Cheeses to Put a Little Spring In Your Step We made it, y’all. The birds are chirping in the pre-dawn morning, those bulbs you planted on a wing and a prayer in the fall have raised their petals towards the heavens, and deck dinners and picnic parties have returned like a long-lost lover. You can keep those spring vibes going with these three picnic-worthy cheeses:...
Read MoreApril 13th: Join Cavalier & Local Chefs at Tom Tom Festival’s Iron Chef Competition in Charlottesville Cavalier Produce is thrilled to sponsor the Tom Tom Summit & Festival’s annual Iron Chef Competition on Saturday, April 13th in Charlottesville, Virginia. Join judges Curtis Shaver (Hamiltons’), Travis Lively (Whiskey Jar), and Leni Sorensen (food...
Read MoreThis past Sunday, Cavalier fielded a team to compete in the Autumn Olive “On The Fly” Dodgeball Tournament in Richmond. Competition was tough, with teams from Veil Brewing, Perch, Longoven, and more. We had a great team with lots of spirit headed up by Bernie Murphy as our team captain. The tournament benefited the Holli Lindley Fund, a non-profit which...
Read MoreWe are excited to share that Cavalier Produce will sponsor and participate in “On the Fly,” a dodgeball tournament created by Autumn Olive Farms that supports the culinary community by contributing to The Holli Fund, which provides financial assistance and resources for food service industry employees in the metro Richmond area recovering from accident,...
Read MoreHISTORY Radicchio is a storied green known for its vibrant, variegated burgundy and white markings. A member of the chicory family, radicchio was revered in antiquity for blood purifying and curing insomnia. Farmers cultivated the annual crop in the Veneto region of Italy in the sixteenth century, and some three hundred years later, a Belgian agronomist engineered...
Read MoreHISTORY The family of blueberries, Vacinnium, includes over 450 species. Native to North America, wild blueberries were used for food and medicinal purposes for centuries by the native population and colonists. “An important step in the development of the highbush blueberry industry came in the turn of the century. Efforts in the early 1900’s by...
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