Edible Blue Ridge Summer 2022

CONTENTS SUMMER 2022

4 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Editor’s Letter 8 SHARING THE BOUNTY

Features 10 THE BEES’ NEEDS

Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary & Farm creates a refuge where bees can thrive

16 GARDENS OF REFUGE

Recent immigrants preserve their food cultures while putting down new roots

14 CHEF’S TABLE

The Farmhouse at Veritas

23 EDIBLE EXCURSIONS Roanoke 26 MOVERS & SHAKERS The Roots of Mixology Blackwater Bitters 28 LIQUID ASSETS Revalation Vineyards 31 WHAT’S IN SEASON 32 LIVING LOCAL 42 FARMERS MARKET LISTINGS 43 LAST BITE Watercolor by Danica Rose

Recipes In This Issue 27 Georgia Porch Sipper 34 Fruitless Smoothie 36 Herbed Potato Salad

EDIBLE BLUE RIDGE SUMMER 2022 | 3 37 Award-Winning Tomato Sandwich 38 Pork Tenderloin with Seasonal Fruit 40 Fried Chicken Tacos with Peach Salsa On the cover: Bir Guiaba hills potatoes at his New Roots garden plot (photo by Jesse Feldberg) This page: Award-WinningTomato Sandwich, pg. 37 (photo by Lisa Archer)