Supporting food justice in Roanoke.
As many of you know, last year following the murder of George Floyd we made the choice to be more socially active as a farm, taking more public stands about what we believe in and giving 20% of our market sales to individuals and organizations working to promote racial justice.
Time to put our money where our mouth is.
We’re raising wages on the farm.
This is LONG overdue. For years we have been justifying our mediocre pay scale by succumbing to three very common tropes about farming: (1) farmers never make any money (2) it’s a labor of love (3) we can’t afford to do any better.
Roasted feta and veggies.
A solid weeknight dinner that comes together in around 30 mins. It's an easy preparation-- a sheet tray meal-- but really taking care with the cut of the veggies, the surface area, and the roasting time yields a tremendous result. Roasted feta is a revelation.
An update.
The anti-police protests and the activism in support of the Black Lives Matter movement may be diminishing in your spheres of influence, but we urge you not to become complacent. To achieve real change will take years of sustained energy and effort (see all past efforts that have withered on the vine…).
Learning as we go.
As you've probably noticed, the police murder of George Floyd and the subsequent national outcry to oppose white supremacy have really roused the activist in me. Since protests began we have been talking, and donating, and giving food, and talking more, and trying to figure out what our role is in this struggle. How can we be most helpful and have the most impact?