acres in the area. Protecting land in our region helps ensure safe drinking water, the production of fresh, locally grown food, the preservation of our historic resources, and a habitat for wildlife.
Find out more »August 2018
Real Local RVA’s August Membership Meeting
In August we will be joined by Dr. Kristina Weaver, Associate Director for the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia. The IEN envisions a world with authentic leaders, healthy communities, and a resilient environment. Their mission is: Empowering communities to create shared solutions.
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