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You think you’ve eaten a tasty mustard green until Heidi Cook passes you a sprig of one harvested at Reckon Acres: an apropos name for the 42-acre Charles City working farm she owns with husband Chris that signifies a “reckoning” in agriculture toward sustainable growing. Bagged salad mixes from a…
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Remember the days when Black Friday sales in retail stores all over the country actually happened on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving? Over the years, that annual sale seems to be starting earlier and earlier as brands work to get attention of buyers first in the holiday shopping season….
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Executive Chef David McClure and the culinary team from Williamsburg’s acclaimed Amber Ox Public House will bring their kitchen to a Charles City working farm for a unique dinner-in-the-pasture experience that is a fundraiser to support Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg. All 100% of the ticket sales for…
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An open fire. Freshly sourced local ingredients. Chef David McClure and the team from Amber Ox Public House. That three-way combination is culinary magic expressed in a four-course dinner that will benefit the House That Small Business Built, a Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg home under construction and…
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Help us help others at Consociate Media by donating to the “Trotter Box” we’ve adopted on behalf of Grove Christian Outreach Center. The nonprofit helps families living in the Grove community in Williamsburg who are in need of  food, clothing and other types of assistance. Its Adopt a Trotter Box…
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