Holiday Bazaar

Posted on Nov 5, 2011 in EarthWorks, Events, Farmers Market, Uncategorized The Catawba Valley Farmers Market presents the second annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.  The Holiday Bazaar will be inside the Catawba Community Center right off Rte. 311, just past the Catawba Post Office. The Holiday Bazaar gives local residents an opportunity to purchase unique gifts lovingly grown by local food producers and created by local...
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2011 Catawba Farmer’s Market

Posted on Mar 22, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Farmers Market The Catawba Valley Farmers Market, new in 2010, provides an opportunity to connect fields to forks right in our own backyard! We are located at the Catawba Community Center (4965 Catawba Creek Road) off 311 near The Homeplace Restaurant and the General Store. Check out our great selection of fresh, locally-grown vegetables, herbs, flowers, honey, fruit and nuts, plants, salsa, meats, eggs,...
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EarthWorks welcomes Somali Bantu farmers to the valley

Posted on Feb 25, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Press, VT Engagement VT EarthWorks Makes the Dreams of Somali Bantu Farmers a Reality By Lisa Hightower, VT Graduate Student Repost from http://www.outreach.vt.edu/Story.aspx?StoryID=234 “It’s a dream come true,” said Mahammudi Mganga as he discussed working with Virginia Tech’s EarthWorks to farm in Virginia. Mahammudi is part of a Somali Bantu refugee community numbering over 120 members living in Roanoke,...
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Catawba Farmers Market on WDBJ

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Farmers Market, Farming, Press In September 2010, WDBJ Channel 7 in Roanoke did a piece on the Catawba Farmers Market. Watch the video...
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Building the hoop house at the CSC

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Farming In 2010, VT EarthWorks member Kathy O’Hara built a hoop house on the Catawba Sustainability Center property in order to provide a place to grow gourmet greens for her business Greens to Go.  In addition, Kathy is using the CSC as homebase for her local food distribution business RunnerBean.com.  Watch a timelapse video of the construction of the hoop house...
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VT Spotlight on VT EarthWorks and Catawba Sustainability Center

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Press In November 2010, Virginia Tech did a Spotlight on Innovation piece on the formation of VT EarthWorks and the Catawba Sustainability Center on the site of the old Catawba Farm.   Read about the Growers Academy, about the work of Christy Gabbard, and about the vision for the project...
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