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You are here: Home / Charlottesville / Monticello’s Heritage Harvest Festival

September 15, 2015

Monticello’s Heritage Harvest Festival

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We were invited to go to Monticello’s 9th Annual Heritage Harvest Festival this weekend. I’ve been invited several times in the past but have always had a scheduling conflict, so I was thrilled to go for the first time!

Friday night there was an opening keynote and reception at the Paramount Theater downtown. The speakers were the Beekman Boys, famous for leaving their jobs in NYC and heading to upstate New York to start a farm and a new kind of life. Furthermore they have had a TV show, several books and founded the lifestyle brand Beekman 1802, which has everything from goat milk beauty products to 48 new products debuting in Target this fall! Their talk was outstanding, and they shared a lot about what they are calling the “Farm to Shelf Revolution.” In a nutshell, they’re trying to figure out how to bridge the gap between small farms’ limitations and the huge convenience of the grocery store. They are doing it – little by little.

A photo posted by Kath Younger, RD (@katheats) on Sep 11, 2015 at 4:00pm PDT

After the talk we had the chance to taste small plates from many of Cville’s restaurants and visit exhibits related to the next day’s festival. Unfortunately I had a major technology fail on my phone and my food photos were eaten themselves!

Saturday was quite rainy, so we waited until the afternoon to venture up to Monticello, rainboots and all. It ended up being a nice afternoon because it wasn’t hot at all!

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The festival includes a little bit of everything: heirloom tomato tastings, craftsman demonstrations, gardening exhibits, games for kids, food and wine sampling, music and interesting speakers. And of course you get the chance to explore the Monticello grounds and Jefferson’s garden.

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A whole lotta tomatoes!!

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American Heritage chocolate in the making

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Llama llama red pajama

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A sheep’s kiss

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I listened to a bit about fermentation from Sandor Katz, author of several fermentation books.

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I also just had to buy some of the Beekman 1802 products because they smell SO GOOD!!! Look for them at Williams Sonoma and Anthropologie. Almost as much as the smells I am obsessed with the packaging and branding – the products are gorgeous.

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M loved the animals and general running around! Plus the fermented “bubble juice” from Farmstead Ferments!

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We had a great time celebrating the heritage of Jefferson and Monticello! It is always a treat to spend time in such a special place.

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Our tickets to the festival were given to us by Monticello in exchange for this blog post. 

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  1. Amanda says

    September 15, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    I would love to go to something like this- how cool!

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  2. Elyse says

    September 15, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    How fun!

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  3. Annie says

    September 15, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I hope to attend next year from West Virginia! And your photos are beautiful!

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  4. lois says

    September 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm

    The Beekmans also won the Amazing Race a few years ago.

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    • KathEats says

      September 15, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      yes, I need to watch it!

      Reply
  5. Courtney says

    September 15, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    The Beekman Boys won the amazing race, right!? I loved them!

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    • KathEats says

      September 15, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      yes!!

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  6. kim says

    September 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Looks like such a good time- and I LOVE your rain boots and shorts combo- you look SO great!!

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  7. Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says

    September 15, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    How fun! And all the food looks great!

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  8. sarah says

    September 15, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    Kath, Did you see YHL is back (kinda, maybe??)!! That makes me so happy. You would great at Amazing Race if Survivor doesn’t happen, just saying! 🙂

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    • KathEats says

      September 15, 2015 at 7:33 pm

      I listened to the podcast they did today! They are so inspiring.

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  9. Jane says

    September 15, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    We dreamed of visiting Monticello and just loved it when we came in 2014. At that time they were planning to be doing a lot of work on the gardens—has that happened? Looks like your little guy had a ball! 🙂
    Jane x

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  10. Jill @ RunEatSnap says

    September 15, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    I lived in Charlottesville for 5 months and I am embarrassed to admit I didn’t go to Monticello! I really wish I would have. And this festival looks like a lot of fun!

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  11. Erin says

    September 15, 2015 at 11:58 pm

    LOVE your boots! Where are they from?

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  12. Samantha @ThePlantedVegan says

    September 16, 2015 at 9:47 am

    This looks like so much fun! I need to try to go next year!

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  13. seana says

    September 16, 2015 at 10:01 am

    I get your posts on FB but your website doesn’t update like it used to. Has something changed?

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    • KathEats says

      September 16, 2015 at 1:40 pm

      Sometimes that’s your browser not refreshing the cache properly, although I’m not sure the best way to fix it! Try emptying the cache in your browser history and see if that helps at all.

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      • seana says

        September 17, 2015 at 7:55 am

        Thank you. I’ll try that. Appreciate your help.

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  14. Mom says

    September 16, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    Adorable llamas and sheep. Well, that little boy is pretty cute too!

    Reply

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