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Water quality efforts working, bay program reports

  April 4, 2019
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The Chesapeake Bay Program announced March 26 that water quality in the bay met its highest level since monitoring began in 1985, besting its previous record reported in 2017.


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Chesapeake Bay, Conservation, Farm Practices, Legislative Issues, News
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Farmers optimistic about conservation funding proposal

  January 10, 2019
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Environmentalists and farmers are greeting a proposal to expand state funding for water quality improvements with open arms.


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Conservation, Farm Practices, News
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Education farm offers land for beginning farmers

  January 3, 2019
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Interested in becoming a farmer but find yourself lacking land or experience? The Fauquier Education Farm is recruiting up to three candidates this winter to run their own small-scale farm plots there.


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Agriculture Business, Farm Practices, News
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Preservation efforts gain traction with Loudoun supervisors’ votes

  December 27, 2018
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In a Dec. 4 meeting, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved two conservation initiatives proposed to help preserve the county’s rural areas.


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Conservation, Farm Practices, News
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Loudoun board takes steps to consider partial funding of conservation easements

  July 26, 2018
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Preserving Loudoun County’s rural areas is at the heart of a recent move by county supervisors.


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Agriculture Business, Conservation, Farm Practices, News, Virginia Farm Bureau
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Everyone can benefit from soil and water conservation districts

  May 31, 2018
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The state’s 47 soil and water conservation districts will use $7.2 million this fiscal year to help Virginians implement conservation practices.


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Conservation, Farm Practices, News
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Wealthier Americans know less than they think about food

  May 10, 2018
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While socioeconomics play a significant role in Americans’ opinions about food safety and in their purchasing decisions, higher income doesn’t always correlate with informed choices.


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Farm Practices, Food and Drink, Health and Wellness, News, Technology
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Shenandoah farmers continue free movie tradition

  April 5, 2018
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Members of the Shenandoah County Farm Bureau have been sharing their love of agriculture with their neighbors by showing free movies. And the four-year tradition continues this April.


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Farm Practices, Food and Drink, News, Technology
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Farmers invited to free manure-management workshops

  February 8, 2018
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The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will host two free workshops to help farmers maximize the use of manure on their farms.


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Agriculture Business, Farm Practices, Fertilizer, Meetings and Events, News
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Close to 100,000 acres of Va. farmland in conservation program

  January 30, 2018
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Just three years after Virginia’s Resource Management Plan Program was implemented, the program has far exceeded its goal.


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Agriculture Business, Conservation, Farm Practices, News
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