In Virginia, the local food can come to you

Want fresh local food but can't get to the farmer's market every week? Don't want to subscribe to a Community Supported Agriculture program?

Two small companies in Virginia will deliver just what you order. Their mission is to connect some Virginia farmers with consumers.

Local Flavor (farmbuyersclub.com) delivers food (meat, produce, honey, jams, locally roasted coffees) from Rappahannock and surrounding counties to Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg, Delaplane and Warrenton. The schedule varies by location, but it appears to amount to every other Thursday.

Another company, On the Gourmet, makes home deliveries within 20 miles of Vienna. There's a minimum $35 order for home delivery; the delivery is free within 5 miles of Vienna, with a $10 charge for 6-20 miles. Deliveries are every other Saturday. On the Gourmet also attends various farmer's markets in Northern Virginia.

The Washington Post wrote about these two businesses in the July 22 Food section.

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