Agriculture

With stops in Suffolk and Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex and Surry counties, tourists can experience nearly 100 different attractions on Virginia’s pork-and-peanut trail.

Considerations for the 2023 Farm Bill are well underway among Washington legislators, but in the interim, the 2018 Farm Bill continues to bear fruit for American farmers.

Farming is a difficult trade, and farmers’ work often puts them in potentially dangerous situations.

Cornerstone Farm is one of many Virginia farms that have diversified their operations by growing beautiful, fragrant lavender.

Virginia farmers can now install conservation projects like fencing, buffers and wetland restoration at no cost, thanks to record-high funding from the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.

Every year, an estimated 500,000 Virginia schoolchildren can better understand the value of agriculture thanks to Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom.

The drier the days at harvest time, the sweeter the watermelon.

Cartons aren’t the only way to deliver nutritious milk to growing students.

Modern blacksmiths—most of whom are hobbyists—are preserving the craft by carrying centuries-old techniques and culture into the future.

Farmers markets in Alexandria and Lynchburg supplied Virginians with fresh food for over two centuries, while Roanoke City Market remains Virginia’s oldest continually run open-air market.