Post-Conference Activities: Wednesday, June 3rd

Unwind and explore Blacksburg and Virginia Tech before heading home. 

 Activity Description  Led By 

Farmers Market, including brief talk/tour (no limit)

  • Open 2-6 p.m.
  • 1:30 meeting with Cedric?
  • Meet at 1:15 at Newman Library registration table
  • Cedric Shannon from Weathertop Farm is willing to give a talk - give him more info on topical interests
  • Put on registration form field to suggest topics

 "Can Your Beans Do That?" A Podcast by Farmer Sledge

 Meet with farmer Cedric Shannon from . Weathertop Farm. Cedric can share his experience being a philosopher farmer (producing rotationally-grazed meats) who also podcasts. Participants are welcome to submit questions ahead of time if you’d like him to address specific topics. After the meeting, there will be ample time to explore the Farmers Market, which goes from 2-6pm.  

Food Science / Brewery Tour 

  • 2-3:30pm (confirmed)
  • Meet at Hahn Garden at 1:50
  • Maximum: 10 people
  • Free

Brewing Tour: VT Food Science & Technology (FST)-Hardywood & Ice Cream Collab

Join FST faculty member Brian Wiersema for a tour of the Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1 (HABB1) Pilot Scale Brewhouse and Pilot Plant. They will discuss the development of Fighting Hokies line of beers with Hardywood, the VT line of ice creams with Homestead Creamery, and a sensory evaluation of the ingredients in those products.

  Christina

Self-guided options 

Frogs: brochure/map 

  • Take a self-guided walking tour of downtown Blacksburg through the lens of the streams and waterways that flow under and through the town following the 16 Frogs public art and environmental education project.

Gargoyles

    Self-guided

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