Sylvanaqua

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WE'RE OUT TO DEMOCRATIZE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN THE D.C. REGION

Which means:

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1. A mosaic of public and private lands serving as a base to produce wholesome food from health ecologies.

2. A vertically-integrated, employee-owned cooperative of farms, nurseries, mills, processors, retail outlets, and wholesale distributors.

3. Food available at greatly reduced prices without sacrificing ecological values, and agricultural opportunities open to more than just the most privileged members of society.

We envision this food system operating in parallel to the conventional food system in the region, providing a broad-market alternative that restores at least as much land as conventional agriculture degrades and, ultimately, creates the political pressure necessary  to redefine regenerative agriculture as conventional, and conventional agriculture as legacy.

OUR UNIVERSE

OUR ESSAYS AND ARTICLES

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• Everything I Want to Do Is Racist

• Food and Empire

• Yes, Native Americans Fundamentally Altered Our Environments

• Indigenous Agriculture: It's Not the How, It's the Why

• Grass-Fed Cows Won't Die for Our Sins

• Clean Food: If You Want to Save the World, Get Get Over Yourself

• Farming While Black

• What's Wrong With Blue Apron?

• Small Family Farms Aren't the Answer

• Why this Pig Farmer Loves the Idea of a Plant-Based Diet

• Yes, White People Can Sell Tortillas. But Not Yet

• Permaculture, All Grown Up

• I Lost an Argument with a Vegan

• Stop Yelling About What Poor People Eat

• The Scary Thing About GMO That Nobody's Talking About

• Breaking the Wheel: GreenMaven, Food Hubs, and the Heartbreaking Story of Relay Foods

• Vegetarian Diets Are Not Going To Save The Planet

• Yes, Organic Farming Will Kill Us All

• Into the Abyss: Why the Local Food Movement Needs to Stop Congratulating Itself

SOCIAL MEDIA

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• Instagram

• Facebook

• Twitter

RECORDED TALKS

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• Indigenizing Big Ag: National Young Farmers Convergence Keynote

• CRISPRCon: Peering into the Ag Pipeline

• Investing in Regenerative Agriculture: Indigenous Collectives and Busting the Family Farm Myth

• The Checkout Radio: Building a BIPOC-led food system

• A Growing Culture: Restoring Democracy in Food and Agriculture

• Positively Green Podcast: Where regenerative agriculture gets it wrong and what we can do about it

• Global Landscapes Forum, NYC United Nations 2019

COOL PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS

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• Dreaming Out Loud

• A Growing Culture

• Castanea Fellowship

• Conservation International

• Global Landscapes Forum

• FAO

• Stratford Hall

• James Madison's Montpelier

• Alliance of Native Seedkeepers

• Afroculinaria

• The Sioux Chef

• Sepp Holzer / Krameterhof

WHERE TO EAT & SHOP

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• FARMERS MARKETS​

  • Williamsburg (TBD)

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• WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA

  • Let's Meat on the Avenue

  • La Tejana

  • The Grateful Kitchen

  • Fire Works Pizza

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• CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA AREA

  • Maya

  • ​MarieBette Cafe & Petite MarieBette
  • The Whiskey Jar

  • Little Star

  • Oakhurst Inn Cafe

  • Feast!

  • Keevil & Keevil

  • Revolutionary Soup

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• BEYOND

  • Intergalactic Tacos (Richmond, VA)​

  • Sub Rosa Bakery (Richmond, VA)

  • Chartreuse Bistro (Norfolk, VA)

  • SubRosa Bakery (Richmond, VA)

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (Urbanna, VA)

PROJECTS

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• Food System Vision Prize

• GreenMaven

• Kickstarter

• It's Not Vegan

• National Food Forest

LET'S HANG OUT

LOCATION

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P.O. Box 850

Montross, VA 22520

EMAIL

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