Come to the jelly-making workshop and make some homemade jelly or jam – just in time for the holidays. Workshops are offered on Tuesday, Dec. 5, or Friday, Dec. 8, from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Buckingham Agriculture Center for youth ages 8 and older. For more information, contact the Buckingham Extension office at (434) 969-4261.

Future Farmers of America (FFA) fruit sale is now happening. The Buckingham FFA chapters are selling a variety of fruits and nuts just in time for the holiday season. Choose from yummy red grapefruit, juicy navel oranges, crisp apples and many others. Peanut brittle, cashews, and pecans are just a few of the choices for tasty nuts. Contact Casey Davis as cdavis@bcpschool.org or see any Buckingham FFA member to purchase yours. Orders will be taken through Nov. 10. Delivery scheduled around Dec. 3-9.

Spreading God’s Gifts will have a fundraiser dinner Nov. 4 at the VFW Hall at 5 p.m. The meal will include spaghetti, tossed salad, dinner roll, drinks and dessert. Meal is by served by donation. Smokey Wilson will provide musical entertainment. All are welcome and invited. For more information, contact Wayne Davenport at (434) 983-2269.

Urban Ag Field Day is free and open to the public. To be held Nov. 2 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Virginia State University (VSU), located at 535 Beech St. in Petersburg. Urban agriculture helps to alleviate urban food deserts, make food as local and fresh as possible and decrease the “food miles” associated with long-distance transportation. It provides a wide range of community benefits, including closer neighborhood ties, reduced crime, education and job training opportunities and healthy food access for low-income residents. Participants will enjoy a hands-on field day to talk about fall gardening. Speakers include: Mike Jackson, president of Think, Then Choose Wisely; Dr. Leonard Githinji, Sustainable and Urban Agriculture Extension specialist; and William Crutchfield, VSU Small Farm Outreach. For more information, contact www.ext.vsu.edu or call (804) 524-5960.

The holidays are coming and most of us tend to overeat. Get ahead of the curve and join the Central Virginia Community Health Center for weekly health and fitness activities. On Saturday, Nov. 4, use the gym free all day. Tai Chi is offered on Tuesday, at 10 a.m. Also that day, learn some information from a seminar on diabetes by Deborah Iovoli. Yoga is offered Wednesday at 5 p.m. and Toddlers on the Move round out the week on Friday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. For more information, call the health center at (434) 581-3271.

Sherri Wise is the columnist for the Buckingham Bulletin. She can be reached at wise.buckingham@gmail.com or (434) 983-1393.