Making a Food Map of the Valley

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The purpose of the survey below is to 1) Find sources of local food, 2) Find where it goes overall, 3) Find where individual people can access it. These locations are being added to a custom Google Map showing where people can obtain various groceries (meat, dairy, produce, others, etc.) within Virginia. We are lucky to be surrounded by so many food growing professionals (farmers!), so I know this information is out there and just needs to be compiled in one place.

The map was originally created to ease people's worries about tariff-related shortages at the grocery store and is now being used as a safety net for people whose SNAP benefits have been threatened in order to streamline the process of finding private/state-level food banks. That being said, the map can be used for those more serious purposes or for something as fun as finding a place with locally produced ice cream to take the kids to next weekend. It is a useful pro-local, pro-agriculture resource in good times and in bad. Access the map here.

If you have stumbled upon this form from outside Virginia and would like to make a food map for your state, see the instructional flyer below!

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Instructions for Making a Food Map for Your State!

What is your name? *

What type of resource are you submitting for the map? *

Food Seller (a farm, an individual home seller, a small farmstand, etc.)

Farmers Market (a place where multiple farmers sell)

Community Garden (a place where community members without land can grow food)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs - programs that let local people buy a share of produce from a farm and pick it up regularly)

Other Kinds of Farm (flower farms, alpaca farms, other non-food producing farms)

Miscellaneous (offer food producing resources, non-food agricultural products, etc.)

Winery/Cidery/Brewery (places that sell alcoholic agricultural products)

Food Bank (could be a formal food bank, a mutual aid cabinet in a neighbor, a food box at a small business, etc.)

What is the name of the operation? *

What is the address of the operation? If you are submitting a farm that is not open to the public on-site, please just write in the city/town it is based in. Ex: Verona, VA. Note: If you're not open to the public but still allow people to come the farm to pick up goods, please list your full address unless you would prefer people contact you by phone or email to get the address. *

What are the open days and hours for the operation? Write N/A if not applicable (ex: for farms with no regular public hours) or "Call for an appointment" if applicable (for certain food banks and for farms that allow on-site pick-up for indiviudals). *

Please list any contact information for the operation (phone number, email address, etc.) *

What foods does this operation offer? Ex. for a farm: beef, poultry, milk, butter, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, beans, flour, cornmeal, preserved foods, etc. Ex. for a food bank: prepared meals, canned goods, vegetarian food, low-sodium meals, etc. *

The following questions are only relevant to farmers and are therefore optional. If you are a farmer, please do not skip them!

For farmers: For each food that you produce, what is the season of availability. Suggested format: [food] - [months of the year it is available for sale]?

For farmers: Do you offer CSA shares?

Yes

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For farmers: Where do you typically sell your food? Farmer's Markets? Grocery stores? Please name the markets/stores and list their locations.

For farmers: Do you sell to individual people or just wholesale to businesses who then distribute the food?

I sell to individuals

I sell to other businesses

I sell to both

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For farmers: If you sell to individuals, how can they access your products? I.e., Should they go to the Farmer's Market, can they call ahead and pick up goods at your farm, etc.? Write "N/A" if you don't sell to individuals.

For farmers: Please list any additional information needed to contact you about buying food. Ex: "Call/email to receive the pick-up address," "Call/email before arriving," etc. Please note if you have a contact for businesses to buy from you but do not sell to individuals.

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