Must Attend Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars now for these great upcoming events!
The Rassawek Vineyards in Goochland County, is home to both the Wine Festival and Heritage Show.
The Heritage Show offers activities and demonstrations that are sure to please adventurers of any age. Take a ride on the steam train through the vineyard, listen to live acoustic music, check out the antique cars, explore a tree house unlike any other, enjoy fun activities for children, enter in the popular fishing derby, visit with the 4-H animals, sample local produce, baked goods and home-cooked food, watch artisans at work and learn about heritage traditions through a variety of cultural and agrarian demonstrations.
The Wine Festival features nine Virginia wineries, including Rassawek's own Byrd Cellars. Sample some of the region's best wine while strolling along one of the property's many lakes or while relaxing on the porch of the historic Cherokee Cabin. Enjoy hand-crafted chocolate and gourmet food, the perfect complement to any wine experience. You won't want to miss Virginia's most unusual wine tasting room- an original greenhouse from James Madison's Montpelier.
Visitors can purchase a combined ticket or a ticket to either the Festival or Heritage Show.
Admission Fee: Tickets Sales will begin in March - Wine Tastings Tickets $20 in advance $25 at gate - Non-Wine Tasting Tickets $10
Last Updated: 12/13/2012 11:59 AM
Cost: Tickets Sales will begin in March - Wine Tastings Tickets $20 in advance $25 at gate - Non-Wine Tasting Tickets $10
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Chickens and YOU Training Series Workshop 1
(Two Classes)
Click HERE for details!
Thursday May 16th, 2013
Chickens and YOU Training Series Workshop 2
(Two Classes)
Click HERE for details!
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Rassawek Spring Jubilee Wine & Heritage Festival
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10:00 AM
Visitors will enjoy a blend of two exceptional festival experiences on one amazing property.The Rassawek Vineyards in Goochland County, is home to both the Wine Festival and Heritage Show.
The Heritage Show offers activities and demonstrations that are sure to please adventurers of any age. Take a ride on the steam train through the vineyard, listen to live acoustic music, check out the antique cars, explore a tree house unlike any other, enjoy fun activities for children, enter in the popular fishing derby, visit with the 4-H animals, sample local produce, baked goods and home-cooked food, watch artisans at work and learn about heritage traditions through a variety of cultural and agrarian demonstrations.
The Wine Festival features nine Virginia wineries, including Rassawek's own Byrd Cellars. Sample some of the region's best wine while strolling along one of the property's many lakes or while relaxing on the porch of the historic Cherokee Cabin. Enjoy hand-crafted chocolate and gourmet food, the perfect complement to any wine experience. You won't want to miss Virginia's most unusual wine tasting room- an original greenhouse from James Madison's Montpelier.
Visitors can purchase a combined ticket or a ticket to either the Festival or Heritage Show.
Admission Fee: Tickets Sales will begin in March - Wine Tastings Tickets $20 in advance $25 at gate - Non-Wine Tasting Tickets $10
Last Updated: 12/13/2012 11:59 AM
Cost: Tickets Sales will begin in March - Wine Tastings Tickets $20 in advance $25 at gate - Non-Wine Tasting Tickets $10
Get Directions
Purchase Tickets
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| Celebrate Earth Day! |
ChiknEGG will be participating in the upcoming Earth Day Festival at the 17th Street Farmers Market on Saturday, April 20th. This is the 20th year for this traditional Earth Day Festival, which kicks off in Shockoe bottom from 11am to 5pm. Come join us for some great live music and lots of great Eco-Opportunities for the entire family! Click HERE for directions.
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| Start harvesting rain water and composting this Spring! |
You can also find ChiknEGG at the Down to Earth 2013 event at Bass Pro Shops in Ashland on Sunday, April 21st. A variety of activities are planned for all ages. children can enjoy face painting, coloring contests, and much more. There will be numerous exhibits and demonstrations (including a composting demonstration by ChiknEGG) occurring throughout the day, and lots of door prizes will be given away. Enjoy some food while listening to a special performance! For directions to Bass Pro Shops, click HERE.
ChiknEGG will be demonstrating our popular Systern Rain Barrels and Earth Machine™ Backyard Composters at both of these events, and will have them for sale at our lowest price of the season. Once our inventor is gone, its gone, so if you've been thinking about harvesting rainwater or trying your hand at composting - Spring is the time! We're happy to help you get started right away!
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February 7th, 2013
“Farm School for Beginners”
(Koger Center, Richmond, VA)
Includes Farm Tour on Feb. 8th
This year, Virginia Association for Biological Farming is offering a stand-alone workshop prior to the Virginia Biological Farming Conference - Farm School for Beginners, that is designed to introduce aspiring farmers and ranchers to Whole Farm Planning. This all day workshop will feature resources and tools developed as part of the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Project curriculum. Several farmers will share their knowledge and expertise with their own farming endeavors. This year's VABF Farm School is sponsored by Farm Credit, the Experts in Rural Finance, and by Whole Foods Short Pump!
Workshop participants will travel by bus to the farm tour at Tricycle Gardens, Richmond's Premiere Urban Farm and Tricycle Gardens' Learning and Demonstration Site on Friday, February 10th, leaving from the Holiday Inn Koger Center at 8:00am and returning at 11:30am. For those participating in the Farm School for Beginners course who wish to drive themselves, click HERE for directions to Tricycle Gardens.
This workshop is brought to you by the Virginia Association for Biological Farming. ChiknEGG Productions, LLC, is the event manager for this workshop ONLY. For additional information regarding this workshop, contact ChiknEGG via email or phone (804) 314-9141. For additional information regarding the upcoming Virginia Biological Farming Conference, please visit the VABF website.
March 2nd & 3rd, 2013
“Chickens & You Two-Day Intensive”
(First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach)
Chickens and YOU Training Series Leading to the Master Chicken Keeper Certification
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This two-day intensive course teaches you how to raise, keep, employ and enjoy family flocks and homestead chickens. Learn in detail—with hands-on, real-life information, interactive live discussions. You get practical and effective cutting-edge ways to integrate chickens in with your yard and garden that benefit you, your neighborhood and your community. The course covers nine seperate workshops. For more information on the course, go to the Chickens And YOU website.
Learn how chickens can empower urban agriculture with their skill sets that include serving as fertilizers, herbiciders, insecticiders and top soil creators. They can also serve as clucking civic workers to help save municipalities BIG TIME local tax-payer dollars. Explore how to develop your very own “Chicken Have-More Plan. It’s time to “think outside the coop and inside your garden” and this series of courses show you how.
At the end of the program, participants undergo an exam and are eligible to receive a Backyard Chicken Keepers Certificate, suitable for framing. All courses lead to the esteemed Master Backyard Chicken Keepers Certificate. We guarantee that after taking this weekend intensive, you will know how to keep and employ chickens to help feed yourself the rest of your life!
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And don't forget...
You can purchase one of the books for the upcoming Chickens And YOU! Training Series online from ChiknEGG. Both books are signed by the Author!
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Past Events...
Thurs., November 17th, 2012 10:00-11:30am
City Chicks Book Signing & Lecture
Location - Brent and Becky's Bulb's
Click HERE for details!
Thurs., November 17th, 2012 1:00-2:30pm
Garden Chicks Workshop
Location - Brent and Becky's Bulb's
Click HERE for details!
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The purpose of this program is to help beginning farmers and ranchers in Virginia to make informed farm planning decisions as part of a whole farm plan. This six week comprehensive program (Monday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm 10/22-11/26/12) will introduce students to these curriculum modules:
Introduction to Whole Farm Planning (10/22 & 10/29)
Marketing (11/5)
Sustainable Farming Practices (11/12 & 11/19)
Holistic Business Management (11/26)
FARM SCHOOL includes two farm tours PLUS a networking social!
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Thurs., October 25, 2012 6:00-8:30pm
City Chicks Reception, Book Signing & Lecture
Location - Tabb Library, Yorktown
Click HERE for details!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 5:30-8:30pm
City Chicks Reception, Book Signing & Lecture
Location - Chesapeake Central Library
Click HERE for details!
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 5:30-8:30pm
City Chicks Reception, Book Signing & Lecture
Location - The Camel
Click HERE for details!
Tuesday, June 19th 6:30-8:30pm
Chickens and YOU Training Series-Workshop5
Primary Poultry Health Care
Click HERE for details!
Wednesday, June 20th 5:30-8:30pm
Chickens and YOU Training Series-Workshop 4
Coop/Tractor Construction
Click HERE for details!
Get FRESH Hermitage
Dinner, Movie Screening & Discussion
Click HERE for details!
Fool for Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Sale - HUGE Savings!!!
at John Tyler Community College's FOOL for ART
Click HERE for details!
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012Fool for Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Sale - HUGE Savings!!!
at John Tyler Community College's FOOL for ART
Click HERE for details!
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Chickens and YOU Training Series-Workshop 3
Eggs-trordinary Eggs - The Science and Chemistry of Cooking with Eggs
Click HERE for details!
February 9th & 10th, 2012
“Starting a New Farm Enterprise”
(Koger Center, Richmond, VA)
VABF Pre-Conference & Farm Tour
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This year, VABF is offering a stand-alone Pre-Conference - Starting a New Farm Enterprise, that is designed to appeal to beginning or aspiring farmers. This all day workshop will feature resources and tools that beginning or aspiring farmers need to consider in order to develop a successful farming enterprise. Several farmers will share their knowledge and expertise with their own farming endeavors. This year's pre-conference is sponsored by Farm Credit, the Experts in Rural Finance!
Workshop participants will travel by bus to the Farm Tour on Friday, February 10th, leaving from the Holiday Inn Koger Center at 8:00am and returning at 11:30am. Farm Tour participants who are not taking the workshop on Thursday, February 9th are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour. Click HERE for directions to Agriberry.
This workshop is brought to you by the Virginia Association for Biological Farming. ChiknEGG Productions, LLC, is the event manager for this Pre-Conference workshop ONLY. For additional information regarding this Pre-Conference workshop, contact ChiknEGG via email or phone: manager@chiknegg.com or (804) 314-9141. For additional information regarding the upcoming VABF Annual Conference, please visit the VABF website.
Seating for the Pre-Conference is limited to 30 participants, so don't delay - register NOW!
Seating for the Pre-Conference is limited to 30 participants, so don't delay - register NOW!
February 10th & 11th, 2012
“Transitioning to Organic Agriculture”
(Koger Center, Richmond, VA)
VABF Annual Conference - Click HERE for more details!
The VABF trade show begins at 11 am. Official welcome, youth program, and opening plenary session start at 1 pm.
We hope you will join us for this informative, always stimulating event. February 10th Pre-Conference options begin at 10 am (please note - there is a completely stand alone Pre-Conference on February 9th...details above), followed by our traditional food-festival potluck-type lunch for which we ask everyone who wants to join us to bring a dish of food to share. We provide paper plates, cups, and flatware.
Who comes to the VABF conference?
Certified organic farmers and market gardeners
Practitioners of organic farming / gardening who have chosen not to be certified
Sustainable, ecological and low-input producers
Biodynamic gardeners and farmers
Producers of pastured beef, poultry, eggs, dairy cows or goats, etc.
Home gardeners and homesteaders
Researchers and other agricultural professionals interested in organic or sustainable agriculture
Others who want to support ecological agriculture or sustainable food systems, or who simply want safe, nutritious, fresh, locally-grown food.
Practitioners of organic farming / gardening who have chosen not to be certified
Sustainable, ecological and low-input producers
Biodynamic gardeners and farmers
Producers of pastured beef, poultry, eggs, dairy cows or goats, etc.
Home gardeners and homesteaders
Researchers and other agricultural professionals interested in organic or sustainable agriculture
Others who want to support ecological agriculture or sustainable food systems, or who simply want safe, nutritious, fresh, locally-grown food.
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Get FRESH Hanover!
Click HERE for details!
Includes Dinner, Movie Screening & Discussion. Dinner courtesy of Chipotle!
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Chickens and YOU Training Series - Workshop 2
(Three Classes)
Click HERE for details!
