The Taste of Virginia Expo & Market features sampling and sales of local to Virginia crafted foods, drinks, herbals, handicrafts and libations. A celebration of delicious and local Virginia foods, beverages, and handmade goods! This year’s Taste of Virginia event takes place on Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 2 – 9 pm at The Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, Virginia in the Crystal Ballroom. The Taste of Virginia Expo & Market is free and open to the public, hotel guests and over 400 conference attendees of our 23rd annual Virginia Biological Farming Conference. The evening brings a social and music beginning at 7:30 pm.
Come out and support local and sustainable agriculture and producers in Virginia! We’re happy to provide this free event to the Roanoke Community and beyond to raise awareness and to continue our mission to promote, advocate for and educate about local and sustainable Virginia farms and food businesses.
Taste of Virginia Expo & Market at the 1st Annual VABF-SFOP Summit
Free event! Open to the Public!
All are welcome to join us in the Crystal Ballroom for a celebration of all things local & handmade with Virginia foods, libations, herbals, and handicrafts.
Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Samples & Sales · 2 – 9 pm
Evening Social & DJ · 7:30 – 9:30 pm
The Crystal Ballroom at The Hotel Roanoke
Are you a local Virginia maker?
Showcase, sample, & sell your products to our conference attendees, hotel guests & the public.
Join us as a vendor! Sign up below!
Vendor arrival and set up for Taste of Virginia Expo & Market is Saturday, January 20th, 2023 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Crystal Ballroom. Be ready to sample and sell by 2 pm!
Contact Catherine at coordinator@vabf.org with Questions!
Thank you for your interest! We are sold out of vendor spaces at this event. Please contact coordinator@vabf.org to be put on a waiting list. Thanks!
Current Vendor List:
| Aurora Botanicals |
| Bees Wraps By Eva |
| Bite Me Confections |
| Blindhouse Beer Co. |
| Brooks Mill Winery |
| Buff City Soap |
| Espresso Bag Co |
| Fermented Fire Hot Sauce Company |
| Five Mile Mountain Distillery |
| Gourmet Dips by Lister Farm |
| Gracious Day Milling |
| Homemade with Love 4USA |
| Meadow Creek Cannabis |
| Melvin’s Farm to Fork Store |
| Mountain Thyme Honey & Gifts |
| Peculiar Pantry |
| Rumpelstiltskin’s |
| Spice Titan |
| Sweet Vines Farm Winery |
| The Inspired Spirit |
| The Salty Bee |
| Tonoloway Farm |
| Wag & Wood |
| Whistle Creek Pet Nutrition/Cardinal Feather Farm |
| Woods Acre wine |
