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Holy heck, it’s November! If you’re stressing about buying Christmas presents, let these awesome Virginia events lift your spirits. The big thing this month is APPLE CIDER! There’s a bunch of cider festivals, and National Apple Cider Day is November 18. Cider not your thing? Well, November is shaping up to be an epic month for all kinds of foodies with events ranging from a Farm to Table 5k to Punkin’ Chunkin’ to all things Colonial Virginia. Also- duh, Thanksgiving is this month! Better get those stretchy pants ready.

It’s officially pumpkin season, y’all! And if you’re anything like us, seasonal, limited-time-only treats are the only things that will get us out of the house on a rainy fall day. With that in mind, we’ve decided to put together a list of our favorite seasonal goodies, from drinks to sweets and everything in between. There’s so much more seasonal, fall-y goodness out there other than a PSL from you-know-who. Our list features Virginia businesses that support their communities and use local ingredients, so don’t hold back, just dig in!

Over the summer, Local Food Hub and 4P Foods finalized a merger of their distribution operations. Local Food Hub is a nonprofit organization that was founded to partner with Virginia farmers to increase community access to local food. 4P Foods is a direct to consumer food hub that connects consumers in the DC metro area with good food from small family farms. This merger marries Local Food Hub’s strengths in farmer relationships and product knowledge with 4P’s strengths in logistics, market development, and sales.

It’s spooky season, foodies, so you know there’s a solid chance that you’ll end up in pumpkin patch and eating tons of candy. But did you know October is also prime season for beer, wine, and oyster fests in this great state? Throw in a street food soirée and cupcake fest or two, and you’ve got yourself a stellar to-do list for October. Get the skinny on everything happening in Virginia this October with our events list:

Feeling those annual end-of-summer blues? Well, you can forget ‘em! Fall is all-out awesome in Virginia, especially for those of us who love a good meal (or two.) The Harvest season means there’s a smorgasbord of good stuff coming out of farm and field this time of year. Harvest festivals are pretty common, but we think that Virginia has something special when it comes to getting out there and celebrating the season.

Virginia has been one of the best places in America to have a tipple since approximately Day One. Our incredibly vibrant craft distilling industry reflects not only Old Dominion’s agricultural bounty but also centuries of booze-making: from those colonial geniuses who pioneered corn whiskey to the industrious moonshiners who kept those stills a-humming during the dark days of Prohibition.

It’s finally fall, y’all! September is shaping up to be a legendary month for all you foodies. From chili cook-offs and beer fests to soul food celebrations and world heritage festivities, our event list is the perfect reason to get outside and enjoy the season.

Seafood. You either love it or hate it. Y’all can probably guess that we are firmly on the “loving it” side of the fence. Virginia is lucky to have good quality seafood available in most areas of the state, but unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the Chesapeake Bay (aka the source of all the yummy seafood) is in trouble. The good news is you can use your foodie powers to help save it, by choosing to eat sustainably-sourced seafood. Want to learn more? Read on!

Independent chef, Britt Shyrene, is passionate about sourcing local. So passionate in fact, that most weekends you’ll find her strolling through farmers’ markets in search of new and interesting ingredients. Her Instagram feed is full of colorful dishes inspired by her farmers market hauls.