Featured this month on Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program:
- Tour a variety of Christmas tree farms in Virginia, and meet the growers who cultivate holiday cheer.
- Discover Virginia’s shrimp season and emerging challenges.
- Visit Isle of Wight County for a glimpse of this year’s cotton harvest.
- Learn about the importance of sharing the road with slow-moving vehicles.
- Discover how to grow hardy hibiscus and figs at home.
- Learn how to prepare a shrimp and crawfish dip, and cookies for Santa.
December’s first episode premiered Dec. 12 on the Real Virginia YouTube channel. The second episode will premiere on YouTube Dec. 30.
Real Virginia airs nationwide at 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month in the Voices of Agriculture program on RFD-TV on Dish Network and DirecTV; and on selected cable outlets around the state. It airs weekly on WVVA Bluefield and WTKR Norfolk, and on the first and third Sundays of each month at 10 a.m. on WVIR Charlottesville and at 6:30 a.m. on WHSV Harrisonburg; and on the first and third Saturdays at 8 a.m. on WRLH Richmond and at 5:30 a.m. on WSLS Roanoke. And on Blue Ridge PBS and PBS Appalachia on Sundays at 11am.
