Know your farm, know your food
The third annual “Meet Yer Eats” Farm Tour is Labor Day Monday, September 5 from 10am-4pm. This is your chance to visit three to five (that’s about all you’ll be likely to manage in a day, figuring in travel times) of 19 participating area farms. Buy a car pass for $15 (it’s $25 if you dilly-dally until after September 1) from the Market Central booth at Saturday’s City Market, or online at www.marketcentralonline.org. Pack a picnic, stop by the ATM for cash, strap on some muck-resistant shoes, and go meet your pigs, chickens, goats, honey bees and farmers!
Say, ‘Cheese classes’
One of the stops on the tour, Caromont Farm, whose owner Gail Hobbs-Page is responsible for raising happy goats and making happy, creamy cheese from their milk, is teaching a series of cheese classes at Blenheim Vineyards on four Thursday evenings in September, October and November. Students will taste the best cheeses from Virginia, Vermont and the South as well as get tips on which cheeses to feature on their holiday tables. Classes run from 6-8pm and cost $30 per person. Visit www.blenheim vineyards.com for more information.