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See a gallery of images from the SustainFloyd Open House at the Floyd Country Store, June 12, 2010. More than 100 attended, and it was a high-energy evening. Thanks to all local vendors who contributed their products and help and to all who came out to share the evening and conversation.
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Size Small: Field Hands
About 35 Blue Mountain School (BMS) students, along with several BMS teachers and parent volunteers, spent a recent morning planting potatoes as part of Floyd’s Farm to School Program (FTS). The planting, supervised by the Five Penny Farm farmers at their fields on Shooting Creek Road, was the latest step in building on last year’s [...] -
The Future of Farm to School in Floyd
Last fall, SustainFloyd organized the Farm-to-School (FTS) Pilot Project. The purpose of this project is to introduce this national program to our community, and to establish a working relationship between our farmers and the county schools. Here’s an article that appeared in the Floyd Press about our Potato Harvest Day at Five Penny Farm with [...]