This year, Piedmont Environmental Council and Feast! market have come together to make gift giving as easy as pie.

The Virginia Favorites Gift Box is brimming with delectable local foods and wines, carefully selected by Feast! from Virginia's finest specialty food products. It is also a gift that you can feel good about giving!

A perfect gift for friends, family, clients, employees and everyone on your shopping list, the Virginia Favorites Gift Box supports the local farms that grow or handcraft the featured products and helps protect our region's farmland and rural communities.

10% of each Gift Box sale goes directly toward PEC's new Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign and food guide, which is working to make it easier for consumers to find and purchase local foods. The gift is also environmentally friendly (these delicious items will fill bellies, not landfills!).

Ordering is incredibly easy!

1. Decide which version of the box you would like to give (see below)
2. Call Feast! at 434-244-7800 to order (they can ship the box anywhere in the US)

Local farmers need all of our support to keep their farms viable. The farmland and rural countryside that surround Charlottesville enrich our region with scenic beauty and healthy communities, and provide us with an inspiring place in which to live, work and play. Join us in strengthening our local food system and protecting these treasured resources by purchasing Virginia Favorites Gift Boxes for the holidays!

Each Box Includes:
Wade's Mill White Grits- Superior white corn grits ground by a circa 1750 water-powered mill in the Shenandoah Valley.
Virginia Cheese Straws- Classic southern recipe made with extra sharp cheddar Hunt Country Foods Peppermint Bark- Elegantly thin dark chocolate sprinkled with red and white peppermint candy.
Virginia Chutney Company Mango Chutney- Delicately spiced and versatile in the kitchen, on sandwiches,with roasts, or even over cream cheese.
Stoneleigh Farm Reserve Honey- A premium, unheated local honey, it enhances fi ne cheeses, especially blues, bries and fresh goat.
The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg- Smooth Virginia Peanut Butter. The delicious taste of this all natural peanut butter is evidence that Virginia-grown peanuts are the finest.
MeadowCroft Farm Sweet German Pickles- Crisp, sweet and exceptional, just like grandma used to make.
Feridies Chocolate-covered Peanuts-Extra large Virginia peanuts covered in fi ne milk chocolate,need we say more?

- Virginia Favorites Gift Box $68
Add: Linden Heirloom Sparkling Cider $78
- Barboursville Cabernet Franc or
Linden Hardscrabble Chardonnay $90
- The works - Cider and wine, as shown above $100

Call Feast! at 434-244-7800 to order
Or visit them at 416 West Main Street in Charlottesville